Inline Skating Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cross country

Inline skating can also include hockey, figure and marathons, and is now being included in some biathlons and triathlons. Aggressive skating is ramp skating and recreational is skating for fun.

Answer: Ice hockey

Ice hockey and inline hockey are quite similar, and many players alternate between the two.

Answer: 4x 76mm wheels

The 2005 trend was towards the larger wheels, but because of their length, only four usually fit in a frame. The set with one smaller wheel is to accommodate the shape of the frame which in this case does not fit four 100mm wheels. 76mm wheels are too small for a speed skate and would usually only be seen on hockey or aggressive skates or speed skates for a younger skater.

Answer: Smaller than the wheels on ordinary recreational skates.

Aggressive skates have the smaller wheels and shorter chassis to make them more maneuverable.

Answer: The diameter of the wheel and the hardness of the material

The hardness of a wheel (amongst other things) determines its performance charcteristics, such as how it sticks to the skating surface and the amount of friction created.

Answer: All of these

The best skating position is low with the knees bent. Speed skaters also aim to keep their upper body and head low. When you stand up, you lose all of these benefits, but especially stability.

Answer: Universal joint

The bindings are to do up the boot, and most skates have at least one (on the ankle) but also more than one. The chassis holds the wheels and each wheel has an axle.

Answer: True

Many hockey skates have wheels of mixed sizes.

Answer: A puck

The teflon-coated puck slides freely on the floor, like an ice hockey puck.

Answer: Puma

Bont, Mogema, and Powerslide are some of the largest manufacturers of skating equipment and clothes worldwide.

Answer: Bearing

There is a great variety of bearing types and sizes, but all have the same function of allowing the wheels to roll. The less friction in the bearings, the faster the wheels roll.

Answer: 42km

It's the same length as a running marathon, but completed much faster of course.

Answer: Double-push

Double-push is a style of skating that maximises the amount of drive by using both the inside edge and outside edge of the wheel in each single push.

Answer: Speed stop

Recreational skates often have a brake on one wheel, though speed, hockey and aggressive skates rarely do. T-stop is possibly the most popular way to stop, with the behind foot perpendicular to the front foot. A hockey stop is with both feet parallel and turned sideways to the direction of movement.

There is no such thing as a speed stop- in fact, it is a bit of a joke that the fastest skaters actually have no real way of stopping, usually just skating in a circle until they slow down, though a form of modified snow-plow is also popular, and at low speeds they can also reverse one foot and do a sort of circle on the spot.

Answer: Inline skating can be fun and social

Inline skating is great for fitness, is generally a great social sport if you choose it to be but also great for those wanting to clock up some kilometres on their own. You can skate anywhere there is a suitable flat surface, from tracks in parks to rinks, basketball courts, even the family driveway. Specialised rinks are a great place to learn and practice in safety with a good clean surface to skate on, free of bumps and rocks, but many people clock up thousands of kilometres outside of rinks each year.

By the way, while the majority of skates have four wheels, some (mainly speed skates) have five and I have seen some speed skates for tiny tots with three wheels. I think you may have been given a clue here in question three.