As you get outside to enjoy this fourth of July weekend with your family and friends you might notice an old American classic rolling back onto the scene too many of us rollerskating as a relic of a different era maybe it recalls a childhood birthday party in a dark disco
Rink of the 1970s or perhaps a guy wearing giant headphones and short shorts rolling through the park in the 1980s but one company wants to bring back those days and those wheels NBC’s Morgan Radford has our Sunday closer we’re kind of moving in a world
Of our own you might say this group of women has a lot of moxie box it means like bravery strength and like a woman’s gusto or fortitude this sassy rollerskating gang of gals and a few guys in Long Beach California are taking their skates out of the ring and into
The streets reviving an American pastime because well that’s just how they roll my name is Michele stylin I roller skate for a living this is the skate shop Michele stylin is the founder of moxie roller skates a line of colorful retro inspired skates that let you experience
The world on eight wheels as we did decades ago when roller skates were first invented they were thought of as the shoe of the future the shoe of the future in the late 70s early 80s around when I was born dance skating in Southern California became really popular but by the 90s
Rollerblades gained momentum while traditional skates spun out of favor so Michele a former roller derby girl got an idea like create a culture around bringing rollerskating back we get all sorts of different types of people from young kids to people who used to skate when they were kids decades ago pigeon
Owns the shop and is a member of the Moxie skate crew she is really a skate mom and a boss and then we have legs achieve incredible and she solves a lot of problems with a big fat smile on their face and we’ve got Millie who is
Our youngest member she’s an artist and a student just a few of the fearless women who believe the best way to get from point A to point B is on wheels all the time I escape to the grocery store I skate to and from work I skate on the
Airplane everywhere everywhere so what do people say when they see you enroll under the airport on your skates well the security guards are you to God and they’re probably the envy is that they’re not on skates in scuffs and while we concede skating may not be for
Everyone for these Moxie Girlz it’s also about finding where you belong what does this kind of community offer it helps you embrace who you are as individual high school I didn’t really have very many friends so with Moxie rollerskates I’ve definitely found my girl gang and more than just a girl gang
I’ve found my family a roller skate of revival that’s bringing back confidence to believe that you can fly because this is really the closest feeling to not being grounded like it’s so much better on Morrison for Sunday today Morgan Radford Long Beach California hello today fans thanks for checking out our
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