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Jam skating (or Jamskating), also called Jammin', is a skating style consisting of a combination of dance, gymnastics, and roller skating, performed on roller skates. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The origins of jam skating are disputed, but it is often traced to the Great Lakes region , Florida and California .
Bill Butler, also known as Mr. Charisma, is a roller skater and choreographer credited with the invention of jam skating. [1] [2]The National Museum of Roller Skating referred to Butler as "an original influencer" in jam skating, stating that "Butler’s iconic moves and styles inspired many of the popular moves and styles of today".
Oumi Janta (c. 1991 [1]) is a German-Senegalese jam skater and influencer. Janta was born in Thiès, Senegal and moved to Germany with her parents as an infant. [1] [2] She grew up in Steglitz, before moving to Neukölln with her family. [2] As a child, Janta was a fan of figure skating.
Mo Sanders (born 1971), known as Quadzilla L.K. or simply Quadzilla, is an American roller skater, who has competed at international level in roller derby and aggressive inline skating, and national level in jam skating. Sanders was born in Tacoma, Washington, USA. His father often rollerskated to work, and Sanders spent much of his spare time ...
Perea was born in Schaumburg and raised throughout Chicago.He has an older brother, Mike, and a younger brother, Jordan. [3] He is of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent. [4]He has been breakdancing since he was a kid, his father being a breakdancer, [5] and would become the youngest-ever pro Jamskater.
May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The following is a list of notable roller skaters and inline skaters . The list is sorted by roller skating disciplines (inline speed skating, roller inline hockey, downhill, artistic roller skating), gender and competing nationality.
Artistic roller skaters skate on quad skates or inline skates (for the inline free skating discipline). Skates consist of four essential parts: boots, plates, wheels, and bearings. Skaters may sometimes use jump bars on their plates for added stability. Free skaters (both quad and inline) have a toe stop on their plates.
The inventor of jam skating and an influencer during the 1979 craze, [9] Butler is today known as the Godfather of Roller Disco. [8] In 1957, serviceman and rollerskater Bill "Mr. Charisma" Butler visited the Empire Roller Rink, where he found all-black clientele skating to organ music. He encouraged the owners of the Empire Roller Rink to ...