| Roller skating is popular among young people. | | | | There is breathtaking and complicated |
| It is interesting and amusing. It is | | | | technique performance on skateboard. It is |
| originated from skating. Compared to skating, | | | | one of the most exciting games in roller |
| it is more exciting, adventurous and | | | | skating. |
| fashionable. Actions of roller skating is | | | | |
| similar to skating. Their fields and | | | | 5. Leisure roller skating |
| equipments are different. Nowadays, roller | | | | |
| skating is loved by young people. We can | | | | Roller-skating freely on different kinds of |
| often see young boys and girls on roller | | | | fields to do exercise and enjoy oneself. The |
| skates passing by on the streets. | | | | main activity is Street Skates. Move slowly, |
| | | | watch the scenes on the street, enjoy the |
| Origin of roller skating | | | | fresh air and relax yourself in the sunshine. |
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| Early in BC 1100, hunters wore bone skates to | | | | 6. Freestyle |
| hunt in winter. Dutchman, a Scot, created the | | | | |
| first pair of skates in BC 1700. He hoped to | | | | The specialist is Salomon. It is different |
| imitate ice skating in summer. So he tied | | | | from figure roller skating. Double-row roller |
| wood sticks to his shoes. He established the | | | | skates are used. |
| first roller skating club in Edinburgh that | | | | |
| year. | | | | Equipments of roller skating |
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| Types of roller skating | | | | Roller skates |
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| Roller skating is a leisure sport, as well as | | | | A pair of good roller skates should be firm. |
| a competitive sport. There are many roller | | | | Sponge should be thick enough. Toughness of |
| skating competitions now. Roller skating also | | | | chassis determines the life span of roller |
| appears in the Olympic Games. There are 3 | | | | skates. A-alloy chassis is good but |
| types of roller skating. | | | | expensive. Don't wear roller skates much |
| | | | bigger than your feet. It is not safe. |
| 1. Speed roller skating | | | | Beginners can wear unprofessional roller |
| | | | skates. However, when you begin to learn |
| Single-row roller skates and two-row roller | | | | limited actions, you should wear professional |
| skates are competition tools. The competition | | | | roller skates. Common roller skates can't |
| can be held on fields or roads. There are | | | | stand those difficult actions. |
| 1000-meter roller skating for men, 5000-meter | | | | |
| roller skating for men, 10000-meter roller | | | | Protectors |
| skating for men, 20000-meter roller skating | | | | |
| for men, 500-meter roller skating for women, | | | | Protectors are easy to be ignored, but they |
| 3000-meter roller skating for women and | | | | are important. Protectors include headpiece, |
| 5000-meter roller skating for women in World | | | | elbow guard, cuff and knee pad. |
| Field Roller Skating Championship. | | | | |
| | | | Made in China----a big shopping mall of |
| 2. Roller Figure Skating | | | | roller skates equipments |
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| There are roller skating of prescribed | | | | A lot of roller skates equipment suppliers |
| movements, free roller skating, pairs roller | | | | gather in Made in China. There are different |
| skating and pairs dance. Competition is held | | | | types of roller skates, including 4-wheel |
| on the field longer than 50 meter and wider | | | | roller skate shoes, inline roller skate shoes |
| than 25 meter. Three people of each team can | | | | and skate buds. You can also find the coolest |
| take part in one game. The referee marks | | | | and most tricked out skates you have ever |
| according to easiness of actions and beauty | | | | seen here. It has air filled tires. It is |
| of dance. | | | | adjustable to all shoe sizes. It is |
| | | | stable and safe. You can use it on pavement, |
| 3. Roller skating ball | | | | grass, or a dirt path. |
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| It looks like the combination of ice hockey | | | | Made in China also offers skate helmet and |
| and hockey. There are 5 people in each team. | | | | all kinds of skate protective gears. Join in |
| | | | the fashionable roller skating trend! Enjoy |
| 4. Maximal exercise | | | | yourself! |
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