Skateboarding VS inline Skating (Rollerblading)

[@RicardoLino]

Skateboarding VS inline Skating (Rollerblading) Disclaimer: This video represents my personal opinion as an inline skater with over 40 years of experience. While I had a skateboard as a child and occasionally borrowed skateboards from friends, I’ve never been a dedicated skateboarder in my adult life-until now, when I bought my first skateboard specifically to create this video. I believe skateboarding may be easier to start with compared to inline skating, but as you progress, both sports can become incredibly challenging, especially at a competitive level. Please note that the children featured in this video who are using a skateboard are my daughters.

[@pannenkoekspek]

I call bulllshit my man. The time you spend on a skateboard is more than just " i occasionally borrowed skateboards from friends" type thing. This is coming from a skateboarder who skated more than 2 decades and gave lessons. either way, great job.

[@jasonaguilar4031]

This man is better than 95% of the skateboarders I run into at the skateparks at 4 days in.

[@MBommeli]

✅

[@RicardoLino]

Honestly I don’t even Ollie.. I somehow have “some control” because of how comfortable I am with “wheels” in general and the obstacles… but the “toy” itself.. not yet 🙏🏻

[@jasonaguilar4031]

@@RicardoLino I noticed that about no ollies, to be fair that is something that takes a bit of time to learn. The few times I tried skateboarding, I was able to pick up transitions and board slides pretty quickly too. I believe we have an unfair advantage of learning quicker since we already have the skills, even though its on a different toy. It would be interesting to see a skilled skateboarder do the same thing you did but with rollerblades, I bet they would be able to pick that up quickly as well.

[@aqrom8907]

The main difference is that on inline, you cant bail, if you are about to get smashed, you will get smashed😂

[@RicardoLino]

FULL COMMITMENT.. for beginners makes it extremely hard

[@wonderboy62585]

@@RicardoLino I find that committing on skateboard is harder because you have the option to bail at any time. On inline, you just have to commit to going into the trick.

[@DatBoiAntix]

@@wonderboy62585 I can see this! That's a very interesting way to see it!

[@DADAcreative]

As a rollerblader, I would argue that makes it safer. When i fall i allow my ankle supporting skates take most of the impact.

[@omgvague]

Blading was easy enough for me to think "how much higher, further and faster do I want to go?" after a couple of years. I never reached that same confidence in myself after a decade of skateboarding.

[@wonderboy62585]

For me, inline skating is MUCH easier that skateboarding. I started skateboarding at 34 with no prior experience. After 4.5 years, I wasn't satisfied with my progress and I switched to inline skates. I've been inline skating for 6 months and there are so many things that I'm able to do on inline that I was never able to do on a skateboard. One of my biggest problems on a skateboard is fear. I' think my body learned to be afraid really early in my skate journey, and now I find myself jumping off the board all the time, even when I tell myself to commit to the trick, and I have a bad habit of putting my back foot on the ground anytime something mildly scary happens. Having no option to bail on inline has been a blessing; I only have to commit when I start the trick. I fall a whole lot more on inline, but I get hurt way less than I ever did skateboarding.

[@RicardoLino]

See ? It’s awesome to see people with different opinions and experience Thanks for sharing Happy holidays 🎄🎅🏻❤️

[@Hdtjdjbszh]

Having done both since the 90s I have a take on this: Learning the basics is easier on a skateboard, and harder on skates. The dificulty curve is harder on a skateboard, as in it is a lot harder to go from beginer to really good. It is easier to get really good on inlines, at least for me

[@RicardoLino]

I agree with this 100%

[@MBommeli]

skills dude, skills! 🤩

[@RicardoLino]

Thanks dude 🙏🏻🎄

[@NoOne-ft5wm]

The best part is how you are having fun doing both!

[@DatBoiAntix]

One huge thing you overlooked Ricardo; Tiny rocks are the devil regardless if you skateboard, rollerblade, or even scooter. Once you hear that squeak from the rock sliding on the ground, you know you're done for. Hahaha

[@LifetimeShred]

It's apples and oranges. One isn't easier or harder than the other. Trying to compare a basic trick like a 5050 on a ledge to a soul grind is pointless. To get to high skill levels in each takes lots of practice. They are different experiences though, which I think you described well in the video.

