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