RESURGENCE. ♪ >> ROLLERSKATING, IT’S AGSTING A SPINNING REVIVAL. >> PSYCHOLOGICALLY, MENTALLY, IT’S THE BEST FREE FEELING YOU CAN HAVE WHEN THE MUSIC IS ON AND YOU ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANYBODY OR ANYTHING. >> ROLLERSKATING ORIGINATED IN THE 18 CENTURY IN PERFORMING ARTS AND GREW TO ITS DISCO PEAK
IN THE U.S. THROHUG THE 1970’S. BUT THIS IS NOT THE FOUR-WHEEL BIRTHDAY PARTY FAVORITE OF CHILDHOOD MEMORY. CRAZY LEGS, DIPS, SPINS AND UNBELIEVABLE TURNS. IT’AS BACK BENDING, FLIPPING, FREE STYLING SPORT. >> IS LIKE THE PURE FEELING I FEEL OF HAPPINESS BEING HERE AND I LOVE DOING IT POST-UP >>
THAT FEELING IS SPREADING. DURING THE PANDEMIC, ROLLERSKATING SALES OF POPULAR ROLLERSKATE RETAILER MOXIE WERE UP 1000%. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY’S CEO. ♪ STJU ASK THE ROLLER HYPE SKI CREW. THEY HAVE BECOME A SIAOCL MEDIA HIT. THREE PANDEMIC, THEY H AAD COOL 1000 FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT HAS BLOALONED TO HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS. THERE ARE VIDEOS, MANY OF THEM CREATED HERE AT ROLLER KINGDOM IN KINGSBORO, GARNERED MILLIONS OF VIEWS. YOU WANT TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT. IT’S RAW HAPPINESS IN THE VIDEO. >> BUT DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK. >> PLATFORMS LIKE TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM, PEOPLE ARE SEEING MORE VIDEOS BUT IT’S NEVER GOING
AWAY FOR US. >> THE TRIASO ROUTINES, THE DOWNTOWN, THE SIDE-TO-SIDE. >> EVERYONE CAN BE SKATING TO THE SAME SONG BUT GENERALLY, EVERYBODY WILL DO SOMETHING DIERFFENT TO THEIR BODIES WERE THE WAY THEY RESPOND TO IT. >> DEREK FOSTER IS THE SECOND-GENERATION OWNER LEARNED TO SKATE AT AN EARLY AGE THANKS
TO HIS DAD. >> AS SOON AS I COULD WALK, MY DAD PUT ME ME ON SKATES AND PUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR AND LEFT ME THERE. >> IT HAS GROWN INTO A PASSION AND HE SAYS IT’S ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR ESPECIALLY IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS AMONG BLACK YOUTHS.
IT WAS A KEY SOCIAL ACTIVITY IN THE 60’S AND 70’S AND THAT NEWS TODAY.WE’VE >> >> BEEN DOING THIS FOR OUR LIVES, WE JUST HAVEN’T BEEN GETTING THE MEADI ATTENTION, THAT MARKETING THAT OTHER SPORTS AND GENRES GET. >> FOSTER TONY CREATED A GROUP CALLED SWERVE TO BRING TOGETHER BOSTON SKATERS AT EVENTS WITH
OTHER ROLLERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> WE HAVEHE T SAME OR BETTER SCENES THAN OTHER SPORTS THAT >>E MORE POPULAR. WHAT ABOUT THOSE JUST STARTING OUT? HOW EASY IS IT? IF YOU PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT IN AND YOU WANT TO LEARN IT, YOU CAN LEARNT. I ♪
>> EASY, THEY SAY. YEAH, OK, WE STRAGGLED OVER TO THE EXPERTS FOR SOME TIPS. OK GUYS, I’M OUT HERE. THAT’S STEP ONE? >> KEEP YOUR KNEES BENT. AND WADDLE LIKE A PENGUIN. >> NOT LONG BEFORE WE GAIN RHYTHM — I GOT IT DOUBLETIME AND A LITTLE HANDHOLDING GOT THIS DIFFERENT
KIND OF CRAZY LEGS WERE ORDER IN THE RINK. AWESOME. AFTER ALL, THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRYING SOMETHING NEW OR SOMETHING OLD IN A NEW WAY. >> WE ARE JUST HERE TO SHOW OURSELVES TO PEOPLE LIKE DON’T BE AFRAID TO TRY NEW STUFF NO MATTER HOW OTHER PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT IT.
GOOD NEWS, ROL ROLLER KINGDOM S BACK UP AND RUNNING AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. CH VOUS IS CURRENTLY IN INNOVATION THEY HOPE TO HAVE PEOPLE BACK IN THEIR SKATING SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. >> WE
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