Roll Your Way Online!

Inline skating, or rollerblading, began in the ’60s and gained immense popularity in the early ’90s. Although indoor skating facilities rent both inline and roller skates, it is the newer 2-4-wheeled (inline) rollerblade which provides greater maneuverability

Need to brush up on blading skills? Several free videos are available online to help. Some may even be
downloaded to portable video gear, enabling inline skaters to put video techniques into play on their favorite blading surface. A video instructing novices how to properly fit their inline skates is also available.

This sport contains numerous styles and levels. Those not committed to a certain discipline may prefer the Group Skate, when several people meet to skate together, usually in the streets. Aggressive Skating consists of slides, grinds, and airs performed on streets or in parks. Free Skating’s goal is to get from A to B as quickly as possible and includes jumps, grinds, and slides. Classifications of Artistic skating are Slalom Skating and Slide Skating. Jump Skating consists of both the Running High Jump and the Free Jump. In a category by himself is the man who actually bladed down a rollercoaster!

Those who love this sport may feel a bit daunted when the climate change won’t allow them this daily physical fun. For these folks, online games may be a perfect substitute. Online blading games have several categories: kids, street, speed, fitness. Several games are free. Most skating is navigated with your keyboard’s arrow keys.

Such online games can keep bladers happy at all skill levels. There’s ‘Hello Kitty Roller Rescue’ (free) for the very young with minimal experience. A game at the other end of the spectrum is ‘Rollerblade Racer’ (minimal purchase) for the online game gurus. The latter requires earning 5,000 points before entering the big race. Also required is great skill in maneuvering the character (choose from two) through obstacles, including cracks in the road. For those very adept online game experts, this may be the one. In ‘Street Burglar’, the object is collecting valuables and coins while avoiding dogs, police, and other obstructions. There is even an online rollerblade game which entails grinding down a handrail!

No matter what the climate or season, rollerbladers can participate in their spare time, whether they don skates or use their online game expertise. A simple search for “online rollerblade games” will bring up many sites and hours of online fun.