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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512021957807258043</id><updated>2023-11-15T07:19:46.780-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inlineskate-freestyle-fighter</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://inlineskate-freestyle-fighter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8512021957807258043/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://inlineskate-freestyle-fighter.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>INLINESKATE FREESTYLE GROUP</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18305256150153532001</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeqnOIwA3RzVBt9r8M24bDUGtEusUlHP42fJnC3_WQyGMX-zJumogW1DZL-YtzghDS2_U9-WuSu2qJYjB6mZVpfGWZ42Z0k25vb959q3o9AgcfjcDZh7-vwQRX9dA0A/s220/skate.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512021957807258043.post-5934331248872701518</id><published>2021-05-19T11:28:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2021-05-19T11:28:26.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The History of Inline Skate Development</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;There are historic ice skating relics
  2. that date back as far as 3000 B.C. But, inline roller skates probably
  3. originated much later in Scandinavia or Northern Europe where ice
  4. skating was an easy way to travel short distances. By the early 17th
  5. century, these early Dutch called themselves skeelers and skated on
  6. frozen canals in the winter. They eventually used a primitive form of
  7. roller skate, made by attaching wooden spools to a platform to allow
  8. similar travel in warmer weather. The first officially documented inline
  9. skate actually appeared in London in 1760. The progression from
  10. transportation to a substitute for on stage ice skating, to recreational
  11. skating, to fitness skating and eventually to inline competitive sports
  12. has been closely linked to the development of inline skate technology.
  13. Let&#39;s follow the developments and technological improvements that have
  14. been made to the original inline skates that lead to the comfortable and
  15. sometimes highly specialized equipment used by inline skaters today.
  16. The National Museum of Roller Skating was the source for many of the
  17. historical facts in this article.&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/JNdsTE0KM9k&quot; width=&quot;470&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;JNdsTE0KM9k&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1743&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first documented reference to inline or roller
  18. skating was left by a London stage performer. The inventor of these
  19. skates, which were probably an inline design, is unknown and is lost in
  20. history.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1760&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The
  21. first known inventor of an inline roller skate was John Joseph Merlin.
  22. Merlin was born on September 17, 1735, in Huys, Belgium. He grew up to
  23. become a musical instrument maker and accomplished mechanical inventor.
  24. One of his inventions was a pair of skates with a single line of small
  25. metal wheels. He wore the skates as a publicity stunt to promote his
  26. museum, and from the beginning, stopping was a problem. It is believed
  27. that one of his ballroom stunts ended in a dramatic crash into a
  28. mirrored wall because of this defect. For the next century, roller skate
  29. wheels followed the inline design alignment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1789&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The
  30. inline skate idea made its way to France in 1789 with Lodewijik
  31. Maximilian Van Lede and his skate that he called the patin a terre which
  32. translates from French to “land skates” or &quot;earth skates&quot;. Van Lede&#39;s
  33. skates consisted of an iron plate with wooden wheels attached. He was a
  34. sculptor at the Academy Bruges in Paris and was considered as very
  35. eccentric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In 1819 the
  36. first inline skate was patented and inlines remained until 1863 when
  37. skates with two axles were developed. These quad skates allowed more
  38. control and their popularity spread quickly in North America and Europe.
