![]() ![]() The details of Tri-Skate origins are uncertain. This happened before the development of RollerBlade and should be considered a great success. In England, the Tri-Skate developed, a skate with three wheels, high leather shoes and a stopper in front, and according to Dutch articles on this topic, as many as 100,000 pairs of inline skates (not necessarily all Tri-Skates) were sold in Holland and neighboring countries. No one was interested at the time, because of the popularity of quad roller skates, featuring two wheels per axle, a canvas shoe and a stopper in the front. ![]() In Germany, Friedrich Mayer obtained a patent for his inline skate. These skates featured four wheels in a line with the front and back wheel extending beyond the boot like an ice skate blade, and they played an important part in the development of inline skating. The inline skate which influenced Scott Olson was a 1966 Chicago Roller Skate Company skate. The Chicago Roller Skate Company manufactures their inline skate with a boot. ![]()
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