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GLISSE URBAINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
OBS

In English, the designation "roller sport" is used to describe any sport that uses human-powered vehicles with rollers that roll by gravity or pushing techniques. In French, the designation "sport de glisse urbaine" refers more specifically to the sport where participants use such vehicles to perform tricks and jumps on the ground or using street furniture or other purpose-built objects installed in skate parks, for example.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
DEF

Pratique sportive qui consiste à se déplacer et à réaliser des figures avec un engin muni de roulettes sur des sols ou du mobilier urbains.

OBS

sport de glisse urbaine; glisse urbaine : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 5 décembre 2023.

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