The sport of skating is noted as far back as the 17th century when people used a crude wooden boot with wheels nailed into it. Today roller skates have evolved and the sport is a part of life.

Roller skates have many uses from exercise to work and addition to these is aggressive skates and skating. Aggressive skating made its debut in 1995 when the Aggressive Skater Association was inaugurated.

Because aggressive skating calls for more strength and control skating equipment needed to be improved. Aggressive skates today are constructed of small and fairly soft skate wheels. What this improvement does is help skaters accelerate and decelerate much faster. These improvements also help skaters control stunts.

Today there are many disciplines involved in aggressive skating such as street skating, Vert skating and park skating.

Those who concentrate their aggressive skating to the streets use common structures found in an urban environment. Rails, walls, benches, curbs and stairs are not safe from aggressive skaters. Aggressive skaters fly less but perform more stunts.

Vert skating is for those who want to perform real stunts. Using half pipe structures that become vertical at the top are part and parcel for these aggressive skaters. Flying, somersaulting and jumping are involved too. In competition aggressive skaters undertake stunts such as grinds, spins, aerial stunts and slides.

Many aggressive skaters contain their abilities to indoor or outdoor skate parks. These parks are able to simulate the structural elements of Vert and street skating. Tournaments are usually held in skate parks and aggressive skaters are offered all the equipment and surfaces they need to perform their art.