Inversion on wheels

Many extremists say skating is much easier than skateboarding but those are the comments of those who haven't tried doing some tricks on the half pipe on skates. 

I am a skate boarder so going high and doing big tricks is my favorite. It is a challenge to stay on your skateboard but then again compared to the complexity of the tricks on skates it cannot be said that skateboarders are more extreme. Tricks like the flat spin 360 and California 1080 which the Yasutoko brothers created and perfected is not something anyone can pull off. I tried some basic 900 and 540 on the half pipe and landed then smoothly and pretty easy which is normally considered a challenge on a skateboard but then doing some signature skate moves roughed me up pretty good. I landed on my behind plenty of times but I am used to it but it was tough. I couldn't land a single 1080 every time I would come close the skates would go from under me leaving me face first on the floor of the half pipe. The only relief I had was that I didn't have to worry about the skates slipping of my foot. But skating for sure is one hell of an adventure that I would do again despite the face plants.