GUYS. ALL RIGHT. SAY THANK YOU. WELL GUESS WHAT? THERE’S AN UNLIKELY PLACE TO GET YOUR WORKOUT IN THE HOME OF THE VIKINGS. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE DOORS OF U.S. BANK STADIUM WILL BE OPENING FOR RUNNERS AND FOR INLINE SKATERS. OUR SHAYNE WELLS IS THERE THIS MORNING WITH THE DIEHARD WINTER
WARM UP SKATERS WHO ARE DOING THEIR THING ON THIS MONDAY. HI, HOW YOU DOING THERE? GOOD TO SEE YOU, SHANE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL. YEAH, WE’RE TALKING WINTER WARM UP. AND I KNOW THIS ISN’T A NEW EVENT, BUT I DO THINK IT’S A REALLY QUIRKY, KIND OF COOL
EVENT THAT MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT. AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO LEE ENGEL HERE, WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS SINCE IT STARTED. AND PART OF IT’S HOW IT ORIGINATED. YOU WERE SAYING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP INLINE SKATES FOR CHRISTMAS.
THEY’RE GOING ON BREAK, AND THEN YOU’RE LIKE, WHERE CAN WE USE THIS? WHERE CAN WE LEARN? THIS IS A GREAT SPOT TO DO THAT. THIS IS A PERFECT SPOT. IT’S SMOOTH. IT’S WARM, WARM. THERE’S NO WIND. IT’S DRY. AND WE SKATE GUARDS. IF WE SEE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED A LITTLE
INSTRUCTION, LEARNING HOW TO USE THEIR BRAKE OR BALANCE ISSUES, WELL, WE’RE HERE TO HELP. SO AND YOU’RE ONE OF THE SKATE GUARDS YOU ALWAYS A SKATE GUARD. I’M THE LEAD SKATE GUARD. YOU ARE THE LEAD SKATE GUARD. TELL US HOW THIS STARTED. LIKE LIKE ORIGINALLY AT THE ROLLER DOME
METRODOME. DID YOU HAVE TO GO TO SOMEBODY? WAS IT YOUR IDEA? NO, NO, THERE WERE SOMEONE ELSE. COMPLETELY STARTED IT BACK IN THE DAY. UM THERE WERE SOME GENTLEMEN THAT STARTED THE ROLLER DOME. AND THEN ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, MIKE COFFMAN, TOOK IT OVER AND HE HAD IT UNTIL THE DAY
THAT THEY TORE THE DOME DOWN. AND IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. YES THEY. YEAH. WATCHING THESE GUYS RIGHT NOW, THIS LOOKS REALLY CATHARTIC. BUT YOU’RE GOING FAST AND YOU’RE ROLLING. IS IT CALMING? OH YES. IT’S WONDERFULLY CALMING. IT’S THE GREATEST EXERCISE I THINK YOU KNOW ABOVE RUNNING, ABOVE SKIING
OR ABOVE ALL THE OTHER SPORTS THAT I’VE PLAYED AS LONG AS YOU STAY ON YOUR FEET, IT LOOKS VERY SOFT ON THE JOINTS AS WELL. YES. RUNNING DEFINITELY, WHICH YOU CAN DO HERE AS WELL. ON THE UPPER CONCOURSE FOR THE WINTER. WARM UP. WE GET A LOT OF TALK IN
THE NEWSROOM ABOUT WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED HERE. THERE’S NOT RENTAL EQUIPMENT, SO YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN RIGHT AND FOUR QUAD WHEELS AND INLINE. THAT’S QUAD AND INLINE AND SAFETY GEAR IS HIGHLY RECOMMEND A HELMET, WRIST GUARDS. YOU COULD DO ELBOW AND KNEE PADS AS
WELL. OKAY UH, IT’S NOT MANDATORY, BUT IT’S VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO ROLLERBLADING, INLINE SKATING, ROLLERBLADING AND INLINE SKATING ARE THE SAME THING. THEY’RE INTERCHANGEABLE. YEAH. OKAY. THAT’S ANOTHER THING. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WE ALWAYS CALLED IT ROLLERBLADING. DEFINITELY. OKAY. BUT ALL THE WORDING IS LIKE
INLINE SKATING. SO WE’RE JUST THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME, GETTING A TICKET AHEAD OF TIME IS ENCOURAGED, BUT YOU CAN BUY THEM AT THE DOOR. YES YOU CAN. THEY HAVE COMPUTERS UP THERE. PAD OKAY, TABLET, BE QUICK. JUST GETTING IN. IF YOU DO IT AHEAD
OF TIME ONLINE, YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE AND OR USE THE TICKETMASTER APP. SO GO ON YOUR PHONE OR TABLET. SO I IMAGINE YOU’VE CREATED QUITE A COMMUNITY WITH THIS. NOW HERE YOU WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH. OH, DEFINITELY. I MEAN, EVEN THE FIRST NIGHT THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WE ONLY SAW THEM AT THE DOME OR HERE. AND BECAUSE EVERYONE’S SO SPREAD OUT IN THE SUMMER, THERE’S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OF, UH, SKATERS THROUGH THE MINNESOTA INLINE SKATE CLUB. THERE’S SOME OTHER GROUPS, TWIN CITY SKATERS, SKATE, AND WE ALL, UH, KEEP IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER YEAR
ROUND AND DO SKATE MEETUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE, UM, FAMILIES THAT HAVE COME HERE. I’VE WATCHED PEOPLE GET MARRIED AND THEN HAVE THEIR CHILDREN AND ALL THEIR CHILDREN ARE YOUNG ADULTS AND THEY’RE SKATING AS WELL. AND IT’S JUST A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE. IT’S EVERYONE’S WELCOME. SO WHETHER
YOU’RE A NEW SKATER OR YOU’RE A SPEED SKATER, AND AS WE SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS, TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHEELS HERE. I DON’T KNOW, I MIGHT NOT HAVE GIVEN YOU ENOUGH TIME TO GET ON THAT THREE WHEELS OR FOUR ACCEPTABLE HERE. I WAS 5
OR 5. THEY’RE STILL A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE FIVE WHEELS. OKAY, SO I WAS ASKING THE DIFFERENCE. AND THEN THE GUY WITH THE THREE WHEELS, ERIC, HE WAS SAYING THAT IT’S A LITTLE HARDER TO GET GOING, BUT ONCE YOU DO, YOU GO A LITTLE FASTER. AND THEY BOTH DO
MARATHONS. SO ARE THERE PROS HERE? YOU GUYS? BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE. NEXT EVENTS. TOMORROW NIGHT THERE ARE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS GOES THROUGH JANUARY 25TH. AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE TO GET YOUR TICKETS AT TICKETMASTER. AND I KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BREAK OUT
HER ROLLER SKATES. THAT’S RIGHT. I’VE GOT ROLLER SKATES AND ROLLER BLADES AT HOME. BIG FAN. YEAH, I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY THIS, SO NO, MAYBE THIS IS THE RIGHT. UM HUM, UM HUM
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