Freeline Sports are the In Thing

Posted by juliabennet on October 23rd, 2011

Freeline skates are a fairly recent phenomena as are the business of freeline sports. This really only came into being when the first skates were made available in store and to the public in 2005 although the inventor Ryan Farrelly invented and started to use them himself in 2003 in his home town of San Francisco.

An avid skateboarder, snow boarder and surfer, Ryan was always looking for a new way of riding the San Francisco hills. He cottoned on to the idea of doing without the board and placing the freeline skates directly under each foot. It took several years before they were manufactured in bulk and could reach the stores. Thus it was that freeline sports came into being. Since that day they have become more and more popular with children and teenagers alike.

Freeline skates manage to achieve incredible speeds and the manner in which they are used in this freeline sports activity is exceptionally agile.  They act in a similar motion to the other sports that Ryan was interested in such as snowboarding and they also act in the same way as skateboards. This means you can do those movements that they do but without the higher costs. The skates are made in such a way that they self propel themselves which enables uphill motion. All these actions are performed while standing up straight on the skates. 

You can take great action shots if you use a head camera. The speed at which Freeline skates allow you to move is fast then the majority of bicycles and definitely faster than inline skates. Should you wish to train for other sports like surfing snowboarding etc freeline sports using freeline skates is an ideal way to train. Should you wish to take photographs of this freeline sports activity the ideal way is to use a head camera. These are as the name suggests mounted on your headgear and allow you to take both video and still shots while in action. The adrenalin buzz that the viewers get when watching these is tantamount to taking part in the sport themselves.

The camera to use for above water is the HD Camera which is multipurpose. If you are going to be doing water sports and diving etc. it is best to use a waterproof camera. These cameras are professional and used in many occupations such as fire fighting, surveillance and by soldiers. If you are a bicyclist this is one of the best to use as you get video of ongoing action.  Imagine rock climbing with one of these on your head. Sky diving is another sport that the shots taken would be phenomenal. Freeline skating would be awesome.

These cameras can be mounted almost anywhere and are simple to use.  The camcorder camera is also wearable and gives the adrenalin junkie a second or a third look at what he or she has achieved. Imagine going down the hills on your freeline skates in a place like San Francisco. Those hills would certainly tell the tale.

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