Freestyle slalom skating is a highly technical field of skating that involves performing tricks around a straight line of equally spaced cones. The most common spacing used in competitions is 80cm, with larger competitions also featuring lines spaced at 50cm and 120cm.
Freestyle slalom skating is a skating discipline which requires a skater to perform tricks, stunts and dance-like maneuvers around a straight line of equally spaced cones. It is a sport for skaters with a good sense of rhythm and fast, precise footwork.
Freestyle skating has four main elements:
Freestyle Slalom
Speed Slalom
Free Jump
High Jump
Freestyle slalom can be done with inline skates or quad skates, but today the inline executions are the most popular. Beginners can learn on recreational skates with the heel brake removed, but will eventually need slalom skates. Inline freestyle slalom skaters use skates with a full rockered wheel configuration and a short frame to allow maximum maneuverability. A tight fitting semi-hard shell boot and strong cuff provides the support needed for precision with a little freedom for ankle movement. These skates are designed for tight turns in small spaces at low speeds.
Roller Slalom Tricks
Inline skaters choose freestyle slalom as their sport for many reasons:
Freestyle slalom skating is fun
Freestyle slalom skating can be skated on a variety of surfaces
Freestyle slalom skating has competitive opportunities
Freestyle slalom skating can be an on-going non-competitive activity
Inline freestyle slalom skating is well known in Asia and Europe, but seldom seen in the United States.
Never watched aggressive skating before? You should know it’s not the same as recreational skating or speed skating. Quite different actually, and in a category all by itself. Recreational skating is about fitness and speed skating is about, you guessed it, speed. But google “aggressive inline skating” and the first thing you’ll see are video results. That’s because aggressive skating is all about stunts and style, and it’s endlessly fascinating to watch skaters (1) pull off seemingly impossible tricks on railings, streets and walls, and (2) do them without getting hurt.
Aggressive inline skating is a form of inline skating, performed on specially designed inline skates with focus on sliding stances known as grind with a focus on new tricks, stunts and personal style. Participants often refer to the activity as "rollerblading", "blading", "skating" or "rolling". Vert or park as part of extreme sports and street skating or freeskate in urban areas.
Roller Aggressive InLine
History: Aggressive inline skating
In 1980 a group of ice hockey players in Minnesota were looking for a way to practice during the summer.[1] Scott and Brennan Olson formed the company Rollerblade, Inc., to sell skates with four polyurethane wheels arranged in a straight line on the bottom of a padded boot. In 1988, Rollerblade introduced the first aggressive inline skate, the Rollerblade Lightning TRS. Aggressive inline skating finally developed as an organized sport in the early 1990s. The Aggressive Skaters Association (ASA) was formed by a number of aggressive inline skaters in 1994 as a forum to develop rules governing competitions and equipment. The sport was included in the first X-Games in 1995 and included vertical ramp and street event competitions. It reached its height in popularity in the late 90s, with mainstream movies like Disney's Brink! and other films. Aggressive inline skating was removed from the ESPN X-Games in 2005 although it is still included in the Asian X Games, LG Action Sports Competitions, Montpellier Fise, and many other large competitions.
