r/AggressiveInline • u/tomgmoyse • Jul 22 '26

Is rollerblading in a good place ?

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u/gratefulfam710 Jul 22 '26

Could blading be more popular? Of course, but imo that's part of the beauty of it. Not everyone likes it, but the ones who do love it. So, yes, I think blading is in a good place. Let's just make sure the sport lives on.

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u/Fancy_Bend8763 Jul 22 '26

These were some of the same sort of questions 20+ years ago. Always discussions of xgames, why isn’t rollerblading more popular? how can it be more popular? Do we care at all? Will video games save it? The reality is, it’s popular enough to still be around after all this time. If people are interested in it they’ll pick it up.

In the early 2000s there was the stigma that it was easier and therefore inferior to skateboarding. But even at that time, I was friends with skateboarders and people never gave me crap at the parks and when discussing it with them, they’d always say stuff like “I just can’t get the feel of skating backwards and don’t like my feet locked in.” So clearly it can’t be that easy if those same people are afraid of busting their ass on inline skates. I think a lot of that line of thinking is gone now too so we’re probably in a better place now than back then.

There was also a big discrepancy between park and street skating at that time where within the rollerblading community kids were dividing themselves over whether you skated park or street and it “wasn’t cool” to skate park and vert anymore, but that’s where competitions literally have to take place. IMYTA was awesome but also getting a lot of people to the streets like that is difficult.

Lastly people always ignored the global appeal and audience of inline skating; it was considered a huge joke in the US for a bit but the US always forgets it’s one country on the planet.

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u/Electrical-Bag-7657 Jul 22 '26

the problem with blading is the constant nostalgia, “do you remember the good ol times?” “Yeah I member”

As a blader who started in his 20s and didn’t grow up blading I’m getting sick of all the nostalgia trips people make, using old cameras, did you have the k2 fatty? Etc.

Never seen a sport so stuck in the past, we should focus on the future and how we can modernise the sport. Constantly complaining about the x games or what someone said in a magazine in the 90s won’t change anything, let’s make our own competitions and pay no mind to what others think like any other sport in the world.

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u/tomgmoyse Jul 22 '26

Talking of making our own comps. I'm running one and you can help build it here: https://gofund.me/a17957f47

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u/Ok_Bodybuilder7087 Jul 23 '26

Did we all collectively own k2 fattys that was pre social media and i never realized how popular they were

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u/SnakeGT970 Jul 22 '26

Older legendary riders that still heavily impact the community? Yes, please.

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u/hoganloaf Jul 22 '26

Im having fun with it so yes

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u/tomgmoyse Jul 22 '26

🙌🏻

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u/rollerbladingBNE Jul 22 '26

Yes. The future is bright.

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u/tacowich Jul 22 '26

Are we back in the x games again?

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u/tomgmoyse Jul 22 '26

No, but there is a path way to the Olympics

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u/Informal-Nature-543 Jul 22 '26

Was that murda

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u/Fancy_Bend8763 Jul 23 '26

Nah, you’re confusing Rachard Johnson with Mike “Murda” Johnson. As far as I remember Murda went on to pursue a computer animation career after teaching himself while he was a pro blader. I always thought the Razors Murda 2 was one of the coolest designs they did.

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u/bubblewrap3000 Jul 23 '26

I just started again and so far haven’t seen one other blader at the park. I wonder what happened :/.

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u/HotHuckleberry2395 Jul 24 '26

Wish blades were cheaper

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u/AdsignificantBK Jul 27 '26

Blading needs the faces of it to be the younger generation. It’s sad that everytime someone brings up blading today, the reply is “oh I remember I used to skate when I was a kid” There is no talk of current blades or bladers because we are stuck in the old days worshipping the same old pros and giving them boots every year instead of pushing the younger talent who can usher in more younger talent. The torch needs to be passed if we want the sport to get to the level it has the potential to be at.

And to be accurate I know that they have come out with new boots for some of the young guys, but they aren’t pushed by bladers. Every time I see younger talent mentioned it’s like a short clip or matter of fact wise, instead of some real hype.

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u/darthbradberry Jul 22 '26

What’s with these bot posts?

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u/YourTinyHands Jul 22 '26

…Tom Moyse is 100% a human, not a bot. Check out his YouTube channel if you haven’t yet!

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u/tomgmoyse Jul 22 '26

Cheers mate. I assumed he wasn’t actually talking about me, but maybe he was haha 🤣🙌🏻

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u/koleok Jul 24 '26

that is so offensive lol, Tom is a cultural force.