[4] The style has its roots in traditional roller disco, but has been greatly influenced by breakdancing, artistic skating, gymnastics, and modern dance.
The Empire Skate Center in New York City is credited as the birthplace of roller disco, as it is where Mr. Charisma performed.
Competitions, such as Heartbreak Skating Competition (Carrollton, GA), Pajama Jam (Franklin, IN), Southern Slam (Anderson, SC), Social Skate (Dallas, TX), The Championship (Cookeville, TN) and Classic Summer Jam (Sandy, UT) are examples.
Traditionally, roller disco skaters wore an artistic high-cut boot with toe stop.
In the early 1980s, this transitioned into a trend of wearing low-cut speed skate boots with smaller jam plugs in place of the toe stops.