  39. The four-wheeled quad skate quickly dominated the skate manufacturing
  40. industry. Some companies continued to design skates using wheels in a
  41. line, but they were not taken seriously. 1818 In Berlin, Germany, inline
  42. roller skates were used in a ballet for ice skating moves when it was
  43. impossible have ice on a stage. The ballet called Der Maler oder die
  44. Wintervergn Ugungen: “The Artist or Winter Pleasures”. Ice skating was
  45. one of the winter pleasures simulated by roller skaters. No one knows
  46. what kind of skates were used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1819&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The
  47. Petitbled, the first roller skate patented, was an inline. This patent
  48. was issued in Paris, France, in 1819. M. Petitbled&#39;s invention had three
  49. inline wheels which were either wood, metal or ivory. He thought his
  50. inline skate would allow a skater to simulate ice skating moves, but the
  51. wheel construction did not allow it, and the wheels kept slipping on
  52. hard surfaces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1823&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Robert
  53. John Tyers, a London ice skater, patented a skate called the Rolito
  54. with five wheels in a single row on the bottom of a boot. The center
  55. wheels were larger than the wheels on either end of the frame to allow a
  56. skater to maneuver by shifting his weight, but the Rolito could not
  57. follow a curved path like inline skates today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1828&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Another
  58. roller skate patent was issued in Austria in 1828 to August Lohner, a
  59. Viennese clockmaker. Until then, all designs had been for inline skates,
  60. but this version was like a tricycle, with two wheels in back and one
  61. in front. He also added a ratchet to prevent the skate from rolling
  62. backward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In France, Jean Garcin got a patent for the &quot;Cingar.&quot;
  63. The name was created by reversing the syllables of his last name. The
  64. Cingar was an inline skate with three wheels. Garcin opened a skating
  65. rink, taught skating and even wrote a book called Le Vrai Patineur (&quot;The
  66. True Skater&quot;). Garcin had to close his rink because of the number of
  67. skating injuries to patrons.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1840&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monsieur
  68. and Madame Dumas, professional dancers, led a performance of fancy
  69. roller skating at Paris’s Port Saint Martin Theatre in 1840.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  70. Corse Halle Tavern, near Berlin, featured barmaids who served the
  71. patrons on roller skates. This was needed due to the large size of beer
  72. halls in Germany at this time.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1849&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The
  73. first successful use of a skate with wheels in a line was recorded in
  74. 1849 by Louis Legrange, who built them to simulate ice skating in the
  75. French Opera, &quot;Le Prophete&quot;. These skates had major problems because the
  76. skaters who used them could not maneuver or stop. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1852&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English
  77. J. Gidman applied for a patent for roller skates equipped with ball
  78. bearings. He had to wait 30 years to see them in use on skates.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1857&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Public roller skating rinks opened in the Floral Hall and in the Strand of London.&lt;br /&gt;1859&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  79. Woodward skate was invented in London in 1859 with four vulcanized
  80. rubber wheels on each frame for better traction than iron wheels on a
  81. wooden floor. Like the Rolito, these skates had middle wheels that were
  82. bigger than the end wheels to make it easier to turn, but this did not
  83. fix maneuvering problems. This skate was used by Jackson Haines, the
  84. founder of modern figure skating, for exhibitions.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1860&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reuben
  85. Shaler, an inventor from Madison, Connecticut, developed a skate
  86. designed to solve the maneuverability problem. Shaler patented a Parlor
  87. Skate, the first roller skate patent issued by the U.S. Patent Office.
  88. This skate had four wheels attached by pins to a hanger which resembled
  89. today&#39;s inline frames. They offered a rubber or leather ring on the
  90. wheels to allow them to grip the skating surface. These inline skates
  91. never caught on.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1863&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James
  92. Plimpton initiated quad roller skate history. When he invented quad
  93. skates, they provided greater control than the inline models and were
  94. much easier to use. Plimpton put one pair of wheels in front and another
  95. in back. He put the wheels on pivots, so they could turn independently
  96. of the frame and inserted rubber cushions, so skaters could lean in the
  97. direction of their turns.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1866&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  98. first Plimpton skates clamped on to the shoe, but improved designs used
  99. straps with buckles instead. Plimpton installed a skating floor in his
  100. furniture business in New York, leased skates to customers, founded the
  101. New York’s Roller Skating Association, introduced skating proficiency
  102. tests, operated roller rinks in the Northeast, and traveled to give
  103. lessons. Four years later, the proficiency test medals were being given
  104. out in 20 countries where Plimpton skates were used.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1867&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean
  105. Garcin’s Cingar skate had a brief revival at the 1867 Exposition
  106. Universelle in Paris. But, eventually all inline roller skates became
  107. obsolete after Plimpton’s “quad” skate became popular.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1876&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;William
  108. Bown patented a design for roller skates wheels in Birmingham, England.
  109. Bown’s design made an effort to keep the two bearing surfaces of an
  110. axle, fixed and moving, apart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A toe stop design that helped
  111. skaters stop rolling by tipping the skate down at the toe was patented.
