Urban inline skating is a discipline that merges aggressive and recreational skating. Urban skaters use aggressive maneuvers to travel through cities on a combination of streets, sidewalks and available structures to reach a destination using the shortest or fastest methods possible.
Urban inline skating is also called free skating or free riding and incorporates aggressive styled tricks including sliding, grinding and jumping. They use firm boots for good support like the aggressive skaters, short frames for maneuverability like slalom skaters use, but often need bigger wheels for a little more speed since they are really using these skates for transportation.
Like aggressive skating, safety and the use of protective gear and protective clothing is recommended for this stunt based form of transportation. Loose jeans will allow unrestricted movement, and the denim fabric will provides an extra layer of protection from abrasions. These stunts, tricks, and maneuvers through the city will require a very advanced level of skating skills and a thorough knowledge of how to fall safely.
Urban inline skating is a great activity for young or young-at-heart thrill-seekers who can do it for recreation, transportation and a unique way to get away from urban traffic. It is important for urban skaters to know their own local laws governing traffic and safety issues for inline skaters, bikes and other human-powered vehicles.
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