[watwut]

No, absolutely not. If anything, having controll on skateboard is harder pretty much no matter what context. And you have zero control over where the board goes once you abandon it on top of it - meaning you are more dangerous for anyone else.

[mthoms]

You're mistaking my comment for saying that skateboarding is easier. It certainly isn't.

I'm only saying that, placed at the top of moderately sized hill, a skateboarder has more options available to him/her to control for speed.

Like simply jumping off.

[watwut]

And my point, after trying both, controlling speed on skateboard is harder. It does bit make it better sport nor anything like that.

Any sport on a competitive level is hard. Including running. The skateboarding has the property of not that much control and ease of loosing it. (Leads to injuries).

Like, trying to run out of skateboard does not work in higher speed. It is good solution for small speed, but once you go faster then you can run, it gets ugly. Meaning, injuries look very ugly. And the skateboard is going God knows when risking to hit someone or something (old person, stroller with baby, car). It is just not safe once you don't control the thing.

[mthoms]

Your point is only valid for speeds faster than you can run.

I don't think that qualifies you to say "No, absolutely not" to my previous point when you really mean "except under extreme speeds".

I've also "tried both". I skateboarded for two decades and worked in the skateboard industry for over half of that. I'm now teaching my 8 year old to skate. He feels way more comfortable than on his rollerblades because it's way easier to bail out.

The skateboard hitting something else is not relevant to the point being discussed.

[watwut]

Speeds slower then you can run are slow in both cases and no issue to control in both cases. It is not like it would be difficult to control speed on Rollerblade and you stop falling on them pretty fast. Falling on Rollerblades is quite rare after compete beginner stage.

As bonus point, a single pebble or crack won't throw you down on Rollerblades the way skateboard does.

> The skateboard hitting something else is not relevant to the point being discussed.

It is massively relevant to the control in speed issue. The risk of hurting someone or something else matters.

[mthoms]

Suggesting that anything less than running speed is relatively safe tells me that you have zero clue about the types of injuries involved in either activity.

The vast majority of inline skating injuries are forearm (typically wrist) injuries. This is usually from falling and putting ones arm(s) out to break the fall. This happens every single day at driveway speeds - Inline skate injuries at high speed (faster than you can run) are comparatively rare.

This whole sub-thread reeks of toxic skateboarder machismo. I lived around it long enough to recognize it (heck, I used to do it too). Now I just laugh.