Rollerblading Went Bigger Than Skateboarding - Reacting to the Hate

[@ronnocrd]

I rollerblade and skateboard and have no problem understanding what you meant about bladers trying to go bigger and better than other sports at the time. Obviously it was just a statement about how in the climate of that time, due to the negativity rollerblading was facing, rollerbladers felt that they needed to validate the sport and so set out to prove blading can be just as impressive as any other extreme activity, this meant they were heavily incentivised to push the boundaries of what was possible and strive to put themselves in situations that had excessive levels of risk in almost every clip, other activities such as skateboarding were enjoying an upswing in popularity at the time so the pressure to prove themselves to a new audience wasn't as intense and as a result the pressure to appeal to a new audiences with visually striking dangerous extreme stunts as apose to more technically complex but safer ticks wasn't playing as big of a role. Rolerbladers knew they needed to do a better job of promoting themselves to a new audience in order to keep up with other activities and so that's what they strived to do. Acknowledging that isn't the same as saying that there has never been a struggle for skateboarders to prove themselves or that there is a superior activity in terms of difficulty or impressiveness, it's simply an acknowledgement of how public perceptions and behaviour (or lack there of) can affect not just how a person feels when enjoying the activity they do, and how it can also affect the level of money proffesionals can earn from dedicating their time and effort into developing the skills necessary to perform at such a high skill level. When the sport came under pressure pro bladers pulled out all the stops to keep the sport relevant and maintian a paycheck and at the time other activities weren't under the same pressure to do that, therefore they wasn't as incentivised to appeal to a new audience with easily understood dangerous tricks rather than technically complex tricks that require a pre existing level of knowledge and understanding of the activity to appreciate...it's a simple concept to understand. The people being abusive about what you said are just taking you out of context and reacting without having a clue about what you were actually saying. Don't let 'em get you down mate :)

[@TomMoyse]

Cheers mate. You’ve said that far better than I have. Luckily for me the comments don’t get me down. Being misinterpreted can be frustrating but it’s so common, it’s just part of putting videos out in public. Thanks for taking the time to write that 🙌🏻

[@austerberrys101]

That's a great take 👏👏

[@alank1220]

@@TomMoyse As you have shown in this video, you can give it back as good as you receive it. Your replies were hilarious and on point. Love your videos mate. And @ronnocrd - yes, exactly that. Tom's original video put into words and highlighted something I hadn't really though too much about over the years (I got into it during the BFG, Words, Leading The Blind, Noir, KFC3, etc. era). Nice to see it's gone beyond that and grown as a sport, but still has some big tricks.

[@JohnBurgess-l7v]

@@TomMoysethe comments most definitely get you down. You are the most defensive rollerblader going. Get laid you fucking kook. You’ll never come to the US because you’re broke.

[@mondoh2166]

Felt like I time traveled back to the 90s with this one lol thank you Tom!! 😂

[@TomMoyse]

Haha time warp

[@Adam-M-]

I think it's funny that all this is based around recreational sports too. People are just embarrassing themselves over their elitist attitudes surrounding what amounts to toys.

[@TomMoyse]

Haha when you take a step back it all becomes very silly

[@theequasian3823]

Useless wooden toy 🤝 useless plastic toy

[@nolenmillermusic]

your channel is such a solid balance of rollerblading content and comedy im here for it 😂

[@TomMoyse]

Thanks man, much appreciated! Got to have a laugh

[@ClaytonLivsey]

@@TomMoyse that's all you can do with the shit in the world. turn the bullshit in to fertilizer & make some flowers grow.

[@beejmeister6668]

Skateboarder here, the clips in that clip were actually FUCKED, dude doing the 5 through-the hole blew my mind. Stunts are stunts.

[@TomMoyse]

🙌🏻 yea Alex Broskow is unreal. I’m sure Dwayne McMurry said he used to bump into his crew round KFC. Stunt are stunt for sure 🫡

[@anthonys1637]

I'd just like to point out that in the last year, on many occasions, I've had BMX and skateboarders tell me "I don't how you do that" .. specifically referencing the skates being strapped to my feet and not being able to bail like you can on board or a bike. Furthermore, anyone who is still hating should just go sit on their thumb on a cold day... we should all be looking to increase popularity of all "action sports" as its only beneficial for everyone....

[@Kefir-fw2qf]

Same with me. Word for word.

[@b0cm0bbin31]

I agree action sport is action sports.. but there is lvl to this.. bmx and skateboarding difficulty and style and way harder.. hence why most quite and pick up roller blades or scooter cuz they can’t Ollie.. let’s just say this.. there is a reason rollerblading isn’t in the x games

[@DatBoiAntix]

@@b0cm0bbin31 Probably because we can't ollie because that's not a trick. You can't ollie a car either. So basically if an action sport doesn't involve the "ollie", then it's lame? Got it.

[@b0cm0bbin31]

@@DatBoiAntix scooter has Ollie/ bar hop and it’s still lame as fuck.. 😂☠️

[@joe_ferreira]

​@@b0cm0bbin31you should maybe look at some recent scooter videos. It has gotten crazy.

[@DatBoiAntix]

Gotta love people saying it's easy because they're attached to your feet... snowboarding mountain boarding street boarding free boarding Isn't that friendly fire?

[@MattCamara_]

That's what I think every time I hear that.

