Roller sports are sports that use human powered vehicles which use rolling either by gravity or various pushing techniques. Typically

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and polyurethane wheels are used for momentum and traction respectively, and are attached to devices or vehicles that the roller puts his weight on. The international governing body is

World Skate World Skate is the only governing body in the world for all sports performed on skating wheels. The organisation is the successor of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) founded on 21 April 1924. Disciplines World Skate ser ...

List

Roller sports include the following disciplines * Inline skating ** Vert Skating ** Aggressive inline skating ** Inline freestyle skating ** Inline figure skating ** Inline hockey ** Inline skater hockey **

Inline speed skating Roller speed skating is the roller sport of racing on inline skates. The sport may also be called ''inline racing'' or ''speed skating'' by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is simila ...

** Roller soccer ** Inline alpine skating * Roller skating ** Artistic roller skating ** Roller speed skating ** Jam skating **

Roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leaguesA Roller Derby league is synonymous with an individual club or team in other team sports, as ...

** Rink hockey * Road skating * Roller skiing *

Skateboarding Skateboarding is an extreme sport, action sport that involves riding and Skateboarding trick, performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry Profession, job, and a method of tr ...

** Freestyle skateboarding ** Skateboarding trick ** Street skateboarding * Freestyle scootering

World Roller Games disciplines

Since 2017

has organised the World Roller Games, a biennial competition that now includes 11 world championships in one single event. List of events: * Alpine Skating * Artistic roller skating * Downhill Skateboarding * Inline Freestyle * Inline Hockey * Rink Hockey *

Roller Derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leaguesA Roller Derby league is synonymous with an individual club or team in other team sports, as ...

* Roller Freestyle *

Olympic Disciplines

events have been introduced for the

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, with two events: park and

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World Games Disciplines

On the programme for the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines ...

there were four roller sports disciplines: Artistic, Inline hockey, Speed Skating Road and Speed Skating track. Roller sports is the only sport on the World Games programme represented in three clusters. Speed Skating belongs to "Trend Sports", Artistic to "Artistic Sports" and Inline Hockey to "Ball Sports".

References

External links

* * {{Sports of the World Games program Sports by type