Roller Skating

[Amandagates]

I’d love to see roller skating added as an activity. There is nothing to encapsulate what I do, so I end up picking roller ski or inline. it would be nice to have the program accurately represent the activity I’m engaging in. The rollerskating sub group could represent street skaters, Park skaters, rink skaters, and derby players. 

[Bryant]

Thanks for submitting your idea. It has been reviewed by our moderation team and is now open to voting.

We also want to thank you for detailing how this category would from the skating categories we already have (Roller Ski & Inline Skating).
Thank you for your contribution.

[TeddyBruisevelt]

Please, please, please make rollerskating an option. 

[Slamcoe]

Yes please!

[rollerskater]

Please! Roller skating is popular enough now.

[ALISHA6]

Hey there!

I also roller skating it is one of my hobby and yeah I totally agree with you this should be added as an activity.

[ionapjolive]

Street quad skating requires a fairly different skill set and amount of effort vs inline skating. Separating it would make your inline skate stats more clean (and any other sports that we choose because quad skating isn’t an option, eg skateboarding, roller ski, etc)

[KatherineB]

I agree, I know myself and at least one other person who actively use Strava to track roller skating. I am also in a roller derby league with many others who would benefit from this option.

[Scout]

Hello and thank you to everyone who has taken the time to add your votes and comments to this request. 

We want to let you know that we do not intend to add more activity/sport types to Strava in the foreseeable future, and this feature suggestion will be moved to a status of not currently planned.

We appreciate and understand this is not the answer you were hoping for. We strive to be as transparent as possible and provide updates to our Community when they become available. 

Please remember that we receive a large number of idea submissions, and even some  popular ideas may not make it to the implementation stage. The number of votes an idea gets is one factor among several that’s considered when our product team develops the roadmap.

For more information, review our Guide to Ideas.

Additionally, a status of not currently planned does not mean this feature suggestion goes away. It will remain open to votes and comments, and may be revisited at some point in the future.

Lastly, we sincerely hope you will continue recording and uploading your activities to Strava. Here is a list of the Sport types that we currently support. It’s always an option to set your activity to sport type “workout” and indicate more specifics in the activity name.

Thanks again for your contributions.

[ionajewel]

This seems like it would be such an easy add. Just copy rollerblading algos and just rename it with a new icon. Over it. 

[Amandagates]

Yeah @ionajewel I agree. For all the time and effort they’ve put into sending multiple updates saying they won’t update it, they could have just done it. I wonder if it’s because it’s seen as an activity that’s done mostly by women, So therefore, not taken seriously as a sport. I don’t know. Just guessing here. I can’t see any other reason they seem to be so firmly against it.

[ionajewel]

Srsly look at the variety in “Foot Sports” and  “Cycle Sports” and tell me again why it would be such a big deal to have add Quad Skating. They even have “Roller Skiing” FFS.  Who even does that?

[PennyZee]

I second this. Inline skating doesnt quite match enough. The speed difference and effort up hills outside, movements rink skating, and type of effort with roller derby differentiate quad roller skates from inlines, I’ve found. Over the last 20 years roller skating had a huge resurgence, there are 10s of thousands of skaters worldwide. Seems odd roller skiing is an option but not roller skating.

[EmmyLou]

Also pleading for quad skating! It’s wild with the increasing popularity, especially since the pandemic, that it hasn’t been added. I trail skate and play roller derby, but ramp, rink and various types of dance skating are also done on quads. I also use the inline skating option to track, but it feels cheat-y — I haven’t used inlines in decades.