Comments on: Blader Digest: Rollerblading Isn’t Cool

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:03:58 +0000

I see everything is awaiting approval, hopefully it all will be approved, it would seem as such you would approve just the un corrected rant, and not the acknowledgment of me realizing my own spelling and grammar errors. I’ll say one last thing before I go in because now I’m here at work, sports like skateboarding and Bmx, and freestyle BMX, blazed the way for rollerblading as you know it today and in the 90’s, you give no acknowledgment Of that what so ever. That point alone make you full of shit. There were no “bladders” skating 1/2 pipes in the early 80’s or 70’s, so shut the fuck up, it was all derived from skateboarding and BMX, give those sports the credit they deserve before you bitch about why rollerblading isn’t cool. That the part that irritates me the most. And that’s why it gets no respect, it was a rip off sport, marketed to kids to generate sales of a new product, sold as extreme and cool. If you enjoy it cool do it, but respect and know where it came from and why. Motocross came from harescrambles and woods racing, even though I don’t do those things I know and respect them, and don’t bitch about them when no one respects my sport. Bottom line is most people can put on some rollerblades and go, or ride a bike, but not everyone can skateboard or ride BMX. But to do the rollerblade stuff on ramps and things does take a certain amount of atheatasim.

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:04:45 +0000

Spelling errors or misplaced words due to spell correct changing things,just read between the lines. And I think you can get it.

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:00:12 +0000

You know skateboarding has not always been cool, it was not always like that, it had to fight its way to be accepted as a sport, as a whole, rollerblading is not the same, you do something because you are passionate about it. Rather it’s hula hoop or rollerblades. Tons of sports fight for the right to lagitamized, personally I race motocross, do you know how many people think you just sit on the bike and it does all the work, all the football and baseball people I work around don’t even consider it a sport, or physically enduring, we have to deal with that shit all the time, get over it it upsets me but you realize people are clueless. Teamsport mentality kid me, I respect team sports but they don’t ours, I mean when you go to a track you have to sign a waver, that’s passion and dedication. My son races, we both love it, he made it to the Loretta Lynn’s championship last year, that’s fucking huge, but when I talk about it at work they dismiss it for what transports are doing, or if they are talking about a sport I’ll try and relate with something moto, and they look at me like I’m crazy. It’s all relative, but so be it. But don’t try and and like skateboarding is the new rollerblading fad, that’s just nonsence. It has been around longer and will remain where it is it’s platued. But it’s here to stay. Get over yourself do what you enjoy, no need to bitch about something else or throw blame because rollerblading isn’t cool. I respect and love football and baseball, both take a hight level of skill, but so does motocross. Excuse the spelling once again but I’m running late and have no time for spelling errors. Just my 2 cents

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:38:02 +0000

Excuse the spelling errors I did not proof read, but I know you guys will have a field day with that, the only thing that you could pick on, because the rest is true. I don’t hate it, but from what I read you have no clue as to what you’re talking about

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:34:44 +0000

I could not read all of your rant. It’s total bs. You act like skateboarding came along after rollerblading, and stole it’s thunder and sponcerships. Skateboarding as a sport and as a whole was around much longer than the extrem side of rollerblading. And skateboarding is still around today, it died once, but lives on because it’s lagit. Rollerblading, came way afterwards, many of the moves and basic structure for the “extreme” sport came from skateboarding. They tried to market it as such. It was ridiculous. The whole thing backfired on itself. So if your going to try and defend it know what the fuck you are taking about and don’t try and sound like some sort of tool, Man, no wonder everyone thinks rollerbladers are gay, because of guys like you, it’s like you guys wanted to be skateboarders but couldn’t so you picked up rollerblading because it’s easier.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 18 May 2014 12:11:41 +0000

Well said Rebekah.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:40:35 +0000

I thought “Cool” meant, not caring what other people think, chilled out in general. I think the coolest people are the ones who don’t follow trends, they set them, and if they don’t set them, they do what they love regardless of popular opinion. That’s confidence. And I don’t mean people who on purposely go out and do things or wear things just to look different (because that’s just another form of getting public attention). I mean people who love something, and aren’t going to be stopped because people think it looks dumb. I have just started blading, it’s so amazingly awesome, I never heard it was uncool until now, and I think that’s hilarious people are missing out because they have a strange unjustified hang up about it.

By: Anonymoose

Anonymoose — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:58:42 +0000

I’m a 12 year old girl and I fucking love rollerblading. Is that wrong?

And just incase you were wondering…
No, I do not go around on pink disco skates.

Great article.

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By: Nard's Mcgoop

Nard's Mcgoop — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:43:21 +0000

i started riding the rubber ridge in high school as a way to rebel against my hip parents and groovy schoolmates that were way into hash parties and drinking beer. I always knew christ was on my side and being close to the pavement was in my heart. Growing up in Iran being christian is dangerous and when the blades you been pushing a mower all summer to save for are the envy of every starving child on the street you gotta be quick dropping your thing and beating it down the alley. I will never forget my first day of freedom grinding rails in heaven on the streets of teran or hearing my mothers scream when she found the bible in my room. Thanks blading bro.s Im gay and I’m proud/