[@kylefennell8016]

Every sport you listed is easier to master than skateboarding , sorry but it is true. Also with all the popularity of the LGBTQ COMMUNITY it is the perfect time to bring back rollerblading.

[@DatBoiAntix]

@@kylefennell8016 lol you're not sorry but ok

[@kylefennell8016]

@@DatBoiAntix you're right, I am not sorry, had plenty of friends try rollerblading in 1990's , they all immediately got skateboards because rollerblading was just to easy, there was no challenge for them! So they all got skateboards and had a sport that was actually challenging to their athleticism!

[@alucardsucks123]

I'm a skateboarder have all the respect for rollerbladers especially when they go big. I used to work for a company called Team Paradize back in the mid to late 90's. Senate and Arlo Eisenberg were the sh@t back then. Don't follow it now, but it's rad to see how far it's progressed. Really didn't think there a beef anymore.

[@TomMoyse]

Team Paradise had the best catalogues going. I think the beef just comes from people who would be mugs whatever they were into. I suspect the majority of skateboarders are just busy doing their own thing 🙌🏻

[@1995blooper]

The beef no longer exists in the new generation but I can still pick out every single dude at the skatepark who peaked in 2005 by how they react to me lacing up

[@LeSkateWA]

I feel like this is how most skateboarders think. They respect it but its just not what theyre into. The haters are a special kinda of people.

[@alucardsucks123]

@@TomMoyse I hope you didn't order any Senate Green Ultra Wides, because they are still on back order! HAHA. The calls I hated the most, speed skaters. They would complain that we only carried ABEC 7 bearings, and they were to slow. They are capable of spinning 30,000rpm, that wasn't enough. haha. Goodtimes.

[@duncanstreet4786]

Crying at this 😂 The irony is, most of the half decent skateboarders I’ve met appreciate rollerblading. It’s the stains that clamber for free t shirts at comps that moan. Absolute pond life.

[@NothingPicksLocks]

I'm a lifetime skateboarder, and that comment section just embarrasses me to no end. I definitely joined in to the blade hate back in the day and I used that joke and term "fruitboot" but I have now grown up. I really hope those commenters are kids otherwise it's just sad.

[@jimmypeeps8471]

Well they're kids in maturity level but they're in adult bodies, unfortunately.

[@slingshotmcoy]

People take several sessions just to manage going forward, turning, and slowing down to a stop reliably. No one appreciates the layers of blading until they put some on and fall back immediately. Just wearing your skates is a skill you have to learn. We don't get to step off the board. Our propulsion isn't cranking a pedal or kicking the floor, it's an entire language of techniques and footwork.

[@TomMoyse]

Oh, they have no interest in the details

[@madmakomedia2411]

Here is my take on this argument and I grew up skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, and wakeboarding. Sure it takes skill and balance to keep the board to your feet, but it does have its benefits. If your attempting a new trick and get scared you can just jump off and land on you good old feet. Which can prevent injuries and speed up the learning process. Rollerblading on the other hand your strapped in and you have to ride out your trick attempt. Also for grinding the standard skateboard has plenty of grinding real-estate nose, board, trucks ect. Rollerblading you have about 2" give or take on the frame and soul plates. So you have to be way more precise with you feet. Which brings me to my last point. With this precision comes strength I see many overweight skateboarders who can do amazing things, but almost all the really good rollerbladers are borderline gymnasts and very athletic. Not saying that skateboarders can't be athletic and many are. it just doesn't seem to be a requirement to preform skateboarding as much. I think both take alot of skill but coming from boarding sports in general I've been humbled for sure I've actually started going to the gym to build more leg and hip strength to pursue rollerblading more.

[@andrewrice9362]

I think most people understand this, or I'd like to think so. What is hard in a sport is unique to that sport. At the end of the day we all have fun doing what we're doing. I like to rollerblade mostly but I also like to snowboard, ski, surf its all fun. The hate is just infintile.

[@adamblackburnblacky6493]

Top comment ❤

[@mattbtv]

The 1000x trick equivalency had me in stitches man, well played.

[@TomMoyse]

Cheers pal

[@phybr]

The irony in skateboarders saying rollerblading isn’t as cool because its not as mainstream is so hilarious 😂😂😂

[@Casual_BackPacking]

😂😂😂

[@leastselfawarepotassium]

I’m gonna put it out there that any decent skateboarder in 2023 wouldn’t hate on rollerblading.

[@pablosskates7067]

I find it funny how they thought Tom was insulting them. I actually saw it the other way around - because we were being called gay we over compensated by going bigger and bigger. That’s some insecure shit I have to admit and more of a slam against us than them. It was all about the amplitude as a defense mechanism. Tom’s point was very clear to me.

[@BB-rt9nc]

That never happened. We don’t like rollerblading because you can’t flip your boots

[@fr1sko420]

who does bro think he is 😭😭😭😭@@BB-rt9nc youre NOT him

[@tothenextprogress]

Skateboarding became what it hated mainstream and there biggest brand supreme are sellouts. Now rollerblading is considered underground and Skateboarding is just butt hurt hahahahaha

[@FullBongo]

Killer video, super funny. And the original video you made was amazing too. I'd love to see a video from you Tom about some of the newer tricks in rollerblading that have been done for the first time in recent years.

[@TomMoyse]

Thank you 🙌🏻 yea could be a good idea

[@thatunicornhastheaudacity]

As a skateboarder, I also snowboard. Which is strapped to my feet. You know what sucks? When you bail and you board is literally strapped to your feet. Closest thing I can imagine to what its like trying to bail with wheels attached to my feet.