[@RicardoLino]

thank. i tried to answer i get asked by people that have no idea what inline skating is..hwen i say "i skate" instead of "i skateboard"..i than explain them what skating is instead of skateboarding and then this question comes..is that easier or harder? lol... but i agree.. they have wheels but they are VERY different... but for sure my comfort with the wheels, obctacles and being arround skateboarders al the time, made a difference..

[@Avedisdrummer09]

I found I was able to basically hop on a skateboard at the skatepark and do most of the same things the other skateboarders were doing on ramps and stuff. Carves, stalls, etc...though once it comes to the realm of flipping the board it is just a whole different world. It's very similar balance wise.

[@RicardoLino]

I feel you.. tricking becomes harder. While the basic basics are not that hard

[@Foxmizou]

For me it is much more versatile inline skating, I also love the tricks and not to mention the aerial ones (far away better than skateboarding) great job Ricardo 🙌💪

[@vie-on-whitte]

There’s an important one, there’s more variation for inline, agressive, inline, speed, 3, 4, 5 wheels, rockered, flat, anti rocker. While skateboard are just like 3 variations

[@Hdtjdjbszh]

also, the point about noise, that is SO why boarders think inline skaters snake them all the time - they dont, skate boarders just cant hear inline skaters coming

[@RicardoLino]

Heheh I love the sound of a skateboard . When you grinds and poderslide and even on a bowl but it’s so much easier to get kicked out 😂

[@baiaili80]

wow, impressive. I can't jump stairs on a board or grind, but I can on blades. You're more athletic/talented than the average person

[@yeungstoppable7583]

Do one where you compare skateboarding and rollerblading copping tricks/difficulty ?

[@DatBoiAntix]

One thing I found out when it comes to the learning curve between the two: Skateboarding starts low and gradually goes up as time goes on (depending on how much you want to learn) Blading goes up pretty quickly and somewhat plateaus, but the difficulty obviously increases if you plan to grind longer/jump further. I've skateboarded for 9 years and blade for 11 years. This is just something I've seen in myself, but could be different for others. Thoughts?

[@captainbungee]

I tried skateboarding but I just couldn't get into it - there are too many variables and it was really hard to feel like I was making progress, but I am really enjoying blading. There is a steady progression and a better correlation with ability and mileage. Maybe I'll try the board one more time to see if skating has improved my balance.

[@DionyTupet]

Also when I'm doing a soul on transition i go with one foot in front and when I doing a mizou a go with the other and it feels alot different so I say that we have a switch forwards stance to

[@RicardoLino]

Yeah we have a leading foot . But you don’t say I’ll carve frontside and backside on a bowl or saw I’ll do a front or backside soul from your stance before jumping. But I understand what you mean. For me, left foot goes in front a lot and you’ll see that on my grinding too. Leading foot or more important that the foot lock. So I makio both feet easy and soul right foot but miszou left 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DionyTupet]

​@@RicardoLinook I don't say I carving back side ou front side, but carving right with the right foot in front and carving right with the left foot in front feels alot different so maybe we should called back side and front side because it is kinda similar to front an back side carvings on a skateboard when it comes about the shoulder and hips movement

[@DanielHigbee-j8c]

Top side grind on inline is like the equivalent of premo . In some kind of way.

[@chrisbarton6539]

As someone who has skated over 20 years and just picked up a pair of inline skates I can tell you fruit booting is way easier. My second day on them I was doing front sides and soul grinds the full length of the p-rail. Yeah you can’t bail on them but I don’t know many people that can pick up a skateboard and even learn to Ollie on a skateboard. The equivalent to jumping on inline skates. Now Iam sure that skateboarding helped me be able to jump right into grinds that fast but still the point remains.

[@Neo-ti2rz]

Ollie is easy af. 😂

[@powertrip6426]

I grew up skateboarding and recently got into rollerblading and had the opposite experience. Rolling fakie broke my brain lol. Going fakie on a board much easier imo. But I think it's impossible to really compare. But with that being said, if you go watch leading the blind you will see dozens of instances where they could have just straight up died with be stunts they were pulling off. It sucks skateboarders got peer pressured into calling rollberbladers "fruit booters" and using homophobic slurs to talk about bladers. In a more understanding world we would have BMXrs, skateboarders, and rollerbladers all killing a spot together, pushing each other. Could you imagine Chris Haffey and Jaws collaborating doing massive gaps together? Man...

