I was thinking about this the other day…skateboards are flexible, bike tires are bouncy. Why aren’t there “performance” skates with shocks? Wouldn’t that be better for your knees?
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Some people mentioned the flex in skateboard but in addition there actually are some specially designed axles for skateboards that do have a shock type system built in. Skateboard trucks also tend to have softish bushings which helps as well.. longboarding wheels are also fairly soft which again helps and some people use soft riser pads (adds space between board and truck axles) which can help.. if I had to guess about roller skates I’d imagine shocks might react too violently causing instability or maybe they just assume you’ll take one of those mid ride steps up a big gap and not really need shocks? Or maybe it wears your ankles down fighting the compression? Wouldn’t that also make it harder to do things like accurately add braking pressure? Sorry for long ranty response and that I know more about skateboarding than skating
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