Roller sports

Skateboarding is an example of a roller sport.

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

List

Roller sports include the following disciplines

World Roller Games disciplines

Since 2017 World Skate has organised the World Roller Games, a biennial competition that now includes 11 world championships in one single event. List of events:^[2]

Olympic Disciplines

Skateboarding events have been introduced for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with two events: park and street.^[3]^[4]

World Games Disciplines

On the programme for the 2022 World Games 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".^[5]

References

^ "WORLD SKATE WELCOMES SCOOTER RIDING IN THE FAMILY AS A NEW DISCIPLINE". 9 July 2018.
^ "Disciplines". wrg2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
^ "Skateboarding". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
^ "10 things to know about new sports and events in 2020 Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
^ "Roller Sports". The World Games.org. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

External links

"USA Roller Sports - Features, Events, Results | Team USA". usarollersports.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
Jarvie, G. (2006). Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction. Routledge. p. 271. ISBN 9780415306478. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

[1] "WORLD SKATE WELCOMES SCOOTER RIDING IN THE FAMILY AS A NEW DISCIPLINE". 9 July 2018.

[2] "Disciplines". wrg2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[3] "Skateboarding". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[4] "10 things to know about new sports and events in 2020 Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[5] "Roller Sports". The World Games.org. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

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v t e Sports of the World Games program
Artistic and dance sports	Artistic roller skating Dancesport Gymnastics Acrobatic gymnastics Aerobic gymnastics Parkour Rhythmic gymnastics Trampolining Tumbling
Ball sports	Beach handball Canoe polo Fistball Floorball Inline hockey Korfball Lacrosse (women) Racquetball Softball Squash
Martial arts	Ju-jitsu Karate Kickboxing Muaythai Sumo
Precision sports	Archery Billiards sports Boules sports Bowling
Strength sports	Powerlifting Tug of war
Trend sports	Air sports Parachuting Canoe marathon Finswimming Flying disc Lifesaving Orienteering Speed roller skating Road Track Competition climbing Water skiing Wakeboarding
Past official sports	Badminton Baseball Beach volleyball Bodybuilding Casting Indoor cycling Netball Roller hockey Rugby sevens Sambo Taekwondo Triathlon Weightlifting (women)
Invitational sports	Duathlon Flag football Lacrosse (men) Wheelchair rugby Wushu
Sports at the World Games International World Games Association