Inline skating

Outdoor and marine sports goods are expected to experience growth. With the wide-ranging lifestyles, sales tends are seen. Further as can be seen in trendy sports (e.g., snowboarding and inline skating), trends are ever fluid and changing. 

Equipment in many sports often has specific structural requirements, combined with a need to withstand impact and abuse. Whether this is the frame that supports the basket on a lacrosse stick, or structural support for the wheels used on an inline skate, these need to have the big three strength, stiffness, and toughness. 

Ironically, the toughness requirement for the frame of an inline skate is similar to the carrier on a nail gun. They are both subject to repeated impact over long periods of time, with occasional high-energy impacts due to drops or collisions. It is no coincidence that toughened, glass-reinforced nylon is used in both of these applications. 

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