[@adamlarkins1349]

I started skateboarding in the early to mid 90’s at about 10yrs old and had lots of fun, and about 95-96 I started aggressive in-line skating and fell in love with this sport and culture and had my best friends all trash talking me just as you are saying in this video because they were skateboarders and the funny thing is I got most of my skateboarding friends to switch to rollerblading and we continued aggressive in-line skating into the early 2000’s. This is a good video that reminds me of so many good memories from when I was younger skating. Thanks

[@TomMoyse]

My pleasure 🙌🏻

[@DeezSkates]

This whole conversational controversy makes me think of this quote: “When you understand that every opinion is a vision loaded with personal history, you will begin to see that every judgement is a confession.” It really applies here imo. The conversation of people being less for liking a specific hobby is absolutely insane and childish. And it says a lot about adults who are willing to put other people down for not liking the same skate style or whatever. Also, these people are such an insignificant minority. Maybe not so much in the past, but today.. definitely. I don’t think it’s really even worth mentioning anymore. Most of us who were skating in the 80s and 90s are too old to care about “beef”. And the younger generation of today isn’t even fully aware that said beef ever existed. Like.. I just wanna skate and I want skating in all forms to live and thrive. I was quad skating through elementary and Jr High, rollerblading *and* skateboarding in high school, back to quads and urban inline through my twenties. Picked up ice skating in the late twenties and now figure skating in my thirties.. I’ve made so many great friends from all the different groups, and my growth as a skater has sped up in each discipline the more I branch out into new ones. There’s something to learn from every bit of it.

[@billyarlew]

That's a fantastic quote! Really makes it clear how this brand of keyboard warrior is steeped in toxic masculinity and showing their insecurity.

[@BTTG]

When I'm doing tricks at a skatepark, skateboarders often say what I'm doing looks cool or looks hard. I reply that what they're doing also looks cool and looks hard. It's mutual respect.

[@TomMoyse]

🙌🏻🫡

[@3DEditor]

As the brother of one of the early pioneer aggressive in-line skaters Jim Trimble who was on team Rollerblade with Chris Edwards, I can confirm that Jim first tried skateboarding, before he got into Rollerblading. Jim just wasn't progressing real well in skateboarding like I and our other brother was. We all Rollerskated and skateboarded before in-line skates hit the market. We all also snowboard and did pretty well at that too. Although I was a top champion Freestyle skateboarder, and a street skater, I skated in-line skates ocassionally with Jim and Chris Edwards at the Escondido California 'Fern' vert ramp in Ken's backyard. I've skated plenty of vert on a skateboard too, and I got to say that riding Rollerblades on a vert ramp was way sketchier for me and felt unnatural. That's all because the stance is different, and in-line skates go much faster. Both skateboarding and Rollerblading have different types of difficulty that are going to be foreign to one another. There's something out there for everyone. By the way, Tony Hawk skated plenty of demos with team Rollerblade when vert skateboarding was dead. Being a paid guest in their shows, got him through some difficult financial times. My brother had a professional photoshoot Rollerblading at Tony Hawk's Fallbrook vert ramp once in the early 1990s. That was cool, because I got to skate a mini ramp warm up session with Tony for about 10 minutes. If Tony hadn't allowed Rollerbladers to skate his ramp, I may not have had another opportunity to skate with him at his home ramp in Fallbrook.

[@greycityroller8167]

Yeah rollerblading is hard but...... can I just take 5 paragraphs to tell you how awesome I used to be 😂

[@3DEditor]

​@@greycityroller8167your overexaggerated jealous criticism clearly shows, even though you try disguising it as a joke. There's nothing wrong with sharing a bit of one's own history, and it's a shame you don't know how to just be happy and supportive toward others, instead tearing them down. Get out there and do something positive instead if making disparaging comments toward others.

[@MushroomBlading]

30 years later. Just got called fruitbooter by a 300 pound man in a nursing home wearing Marvel x DC shoes.

[@TomMoyse]

🤣🤣🤣

[@indecisions99]

Thanks for video, never seen those crazy footages before. What I really like about rollerblading compared to other sports is that we have SO MANY ways to enjoy it (speed, fitness, slalom, agressive, wizard skating etc)

[@TomMoyse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@there_is_no_switch]

What's sad about all of this is that the extreme wheel sports are all very niche and struggling to grow, possibly dying in some places. To the mainstream, we're a group of unsociable punks who break shit and make the place look untidy. We need to realize that we have more in common than differences, and work together to grow the sport and become more accepted by society so that the companies that make our equipment and run our skateparks can survive. Maybe it was our flirtation with mainstream because we were more accessible that made so many skateboarders angry? Calling people gay for spurious reasons was barely acceptable in the 90s / 00s and it's unacceptable now. Skateboarding needs to clean house and I'd like to see some major names speaking up against it. I'm proud that most bladers I see getting abuse take it pretty well and make the put downs clinical without being personal. Maybe it's because most of us are older and have the perspective? Tom, I'd love to see a video on how to bring blading, skateboarding, BMXing etc closer together for the benefit of us all. Hit me if you want to brainstorm.

[@TomMoyse]

Any hate comes from a small few that you can probably find anywhere if you look for it. I don’t think anything needs to be done to bring them together really, it happens quite naturally these days. Big events together are always good for spectators.

