Entitled: "Patin-bicyclette" showing a man on ice skates fallen down on the ice on a pond in a park and a woman skating past on wheeled-skates on a walkway next to the pond. Invented by Charles Choubersky an avid inventor whose inventions brought him worldwide fame, but he committed suicide in 1891 at the age of 57. Roller skating is the traveling on surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreational activity as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation.