A rollerblading God

[James3shin]

ok, now you're talking out of your neck. You first said that skateboards were archaic, now they're difficult? How is a piece of equipment difficult? Difficult to master yes, but the equipment itself? Also how do rollerblades give more freedom, and versatility to express themselves, over a skateboard? Can rollerbladers take off their skate and flip it in mid air and slip it back on their foot? That's a kickflip in skateboarding. Skateboarders can flip, can spin themselves or the board, can grind, can flip the board (you can't flip your boot), can slide on the board (you could slide on your ass i suppose), we can hit gaps i.e. Leap of Faith, we can hit rails switch/fakie/regular/one-foot, bladers can do 3/4 of the listed. Also, you obviously haven't watched Rodney skate with scrutiny as you stated, because he expresses himself with more freedom in 10 seconds of footage then any of the links you combined (also supported by someone that seems to be a non-partisan member, her209). Seems rollerblades are more limited in terms of creativity, rollerblades may have a larger scope on certain things, but only because the wheels are attached to your feet. Just how I see it.

 

[bigdog1218]

Originally posted by: Gl4di4tor

Originally posted by: James3shin
I hoped on the board because when I did, it was fun as hell. I loved bombing down hills, i loved manualing long flats, I loved catching a kickflip with my backfoot and so on. As for the shocks you speak of, are they insoles? You're right that i have not looked into blades, never cared for it, because it didn't look nearly as fun. I agree that Rodney probably couldn't pull off a mile long grinds, but how many rollerbladers can do anything remotely close to the Underflips that Rodney did(switch for that matter, got switch?). Gaps and rails are harder for skateboarders because of the things I mentioned before. The question is have you ever stepped foot on a board? You will instantly see the inherent difficulty and learning curve. Rollerbladers themselves around here even say that they switched to blades because skateboarding was too hard.

Thank you for proving my point; skateboards are difficult athletic equipments so why use them, they're archaic and outdated. Rollerblades give the athlete more freedom and versatility to express themselves both artistically and competitively.

This has to be one of the dumbest statements I've ever read. So something is difficult and you aren't good enough to do it and that automatically makes it archaic and outdated. And the sport you do is the the greatest thing ever because it uses wheels on shoes. I guess we can throw out baseball, hockey, golf, soccer, basketball, tennis, etc because they all use difficult atheltic equipment. But not wheels on shoes, they're the greatest thing ever.

 

[James3shin]

Originally posted by: Gl4di4tor

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Gl4di4tor

Originally posted by: James3shin
I hoped on the board because when I did, it was fun as hell. I loved bombing down hills, i loved manualing long flats, I loved catching a kickflip with my backfoot and so on. As for the shocks you speak of, are they insoles? You're right that i have not looked into blades, never cared for it, because it didn't look nearly as fun. I agree that Rodney probably couldn't pull off a mile long grinds, but how many rollerbladers can do anything remotely close to the Underflips that Rodney did(switch for that matter, got switch?). Gaps and rails are harder for skateboarders because of the things I mentioned before. The question is have you ever stepped foot on a board? You will instantly see the inherent difficulty and learning curve. Rollerbladers themselves around here even say that they switched to blades because skateboarding was too hard.

Thank you for proving my point; skateboards are difficult athletic equipments so why use them, they're archaic and outdated. Rollerblades give the athlete more freedom and versatility to express themselves both artistically and competitively.

You missed the point. It takes more skill to do the same tricks on a skateboard than it does on on rollerblades. That's the point James3shin is trying to make.

Oh yeah, then I wanna see a wood-pusher try a fraction of the stuff Olie Short does here: Youtube

hahahaha are you serious? You're putting this vid against Rodney? BAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!

EDIT#1: BTW, thank you for proving MY point.

EDIT #2: Yeah this mofo was Short of an Ollie, that's why he picked up the blades. He (Olie Short) didn't even jump the gap he dropped his skates from. Jamie Thomas ollies a rail in the first Zero vid and nearly sticks a drop bigger then that.

 

[Gl4di4tor]

oh noes, here come the Tony Hawk fan boys.
:roll:

 

[James3shin]

nice reply :thumbsup: I don't think anyone mentioned Hawk in this thread before you, are you a fan?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Gl4di4tor

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Gl4di4tor

Originally posted by: James3shin
I hoped on the board because when I did, it was fun as hell. I loved bombing down hills, i loved manualing long flats, I loved catching a kickflip with my backfoot and so on. As for the shocks you speak of, are they insoles? You're right that i have not looked into blades, never cared for it, because it didn't look nearly as fun. I agree that Rodney probably couldn't pull off a mile long grinds, but how many rollerbladers can do anything remotely close to the Underflips that Rodney did(switch for that matter, got switch?). Gaps and rails are harder for skateboarders because of the things I mentioned before. The question is have you ever stepped foot on a board? You will instantly see the inherent difficulty and learning curve. Rollerbladers themselves around here even say that they switched to blades because skateboarding was too hard.

Thank you for proving my point; skateboards are difficult athletic equipments so why use them, they're archaic and outdated. Rollerblades give the athlete more freedom and versatility to express themselves both artistically and competitively.

You missed the point. It takes more skill to do the same tricks on a skateboard than it does on on rollerblades. That's the point James3shin is trying to make.

Oh yeah, then I wanna see a wood-pusher try a fraction of the stuff Olie Short does here: Youtube

Meh, those same tricks can be done with a skateboard... also, I might add that the wheels are attached to the shoes so to get the wheels to the place where you need them is as simple as putting your foot where you need it. Not so much with a skateboard. Wheels are attached to the skateboard at fixed positions. The skateboard is harder to maneuver for the simple fact that it isn't "attached" to the person.

 

[SketchMaster]

I wasn't a skater but 90% of my friends I grew up with were, so I spent allot of time at the skate park (I was good with a camera). And from all those years I have this to say about Skaters Vs. Boarders....











They are both crazy M***** ****ers!

 

[JinLien]

Those guys aren't god...they are looking for an accident to happen.

The railing is there for a reason to prevent people from falling down that steep slope.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Gl4di4tor

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Gl4di4tor

Originally posted by: James3shin
I hoped on the board because when I did, it was fun as hell. I loved bombing down hills, i loved manualing long flats, I loved catching a kickflip with my backfoot and so on. As for the shocks you speak of, are they insoles? You're right that i have not looked into blades, never cared for it, because it didn't look nearly as fun. I agree that Rodney probably couldn't pull off a mile long grinds, but how many rollerbladers can do anything remotely close to the Underflips that Rodney did(switch for that matter, got switch?). Gaps and rails are harder for skateboarders because of the things I mentioned before. The question is have you ever stepped foot on a board? You will instantly see the inherent difficulty and learning curve. Rollerbladers themselves around here even say that they switched to blades because skateboarding was too hard.

Thank you for proving my point; skateboards are difficult athletic equipments so why use them, they're archaic and outdated. Rollerblades give the athlete more freedom and versatility to express themselves both artistically and competitively.

You missed the point. It takes more skill to do the same tricks on a skateboard than it does on on rollerblades. That's the point James3shin is trying to make.

Oh yeah, then I wanna see a wood-pusher try a fraction of the stuff Olie Short does here: Youtube

As someone who neither skateboards nor blades, the skateboarding vid was far more entertaining to watch (I only got through about 70% of the oli short video).

However, both are still kind of "meh" to me so this whole argument is hilarious 😀