[@olivertuite6440]

Can't wait to see this. Very interested to see if there's sound points for argument. Il watch tomorow and update. Keep it going this is the type of content that's great.

[@TomMoyse]

This one is a very light take on their comments 🙌🏻

[@olivertuite6440]

@TomMoyse a good view with coffee this morning. Same bad attitudes as ever, although to be fair since starting skating again never had an issue with skateboarders or bmx both groups have been decent enough. Keyboard warriors however...

[@tothenextprogress]

Skateboarding is not that hard if dogs can do it

[@Gammy_Bits]

I remember one time at the skatepark, a skateboarder broke his board in half. One of my friends who blades jokingly asked to have a go on one half of the broken board and was doing 'manuals' and 'nose manuals' effortlessly across the entire skatepark. The skateboarders were so pissed off 😂

[@baiaili80]

But when I hear boarders talking about bladers, that just makes me want to focus more on blading. Why be mainstream? Boarding is way too popular atm tbh

[@baiaili80]

But when i hear bladers taking a piss on skateboarding, it equally annoys me. It's like group up. Do what you like. If you're over 20, why you worried about image so much. That's high school. Do what you like to do for fun, not for fashion

[@Col2013]

Trolling trolls is great content, I very much enjoyed this one!

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

I skate solo every other day and I have love for most of my locals. I'm out here making spots with boarders and hanging out with BMX. There are more rollerskaters at the parks in LA than bladers. so when I watch toms reel, I could only cringe. He's not being bullied- he said something rude and inflammatory in public. He's prob gonna do it again too, because it's boosting his engagement.

[@TomMoyse]

@wingdingdmetrius8025 haha eh what? I don’t think I’m being bullied and I didn’t say anything mean 🤦🏼‍♂️ that’s one of the main points - the people who are vexed by the reel have completely misconstrued what was said and clearly didn’t read the description. It looks like you have as well. As far as engagement, I’ve had far more doing my normal vids 🫡

[@TomMoyse]

Ha just reading the comments, gotta get a laugh out of these things hey

[@Col2013]

​@@wingdingdmetrius8025you make a fair point, the title of this video is, in itself troll bait. I don't feel the original video had any bad intentions though, but yeah engagement is king on social media, and I did find Tom's take on the IG comments hilarious. I think in the real world, certainly at the parks I frequent, the vibe is more "wheeled community" and there's literally no negativity between the different disciplines which is obviously the way forward.

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

@@TomMoyse I appreciate that you always reply

[@dudescence]

Great vid mate. So many dumb arguments that people have been trying to make for decades. 1. It's too easy! - Easier than Boarding to pick up the basics yeah but there's no ceiling in Action Sports, no final boss, it can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be. Plus I learned to ride a bike when I was 4, doesn't mean I'd call the crazy shit people do on a BMX easy 2. [Insert big spin/flip/rail] would be harder on a skateboard. - Similar to point 1, this may be valid provided we're only ever talking about the same tricks but as you pointed out Bladers are doing bigger spins/flips/grinds and until people are matching them on a Board, the perceived difficulty is a moot point. You may as well say Ït would be even harder in a Shopping Trolley. 3. Grow up/ be a man and get a Board - Mate! Take a look at yourselves, we're all riding toys. Trust me 99% of the Population doesn't think any of the shit we do is grown up or a "Man's" sport. 4. It's gay. - Still the same homophobic shit. I'm sure there's plenty of Gay Rollerbladers, cool. good luck to them. Shit attitudes like that from talentless clowns is what made life so tough for Pro Boarders like Brian Anderson. Just do your own thing yeah. I've seen awesome shit on Blades, Boards, Scooters and BMX but I'm not going to respect or ask for respect from some knob ends who hates because they think their "toys"are cooler than mine.

[@CoolCoolYams]

I can imagine these angry commenters are the folks who stand on the edge of a bowl at a skate park with their board, but don't actually skate it.

[@DistrictWitch]

I'm so glad ol' spotty boy finally found out that the wood pushers do in fact, still hate us. I for one will on some good strong skatepark fights.

[@TobySlight1]

It's actually pretty depressing that these kind of attitudes still exist in 2023. As someone who rollerblades, skateboards, BMXs & MTBs and loves them all, it seems utterly absurd to me to be so fired up about how some chooses to use wheels. Bizarre and sad. Anyone in any of those sports that I've spoken to IRL always agrees - it's not about how good you are what you're doing - just whether or not you're having fun. This is the mindset that sets these "sports" (although I consider them all more performance art) apart from traditional sports. It's literally the reason I got into rollerblading as a kid back in the 90's. I hated sports at school for that very reason. I hated the jock mentality of traditional sports and all the bullshit competition. Why I started rollerblading and then skateboarding was that to me they were free (as in freedom) sports. I guarantee most of the people writing this childish bullshit haven't actually given anything of themselves to these activities/lifestyles, because if they had they'd realize that the whole point of the dance is the dance itself. To quote Alan Watts - "it was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing and dance whilst the music played". If that makes me gay then fuck yeah - sign me up to next years parade. I'll wear that tag with pride bitch!

[@jumboblading]

“Chip chip Cheerio, you tart.” Fantastic.

[@TomMoyse]

Haha coupe of amazing ones in there. BRITISH TART

[@FlamingChickenG]

I love when they say name a famous roller blader and all I can think is ask a non skateboarder to name a famous skateboarder that is not Tony Hawk.

