Aggressive skating

:This article is mostly about aggressive inline skating. For an extensive treatment of skateboarding tricks, see here.

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Aggressive skating is a stunt-based form of skateboarding or inline skating, though it is more commonly used with the latter. Aggressive inline skating is performed on aggressive skates, as opposed to fitness or racing skates. Originally starting on half pipes and moving on to city streets, aggressive skaters attempt tricks such as sliding ("grinding") on the edge of concrete ledges or handrails, jumping over stairs or other gaps, performing 180s or 360s, and generally trying to defy gravity or physics in any way possible.

Related Topics:
Skating - Skateboarding - Inline skating - Gravity - Physics

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The term aggressive skating is a name only used outside the industry to describe the specific style of inline skating, but not a term most within the sport enjoy hearing or using. Instead, those who practice the sport simply refer to it as "rollerblading", "rolling", "blading", or "skating". It should be noted that using any variation of term "rollerblade" is, technically, trademark dilution.

Related Topics:
Rollerblade - Trademark dilution

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In the past, most people inside and out of aggressive skating would have defined it as a sport. But currently people view it as a cross between a sport, an art form, and lifestyle.

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Historically, skateboarding has always looked down on aggressive inline skating. The reasons for this vary. It's not uncommon for hostilities to break out between skateboarders and inline skaters that come in direct contact. But it's equally as common to find the two interacting with no problems, to find people who cross over from one to the other, and to see groups of skaters containing both variations.

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