On July 25-27, 2008, Moscow hosted the final event in the 2008 Freestyle World Championship series. This was the main event of the year for the International Freestyle Skaters Association. Moscow has hosted international slalom contests several times, and each event has been great for both the athletes and the visitors. This year's disciplines included:

• Speed slalom
  
  
• Freestyle slalom for men
  
  
• Freestyle slalom for women
  
  
• Freejump

The host governing body, Rollerclub.ru, did everything they could to make this event into a rollersport holiday. The spectators enjoyed free admissions and exciting action, while the athletes got to compete for a world ranking without paying entry fees. The event results are available on the Federation Internationale de Roller Sports' site.

The next IFSA next events will take place in Barcelona on the 20-21 September. Skaters in this event will qualify for the 2009 World Championship.

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Federation Internationale de Roller Sports President, Sabatino Aracu, has sent us all a letter from the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing. The purpose was to let roller sports athletes, supporters and enthusiasts know that our 2008 World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Gijon, Spain will be reviewed next month as part of our evaluation for Olympic inclusion.

International Olympic Committee preliminary meetings in Beijing have provided FIRS officials with goals to accomplish before the vote in Copenhagen 2009. They are hopeful that roller speed skating athletes will continue to be considered for the 2016 Olympic Program.

Extreme athletes from around the world - including downhill skateboard, inline skating and street luge participants - are coming to Goldendale, Washington, USA from August 27-31, 2008. They’re coming for the Maryhill Festival of Speed, which is hosting the International Gravity Sports Association’s World Championships. According to the IGSA, this will be the first time the world championships will be held outside of Europe.

The event lasts five days and includes 200 extreme sports athletes from 12 countries who will zoom down the challenging Maryhill Loops Road just south of Goldendale. Spectating is free and the festival provides a free spectator shuttle on August 30-31.

Coastal Florida is getting drenched as Tropical Storm Fay zig-zags through the state, but a couple of 15 year-old skaters found a way to use the energy from the storm. George Torzsa and Patrick Fuzzard hopped a city bus and traveled three miles north of their homes to use a tarp and the wind power to propel their skateboard and inline skates down Atlantic Avenue in Ponce Inlet, Florida. Tropical Storm

Fay was packing winds of up to 60 mph – that's a thrilling way to fly on small round wings.