[@sk8city476]

They would tell you Bam, or Rob Dyrdek. Some may even name Ryan Scheckler.

[@baz8052]

Skateboarding had a 20 year head start on rollerblading, it took 20 years before it became cool, respect for both

[@FR-AN]

That's a massive amount of interaction for a piece of content, gotea be thrilled for thw visibility. The 3k set killed me BTW. 💀

[@TomMoyse]

I'm not too bothered about the interaction/visibility on that one. I'm pleased with the full video and I think that section i used in the reel was a valid point (when taken how it's intended) but it seems this was pushed by engagement from people who wildly missed the point. It takes the shine off it. I'm glad I've had other videos that have seen higher views and engagement for the right reasons. It reach a few more rollerbladers is good though.

[@kevincollins8620]

5:00 😂 You did it AGAIN!! My wife showed me that meme not long ago and now I reference it weekly. And again you put it back out there. Every week im talking about something non blading related you bring it up too. I swear we are related. Beyond the boots.

[@TomMoyse]

Haha

[@TombiiTheShark]

Just here to break the meta with this comment. I first got into skateboarding (and I'm still into it), but for a couple of years, I did rollerblading (much later than when I started skateboarding). I'll admit, it *is* a lot easier to learn grinds on blades than it is on a skateboard - But even then, both sports require completely different skillsets. At first, it was awkward being strapped to your wheels and facing forwards. But you're not doing pro stuff in weeks. I rollerbladed for 2-ish years, and I was only jumping off ledges and doing various grinds on ledges. Nothing bigger than that. I was still better on a board than I was my blades. Also; Rollerblading isn't gay. It takes some literal balls!

[@gfromshankside]

I loved this video! As a kid, in the 80s & 90s, I skateboarded, I rollerbladed, I BMX'd... I've only recently been made aware that there was beef. No one has ever said anything to me at a skatepark with a board or blades....or an RC car. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@mean-genes]

This from the same people trying to grind the last 6 inches of a ledge and complaining about wax.

[@jimmypeeps8471]

I don't like going fast while grinding because I'm afraaaaaaaid 😂

[@mean-genes]

@@jimmypeeps8471 I’m sorry to hear that you don’t like going fast. Go fast AND use wax so you go even faster.

[@metalguitar777]

That clip of Leading The Blind made me go look up Pat Lennen’s part to see it again lol. To this day it’s still some of the best skating I’ve ever seen.

[@TomMoyse]

It’s incredible

[@drivenbyfate]

Rollerblading definitely does go bigger than skateboarding. A couple of my frinds I skated with in highschool were also really into inline and I was blown away by the handrails and gaps they would do. Like I'm over here trying to heelflip a 3 stair and they are over there grinding this like 30 stair rail with 4 kinks in it. That stuff was crazy to see in person.

[@Rene_Dillon]

Trucks under a board come from boot rollers ask Dogtown... 🤔

[@TomMoyse]

Yea chatted about that in the other vid. Same company brand of skate the Olsen Brother found was the same brand that supplied the first trucks - Chicago Skates

[@Rene_Dillon]

@TomMoyse knowledge everyone can use 🤔👆

[@leser1music]

I just keep picturing dudes at parks spending an hour trying to kick flip and throwing their board every few attempts

[@juanchotpee2]

Then they switch to rollerblades

[@leser1music]

@@juanchotpee2 I'm pretty sure all the hate started from someone who said it was easy then slid out on a frontside

[@chevalsauer]

Either inlines or the board, they're both difficult at those extremes, hats off to both masters. Just want to share the skate park and have some fun. We're both outnumbered sometimes 10 to 1 by kids on scooters when schools out, yet no neg comments against them, which is good cause most are just kids - better outdoors pumping some O2 then not.

[@TomMoyse]

🙌🏻. Scooter kids get loads of hate, it’s not leaked into American popular culture (I don’t believe) but I’ve seen plenty of videos ragging on them. It’s a shame

[@chilli-iceolive-abode2447]

Thanks me old mucker, had a good laugh at this one! Always nice watching Rollerbladings No.1 British Tart 😂

[@TomMoyse]

Haha my pleasure

[@djsolegit]

Nice Craig David drop, respect and subscribed

[@TomMoyse]

Any excuse to sneak in 7 Days

[@cainfrittswallace7895]

I wish someone would do a video where they go to parks with a pair of xsjados so people can just step in them with their shoes and strap them on and let boarders try them, have them ride down ramps, try grinds, etc. just have a video of watching people crashing in the ground and be like okay now do you still think it's that easy

[@nicholascrow8133]

Guarantee the deeper they go down the rollerblading is easy or rollerblading is gay path, the more of a poser skateboarder they will be...

[@TomMoyse]

🎯📈

[@MattCamara_]

I can't believe skateboarders are still throwing around gay comments. Especially considering that there are gay skateboarders out there.

[@TomMoyse]

Yea I reckon you can probably find Wollys all over the place, seems like a fair few in them commmets though haha

[@JohnBurgess-l7v]

Blading is cool but there’s no way they have ever gone bigger than skateboarders

[@Drummavore]

we definitely had something to prove back in the day. funny people still hold on to that hate though…i grew up dirt jumping, blading & skateboarding too. they each have their own strengths, challenges, styles & draw. blading spoke to me most, why should you care? do what you love & bury the hate.

