They`re so perfectly `90s-the high-tech, hard-cased, sleek, neon-on-black skating boots with their durably lightning-fast wheels. So wonderfully marketable-you can stroll on the lake, race, do errands ...

Throughout the Chicago area, the sight of carefree in-line skaters gliding along sidewalks and bike paths has become an annual rite of spring. This is one recreation whose popularity is really on a ...

Buy right or buy twice–a lesson that in-line skaters have lots of opportunities to learn the hard way. Try to save some money on one of the many “economy” models out there and you’re likely to wind up ...

Over the last year, I’ve done a lot of things involving wheels -- bicycles, in-line skates and even a pair of Crosskates, which are designed for a skiing experience when there is no snow. This time ...

Quad skates. In-line skates. For 20 years -- since the invention of Rollerblades -- skaters have sworn by one or the other. But while no one was looking, quads and in-lines got together and created a ...

Even though Auston Matthews grew up in an area where it's easier to find pavement than ice, he never spent much time on in-line skates. "It's something I picked up more recently; I didn't [in-line ...

What better way to work out the kinks of a road trip than by taking a spin on some black ice far from home? Here are some of the newest models on the market. The K2 Spinner ($229.95) is the teen skate ...

Before setting out for your first commute on in-line skates, it's important to have the basics mastered. Practicing moving, stopping and turning will give you the confidence to take your skates to the ...

Patrick Maroon's in-line skates are always with him. "Wherever I play, I'll bring them and if I can get out and skate I will," the Tampa Bay Lightning forward said. "It's just a reason to get out and ...

SALEM — August will mark 21 years from when Ryan Brennan, an energetic 15-year-old Salem boy, was hit by a vehicle and killed while in-line skating. The skate park created in his honor could be shut ...