Roller skates having a shoe or boot (16) supported by a central support beam (26). The boot has an inside and outside corresponding to the inside and the outside of a user's foot to which it is designed to be removably attached. Each skate also has a first (34) and second group of wheels (40) in longitudinal alignment with the roller skate and in rotatable alignement with each other. The boot and groups of wheels are connected to a support structure (20). The first group of wheels (34) is rotatably attached to the support structure and disposed to the outside thereof. The second group of wheels (40) is rotatably attached to the support structure and disposed to the inside thereof. There are also brake means (42) for slowing and stopping the roller skate when a user desires.