When you think of 90s fads that came in with a boom and then faded into obscurity, what pops in your head? Pogs, Tamagotchis, snap bracelets, and using condoms are a few that come to mind, but there is a certain activity that really stands out. There was only one pastime that could be considered the epicenter of cool and the essence of radical: the graceful, skilled, chick magnet of an extreme sport known as rollerblading.

Now, some of you may now scoff at the idea of inline skating as a worthy pursuit, but in the early 90s, it was nothing short of a worldwide cultural obsession. Kids would beg their parents to pony up the dough and buy them a shiny new pair of K2s or Eddie Bauers, complete with grind plates and expensive custom wheels, so they could shred up the rails at the local skate park and annoy pedestrians and law enforcement alike. The rabid bands of wheeled teenagers would flock to the streets to show off their skills. It became such a fashionable thing to do that it spawned all sorts of marketing gimmicks to cash in on the trend. One of which was the single most extreme, groovy, bodacious 90s teen film in the history of cinema–Airborne.

This movie is so cool that it had not one, but three taglines on its poster:

1. “Mitchell became the most popular guy on earth… once he took to the sky!”
2. “Man wasn’t meant to fly. Kids were!”
3. “Heroes aren’t made, they’re… AIRBORNE”

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