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Skate Safe America is a roller hockey facility located in Old Bethpage, New York. It is the home of the New York Shock Exchange of the Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) . "Skate Safe America" is also home to the AIHL (American Inline Hockey League") Long Island 495ers.
New Jersey Hellrazors Roller Derby [221] New York City: Gotham Girls Roller Derby: Newark, NJ: Garden State Roller Girls [222] Northampton, MA: Pioneer Valley Roller Derby [223] Oswego, NY: The Oz Roller Girls [224] Philadelphia, PA: Penn Jersey Roller Derby [225] Philadelphia, PA: Philly Rollergirls [226] Pittsburgh, PA: Steel City Derby ...
National Skating Derby (Roller Games) (1961–1975; see also RollerGames and Roller Games International) RollerGames (1989–1990; TV only) Roller Game League (RGL) (1990–2001? [year needed]) National Roller Derby League (NRDL) – 1995–2004; initially promoted as Roller Derby Inc.; current site promotes the San Francisco Bay Bombers, etc.
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. Roller skating originated in the performing arts in the 18th century.
Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace is a seasonal outdoor roller skating rink that opened in April 2022 in New York City's Rockefeller Center. It marks the revival of the original Flipper's, which operated in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981 and was dubbed " Studio 54 on wheels" by actor Jaclyn Smith .
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. Note that some definitions of roller skating include inline, while others intend to specify quad skates.
Since 2017, World Skate has organized the bi-annual World Skate Games, comprising all roller sport disciplines governed by World Skate. [11] The World Skate Games are a multi-sport event that serves as the World Championship of 11 disciplines: alpine, artistic, inline downhill, inline freestyle, inline hockey, rink hockey, roller derby, roller freestyle, scooter, skateboard, and speed.
On March 20, 2011, a lap bar on the Hi-Miler roller coaster at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo suddenly unlocked, causing a 47-year-old male guest to fall more than 28 feet (8.5 m) from the roller coaster. The malfunction was caused by a single screw, which was supposed to keep the lock pin in place and the lap bar locked.