[@lokenb]

Nice video, I feel comfortable inline skating (drop in, frontside and backside stall, fakie, etc.) even though i have returned to it after 20 years off... At the same time i am learning to skate. I think its more difficult to master skate than inline skating, but it's the opposite for beginners.. (easier the skate to start with). I also thing at some point its more risky skating (the ankles will suffer a lot when you miss a trick)

[@nickstarfps]

I love both and everytime i come to the skatepark everyone suprised because of it 😂

[@swissblader8037]

You are a pretty good skateboarder.💪💪💪

[@mr.inline]

Nice video! 🤘🤘🤘

[@RicardoLino]

thank you. im glad you enjoyed. I tried to be reasonable

[@DJzero7]

LOve this video i just turned 20 and ive beern skating since iwas 8 and I'm just now getting into inline skating And Skateboarding I will say I do feel more comfortable on skates and I feel like I can maneuver better on skates but I will say riding on a board and balancing for the first time was easier but its hard for me to do tricks on the skateboard gotta keep practicing but I love! Aggressive skating and I want to be able to skate with finesse like you do !

[@alexg7764]

What's more difficult? Basketball or football, sculpture or graffiti, maths or literature... In my opinion there isn't a more difficult discipline. I guess it depends on the individual. People is diverse and so are their talents. Many professional basketball players wouldn't be that good in football and viceversa... One thing about blading not many people pays attention, compare the surface available for grinding on blades and on skateboard...

[@RicardoLino]

Agree with all you said :) it makes no sense to say one is harder but it tried to answer the question people made me the most when they saw me with a skateboard. They are just different and that what I tied to focus this video on. But hey, BOTH EXTREMELY FUN ❤️🎄🎅🏻 merry Xmas

[@djgraish]

Can’t believe you’re doing bluntslides in your first couple of weeks 🤯

[@RicardoLino]

i have been able to do blunt to rock since like 98 or 99 on my firends boards.... we used to have a mini ramp and my firends that skateboard were scared to tried them and i did..so i learn them back than....i never tried to slide them up until now when i got them and i will tell you..i dont even know how i landed it.. i have not tried it again yet.. but would love to make it a normal trick..LOL

[@imjonkatz]

I've had a fair amount of skateboarders come up to me and say I was crazy to skate without being able to bail :P

[@RicardoLino]

Yeah. For people that can jump out of it at any moment being laced it’s pretty freaky

[@imjonkatz]

@@RicardoLino Thanks for all the videos man. Hope you are doing well 🙏

[@hussar80]

of course its easier by the simple fact that you can get off it anytime you feel like you gonna fall

[@bigrods]

Love it!!

[@RicardoLino]

ah. teve de ser :)

[@baiaili80]

Also, dropping in on blades is way easier on blades

[@aquilesca5tr0]

Skateboarding is slower and leaves you more vulnerable to pebbles

[@RicardoLino]

I think it can be easier to trip on lil pebbles but dont agree 100% with the speed part...in a Bowl because the trucks adjust to transition and harder wheels I see skateboarder taking turns faster. and also in downhill th speed record is on a skateboard... maybe that will change one day.,. I dont know

[@aquilesca5tr0]

@@RicardoLino I faster in terms of propulsion, like on a skateboard you basically have a 1:1 gear ratio which is good to accelerate from a stop but your max speed is more limited, on skates by changing the angle with which you push you can effectively change your gear ratio to be able to reach a higher top speed

[@RS-xq6je]

Typical double kick with 54mm wheels I agree but on my longboards with 70mm + wheels they eat rough ground up

[@aquilesca5tr0]

@@RS-xq6je of couse if we talk about longboards compared to aggressive inline the longboard will have an advantage but there are freeskate skates that have up to 110mm wheels and with a bullet profile which pushes pebbles to the side

[@RS-xq6je]

@aquilesca5tr0 I have a set of tris I run 110mm on they are great on rough ground 80a durometer (I think). I'll never forget first time using traditional skateboard 54mm wheels pushed off at the park just wanted to get a feel for it having only longboarded before, I took a superman dive forward went back to investigate found a tiny ass pebble made me laugh.

