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Different people experimented with roller skates
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Models that combined skate and boot in one unit appeared.
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Roller disco was popular
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Rollerblade launched Team Rollerblade
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The number of new entry-level inline skaters increased by almost 50 percent for a number of years, going from 2.5 million to 18.5 million.
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Inline skating became popular.
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Inline skating was one of the fastest-growing leisure activities in the United States.
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Inline skating became a fitness and leisure trend.
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In Europe, sales topped out
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More than 50,000 people contacted the National In-Line Hockey Association to get more information about the sport.
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The first annual Extreme Games, broadcast by ESPN and included inline skating.
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The magazine ESPN Total Sports reported that Arlo Eisenberg was “the Picasso of skating.”
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The number of inline skaters in the United States who skated at least once a year dropped by almost 50 percent