The World Skate Roller Freestyle Park World Cup made its first stop in Rome in 2026, bringing together some of the world’s best athletes for a great showcase of talent, progression, and international competition.

Skaters from across the globe delivered incredible performances throughout the event, with every category featuring high-level runs, technical innovation, and fierce competition. The atmosphere in Rome once again showed the continued growth and global reach of roller freestyle park skating.

Brazil had a particularly strong showing, securing podium finishes in every division, while athletes from South Korea, Japan, France, and Spain also claimed top honours.

The level of skating highlighted the rapid progression of the sport, with athletes combining technical difficulty, creativity, and style to deliver memorable performances.

The event also reinforced the strong sense of community within roller freestyle, as skaters, coaches, officials, and supporters came together to celebrate the discipline at the highest level.

The competition took place at Ostia Skatepark, just outside Rome — a venue that many athletes and fans remember from the World Skate Games in 2024.

While the World Skate Games are the biggest event in roller sports, the World Cup series plays an important role in building the world rankings throughout the season. Returning to Ostia gave athletes another opportunity to compete at a world-class venue that already holds special memories for many of them.

Results

Junior Women

1. Ruka Teruya (Japan)

2. Joana Melo (Brazil)

3. Rafaela Reis (Brazil)

Junior Men

1. Elio Sala (France)

2. Iago Brocardo (Brazil)

3. Theo Nascimento (Brazil)

Women

1. Ana Julia da Silva (Brazil)

2. Seoa Jang (South Korea)

3. Sofia Pozo (Spain)

Men

1. Jay Yoon (South Korea)

2. Leonardo Mansano (Brazil)

3. Julien Cudot (France)

Updated rankings and WSG pre-seeding

With the rankings now updated, athletes will still have more chances to earn important points before the World Skate Games in Paraguay this October.

The full standings — updated after Rome across all divisions — are available on the Roller Freestyle World Rankings page here.

On the back of these updated rankings, a new pre-seeded list has been published for the World Skate Games. Registration is now open, having opened on 1 July.

What’s next on the ranking calendar?

Two more ranking opportunities remain before Asunción:

• Blading Cup Asia — Jakarta, Indonesia. This is World Skate’s first-ever officially sanctioned Challenger event in Roller Freestyle — and, we hope, the beginning of closer collaboration with core community-run events. More on that here.

• World Skate Games 2026 — Asunción, Paraguay (October), the season’s biggest stage.

A note on the calendar: the recently announced World Skate Asia event in Malaysia is not a World Skate Challenger and not a ranking event. It does not award World Ranking points. The only two remaining ranking events this season are the Blading Cup Asia in Jakarta and the World Skate Games.

New to how Challengers fit into the wider competition structure — and how they contribute to the rankings? Our explainer on Roller Freestyle contest categories breaks it down here!

World Skate Academy: Assessment Test on 12 July

The 2026 Roller Freestyle education program is entering its exam phase. Following the ten-lesson judging course, the Assessment Test takes place on 12 July, with two sessions to choose from (9:00 or 15:00 CET). Registration for the 2026 course has now closed.

Full details on the program here!