[@audreyskateinfinite9068]

It’s easier to learn on skates but harder to make them(grinds) look good. With skateboarding it’s the opposite.

[@KoyukiRei]

4 DAYS!?!?!? 🤯

[@RicardoLino]

yes. i had a skate as a kid quen i was 8-10 arroudn these years.. but evern since it broke never had my own again....i had electric boards to cruise around... or i have been around skateboarders my whole live and in my head i know how itsa done..lol. but i have not had a skateboard in my adulthood...and these was filmed in 4 sessions + 1 day to film the non tricks clips..

[@Furadi]

As someone that has been blading and skating since the 90's, this video is insanely disingenuous. It takes weeks to even get comfortable pushing a skateboard so for you to be doing blunt slides on "day 1" is flat out lying to your audience. As an aside, I have 4 kids who I've taught how to skateboard, snowboard and rollerblade.... rollerblading has by far been the easiest discipline for them to pick up. Easier than riding a bike.

[@RicardoLino]

hey. i understand that this is how you feel but i have not said anythign in this video which is not true.. i have not had my own skateboard in my adulthood before. i used to have a skateboard when i was 8-10 years old....maybe till 12...but once it broke i never had my own again. but i have been aroudn skateboarders my whole life.... every now and than i ask them to try their board.... or if you go on my old videos you will see me with 2 skateboards one on each foot taped.... or i have cruised arround in an electric skateboard. but NOT have my own skateboard since over 30 years.. also my kids, struggled at first to stand up more on inline skates.. because the level of commitment needed is just diffferent. people can PLAY on skateboards without using them properly. but by the time they will try to stand up they are already feeling confortable with the "toy".. but than as i wrote on the disclaimer. this is my opinion / experience.

[@Furadi]

@@RicardoLino I got you. For me I can tell you have a lifetime of experience with a skateboard. I've been skating since '97 and you're doing slappy tricks I could never do lol. I just think it could have been presented a little more accurately. That aside, I love your blading content. It's been super helpful in teaching my kids who got inlines as an early Xmas gift.

[@citystars49491]

@Furadi I wouldn’t just assume he’s lying. When I first started skateboarding I thought it would be hard but I jumped on it day one and it was like I was riding for years. When it came to doing tricks a lot of them were easy and some were hard. That was a long time ago but everyone is different.

[@RicardoLino]

Thank you @furadi. The truth is I can’t even do an Ollie 😂 but I’ll get there .. gimme 4 more days. I’m glad my videos could help your kids. That’s honestly my main goal with these.. get more people to do it Lots of love and merry Xmas to you and yours 🎄🎅🏻❤️

[@baiaili80]

It's not easier, especially jumping

[@fumurph]

Great video, Lino. Gonna be controversial 😆

[@abedalraoufzeidan1461]

third comment love inline skating

[@RicardoLino]

thank you :). I do too.... but I really enjoy skateboarding as an activity

[@RS-xq6je]

​@@RicardoLinome too

[@kevincollins8620]

Bolino is much better than you on a skateboard. He can actually pop. But on all the wheeled things over all... youre a beast. A natural freak of nature. Soo good!!! And I was kidding with my first comment. But hes ridic on a skateboard. Like montre is at the odd crazy stuff he does.

[@RicardoLino]

Jon is AMAZING on a board and a couple more inline skaters are too. There’s is this guy in portugal with the name Switch that come from his skills in skateboarding, he used to impossible both ways etc.. but than tried inline skating in the early 90s and became one of the Portuguese best to ever do it . And yeah- MONTRE IS A BEAST AT EVERYTHINGx I saw him doing dolphin flips in Angola with a skateboard and I now see him place podiums in parkour competitions 🏆,

[@kevincollins8620]

@RicardoLino I feel like a few of you guys who do that cross over should collab with Rwilly for fun. Have Sam Pilgrims hold court as well.

[@Moosios]

1. If it was that hard 10 year old girls couldn’t do handrails. 2. They called inline gay but they are gay for real. 3. That street punk thing is gone it was a hoax, skateboarding is going down.

[@RicardoLino]

Ok. Merry Xmas to you too 🎄🎅🏻

[@DatBoiAntix]

God damn. Who pissed in your coffee?

[@switchrollinglife9980]

Hahaha ABUSADO !!!!!!