Skateboards & Roller Skates Directory

roller blades Extreme sports see resurgence in Roller skates. Roller skates have had a long history in modern day recreation. Earliest records of roller skates date back to the eighteenth centaury with peak use occurring in the 1980’s and 1990’s which used design improvements that spanned over 200 years. The huge buzz that surrounded roller skates during its peak period came about from a major marketing breakthrough from a design known as inline skates. Today these are better known as roller blades which were the brain child of Scott Olson and Brennan Olson after redesigning a pair of inline skates they came across to be put to use for ice hockey training without ice.

quad skates When it comes to roller skates, there is nothing better than an old fashioned pair of quad skates. Especially if you are just learning to skate for the first time, you will want the most stable pair of skates possible. Quad skates are simply a skate with four wheels set in pairs side by side. In an attempt to make improvements on earlier skate designs, James Leonard Plimpton first introduced the quad in 1863. The skate used a cushion made of rubber which enabled a pivoting action. This action made it possible for the skater to just lean to one side when skating a curve. It was a smashing success.

roller blades Extreme sports see resurgence in Roller skates. Roller skates have had a long history in modern day recreation. Earliest records of roller skates date back to the eighteenth centaury with peak use occurring in the 1980’s and 1990’s which used design improvements that spanned over 200 years. The huge buzz that surrounded roller skates during its peak period came about from a major marketing breakthrough from a design known as inline skates. Today these are better known as roller blades which were the brain child of Scott Olson and Brennan Olson after redesigning a pair of inline skates they came across to be put to use for ice hockey training without ice.

quad skates When it comes to roller skates, there is nothing better than an old fashioned pair of quad skates. Especially if you are just learning to skate for the first time, you will want the most stable pair of skates possible. Quad skates are simply a skate with four wheels set in pairs side by side. In an attempt to make improvements on earlier skate designs, James Leonard Plimpton first introduced the quad in 1863. The skate used a cushion made of rubber which enabled a pivoting action. This action made it possible for the skater to just lean to one side when skating a curve. It was a smashing success.