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Hi, I'm Tim Phang. I'm 23 years old. I've been skating for about 12 years. I'm from
Arlington, Virginia which is right outside of Washington, D.C. I'm now sponsored by Universal
Skate Design, and I'm going to be talking to you about rollerblading. The main difference
between roller skates and roller blades is the configuration of the wheels, so on roller
skates the wheels are generally setup sort of like a car, and you have two wheels in
the front and two wheels in the back. On Rollerblades or in line skates the wheels are setup in
lines so offer a wheel often are within one item which is called the frame. You also notice
that on Rollerblades uh are these particular Rollerblades there is, there are no blades.
Roller skates generally have a brake in the front uh some roller blades have the brake
at the back, since these are aggressive skates there is no brake there is also there is a
large gap between the center two wheels which allows you to grind uh a grove in the side
of the boot and also a wider sole area. Aggressive skates also have usually a flexible cuff to
allow you to bend side to side, forward and backward, they also tend to hug your ankle
pretty tight but on low cut uh that gives you the flexibility that you need when you
are grinding or jumping around.