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RVA Memorial Day Weekend Invitational & Seminar 2021

Roller skating competition including figures, plus gold medal tests and a seminar. The entry deadline is April 30.

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2021 Pan American Figure Skating Championships

This event includes roller figures! Entries are limited; read all the details.

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USARS National Virtual Invitational

USA Roller Sports is running a virtual competition that includes figures events. You submit videos of the required figures in advance. Technical requirements are given in the meet packet. The deadline for figure and loop events is March 15, 2021. … Continue reading

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USA Roller Sports Open Compulsory Figure Invitational

USA Roller Sports is having an online figure competition! It includes intro events for new skaters. Spectators are welcome. The entry deadline is February 15.

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New figure tests from the RSA

Roller Skating Association International (RSA) has revised its figure tests. The old program is available until 12/31/2021, and the new one starts immediately. The new and old programs are the same at the lower levels. The revised tests include the … Continue reading

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Danielle Storm seminar on figures & loops

As part of USA Roller Sports’ 2021 Train for Success Series, roller figure coach Danielle Storm is offering a seminar on “off-skates figure & loop training.” The day’s events start at 12 noon EST, and this segment begins at 2:05 … Continue reading

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USARS 2020/21 figure requirements and adult rules

USA Roller Sports has published the requirements for figures and dance in regional and national championships and the rules for 2020–21 adult events.

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Testing & competing with Inclusive Skating

Inclusive Skating makes figures and other types of skating (on both ice and roller skates) accessible to skaters with challenges through events at the World Figure Championship and around the world.

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How big should my circles be?

Ice In general, the diameter of the circle should be approximately three times the height of the skater. To set your scribe to the right length, calculate your height in inches and multiply by 1.5. A skater who is five … Continue reading

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Equipment for figures

You don’t have to have special skates for figures, but they can help you skate them better. It used to be that every ice skater had two pairs of skates, one for figures and the other for freestyle, and a … Continue reading

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