  112. Toe stops are still used today on inline figure skates and on most quad
  113. skates.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1877&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bown
  114. worked closely with Joseph Henry Hughes, who patented the elements of an
  115. adjustable ball or roller bearing system similar to the system used in
  116. today’s skate and skateboard wheels.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1884&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Levant
  117. M. Richardson secured a patent to use steel ball bearings in skate
  118. wheels to reduce friction, and allow skaters to increase the speed with
  119. minimum effort. The invention of pin ball-bearing wheels allowed skates
  120. to roll with ease and made skating shoes weigh less.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1892&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walter
  121. Nielson of New York got the patent for a “Combined Ice and Roller
  122. Skate.” His 14-wheel skates had a patent inscription that suggested that
  123. “a pad of rubber, leather, or like material should be placed ... so
  124. that when the skater desires to stop, it is only necessary to press the
  125. pad ... against the floor or ground.” This suggestion for stopping pads
  126. was ahead of its time.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1884&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Levant
  127. M. Richardson gets a patent for steel ball bearings in skate wheels.
  128. These bearings reduce friction, so skaters can go faster with less
  129. effort.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1898&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In
  130. 1898, Levant Richardson started the Richardson Ball Bearing and Skate
  131. Company, which provided skates to most professional skate racers of the
  132. time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The end of the nineteenth century and the early years of
  133. the twentieth century marked the appearance of cycles-skates with
  134. structures similar to modern skates online. They were invented in
  135. response to a need to skate on all types of surfaces and were the first
  136. step in the development of all-terrain skates using rubber wheels or
  137. tires. Later in the century, modern inlines emerged.&lt;br /&gt;1900&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Peck &amp;amp; Snyder Company patents an inline skate with two wheels in 1900.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1902&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over 7,000 people attended opening night at the Coliseum public skating rink in Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1905&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Jay Young of New York City creates and patents an adjustable length, clamp-on inline skate.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1910&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  138. Roller Hockey Skate Company designs a three-wheeled inline skate with a
  139. leather shoe and the rear wheel raised to allow the skater to pivot on
  140. the center wheel. This inline was made for roller hockey by the Roller
  141. Hockey Skate Company of New York City in 1910 with boots from the Brooks
  142. Athletic Shoe Company.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1930s&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Best-Ever Built Skate Company manufactures an inline skate with three wheels positioned close to the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  143. original patents for Jet inline skates for ice cross-training were
  144. filed in the 1930s. An advertisement for them was published in a 1948
  145. issue of Popular Mechanics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1938&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christian
  146. Siffert, of Deerfield, Illinois, patents a design for an inexpensive
  147. inline skate, which could not only be used on sidewalks but also convert
  148. to sharp-edged wheels, on ice. The Jet Skate, the ad claims, is the
  149. &quot;only skate with brakes to stop quick.&quot; This claim was probably false
  150. since at that time several brakes had been invented and patented for
  151. roller skates. The Jet Skate brake looked a lot like today&#39;s heel brakes
  152. and was designed to be used the same way. Brakes have always been a
  153. design problem for skate manufacturers.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;1941&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Modern inline skates begin to appear in the Netherlands.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1953&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  154. first U.S. patent for modern inline skates, created to behave like ice
  155. runners with individually sprung and cushioned wheels, was granted under
  156. patent number US 2644692 in July 1953 to Ernest Kahlert of Santa Ana,
  157. CA. They appeared in the April 1950 issue of &quot;Popular Mechanics&quot; and in
  158. the April 1954 issue of &quot;Popular Science.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An inline skate with 2
  159. round, artificial rubber wheels, and no brake was developed by Rocker
  160. Skate Company in Burbank, California. It was advertised in “Popular
  161. Science” in the November 1953 issue and in “Popular Mechanics” in the
  162. February 1954 issue. The ads described them as &quot;quiet, fast and good for
