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You are watching Ryan Jacklone, one of the pioneer aggressive roller skaters. This is a clip from my feature-length 1997 documentary “It’s All Good”. Ryan skated right out of his apartment on Union Square, where he had street skated as a little kid while he was helping to develop the sport of aggressive rollerblading. For him New York City was the bomb. “Anything goes“. An extreme place. He may have been the first person to grind and was one of the first to use in-line skates as they were not intended to be used. When he skated the streets he felt free. He is credited with being the first to switch from a snowboard to blades. Ryan’s skating was fluid. Nothing about it seemed forced. Watching him skate you can see that his style evolved from spending long days on blades cruising through traffic, dodging taxi cabs and weaving in and out of pedestrians on the busy sidewalks of NYC, improvising along the way. Said Ryan “Style is the most important factor in anything you do. Style is what carries you through life. You need style in the way you dress, the way you chill, the way you skate — basically, the way you got your thing going. You gotta finesse it.” Ryan first appeared as a competitor and a winner in the 1995 ASA Street Champion and at the 1996 X-Games During the decade in which it was included in the Games, the sport saw the rise of many professional skaters who pushed the boundaries and contributed to its growing popularity. Some notable aggressive inline skaters include Chris Edwards, known as the “godfather“ of aggressive inline, Arlo Eisenberg, and Cesar Mora. Aggressive rollerblading also known as aggressive inline skating is a sub-discipline of inline skating primarily focused on the execution of tricks. The sport is characterized by grinds on ledges and rails, jumps over gaps, and a variety of other dangerous high-speed maneuvers. Aggressive rollerblading started to gain prominence in the 1990s. Companies like Senate and Mindgame were formed during this period, producing skates, wheels, frames, and clothing specifically designed for aggressive rollerblading. But by the early 2000s, aggressive rollerblading started to decline in popularity. Several contributing factors included the oversaturation of the market, less media exposure and a perception issue amongst other action sports communities the this was not a “real” sport. While the sport is not at the mainstream popularity level it enjoyed in the late 90s, it's definitely alive and growing, with a dedicated, global community of skaters and fans. The progression of tricks, style, and skate technology continues to evolve, with aggressive rollerblading still carving out its niche in the larger world of extreme sports. Rollerblading never forgot Ryan Jacklone. You can find traces of Ryan Jacklone in skaters like Billy O’Neill, Mike Johnson, Brian Aragon — even Joey Chase has that outwardly confident attitude that Jeff Frederick and Rob Thompson had, along with an entire generation of kids who grew up skating on the east coast in the ’90s. I would like to think those advertisers who place their ads on this video. Their support matters. K2 skates. Roces 5th element. aggressive skaters near me. aggressive in-line skaters. Bauer rh rs skate senior. Bauer rsx in-line hockey. Bauer roller hockey skates. rollerblading. Tony Hawk skate Park. skate park near me. NYC skake park. new york city skate park. street skating. David Hoffman Filmmaker
