Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gasar farko ta kasa ta faru a Ingila, Kanada, Amurka, da Austria a cikin 1930s. Gasar rawa ta kankara ta kasa da kasa ta farko ta faru a matsayin wani taron na musamman a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a 1950 a London. Kungiyoyin rawa na kankara na Burtaniya sun mamaye wasan a cikin shekarun 1950 da 1960, sannan ƙungiyoyin Soviet har zuwa shekarun 1990. An kara rawa a kan kankara a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1952
Ya zama wasan Olympics a shekarar 1976. A cikin 1980s da 1990s, akwai ƙoƙari na masu rawa kan kankara, masu horar da su, da masu rawa don motsa rawa kan kankara daga asalin gidan rawa zuwa wasan kwaikwayo. ISU ta tura baya ta hanyar tsaurara dokoki da ma'anar rawa kan kankara don jaddada alaƙar ta da rawa. A ƙarshen 1990s da farkon 2000s, wasan rawa na kankara ya rasa yawancin amincinsa a matsayin wasanni bayan jerin laifukan hukunci, wanda kuma ya shafi sauran fannonin wasan kwaikwayo. Akwai kira don dakatar da wasanni na shekara guda don magance rikici, wanda ya yi kama da tasirin ƙungiyoyin rawa na kankara daga Arewacin Amurka. Kungiyoyi daga Arewacin Amurka sun fara mamaye wasan daga farkon 2000s.