Most aggressive skating competitions are sponsored by the Aggressive Skater’s Association; these competitions are held in skate parks around the world.  Skaters compete in two 60 second or 90 second runs, combining moves on rails, ramps, and half pipes with free form skating tricks.  Roller hockey rules are similar to those of ice hockey, with […]

Inline skating is a popular recreational activity where the skater glides on lightweight boots with three to five wheels attached in a line.  Scott Olsen is the American entrepreneur credited with developing the first modern in-line skates as a way to train for ice hockey during the off-season.  These skates were comprised of a metal

Roller skating involves gliding over a smooth surface on roller skates, which are specially designed boots with two wheels at the front and two at the heel.  Roller skating can be enjoyed outdoors or at indoor roller rinks. contact – Futurechampz sports and skating Coaching Academy FutureChampz programs Skating Academy – SDAT Stadium-Nungambakkam, Skating Academy

Orbit wheel skates, another spiritual relative of the freeline skate whereby the skate stands on a grip-tape-surfaced platform (just slightly larger than a freeline skate’s) inside of a large hoop that contains a trapped wheel that can freely rotate under the grip plate each foot is planted on. The foot plates normally rest on the

Freeline skates, a class of unattached skates that wearers place under their normal street or skate shoes. They typically have 2 closely set inline wheels set with a short base under a small squarish plate (usually surfaced with grip tape about the same width as the rider’s shoe). This arrangement allows for a range of

Heelys, normal-looking street/skate shoes with a single retractable wheel in the heel of each shoe, allowing the wearer to perform unique rollerskating-like moves at leisure while still walking normally when the skating functionality isn’t desired (and the wheel is mostly retracted into a recessed slot in the heel). The fact that skateboarding and related wheeled

Freestyle roller dancing is a style of physical movement, usually done to music, that isn’t choreographed or planned ahead of time. It occurs in many genres, including those where people dance with partners. By definition, this kind of dance is never the same from performance to performance, although it can be done formally and informally,

Information about roller skating on inline skates and traditional quad roller skates. Includes roller skating rinks, skating trails, artistic roller skating, roller derby, roller hockey, inline hockey, rink hockey, inline speedskating, speed roller skating, and recreational inline and quad roller skating. contact – Futurechampz sports and skating Coaching Academy FutureChampz programs Skating Academy – SDAT

Roller derby is played by two teams of up to fourteen players, who both field up to five members for each two-minute jam, simultaneously skating counterclockwise on a circuit track. Each team designates a scoring player (the “jammer”); the other four members are “blockers.” One blocker can be designated as a “pivot”—a special blocker who

Road skating in a pack has some common rules that most skaters follow. Such rules include skating in single file except when passing or moving into the back of the pack, rotational “pulling” in the front of the pack to shield the rest of the pack from the wind, and signaling about road conditions, hazards