[@TomMoyse]

🫡

[@pvtr800]

I've been skateboarding for 25 years. Used to blade two years alongside of it when I was young but quit just because our park and streets were not that good for blading back then. I've been trying to get a used pair just for nostalgia reasons but I couldn't so I pulled the trigger and ordered pair of new M12s LOs! I understand and believe the video referenced in this one. This whole after-conversation seems so silly to me. Yes, it took me a bit more time to learn 5050 on skateboard than it did to learn a soul grind on blades and so what? If I, for some reason, wanted to match the difficulty I would do a harder grind with blades. But I do it just for fun. Way past the point of caring what others think.

[@TomMoyse]

🙌🏻

[@kevincollins8620]

Fun fact. Blading is cool. Its hip, ive been saying its the last bastion of action sports. All of the others have gone damn near mainstream. Anyway. Im from Groton Newlondon Connecticut. A very well respected skateboarder actually talked me off the board and onto blades. Brian Anderson. He actually called em fruitboots early on too.

[@OwensSkateStory]

Skateboarding is dead The only people still sticking with it who haven't ended up being pro level are idiots like me who were sold it aggressively as youths and fell in love Everyone else is realising there is no future for it really, with all the gatekeeping, And there's also no point in putting the effort in to get to the point where you CAN 360 flip unless you become literally addicted like I did. We are the guys who were sold to, there's nothing left for us, but people sitting here screaming "skating is the best" but not skateboarding at all

[@slw22]

Stairbash loves you Tom .. 💪🏽💪🏽

[@TomMoyse]

🫡😂🧡

[@ta0paipai]

Difficulty arguments don't interest me. I skate because it's fun. But also, dudes in my school were "skateboarders," yet couldn't ollie or ride a skateboard downhill and they'd make fun of of me for inline skating.

[@eddyeffendy_]

sad to see level of maturity, grew old but never grew up. here we are in 2023 still this much hate. keep doing what you love, bladers!

[@woooshskates7248]

Top draw as always fella 😂😂loved that you've just taken the mick out of the stupid comments. 😂😂

[@TomMoyse]

Got to have a laugh about these things

[@smashboy64]

Im a former wood pusher of 12yrs and a new blader with a month exp and I gotta say. Blading takes waay more skill,it's cooler, and it's waaaaay more ballsier! The fact that blades are strapped to your feet is what makes it more challenging and dangerous! With a board you can safely bail at anytime but with blades *you can not back out* it's do or DIE 😂. The falls and slams i can confirm are harder too as a result! Ive never been so scraped and scuffed up in my life until started blading,meanwhile you got skateboarders looking all clean and pretty just to do their sport, rolling past you flipping their hair with brand new vans on,with painted finger nails, god im so glad i made the switch 😂 I confess I used to believe blading was "gay" and some how easier but the me now regrets that mind set. Blading is *superior* and I wasted all that time with a board when I could've spent it on blades! 😩 I have seen the light!

[@MattCamara_]

Do a tru spin top soul lol. Love that

[@TomMoyse]

Ahah it’s all a bit silly ain’t it

[@LeSkateWA]

This pissed me off but I know this is not the general opinion of all skateboarders. This is a special breed of jealous hating scum, they hate anything that is different from themselves. Every skateboarder ive met are always cool with rollerblading but its just not what theyre into. Were all the same at the end of the day. There is no bigger or better. Every sport can be pushed to its limits.

[@tionik06]

I skateboarded most of my life (40 now) and aggressive skated for 2 years off and on including getting back into it recently. They are both their own thing but it is ridiculous for a skateboarder who hasn't tried aggressive skating to think it is gay. With blading, you cant kick the board out and run away (as I see most people doing 80% of the time at the park). From the moment you jump, those wheels on your feet aren't going anywhere and you better be 100% committed or you are going to eat some serious shit. THAT takes balls. In the 2 months I've been back on blades after a ~15 year off time, I have taken some of the hardest slams in that timeframe and I was doing some serious skateboarding then for my 30s. The detriment of skateboarding going mainstream is that even more of the poser simulation bots

[@ismskism]

hahahaha "cliff bar", that guy was out for blood

[@TomMoyse]

Haha he went in

[@CRussell1986]

I suppose all these people who say rollerblading is easier because they are (“literally”) strapped to your feet, have the same issue with snowboarding right? I don’t think so… “FLIP IT! FLIIIIIIPPPPP IIIIITTTTT”

[@JohnBurgess-l7v]

The defensiveness is insane. Keep coping lil homie 😂

[@dannyday5211]

"so you picked skateboarding instead of, say, becoming a chemical engineer?" I actually guffawed. Guffawed! I didn't even know I could do that! I assumed guffawing was just some daft synonym people used to sound smart, but it's actually a whole different type of laugh. And you showed me how. Thank you.

[@youngatheart2991]

Blading was on a rise and those who apposed mocked it and shut it down. I did both board and blade. Yes, I agree boarding is difficult, that’s why I chose blading. It’s much more fun, travel further with ease. Imaging learning a new trick once a week vs once a month or up to a year for a single trick

[@joe_ferreira]

Great Video Tom!

