I kind of got bothered by the concrete around my neighborhood it wasn't smooth at all, so I didn't like the way it felt while rollerblading. My cousins owned an old alien workshop board and kept it in their basement I immediately wanted it but they wanted money for it. ($20 to be exact.) So I sold my blades to a friend, And I got into skateboarding ever since. The concrete doesn't irritate me as much on a board then it did on blades. I would still like to Rollerblade but I would probably take them to a skate park or something.