You once thought Sims Pure Juice Wheels RULED 
     You actually took Bennet trucks up on their "unbreakable baseplates" promise - numerous times. 
     You actually took Kryptonics up on their "unbreakable fibre/ foam core/ski construction" board promise. 
     You had to explain to non-skaters why your board had "AWA" written on it. 
     You thought a "real fast" vert ramp had patches made out of panelling that you actually RODE OVER. 
     You had two sizes of coping: large and small broomstick handles. 
     You remember when boards were skinny *before* they were fat. 
     "Dogtown" was the Holy Land of all things Pool-like. 
     You thought the Krypto ad with the Cylon Raider toy was cool. 
     You actually skated more than one concrete park. 
     You knew not to buy a green Norcon helmet because it was hot. 
     "Pizza grip" is responsible for a random act of scarification on one of your legs. 
     You often wonder "what ever became of the giant pipes in Arizona?". 
     You think Tony Alva could still maybe shred Hawk. 
     You had a set of Tracker Full Tracks. 
     You know what Gull Wings are. 
     You know how big UFO downhill wheels were. 
     You thought Tunnel Rocks were fast. 
     You walk in a bowling pro shop, only to have the scent of urethane remind you of actual skateboard-only shops. 
     You once had an all-fibreglass board. 
     You had a set of Road Rider 4's. 
     You thought Z-Flex had a cool logo. 
     You actually skated the Pepsi plexiglass half pipe. 
     You know why Inouye carved grooves in his wheels. 
     You could tell the difference between AZF's and neoprene bearings by listening to someone skate. 
     You broke a set of die-cast trucks. 
     Hardcore hadn't happen yet and you didn't like punk, so you skated to tapes of Ted Nugent or Van Halen played
at 45 RPM. 
     You knew the Guiness Book of World Records barrel jump record holder, and skated his ramp. 
     You remember that it was a picture of Tony Alva getting backside air in a kidney pool that was the first shot
of a pig in a magazine (and it was complete with a Darth Vader Star Wars bubble gum sticker). 
     You once could do more than 15 360's in a row. 
     Urethane technology was such that you once melted the core on a set of wheels. 
     You thought Gyro's were the best. 
     "Green CX-66's" meant something to you. 
     You know the story about how fat boards happened. 
     You once saw a movie called "Skateout". 
     You know that a Jim Muir Dogtown board was the narrowest board they made. 
     These names meant something: Upland; Highroller. 
     You know what "Rad-pads" are. 
     You know you're REAAAAALLY old school when you remember frontside/backside meant the opposite of what it does
today. 
     AND..You were a poser if you were born before 1970 and don't get any of this. 

Roller bladers, dislike of...

Issues of respect and unfair acceptance

     They haven't earned their respect, they've just shown up on the scene and expect up to kiss their butts and ooh and aww them. 
     their (too) quick acceptance by general public, bladers never had to go through what early (80's) skaters had to. We were considered the lowest of all
     subcultures and hated by everybody;old ladies rockers, skins, punks, mods, 7-ll clerks, preps, rednecks, jocks, cops and rent a cops, pedestrians , our
     girlfriend's parents, and even average joes gave us verbal and/or physical hassles. interestingly enough, locally here in Ottawa Canada skateboarders
     got along well with the motorcycle gang `ala Hells Angels' crowd perhaps we were kindred spirits. 
     they get praise for going down the stairs of the houses of government while skaters get kicked out of even 7-11 parking lots. 
     Rolleblades are considered `training tools' by ice skaters (hockey and figure), cross country skiers, fitness buffs, and downhill skiers, while skateboards are
     simply considered `dangerous and frivolous toys' 
     There's no such thing as a Rollerblader `poser'. or in that case no such thing as a `hardcore' rollerblader people aren't ashamed to admit they
     rollerblade. I think popular culture backs us up here, notice how we never see rollerbladers in rockvideo's. I guess Rollerblades are like Billy Ray
     Cyrus or Beverly Hills 90210, popular but with `no class'. OTH Skateboards are like Stompin Tom or Anime, Not popularily respected but cultural
     classics none-the-less. 

Issues of Chutzpah (Gall) 

     lack of praise/respect from rollerbladers and the gall to call themseles "rad" for doing any trick that leaves the ground, gee aren't skates connected to your
     feet? 
     you see rollerbladers in malls with their blades still on, getting no hassles from the security. while skaters are asked to leave their boards at home, or left
     outside the door. yeah sure 
     they stole our `tech', tricks, lingo, spots and fashions without any acknowledgment, (ie flyaway style helmets, wristguards, rectors, alien workshop alien, stair
     cases, ramps, buzzcuts, inverts geeez etc) 
     they come to our group and complain that we rag on them. however I don't mind skaters defending them, it's their opinion as is ours to dislike
     rollerbaders. and don't give me that `well tony hawk likes them' shit, who cares who he likes. he's a skate `god' not one of us skate masses. Plus
     he's PAID to tour with Rollerbladers 

Industry issues

     they have a multi billion industry to back them up (sold out before they could even reach sell out status)(actually this is more true than it sounds, anyone
     familiar with how the inventor lost all rights to rollerblades knows what i'm talking about.)ha , ha, ha.... loser 
     `good' quality rollerblades start at around 200 bucks while a top quality skate starts around 100 if not less , I live in canada so I'm not sure of world
     prices 

Issues of Lame-ness and Misc

     more people can rollerblade (acceptably) than can skateboard 
     They don't go `sideways' 
     they wear spandex and consider themseles hardcore. 
     they get in our way at local skate spots. 
     they don't have to ollie up curbs. 
     you can't use rollerblades to; open coke bottles, hammer loose nails in ramps, fight off assholes, move furniture I've even moved a fridge and stove easily
     with my deck but I must admit you can't get `sacked' by a rollerblade 
     there's no sense of cheating death, when you (a) have brakes (b) are linked to your skates. i mean most if not all tricks are lame if you are attached to
     your `rolling device'. for example inverts and ho-ho's (so i'm dating myself), any airs or jumps (this includes methods, 360's, mc-twists, acid drops,
     stairs, high and long jumps, `ollies' etc), wall rides, railings and even wheelies 

Summary

so it seems that our dislike stems from a number of points

     jealousy (ala sibling jealousy due to unfair attention and acceptance), 
     disgust (spandex need I say more), 
     dis-respect (bladers have not yet earned it), 
     unconvinced-ness ( we have yet to be convinced that it is`difficult' to do switchstance rollerblading) 
     Elite-ism(we're us they're `Them') 
     insecurityandtemptation (ala highschool, we might find ourselves thinking "perhaps they are better, they don't get hassled as much, people like them, it's
     easier to do the same tricks, they can go FAST, girl bladers wear spandex, and for the girls `so do the guys' I can't afford a fast car to show off but i can
     flash my `Super blades turbo X's', Money is going into rollerblade technology so that one day I'll have cyber resined anti-grav self propelled skates while
     skateboards will still be the `low-'tech wood, metal and urethane the `inline club' has official recognition from the while skateboarders are just that bunch
     of guys who hang out and cause trouble. I mean rollerbladers are whole better class than us skateboarders, why should I stay on the losing team ") 
     they insist that they're cool* (they should let other praise them before they praise themselves)