ROLLER SKATING (FUN ON WHEELS)

“Life is a blank canvas , and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.”-Danny Kaye well said about adventure and roller skating comes in queue of one of those adventourous sports . Roller skating is the traveling on surfaces with roller skates. A form of recreational activity as well as sport . Best source to cover miles without getting bored  and without using petrol adding fun to your ride . The first roller skates had metallic wheels .

FUN FROLICS

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HISTORY :

The fun crazy freaks always look for some fun in life !!!!  Roller skating was introduced in 1760 by John Joseph  Merlin whose name has been lost to history .    . Uptill 1800s roller skates were mass produced in US .  Roller hockey was the first sport to be included in olympics in 1992 . The first roller skating association was formed in the United States in 1937 . The association aims to educate people about roller skating . Offers health benefits of roller skating and adds more fun frolics to the society helping sports promotion  . Roller Derby became very popular as women athlete . 

TYPES OF ROLLER SKATES :

• Speed  Skates

• Children Skates

• Artistic Skates

• Outdoor Skates

• Recreational  Skates

Artistic skates and figure skates are very specialized for people wanting to do freestyle skating, dance skating, or compulsory figures skating. For all-around fun and enjoyment in a roller rink it would be best to go for quad skates (4-wheelers) .

This skate may also be use for outdoor skating with a wider and softer wheel, such as an aerobic, etc.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF ROLLER SKATES :Tremendous health benefits can be got out of roller skates. Some of these benefits include providing a complete aerobic workout and burning 350 calories per hour while skating 6 miles per hour or 600 calories while skating 10 miles per hour. In the 1980s rollerskating as aerobic exercise was flourished and was ranked as the best aerobic exercise by the American Heart Organisation .

ROLLER SKATING ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL :

Trade Association representing  - Skating center owners and operators

-teachers , coaches and judges of roller skating

-manufacturers and suppliers of roller skating equipment . 

Mission                                        -seeks to promote the success of their members through 

education and advancing the roller skating business . 

Purpose                       - To promote the success of their members through education 

and advancing the roller skating business .

So as Nancy Kerrigan said “And I love what I do and I love skating “ . So go live your fantasy world with the roller skates .