Alright, so Rollerblades are actually a brand name like Kleenex or Band-Aid. Call them inline skates if you prefer. Mine actually are rollerblades so I don't hesitate to call them that.
Medieval armour was well articulated. It is a myth that armoured knights were clumsy and could not move properly. Their armour was articulated to give them the full range of motion so that they would not be hindered in combat -- the difference between life and death.
In a similar fashion, the way that inline skates are made now are a hindrance. The boots are stiff and solid, preventing certain types of motion. In particular, it is quite hard to jump on skates -- the boot does not flex to allow flexion of the ankle. Instead, I propose that we make inline skates articulated to allow different ankle movements and allow us to jump and do better tricks and whatnot. Naturally it would be harder to skate with articulation because your balance would have to be better, but I feel it could be done. (Besides which, if I can skate without doing my skates up, and just balancing on the bottoms, then I can skate with more freedom than currently and more support than nothing.)
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