Skating involves any sports or recreational activity which consists of traveling on surfaces or on ice using skates, and may refer to:

Ice Skating

Ice skating Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting. Ice skating may be perf ...

, moving on ice by using ice skates **

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are men ...

, a sport in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice ***

Synchronized skating Synchronized skating is an ice skating sport where between 8 to 16 skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while performing elements and footwork. This complex sport originated in 1956 and was ...

, a sport where between eight and sixteen perform together as a team ** Speed skating, a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates ***

Short-track speed skating Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

, a form of competitive ice speed skating **

Tour skating Tour skating is recreational long distance ice skating on natural ice. It is particularly popular in the Netherlands and the Nordic countries. It is becoming more popular in areas of North America such as New England, Southcentral Alaska, and No ...

, a sport and recreational form of long distance ice skating on natural ice

Hard surface

Roller skating Roller skating is the act of traveling on surfaces with roller skates. It is a recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation. Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating, though it also takes place on streets, si ...

, the traveling on surfaces with roller skates **

Inline skating Inline skating is a multi-disciplinary sport and can refer to a number of activities practiced using inline skates. Inline skates typically have two to five polyurethane wheels depending on the style of practice, arranged in a single line by a ...

, traveling on surfaces with skates having one line of wheels ***

Freestyle slalom skating Freestyle slalom skating is a highly technical field of roller skating that involves performing tricks around a straight line of equally spaced cones. The most common spacing used in competitions is , with larger competitions also featuring lines ...

, a field of inline skating that involves performing tricks around a straight line of equally spaced cones *** Vert skating, riding inline skates on a vert ramp ***

Aggressive inline skating Aggressive inline skating (referred to by participants as rollerblading, blading, skating, street skating, rolling, roller freestyle or freestyle rolling) is a sub-discipline of inline skating in the action sports canon. Aggressive inline skates ...

, inline skating executed on specially designed inline skates with focus on grinding and spins ***

Inline speed skating Inline speed skating is the roller sport of racing on inline skates. The sport may also be called ''inline racing'' by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice sp ...

, the roller sport of racing on inline skates **

Artistic roller skating Artistic roller skating is a sport similar to figure skating but where competitors wear roller skates instead of ice skates. Within artistic roller skating, there are several disciplines: * Figures: the individual follows the figure circle line ...

, a sport similar to figure skating but where contestants run on roller skates instead of ice skates **

Road skating Road skating is the sport of skating (inline skating or quad roller skating) on roads, much like road cycling. It shares much with inline speed skating. Roadskaters often skate in tight packs, drafting each other and sharing the lead, which al ...

* Skateboarding, an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard

Snow

Snow skating A snowskate is a hybrid of a skateboard and a snowboard, intended primarily to allow for skateboard-style tricks on the snow. There are many types depending on the brand or style of snowskate. History and design The first snowskate traces it ...

, using a hybrid of a skateboard and a snowboard on snow

Ice Skating

Hard surface

Snow

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