Roller skating resurgence sparks interest in new and old roller rinks in Arizona Dec 25, 2024, 6:00 PM Ashley Madison skates around the Zoni Girls roller venue at the Arizona Center in downtown ...

While lacing up his 35-year old roller skates, Gayles said, “That was one of the ways to keep us in school and keep us on good behavior. If we was good, we get a chance to go roller skating.

Protesters on roller skates attend the All Black Lives Matter march, organized by black LGBTQ+ leaders in Los Angeles on June 14, 2020. Roller skating has been enjoying a 2020s revival.

As folks young and old took up roller skating, rinks opened to meet the demand. In 1882, for instance, a Mr. Martin (presumably local roller rink impresario William F. Martin) ...

The roller skating rink darkened to a lovers' dim. Overhead, ... The song today, though, is different most of the time … but that old mirrored ball still twirls and rinks are still for lovers.

The big building housing a beloved roller-skating rink in Federal Way has just been purchased by a new owner. But, unlike most of these sad-sack local history stories about old bowling alleys ...

Segregation meant Black Americans who wanted to skate had to open their own rinks, one of which was located in the Old Fourth Ward in the early 1900s. Roller-skating would hit one of its highest ...

“Skate: Rinks, Derbies & Discos in Washington Skate History” runs through Aug. 20. Learn why roller skating ‘never quite goes away’ at this new museum exhibit in Tacoma Skip to main content ...

This is where many Black roller skating clubs and unique skating styles originated. “It’s my life, my breathing, my habitat, everything,” said Vines, 30, said of the roller skating scene.