[@TomMoyse]

Cheers

[@yummyjackalmeat]

I always had a blast rollerblading, I just genuinely liked skateboarding more. I found it so uncomfortable to wear skates for a long time and you had no break from them without the hassle of taking them off. With a skateboard you just step off, chill, hop back on. People don't talk about that aspect enough. That being said I LOVED peoples' reactions, especially my fellow skateboarders when I would rollerblade. At that time (2000 ish), fruit booters were the real outcasts and rebels. That's honestly what I liked about it. People would want to fight me and being the little instigator thrill seeker I was, I would just be gleeful on the inside watching losers melt down over something so silly. No one would just stop and ask, "Wait, does this really matter?"

[@kw6466]

I skateboard and I like rollerblading and I’ll tell you why. Growing up in the 80s it was underground and hated. We got called gay and would get in fights. This is history repeating itself, and a part of me misses skateboarding being underground. When I’d work at Woodward the rollerbladers were the coolest to be around

[@KrystianZarzeczny]

I've been seeing the same comments since I created my social media account 😅Haters (mainly skateboarders) should be more creative. It's getting boring

[@b0cm0bbin31]

Hahaha it just too easy to get under your skin.. 😂☠️ fruit anything.. and you’ll get a reaction 😂☠️

[@DatBoiAntix]

@@b0cm0bbin31 It's also just too easy to get people like you triggered. We just show up.

[@b0cm0bbin31]

@@DatBoiAntix triggered.? I have no emotion invested in this convo.. we just talking 😂☠️

[@that_which_is_not]

@@b0cm0bbin31deffo triggered 😂

[@b0cm0bbin31]

@@that_which_is_not triggered is a little far reach… I could care less.. just sharing my opinion.. didn’t think it would put so many panties into a bunch.. if anything you seem triggered.. x games kicked your sport out.. every in the 90 thought it was gay… do I think it gay.. not inline.. quad hell ya 😂☠️ so idk why you so butthurt 😂☠️

[@pseudonymjim]

Yeah, well in. What madness!

[@TomMoyse]

🙌🏻

[@zICkstep]

It's hilarious to still see this type of hate in 2023

[@jellijams5564]

For real though, Ive definitely heard some "*this* n###a" type comments, only to continue to be respectful/aware/in park etiquette, and they were all being really cool with me by the end of it. I agree that this is the goofiest action sport upon entry level, but it gets really cool at the hogher echelon, and I really wish we could all be friends :(

[@Tagg_Chi]

As with all the "extreme" sports, including scootering and boarding, blading can be super dope 💯

[@tunermt]

Let’s just get some edits of boards and blades together. Are there really any true good skateboarders or rollerbladers that didn’t skate with both boarders and bladers when they were kids?

[@ROT8TED]

Haters gon hate, we gon practice what we preach, coz when you blade you never fade, amen!

[@rokkalombardi2196]

Unfortunately a majority of skateboarders and people online are forever stuck in 2001. Very childish but it is what it is. Still love to skateboard and blade all wheels!

[@robertfox4114]

18:24 I'm right here once rollerblading gets kicked out of winterclash. The council will be not happy...

[@jasonotto9126]

Man if Rob Thomson wasn't injured my God his section would have been insane!

[@ricklanzetta7]

"They're Attached to Your Feet" as if that really makes it easier.. by that logic snowboarding, skiing, & wakeboarding is easy too. sure being strapped in makes it easier to get the wheels off the ground, but it also forces you to commit more. because unlike a skate board you can't just jump off your skates.

[@TomMoyse]

🎯

[@jaimemartin5722]

The kick flip comment makes me laugh considering there’s actual footage of someone just handing Haffey a board and him just doing it. Pretty sure I’ve seen both Broskow and Montre do the same thing. Granted they might have had previous practice, but come on haha

[@willismoore156]

The fact you need to make a video justifying rollerblading, is very telling

[@TomMoyse]

Not sure me laughing about being called a British Tart justifies anything. The fact that’s what you took from the video is more telling of you.

[@JabbinJoel_Sc33p0]

im the oddity that is just into anything stunt or wheel/ vehicle related. i skate i ride bikes and rollerblade. ive always done all of it ride dirtbikes jump off of stuff. just thrill seeking. its all fun and its all equally difficult. i will say that scooters are the exception. i do ride scooters but majority of the basic tricks are direct copy's of bike tricks in miniature for lack of a better word. but scooter exclusive tricks are on the other hand just as difficult as doing a bmx barspin or a kickflip or a top soul. its all just basically how similar/how diverse one is from the other. skateboarders and bladers have similarities but a wildly different application and overall look to the eye. this is why i find that skaters hate on bladers. thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[@SuperTyson04]

Tom keep up the good work top video

[@TomMoyse]

Thanks, will do!

[@setsuhimatori8010]

Yea but the difference is, WE DONT BAIL

[@TomMoyse]

Full commitment

[@ryankeogh6611]

@TomMoyse You should mention Hoax 5. I believe it was the Miami section. Some plank pusher starts talking shit to Jon Bergeron. So Jon takes a skateboard and Ollie’s this sick gap and challenges the shit talker guy to jump the same gap on skates. The guy chickened out of course…and he couldn’t do it on a skateboard either

[@TomMoyse]

🙌🏻

[@kahm4213]

As well as the game ‘aggressive inline’ there was also a PS2 game called ‘Rolling’ … such a good game back then.. bet it ain’t nearly as good as I remember 😂

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

I Inline and skateboard, and I'm not going to lie. I was able to grind on skates easier than on a board when learning. However skateboarding on vertical was easier than on inlines.. Skateboarding magazines and videos have been hating on inline for decades.. Its going to be hard to remove from the zeitgeist.