  163. stops and turning.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1960&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  164. Chicago Skate Company tries to market an inline skate similar to
  165. today&#39;s equipment, but it was shaky, uncomfortable and the brakes were
  166. not dependable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A USSR inline skate was made in 1960 with 4
  167. wheels and a toe stop. It appeared to have solid construction and is
  168. similar to some of the current inline figure skates with wheel-shaped,
  169. front-mounted toe stops.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1962&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A
  170. heavy-looking inline skate called the &quot;Euba-Swingo&quot; was manufactured by
  171. the Euba company in Germany. This skate was available permanently
  172. mounted to a boot or as a clamp-on skate. Euba-Swingo skates were
  173. rockered, had a front-mounted toe-stop and were used for dry-land figure
  174. skating training.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inline skates also made an appearance in the Russian movie Королева бензоколонки (1962) at about 9m23s into the film. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1964&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An advertisement in a magazine shows BiSkates, another inline skate intended as an alternative for ice training.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1966&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  175. Chicago Roller Skate Company manufactures their inline skate with a
  176. boot. The inline skate which influenced Scott Olson was a 1966 Chicago
  177. Roller Skate Company skate. These skates featured four wheels in a line
  178. with the front and back wheel extending beyond the boot like an ice
  179. skate blade, and they played an important part in the development of
  180. inline skating. In Germany, Friedrich Mayer obtained a patent for his
  181. inline skate. No one was interested at the time, because of the
  182. popularity of quad roller skates, featuring two wheels per axle, a
  183. canvas shoe and a stopper in the front. In England, the Tri-Skate
  184. developed, a skate with three wheels, high leather shoes and a stopper
  185. in front, and according to Dutch articles on this topic, as many as
  186. 100,000 pairs of inline skates (not necessarily all Tri-Skates) were
  187. sold in Holland and neighboring countries. This happened before the
  188. development of RollerBlade and should be considered a great success. The
  189. details of Tri-Skate origins are uncertain. The design is either
  190. American or Dutch, the frames were made in England by Yaxon (a toy
  191. producer) and the figure boots were made in Italy. This means that the
  192. skates were sold in those countries, too.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1972&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In
  193. 1972, Mountain Dew attempted to sell Mettoy&#39;s &quot;Skeeler&quot; in Canada. This
  194. three-wheeled inline skate was developed for Russian hockey players and
  195. speed skaters. The Skeelers, another name for skating or skater, were
  196. early versions of today’s inline skates and were produced in adult and
  197. children&#39;s sizes. Celebrities who tried them as publicity stunts
  198. included dancer Lionel Blair and runner Derek Ibbotson, who had set a
  199. world record for the mile in 1957.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1978&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speedys,
  200. a product of SKF, were an inline skate that featured soft boots, a
  201. frame, and four wheels. Unfortunately, the late 70s market was not ready
  202. for inline sports and the production was discontinued.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1979&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott
  203. and Brennan Olson, brothers and hockey players from Minneapolis,
  204. Minnesota, find a pair of Chicago inline roller skates and begin
  205. redesigning them using modern materials. They add polyurethane wheels,
  206. attach the frames to ice hockey boots, and add a rubber toe-brake to the
  207. new design. The modifications were intended for ice hockey training
  208. when ice is not available. After over 200 years of trial and error,
  209. inline skating is ready to emerge.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1980&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott
  210. and Brennan Olson established Ole&#39;s Innovative Sports which became
  211. Rollerblade, Inc. after selling inline skates with no brake at all to
  212. the hockey players who were the early adopters. The Olson brothers
  213. introduced a new skating phenomenon that has never been equaled in
  214. roller sports history. The proper term to use when describing this
  215. skating is inline roller skating or inline skating, but Rollerblade made
  216. such an impact that the name has become synonymous with the sport in
  217. spite of the fact that Rollerblade is an inline skate manufacturer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  218. modern style of inline speed skates was developed as an ice skate
  219. substitute and used by a Russian athlete training on dry land for his
  220. Olympic long track speed skating events. A photo of American skater Eric
  221. Heiden using Olson&#39;s skates to train for the 1980 Olympics on a road in
