roller skating
Sign in to saveAlso known as roller-skating, rollerskating
sport, activity, or form of transportation involving shoes with small wheels attached to the soles
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- Instance of
- hobby
- Subclass of
- roller sport
- Image
- Inline skating.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Roller skating
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- Roller skating
- Commons category
- Roller skating
- OpenStreetMap tag
- sport=roller_skating
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Inline skaters in Douala, Cameroon, 2010 Roller skating is the act of travelling on surfaces with roller skates. It is a recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation. Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating, though it also takes place on streets, sidewalks, and bike paths.
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