[@Kevhoe]

My experience was the exact opposite. Grinds and slides easier on a skateboard, transition easier on blades. It all seems very anecdotal.

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

@Kevhoe I'm assuming it's the grinds. You could febel or overcook on a board easier than a grind on blades?

[@Kevhoe]

@@DrinkerOfWindexYou never mentioned which grinds. Obviously a crook isn’t easy, it’s an advanced trick. I’m willing to bet I could crook in the amount of time it takes me to learn, say, an alleyoop top pstar or something more advanced.

[@DrinkerOfWindex]

@@Kevhoe True

[@veilaeququw5560]

Dude it might be easier to do your first grind on blades. But the bars a just set higher in rollerblading. If a skateboarder taps a rail for a second all his friends gonna freak out. In Rollerblading you need a good style and a decent rail you grind before it's called something. Comparing the two sports like this doesn't make sense

[@DEJ915]

Props for the random holostars clip at 10:34 lol.

[@TomMoyse]

😁🫡

[@Brianmatthewlewis]

Oh Tom… another brilliant video. So funny how so many of the negative commentators didn’t understand what you actually said and it went right over their heads. Also, missing the point so hard that they lean into the homophobia 🤣 couple things… can we discuss how good at skateboarding Bolino and Montre are? Oh what I would pay to see a contest between them and the skateboarders who commented. Also, ever hear Tony Hawk talk about the Yasutokos? Spoiler alert: he actually said they are the best vert athletes across all action sports. What does Travis Pastrana think about blading and more specifically Chris Haffey? Ever hear R. Willy talk about Haffey or CJ Wellsmore? I’m curious to what your commenters think about how snowboarders are strapped in and joined together 🤔 skies are separate. Does that mean that skiing is scientifically harder? I don’t think I’m smart enough to know the answer. Should probably ask Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Not sure what he knows about action sports but now we’re talking science. Which is his wheelhouse. See what I did there? Anyways… thanks Tom. This was a really fun watch for me. 🐶

[@TomMoyse]

Cheers mate. It’s mad how wound up people can get when they just don’t pay attention. Seems like they were just looking for an excuse to talk rubbish. It’s only ever a minority of people, but they are very vocal online haha. I’m sure anyone good at skatingboarding is either too busy doing thier own thing or is just a normal person

[@iananddani]

No hate at my local park. I’m basically the only blader in town too, but I do hear about another guy around. I skate with everyone too. Bmx’s, scooters, skateboarders, roller skaters. I feel like I’m the one bridging the gap between all the disciplines. But also my park has changed a lot. Everyone is cool with everyone but I do hear the occassional scooter hate. I wear every pad imagineable and a mouthguard and no one gives me shit because they cant skate like I can. Only the bmxer’s can ride the bowl bigger than me.

[@TomMoyse]

I think for a lot of people it’s a similar-ish experience. People have grown up. There are however still an abundance of dullards out there.

[@austerberrys101]

It's amazing how so many people misunderstood what you were saying lol and how the insults still have not changed since the 90's 😂. The hammers era was rollerblading trying to shake that stigma of being "gay".. By doing bigger, bolder tricks. It was never about it being easier or harder..

[@TomMoyse]

Haha it’s bonkers, they all jumped the shark, and reached for their gag book from the 90s. What’s more surprising, a few rollerbladers took it the same way as those skateboarders 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@austerberrys101]

Wow why would they not stick up for their own 🤦

[@Metroknome]

This seem like the perfect time for Braille to make another Worlds Best Roller Bladers. Those guys get it

[@TomMoyse]

Never watched Braille properly, but it’s good exposure

[@Metroknome]

@@TomMoyse as a skateboarder who picked u cool rollerblades this spring. It’s kept the hype up and it is great to see the two sports collab

[@TomMoyse]

@@Metroknomesick 🙌🏻

[@HJJallday]

Ahhhh the power of groupthink strikes again

[@AJHead-yg6is]

Hey Tom!! This video is fucking HILARIOUS!! Some of those comments…🤦🏽‍♂️ OOF!! But with your comebacks and quips? Chef’s kiss man. Cracked me up the whole damn time. 👏🏼👏🏼 Fruitbooter for life🌈, being called gay for rolling over skateboarding, never really bothered me, cause I loved it so much (they coulda said I’m gay FOR rollerblading, not because of it ha). Certainly wouldn’t bother me now, personally I think using that played out joke still in the 2020’s is a little gay.

[@notmychannelname42]

If you have wheels attached to your feet, it makes it super risky to bail. When you are on a skateboard you can just ditch the board mid jump. I've skateboarded for almost 20 years now and I can tell you i'd rather bail on a skateboard any day than to bail on roller blades.

[@TomMoyse]

yep, you're fully committed on the skates haha

[@notmychannelname42]

​@@TomMoyse Thank you for all the entertainment btw. The videos are good and you show some extremely gnarly footage.

[@TomMoyse]

@@notmychannelname42 cheers mate. I appreciate that. 🙌🏻

[@jokeyxero]

I've never figured out how sports so dedicated to self-expression, bucking the mainstream, and being earnest harbors so much homophobia, especially still in today's climate. The boarders I meet at the park are mostly chill and hype up everyone. The commenters are just painful.

[@TomMoyse]

I think the majority will be sound people, it’s just a vocal online minority that are like this.