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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".
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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.
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Skate Nation is a British children's television programme presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes broadcast by CBBC on BBC Two in 2009. It was an eleven-part series in which fourteen teams of roller skaters competed for a trip to the World Games in Taiwan .
Freestyle slalom skating is a highly technical field of roller skating that involves performing tricks around a straight line of equally spaced cones. The most common spacing used in competitions is 80 centimetres (31 in), with larger competitions also featuring lines spaced at 50 centimetres (20 in) and 120 centimetres (47 in).
The intent of vert skating is to ride higher than the coping (the metal pipe on top of the ramp) and perform spins or flips. [1] It focuses on complicated aerial maneuvers, such as spins and flips. [2] The intent of the skater is to build speed until they are of sufficient height above the edge of the ramp to perform various aerial acrobatics. [3]