| Aggressive inline skating, or commonly referred to as | | | | pipe. Street skating is when skaters use the natural |
| Rollerblading, is an extreme sport that has emerged | | | | terrain on the streets to perform their tricks. Some of |
| into the mainstream over the last ten to fifteen years. | | | | the obstacles used to perform tricks on are handrails, |
| These skaters usually perform many different kinds of | | | | curbs, ditches, and ledges. Street skating is illegal in |
| tricks on a variety of courses. The skates used by | | | | some areas, but many skaters do not always conform |
| aggressive inline skaters are usually smaller and softer | | | | to the laws and skate there anyway. Park skating is |
| than other inline skates. This allows the skaters to | | | | basically a combination of Vert and Street. A Park |
| accelerate or decelerate faster, and also have more | | | | course is usually constructed to have some of the |
| control over the skates when performing tricks. | | | | attributes of what skaters can find on the street, but |
| However these skates have a slower top speed, and | | | | also have small half pipes and boxes that allow |
| are also usually less durable than normal inline skates, | | | | skaters to perform some of the higher flying tricks that |
| so these skaters have to replace their wheels more | | | | are harder to perform on the street. |
| often than other skaters. | | | | With the increased success of the X games and |
| The courses used by aggressive inline skaters are | | | | extreme sports in general, aggressive inline skating has |
| commonly referred to as Vert, Street, and Park. Vert | | | | really thrust itself into the mainstream. More and more |
| is when the skaters "drop-in" to a half pipe so that | | | | kids are starting to play extreme sports which means |
| they can gain speed and do tricks when they shoot up | | | | that this sport will just continue to grow. The |
| and out of the half pipe. Vert skaters usually perform | | | | professionals of the sport continue to strive to out-do |
| the most amazing and dangerous tricks because they | | | | one another so the sky is the limit to where tricks will |
| routinely fly more than ten feet or more above the half | | | | go in the near future. |