Why don't you blade? (Poll)

iced^same as above + i dont think it looks very impressive/cool (in my opinion)
that being said i like the idea of a summer ski setup which def doesnt look smooth, but w/e


i like skateboarding as it is very accessible and low consequence in relation to bmx progression in my experience

skiP.E.I.Most of the good bladers I know snowboarded. Now they hardly do either any more though.

CLQNothing draws me to fruitbooting at all. I can do an almost infinite amount of tricks in my garage on a skateboard, constantly learning something new. What can I do on blades? Spin in circles?

FruitBootProOn flatground? Best you can do are wheel slides and cess slides.
On one grindable surface? There are an infinite amount of switchup combinations and that's not even factoring in spinning on and off.

Couldn't you say the same about skiing?

DIRTYBUBBLEI just like skating way more. I got into it through skiing and now I like it more than skiing. I can’t even kickflip or hit a rail but I find just cruising transition or doing ollies and power slides in the streets to be very rewarding.

I don’t hate fruit booting though and every now and then I do see some blading on Instagram that catches my eye.

CLQNothing draws me to fruitbooting at all. I can do an almost infinite amount of tricks in my garage on a skateboard, constantly learning something new. What can I do on blades? Spin in circles?

FruitBootProOn flatground? Best you can do are wheel slides and cess slides.
On one grindable surface? There are an infinite amount of switchup combinations and that's not even factoring in spinning on and off.

Couldn't you say the same about skiing?

air.bubbleI agree with CLQ, skating is simply way more accesible to most people. If its raining i can go to my garage or a parking garage or something covered and choose from the infinite flatground tricks available. And if you factor in skateparks, there is way more possibilities on boards than on inline. And quite honestly, doing tricks on skates =/= doing tricks on skis. In a basic way they are similar, but doing a frontswap on inlines feels completely different compared to on skis. And as a way of cross training, the only way i can imagine blading helping is maybe balance and thats it.

CLQYou know how many skateparks are open in my state right now? 0. I can have fun in my garage doing flat ground tricks on a skateboard all day. If I could ski pow, moguls, and park in my garage, I would do it but I can't. Hell even if I don't do any trick on a skateboard, just riding around on a board is more fun than blading. If I wanted to get really good at rails, I would blade.

TRVP_ANGEL_FANI fruit the boot now and then

DolanReloadedI only blade at the skatepark.

in the street i usually skateboard.

snowmosexualI don't blade cause I mtb and climb

bradenlangisCould blading make you more comfortable riding switch???

CaseyWhen I did blade it was always like oh I don’t want to bash my shins up or jam a wrist, bruise up a hip etc before the weekend to go skiing. Most of my high school years were spent limping around in one fashion or another from crashing on skates. And then Slowly I was just not willing to get wrecked anymore, Parted ways with my skating friends at college and once you aren’t really going for it you start to regress, and then it’s not as fun because you can’t do the same stuff you used to do. Just injury and age if I had to pick a reason.

FruitBootProYeah I mean it depends on how much you push yourself to do scary shit, I don't fall a lot but that's because I'm not getting very far out of my comfort zone each sesh.

CaseyYeah I want to get another pair of skates and just screw around on a mini ramp occasionally, idk. Should have kept my gear that was dumb

CaseyYeah I want to get another pair of skates and just screw around on a mini ramp occasionally, idk. Should have kept my gear that was dumb

FruitBootProeverything is sold out right now 💀 unless you wanna spend $380 to preorder a skate that will ship in October

BLandzAnd honestly I don’t wanna be a hater but even the best bladers ive ever seen in my life look completely cringe retarded it doesnt matter how much stee you have blading will never look good. The reason why I ski and skate is because I like making edits that I can look back on one day when im old and be like “yo that was dope” and if I bladed I would look back on my edits and be like wow that looks mega fuckin gay why did I ever do that

Young_patty- all my friends skate
- it looks retarded
- the improvement it made on my skiing was marginal
-I have more fun riding a skateboard
- skating has more tricks
- I’m not a schmuck
- roller blades are expensive
- it has no culture or scene left
- it is not as accessible as skating

those are my reasons

FruitBootProGenuinely curious. Aggressive inline is definitely the closest thing you can get to freestyle skiing on land. I'm not saying that everyone should blade, because stunt scootering and BMX can also feel pretty similar to skiing. Ironically, I think skateboarding is the most popular among this site's users, though. I just want to know what the reasons are for skiers to do these skatepark sports that are not so similar to skiing.

Yes, social distancing and staying inside is getting to me, that's why I'm bored enough to ask you guys this

MXmxI’m actually going to get into it. Have a friend that does it in LA.

Are roces any good?

FruitBootProYeah. M12s are very narrow, 5th Elements are very wide.

MXmxOk I’ll look into the elements. The 102mm last on Full Tilts isn’t wide enough for me.

When I was a kid, I had roces skates and still have them. Wanted to get into aggressive but never did.