Avignon Rollair roller skating festival

Though Avignon is a city rich in culture but one can not find much sporting event all round the year. Avignon is not famous especially for any sports, particularly in a spectator capacity, and holidaymakers won't find abundant opportunities for watching high profile sporting games, but they will find plenty of leisure and exercise options. Skating is one such leisure activity that is sure to give the participants as well as the spectators of the game immense pleasure. In fact skating has advanced from being a leisure activity to being a popular sporting activity in Avignon .The popularity of Skating can very well be accessed by the presence of Avignon Roll'air roller skating festival (May/June), Avignon.

Roller skating is soon emerging as one of the most popular sporting activities in Avignon. People of Avignon can be seen with their skating boards going out for a skating action within the city ramparts. There can be no denying to the fact that roller skating is among the city's most popular participant sports. The last Friday of every month is dedicated to a two-hour skating event within the city ramparts. A roller skating festival also takes place around May and June.

Roller skating is open to everybody at all levels. Group skates are regularly organized throughout Avignon when the weather is good. Although subject to violent winds called as the Le Mistral chill , a cold, dry and northwesterly wind , Avignon's climate is otherwise pleasant, with warm summers, perfect for alfresco activities like that of skating. In May and June the le mistral wind is not that strong enough and people do get a

bit of relief from the winter chill thus providing the perfect climatic conditions to people to put on their roller skates and go on skating .

The Avignon Roll'air roller skating festival that runs throughout the month of May and June attracts aspiring performers and aficionados of the skating game. As in similar events in other cities, skaters participating in this festival should have achieved an intermediate skill level. It is further advised to the participants of the Roll'air roller skating festival ,Avignon to put on a protective clothing and be geared up with all the safety tools.