In-line Skates and Rollerblades

The in-line skate with two wheels was first patented in 1900 by the Peck & Snyder Company. Later, various three-wheel in-line skates were designed by several companies. However, inline skating didn\'t become a fad untill Scott Olson, a 19-year-old American boy perfected in-line skates in 1979. The idea of designing his "Roolerblade" was from a 1966 Chicago Roller Skate Company skate. Possessing four wheels in a row, with the front and back wheel extending beyond the boot, the Chicago Roller Skate Company skate looked like the ice skate. The Olson brothers adopted and adapted this design and with it caused a popular reaction to roller skating nearly unparalleled in the sport\'s history.

Since "Rollerblade" is so popular, it is misapplied. The correct term to use when describing skating is in-line roller skating or in-line skating, not "rollerblading." Rollerblade is an in-line skate manufacturer rather than an activity. In other words, all Rollerblades are in-line roller skates, while not all in-line roller skates are Rollerblades. It is unfortunate that the name Rollerblade has become equated in the public\u00A1\u00A6s mind with in-line roller skating. Such an equation not only neglects the many other manufacturers, it also blurs the history of roller skating and the history of in-line roller skates in particular.

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