  222. Wisconsin was published in Life magazine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Olson brothers
  223. adopted and adapted the Chicago inline design over the years, and caused
  224. a public attraction to roller skating that has been hard to match in
  225. the sport’s history. The name Rollerblade has become inline skating to
  226. most people, overshadowing many other inline skate manufacturers and
  227. leaving out a lot of the previous history of roller and inline roller
  228. skating.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1982&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1982, Scott Olson adds the toe stop to his inline skate but found that it didn&#39;t work well.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1984&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1984, Scott Olson adds a heel brake to help beginners get over the fear of being unable to stop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minneapolis
  229. businessman Bob Naegele, Jr. purchased Olson&#39;s company, and it
  230. eventually became Rollerblade, Inc. This was not the first company to
  231. manufacture inline skates, but Rollerblade expanded inline skating to
  232. include more than just hockey players by offering comfortable skates
  233. with dependable, easy-to-use brakes. This introduced millions to inline
  234. skating sports.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1986&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rollerblade, Inc., begins to market skates as fitness and recreational equipment.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1989&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rollerblade,
  235. Inc. produced the Macro and Aeroblades models, the first skates
  236. fastened with three buckles instead of long laces that needed threading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1990&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rollerblade,
  237. Inc. switched to a glass-reinforced thermoplastic resin (durethan
  238. polyamide) for their skates, replacing the polyurethane compounds that
  239. were previously used. This decreased the average weight of skates by
  240. nearly fifty percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1990, inline skate developers once again
  241. turned to efforts to find designs and materials that would allow
  242. skaters to simulate more of the ice and quad roller figure and dance
  243. skating maneuvers. Roller skaters discovered the competitive advantages
  244. of inline skates, especially increased speed. Skate designers also began
  245. to explore wheel sizes and frame alignment. However, the majority of
  246. the development during this decade was intended for ice hockey and ice
  247. speed cross-training for skaters&lt;br /&gt;1993&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rollerblade, Inc.
  248. developed the ABT or Active Brake Technology. A fiberglass post was
  249. attached at one end to the top of the boot and at the other end to a
  250. rubber-brake and hinged to the chassis at the back wheel. The skater had
  251. to straighten one leg to stop, driving the post into the brake, which
  252. then hit the ground. Skaters had already been tilting their foot back to
  253. make contact with the ground, before ABT, so this new brake design
  254. improved safety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat McHale secures the United States and
  255. European patents for a multi-purpose inline skate in 1993. This skate
  256. design features offset inline wheels that create an inside-outside edge
  257. with lateral stability for control of edges that are similar to ice
  258. blades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1993, two other inventors, Bert Lovitt, and Warren
  259. Winslow work together to invent an all-terrain skate that uses 2 angled
  260. wheels.&lt;br /&gt;1995&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Italian firm Risport introduced the 3-wheeled
  261. “Galaxie” figure frame and an entry-level cheap 3-wheels inline figure
  262. skate all-plastic: “Kiria” in white and “Aries” in black. Another model
  263. with a metal frame and plastic boot was called “Vega”. All of these
  264. inline skates were designed with toe stops. Risport also discovered that
  265. a flat 3-wheeled frame can behave as a rockered frame just by using a
  266. much harder wheel in the center, thus splitting unevenly the skater’s
  267. weight among them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sporting goods company K2, Inc. comes up with a
  268. soft boot design which in most aspects of the sport (except Aggressive
  269. Skating) has become the most common design. This company also heavily
  270. promotes the soft boot design for fitness. By 2000, most skate
  271. manufacturers followed suit, although the hard boot is still preferred
  272. by aggressive skaters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diederik Hol sees a bulletin board
  273. announcement that Dutch manufacturer offers a six-month research
  274. training into designing a clap skate. He saw an opportunity to develop
  275. something with the potential of setting new world records, and he used
  276. the project as a springboard for his career in design engineering. He
  277. graduated having worked on the Rotrax skate, a multiple-hinge frame that
  278. ensures a more powerful push-off and thus higher speed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John
  279. Petell, President of Harmony Sports Inc., contacts Nick Perna, a PSA
