Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. A roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole, resembling an ice skate; inline skate. n. A roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole, resembling an ice skate; inline skate. vb. To roller skate using rollerblades.
Wikipedia
Rollerblade is a brand of inline skates owned by Nordica, part of the Tecnica Group of Giavera del Montello, Treviso, Italy.
The company was started by Scott Olson (b. 1960) and Brennan Olson (b. 1964) in Minneapolis as Ole's Innovative Sports; when they sold the company, it became Rollerblade, Inc. and has changed hands over time between Nordica, Benetton Group and Tecnica.
Even though the long established Roces company was the first to manufacture in-line skates in 1981, their distribution was limited to Italy and Central Europe for the first few years. For the first few years after Rollerblade was developed, Rollerblade, Inc. were the only manufacturer of in-line skates that had worldwide distribution. This allowed Rollerblade, Inc. to capitalize and grab a huge percentage of the world market share and almost total dominance of the North American market with their aggressive advertising campaigns and sponsored in-line-only sporting events.
Rollerblade, Inc. manufactures different types of skates, such as those for aggressive skating, fitness, or urban use with removable "walkable" liners.
Usage examples of "rollerblade".
It had been her idea, and her idea alone, to ban picnics, snacks, alcoholic beverages, bicycles, jogging, motorcycles, skateboards, Rollerblades, recreational vehicles, vehicles pulling trailers and boom boxes from the grounds.
She passed bookstores, pizza shops, Rollerblade rentals, Ben &.
We were part of the crowd that rollerbladed off Century Tower in downtown LA last New Year's.
He tripped over a pair of rollerblades and sat down on the only clear space on a sofa.
Rob moved a pair of rollerblades from a chair to the floor before sitting down.
Maybe he would skate past her house on Rollerblades now and then, or jog past, or ride past on a bike, to all appearances only one more California fun freak or exercise fanatic.
After two days in Munich, rollerblading in the English gardens to keep any surveillance on their toes, I took the train to Zurich then Geneva, where I found some digs.
I’d rather go rollerblading in the park on a Saturday morning than go to Sainsbury’s with some totally useless bloke.
He can go surfboarding, rollerblading, waterskiing, rally-driving, scuba-diving, ten-pin bowling, white-water rafting and rowing.