Inline Skating Game
Popularity of the inline skating game is increasing day by day all over the world. Especially, children and teenager love inline skating.
History:
The first roller skates were invented by John Joseph Merlin. He was born in Belgium in 1735. He is also famous for various kinds of musical instruments’ invention. There are many categories of roller skates, inline skates are one of them. Frenchman and Louis Legrange are famous as the inventor of inline skate. They invented it in 1849, during an opera; they used it for skating scene instead of ice skates. In the USA, a manufacturing company was started to manufacture modern inline skate at 1953. From 1970s, many companies started to supply equipment at market.
The first roller skates were invented by John Joseph Merlin. He was born in Belgium in 1735. He is also famous for various kinds of musical instruments’ invention. There are many categories of roller skates, inline skates are one of them. Frenchman and Louis Legrange are famous as the inventor of inline skate. They invented it in 1849, during an opera; they used it for skating scene instead of ice skates. In the USA, a manufacturing company was started to manufacture modern inline skate at 1953. From 1970s, many companies started to supply equipment at market.
Equipment:
Inline Skate is composed of a boot, which is adopted on the foot. This boot is fixed on a frame and the frame holds the wheels. Bearings permit the wheels to spin loosely around an axle. At last, the rubber brake usually adds to the frame of the right foot. So, Main parts of inline skate are boot, frame, bearing, wheel and rubber brake. The most familiar setup for inline skating is flat setup. Now a days, collision between two skaters is a common incident. Loosing balance or falling on hard surface is another common accident for skaters. Skater uses some safety equipments for saving themselves from those unwanted incidents. Many people can tease you, why are you wearing a helmet during skating period? But you should not consider their provocation, because, helmet is the most essential safety guard, when you skate. The pad is another safety guard for your skating. Inline skater should always use knee pad, elbow pad and wrist guard to save themselves. Many skaters like to use long pants and long-sleeve shirts under their pad for more protection. The fitted mouth guard is another important safety equipment for inline skating.
Dangers:
Inline skating is one of the most familiar games in this world. Many people like skating. But this popularity brings some unwanted occurrence too. Such as when many inline skaters skate at a same time at a same place, there is a chance to make collision between them. Sometimes it is seen that inline skater loses his balance and collide with other pedestrian. It is the normal case for new inline skater that they fail to keep their control; as a result hazardous accidents take place. If Skating Place is not suitable to skate, then skater should not skate in that place, because inappropriate place is the main cause of occurring accidents during skating period.
Top Players’ Name:
Some aggressive inline skating events around the world in the year of 2003 were the 2003 X Games Global Championships in San Antonio, the 2003 Core Tour Venice Beach, the 2003 X Games in Los Angeles, the 2004 Latin X Games in Rio de Janeiro etc. Some famous participants of those notorious events were:
Shane O’Neill (Australia), Blake Dennis(Australia), Shane Yost(Australia), Cesar Mora(Australia), Matt Salerno(Australia), Ian Brown (Australia), Sam Fogarty (Australia), Kelvin Hoefler (Brazil), Angela Araujo (Brazil).
At present World Skateboarding Federation has started ranking system for inline skaters, their ranking system has listed many players’ name from the year of 2015. The names are:
Luan Oliviera, Felipe Gustavo, Ishod Wair, Nyjah Huston, Shane O’Neill, Danny Leon, Chaz Ortiz, Kelvin Hoefler, Igor Golubev, Evan Smith.
Major Competitions:
Contemporarily, some famous skating tournaments are: World Championships, Olympics, X Games, Dew Tour, Street League, Copenhagen Pro, Tampa Pro, Simple Sessions, Mystic Cup, PS4 Series, Adrenalin Games and so on.
Best Places to Skate:
Top ten areas in USA for inline skate practicing are given below:
- Central Park, New York City
- Boulder Creek Path, Boulder, Colorado
- Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC
- Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.
- The Lakes, Minneapolis, MN.
- Veloway at Circle C, Austin, Texas.
- Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia.
- The Strand, Pacific Palisades, California.
- Lakefront Path, Chicago.
- Fort Lauderdale Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
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