  280. master rated coach, to test a retrofit product they called the PIC. The
  281. PIC® device attached to conventional inline skates to enable figure
  282. skaters to perform figure skating moves requiring a toe pick that was
  283. not otherwise possible on conventional inline skates. A French inventor
  284. named Jean-Yves Blondeau gets a patent for his 31-wheeled Rollerman suit
  285. (also known as the Wheel Suit or Buggy Rollin) in 1995. This suit is
  286. designed with wheels that are very similar to inline skate wheels
  287. carefully placed on most of the major joints of the body, on the torso
  288. and even on the back.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1997&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inline
  289. skates and skating accessories become a billion-dollar international
  290. industry, with nearly 26 million Americans participating. Lovitt &amp;amp;
  291. Winslow file their first Patent Application for their all-terrain skate
  292. invention with 2 angled wheels.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1998&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The
  293. collaboration between Nick Perna and John Petell results in the
  294. development of a rockered inline figure skate frame. The final patent
  295. for the PIC skate was published on April 14, 1998. A total of 23 claims
  296. were granted by the patent examiner, but the key element to the PICand
  297. other similar skates is the toe pic angle which closely mirrors the pick
  298. angle on ice skates. The jagged metal toe picks on ice skates are used
  299. to spike jumps and assist footwork, and this inline skate has the same
  300. capabilities via the patented PIC. The Rollerblade Coyote skate was
  301. introduced in 1997 as the first true off-road skate in the industry. The
  302. air-filled tires were designed for shock absorption, traction, and
  303. terrain versatility.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1999&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lovitt
  304. &amp;amp; Winslow incorporate the new LandRoller company to manufacture and
  305. market their new skates with angled wheels. Sportsline International
  306. offers Diederik Hol a chance to design a whole new product line of
  307. skates. After less than a year of dedicated thinking and drawing
  308. concepts, he designed what is now known as the Mogema Dual Box.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inline
  309. figure skating develops as an off-ice training tool for ice skaters and
  310. emerges as a competitive event in roller sports. Some manufacturers,
  311. like Triax/Snyder, respond by providing equipment options needed for
  312. figure skating.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2002&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In
  313. November of 2002, after the first World Inline Figure Skating
  314. Championships in Germany, the coach of Chien-Hao Wang visits Arthur Lee
  315. to discuss damage to Wang&#39;s inline skates and request the development of
  316. a better inline figure skating frame. Three years after he made his
  317. first sketch, Diederik Hol convinces the Rollerblade World Team and
  318. others to use Mogemas at the World Inline Championships in France. 45
  319. skaters won their gold, silver, and bronze medals on Mogemas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2003&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The prototype for Arthur Lee&#39;s Snow White Inline is complete.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2004&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Snow
  320. White sponsors two Taiwanese skaters, Chia-Hsiang Yang and Chia-Ling
  321. Hsin, for the 2004 World inline Championships in Fresno, CA. Kadu, coach
  322. of Gustavo Casado Melo and Adrian Baturin, and Ms. Yasaman Hejazi,
  323. coach of the Iran Inline Figure Skating Federation, are among the first
  324. coaches to use Snow White frames.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2005&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;LandRoller&#39;s
  325. Angled Wheel Technology breaks away from traditional inline designs
  326. with two large, side-mounted, out-of-line angled wheels that roll
  327. astride the centerline of the boot and maintain a low center of gravity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2006&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Wheel
  328. Anti-Reversing Technology was developed by Bruce Honaker to help new
  329. inline skaters by allowing them to keep both skates on the ground, and
  330. parallel to each other. This creates comfort and stability as momentum
  331. is gained. Fear of rolling backward on inclines is also eliminated. The
  332. device may be removed after skating skills develop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian
  333. Green and the Cardiff Skate Company offer an adjustable skate with a
  334. unique three-wheel configuration and braking system that is promoted as
  335. being more stable and more convenient than any other skate on the
  336. market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flex Brake, Ben Wilson&#39;s lightweight braking system
  337. designed to fit most inline speed skates or fitness skates, Alex
  338. Bellehumeur&#39;s DXS Inline Skating Disk Brake system and Gravity Master
  339. calf activated brakes from Craig Ellis revive interest in inline skate
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