fixed gear freestyle is the new aggressive inline

mailer · July 17, 2009, 2:10am

the parallels are there. you know it’s true.

Tail_Hook_Lengthener · July 17, 2009, 2:19am

I’ve been saying this since like 2006! Before it had a name.

kevinwulf · July 17, 2009, 3:04am

It’d be good if they gave it a name like “extreme track” or “fixed radical” or something.

halbritt · July 17, 2009, 3:46am

Do people still inline skate aggressively or at all?

Whippin_Skidz · July 17, 2009, 4:48am

I thought fixies were the new Rollerblades the whole time. They were/are right?

hambeki · July 17, 2009, 4:53am

I looked it up a few months ago, and apparently you can still buy super expensive inline skates with graffiti shit on them. They look tight.

stormy · July 17, 2009, 5:12am

I don’t know if anything can ever approach that pinnacle known as “aggressive inline.”

yung_jeezy · July 17, 2009, 5:23am

duuuude!
both my cousins were/are professional aggressive inliners.

halbritt · July 17, 2009, 5:55am

[quote=STACK CHIPS]duuuude!
both my cousins were/are professional aggressive inliners.[/quote]

My roommate from BITD was too. So, what’s the scoop, is there still a scene?

Shiny_squid_green · July 17, 2009, 7:55am

If you cruise through Trick Track occasionally, you’ll see that a good number of guys on there still ‘aggressive inline.’ Coincidence, I think not.

tom · July 17, 2009, 9:59am

i know one person who still does aggressive inline. hardly anyone comes to the skatepark with them anymore

blaupunkt · July 17, 2009, 11:55am

I got a super hot K2 inline skating lycra outfit from the flea market a while ago.

I’m planning on wearing it at an alleycat next week. I’ll be popping mad wheelies and barspinnin’ like a tornado, even if some of the organizing messenger dudes probably won’t be as amused as I will be.

cookietruck · July 17, 2009, 12:15pm

Bearpants · July 17, 2009, 1:08pm

my friend helps run it and does most of the photography. i don’t think it has or ever will be a profitable magazine, but there is still a bit of a scene in Australia.
http://www.rollamag.com/
and i know ‘aggressive inline’ was lame, but fuck, it was/is miles above fucking ‘fixed freestyle.’

littlebear · July 17, 2009, 1:14pm

I don’t see anyone aggressive inline, but I have seen an uptick in rollerbladers lately. I hadn’t seen any in probably 10 years until this summer and there are a lot of people in DC using them. I really just thought it had to do with being ok wearing sneakers with skirts among other DC atrocities.

Rusty_Piton · July 17, 2009, 1:36pm

lulz

Tail_Hook_Lengthener · July 17, 2009, 1:36pm

I think plenty of people still rollerblade up and down their local MUP and shit, and there’s probably a lot of roller hockey in places where there is no ice, but fortunately, it appears as though aggressive inline has been relegated to the dustbin of history.

I often wonder though, will it ever make a huge comeback, a la skateboarding? Will some washed out old pro suddenly become the next Tony Hawk?

Andrew_Andeson · July 17, 2009, 2:07pm

I see a lot of kids inlining in the various skate/bmx/ etc street spots around Edinburgh. I’m not sure if hteyre doing it aggressively though.

walrus · July 17, 2009, 2:15pm

don’t speak ill of sneakers with skirts.

littlebear · July 17, 2009, 2:19pm

don’t speak ill of sneakers with skirts.[/quote]
perhaps i should clarify. athletic shoes with business skirts and pantyhose.