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.
People roller skating
Unidentified woman roller skater, c. 1860–1870
Roller skates in the United States around 1905
Indoor roller skating in England, 1908
Roller skates are shoes or bindings that fit onto shoes that are worn to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. The first roller skate was an inline skate design, effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade. Later the "quad skate" style became more popular, consisting of four wheels arranged in the same configuration as a typical car.
A pair of roller skates
A pair of roller skates within the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Skates like these fit over shoes and were adjustable with a roller skate key.
The General adoption of the rolling skate - Lively appearance of Regent street in june, a cartoon by George du Maurier published by Punch in 1866
An advertisement for an early 20th-century model which fit over regular shoes
