# Roller sports > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roller_sports > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roller_sports.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_sports > Source revision: 1338173480 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Class of sport disciplines **Roller sports** are sports that use human powered vehicles which use rolling either by gravity or various pushing techniques. Typically [ball bearings](/source/Ball_bearings) and [polyurethane wheels](/source/Aggressive_inline_skating#Wheels,_anti-rocker_wheels,_and_freestyle_frame_setups) 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](/source/World_Skate).[1] ## List Examples of roller sports for each main devices (Inline and quad skates, skateboard and kick scooter) Roller sports include the following disciplines: - **[Inline skating](/source/Inline_skating)** - [Vert Skating](/source/Vert_Skating) - [Aggressive inline skating](/source/Aggressive_inline_skating) - [Inline freestyle skating](/source/Inline_skating#Freestyle_skating) - [Inline figure skating](/source/Inline_figure_skating) - [Inline hockey](/source/Inline_hockey) - [Inline skater hockey](/source/Inline_skater_hockey) - [Inline speed skating](/source/Inline_speed_skating) - [Roller soccer](/source/Roller_soccer) - [Inline alpine skating](/source/Inline_skating) - **[Roller skating](/source/Roller_skating)** - [Artistic roller skating](/source/Artistic_roller_skating) - [Roller speed skating](/source/Roller_speed_skating) - [Jam skating](/source/Jam_skating) - [Roller derby](/source/Roller_derby) - [Rink hockey](/source/Rink_hockey) - [Road skating](/source/Road_skating) - [Roller skiing](/source/Roller_skiing) - **[Skateboarding](/source/Skateboarding)** - [Freestyle skateboarding](/source/Freestyle_skateboarding) - [Skateboarding trick](/source/Skateboarding_trick) - [Street skateboarding](/source/Street_skateboarding) - **[Freestyle scootering](/source/Freestyle_scootering)**[2] ## World Roller Games disciplines Since 2017 [World Skate](/source/World_Skate) has organised the [World Roller Games](/source/World_Roller_Games), a biennial competition that now includes 11 world championships in one single event. List of events:[3] - [Alpine Skating](/source/Inline_skating) - [Artistic roller skating](/source/Artistic_roller_skating) - [Downhill Skateboarding](/source/Skateboarding_styles) - [Inline Freestyle](/source/Inline_skating) - [Inline Hockey](/source/Inline_Hockey) - [Rink Hockey](/source/Rink_Hockey) - [Roller Derby](/source/Roller_Derby) - [Roller Freestyle](/source/Inline_skating) - [Skateboarding](/source/Skateboarding) - [Inline speed skating](/source/Inline_speed_skating) [2024 World Skate Games](/source/2024_World_Skate_Games) had 13 sports. ## Olympic Disciplines [Skateboarding](/source/Skateboarding) events have been introduced for the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics), with two events: park and [street](/source/Street_skateboarding).[4][5] ## World Games Disciplines On the programme for the [2022 World Games](/source/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".[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://web.archive.org/web/20250618092525/https://www.worldskate.org/roller-freestyle.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20250618092525/https://www.worldskate.org/roller-freestyle.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["WORLD SKATE WELCOMES SCOOTER RIDING IN THE FAMILY AS A NEW DISCIPLINE"](http://www.worldskate.org/news/17-world-skate/2925-world-skate-welcomes-scooter-riding-in-the-family-as-a-new-discipline.html). 9 July 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Disciplines"](https://www.wrg2019.com/disciplines/). *wrg2019*. Retrieved 18 August 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Skateboarding"](https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/sport/olympic/skateboarding/). *Tokyo 2020*. Retrieved 18 August 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["10 things to know about new sports and events in 2020 Olympics"](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/07/24/2020-summer-olympics-10-things-know-new-sports-events/1806757001/). *USA Today*. Retrieved 18 August 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Roller Sports"](https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Roller_Sports-60). *The World Games.org*. Retrieved 18 August 2019. ## External links Look up ***[roller sports](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/roller_sports)*** in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. - ["USA Roller Sports - Features, Events, Results | Team USA"](http://usarollersports.org/). usarollersports.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09. - Jarvie, G. (2006). [*Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2gZVA6qePtwC&pg=PA271). Routledge. p. 271. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780415306478](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415306478). 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