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Where are the Roller Skaters at?

Posted by morgantj • 10/29/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Dance, old school, rink, roll bounce, roller skating, skates, sport

Where are all the Roll Bouncers at? Do you roller skate (quad skates)? Used to? have a passion for it? I used to skate every weekend at the local rink. Loved it. I never lost the passion. Used to bust out all the traditional quad skate moves. Still got the moves becuase it is like riding a bike, once you got, you never forget it. Now I'm showing my kids the ropes.

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10/29/09

MadameX

Not, not, NOT like riding a bike! A couple of years ago I chaperoned my daughter's class trip to the very same roller rink where I spent most weekend nights in high school, and though I was one of the few adults to put on a pair of skates, just staying on my feet was an effort. The fancy stuff was definitely long gone.

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1. 10/29/09
  
  morgantj
  
  ouch! Same here, I took my kids to where I used to go, but I still had it, I was suprised. Just not as nimble as I used to be.
2. 10/29/09
  
  MadameX
  
  Morgan, I think you're perhaps a bit younger than I? High school ended 25 years ago for me.
3. 10/29/09
  
  LGramlich
  
  Same for me. I virtually ALWAYS had my skates on in my youth (when not at the rink, I was on our freshly-blacktopped roads.) As an adult I can hardly stand on them. Sure, I've developed vestibular nerve damage since my childhood, but not enough to explain my massive decrease in skill.
10/29/09

Shiley

Lol! I've not put on my skates in some time and I think my brother pawned my blades 'cause he's shady like that. I had three kids and gained weight I doubt I still got it. I used to go to the rink every weekend. I didn't have any tricks or anything though.

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10/29/09

MidwestMom

My crew learns roller skating at school. (Can you believe it?) So, they're *much* better at it than I am.

When we go to the rink (which we will, in costume, on Friday night), they're the teachers and I'm the student!

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10/29/09

ThriftShopRomantic

Oh, I used to love it, but I was SO BAD at it. I would get to go rarely, I never really got the hang of it.

Rather than rate myself on cool skating tricks I could do, or laps around the rink, I figured if I could wipe out some people in my violent wake, I was at least making an impact.

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1. 10/29/09
  
  morgantj
  
  You would be the one I was call out on for skating on the outside of the rink when I feel your skill level only qualifies you to skate on the inside. Though it seems that those that are not the best skaters gravitate towards the outside wall where the speed skaters are trying to bust their moves. The opposite of what we want. There are fast lanes and slow lanes. Outside is the fast lane, inside the slow lane. But the noobs like to grasp the outside wall for support. I suspect you and I would have wiped each other out at one point. LOL.
  
  That's fun though too. Let's see what the best wipeout we can cause. LOL.
2. 10/29/09
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  The wall is a great friend to the person who cannot skate.
  
  Gravity was strong with me.
  
  To anyone I wiped out, I am sorry. But I was like the Titanic on eight wheels. Few survivors.
3. 10/29/09
  
  morgantj
  
  LOL. I would help you back on your feet If I too wasn't taken down with the ship.
4. 10/29/09
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Thanks. I needed all the help I could get.
  
  Still, I recall it being a lot of fun.
10/29/09

morgantj

I used to like Jam sessions, because advanced skaters got the whole floor to themselves for a song. But before I could bust the moves and had speed, I didn't like jam sessions, because I was stuck on the sidelines for a good track.

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