Rachel “RJ” Jaffe has been skating since she was 8 but became serious about “aggressive” inline skating as an adult.
“My original playground and where I learned most of my moves was on the Boardwalk,” the 26-year-old Oceanfront resident said while preparing to “shred” around Woodstock Skate Park in Virginia Beach.
The difference between garden-variety rollerblading and its “aggressive” cousin is in the boots, which have plates around the line of wheels that allow for tricks, such as grinding as on a skateboard, and jumps and ramps…