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Inspired my Inline Career

posted 19 years ago by frposse
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As strange as this sounds, i remember when this movie came out in Canada, i was like 12 i think..i had just seen the National In-Line skate series on TV and Airborne on Video and thought aggressive in-line was the coolest thing ever...as a hockey player and skateboarder i figured thats the best way to combine both so i traded my hockey inlines for Tarmac CE's( the original aggressive skates) and long story short got sponsored by Rollerblade and ended up competing for the next 8 years and getting to travel across Canada and the USA skating...so i guess i owe this movie a big thanx...anyone else get inspired to skate from the movie?

[–] thebense 19 years ago

I remmeber watching this movie when i was around 12 as well, and wanted to be an inline skater.

It's funny now such a silly movie can have such an effect on us when we are young. I remember always working on my skates and cleaning my bearngs. ABEC3s were the sh**. And one year I even got a HOP UP KIT WITH ANODIZED ALUMINUM SPACERS!!!!! I always hit my dad up for the 4mm or 5/32" wrenches (my God, I can't believe i still remember that!)

I often wonder if playing with those ball bearings inspired a fascination in the way mechanical devices work. Which led me to an interest in mechanical engineering.

Yeah yeah, didn't mean to hijack your thread, however, you being a professional inline skater, I'm sure you've seen your fair share of bearings, ever seen one like this:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/thebense/hugebearing.jpg

[–] frposse 19 years ago

i remember Fag bearings, hahaha.....I remember when ABEC 7's came out for Inlines and we all lost our minds, it was insane fast....for some reason i remmeber like 9's 0r 11's too....but im not 100% sure....oh well...where ya from?

[–] thebense 18 years ago

hahah south carolina.

[–] frposse 18 years ago

cool....im no where close to there

[–] brook_garrettson 18 years ago

As a California-Minnesota-California transplant during high school, I identify very well with Airborne. Forntunately, I didn't surf. As a mechanical engineer today, I wonder how many sets of bearings Mitchell went through on his way from Devil's Backbone to the finish line.

[–] thetragichero 18 years ago

i had rollerblade boxcars myself, which i bought for 25$ used off of my friend
ahhh the memories...
xoxo

--chris