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Roller lading started as a way for ice hockey players to practice during warm summers.

We can't cede everything to faggots.

Stop giving away our culture to faggots.
Art, rainbows, happiness, teaching, rollerblading all supposedly now no real men allowed?

Fuck that.

Take it back.

Roller blading should make a comeback. Gas too expensive and if you ride your bike to the store someone will steal it while you are inside. You bring a pair of shoes with you and take your blades into the store. You get good enough on them you can be as fast as bike can go in the city.

I used to roller blade a lot 25 years ago. I took the brake off of them and just stopped with a foot drag or ice hockey style slide, or a kind of ski twist your feet out or in thing. I know it sounds odd but I have very powerful legs. I was fast but could still stop on a dime. I don't know the state of the art stuff for them these days but one word of advice which you may already know is to rotate your wheels often. One can see the wear on them and you can rotate them in the suggested way and you can also move the smallest one to the place that gets the least wear to make them last a little longer. Don't blade in the rain because of how slick it is and because it rusts the bearings. Maybe they have new style bearing that don't rust.

the 90s called and wants its stuff back

Gay.

1995 called.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lhJ-EpHoUQ0

Yea if you get some retarded bearings (like $100 for the set) you'll fly. I had some in my blades.. melted 3 of the 4 wheels to the point they were falling apart. Probably should have got speed wheels instead of grippy hockey ones. Oh well. Left the bearings in the skate on the side of the road and walked home in socks

It’s been a long time since I saw anyone rollerblading.

About 25 years ago an office building in Shanghai caught fire and 100’s died. Turned out the sprinkler system wasn’t hooked up. China executed some people over this. After the fire, the building was left standing for some reason. They just put blue tarp all over it. All the people in the area moved away and all the businesses shut down because the area was awash in ghosts. Had to be, according to the chinks. They thought ghosts would latch onto you and follow you home. They all burned incense in their doorways to knock the ghosts off them.

I was living in Shanghai for a year on business, another westerner said he would do all his rollerblading around this ghost building because the streets were empty and there were no pedestrians. I guess the burning ghosts didn’t scare him

Dont listen to these asshats. Most of them arent coordinated enough to walk from their keyboard masterbatoriums to the fridge without wheezing. There is no way most of these fucks could stay upright on skates, much less go anywhere on them. Ive been on skates (ice and inline) and playing hockey most of my life and here is my 2 cents. If you are skating outside dont waste your money on expensive bearings, the sand and dirt outside is hard on them and they wont last. Best bang for your buck is ebay ceramics, they are cheap as hell and will last a long time. You can usually pick a set up for around $40. Ignore all of the ABEC rating shit, its marketing wank. ABEC rating typically deals with lateral load tolerances on a bearing and for skate purposes it is nearly irrelevant. A single 608 bearing has a weight load higher than your average skaters weight, there are eight per skate, and the bearings are captured in a frame and wheel so the lateral load is minimal. The most important part of skates is the boot. If its not comfortable your day is going to suck. In the hockey world (ice and roller) you can heat the skate boot at low temps in the oven and strap them on as tight as you can to form fit them. Pretty much minimal break in time. Avoid skates that have a lot of plastic on them, straps and buckles WILL break. Lace up is always better. Look for a pair with an aluminum chassis that holds the wheels. They are lighter and more durable. HARD wheels. Wheels have a durometer (hardness) rating on them. For outside you want around an 80a hardness wheel. Best advice is to get a set of inline hockey skates, they are built way better and are far more comfortable. Only drawback for rec skating is hockey skates dont have a brake on the back. But in my opinion you should know how to stop skates without a brake. On the brake subject I agree with most of the lazy uncoordinated degenerates on here. Brakes are for fags.....

Where I went to school we called it fruit-booting.

What memories! Me and my buddies, cruising around, and coming up on a roller blader, and throwing every piece of trash in the car at them.

The good ol days. I miss em!

I can’t remember what kind Richard Simmons used, but I’m sure you have the wardrobe down….

Holy shit, rollerblading is about the gayest thing you can do besides literally pumping ass.

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Is this for pride month or something?

Have you told your parents you're gay yet?

You should get tested for AIDS.