Extreme in-line skating champion Taig Khris set a new world freefall record of 12.5 meters (41 feet) in France on Saturday when he launched himself off the Eiffel Tower onto a ramp. Courtesy of AFP.

That makes a big difference because your right skate is actually the last thing touching the ice as you take off. The flip was for a time called a Mapes jump, after Bruce Mapes (in roller skating ...

A former inline skater and NCAA basketball point guard, Brittany Bowe heads to her third Winter Olympics as a gold medal favorite in both of her events. She was the dominant force at U.S. Speed ...

Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Blade Booster was invented by German inline skater/entrepreneur Marcel Frerichs. The main aluminum-framed device slides onto one of the user's ...

REUTERS From tarmac to ice, and from India to the Netherlands, former inline skater Amitesh Mishra never minds going the distance, as he harbors a dream to see India stand atop the Winter Olympics ...