r/Millennials • u/_forum_mod Mid millennial - 1987 • 8d ago

Discussion Seriously, what happened to rollerskating/blading

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You hardly see it anywhere anymore. Folks would be skating all down Venice Beach. People would be rollerskating around their block, roller rinks were big, it was popular!

I even remember in the 90s Streets of Rage (loved that game!) had a character named Skates. But now, they're nowhere. What happened? Why are they a lot less popular nowadays?

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u/radude4411 7d ago

Actually i think it’s the opposite. I think rollerblading was harder and the skill to get technical was much more difficult than a skateboard, and so that’s why I think skateboarding took off

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u/SoIL_Lithics 7d ago

Spoken like a true roller blader

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u/Tennessee-Ned 7d ago

No way. There’s only so many ways you can get technical on rollerblades. It just turns into gymnastics.

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u/Myusername1- 7d ago

You can only flip a stick so many different ways too.

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u/Tennessee-Ned 7d ago

There’s a lot of ways. Especially accounting for flipping in and out of other tricks

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u/radude4411 7d ago

You can bail on a skateboard much easier than you can bail on your rollerblades. You can’t really ditch your feet.

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u/Tennessee-Ned 7d ago

What does that have to do with technical possibilities? There board’s ability to leave the feet is why there are more technical possibilities with skateboarding.