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CHANCES ARE—YOU’VE ROLLER SKATED AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE. WHILE ITS POPULARITY HAS GONE UP AND DOWN OVER THE PAST 144 YEARS—THE SPORT IS VERY MUCH ALIVE LOCALLY. A FOURTH GRADER AT BERKLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS HOPING TO ONE DAY BECOME A WORLD CHAMPION. WE TAKE YOU TO THE FORREST FAMILY FUN CENTER IN TAUNTON FOR THIS WEEKS STREET STORIES. “Hi I’m Mike. I’m Scott. They want me to get on skates, size nine.” BABY STEPS. “I’m feeling great. I”m a Former hockey player so you would think I would be able to ace this.” “Baby steps.” OR SO…

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Mash together rollerskating and figure skating and you go to sport that many people know nothing about and that includes me so this this story could be 15 seconds long if I go down County in some ways this is a flashback to disco times except I’ve never been on rollerskates Okay oh that’s good great thanks everybody kala mockery is the one who knows what she’s doing here she really knows graceful committed and hooked on roller figure skating since she was seven that’s when her best friend suggested him I had no idea what it was When she…

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Right now police are looking for the man who shot and killed this person, 31 year old Eugene Smith. He was the head of security at the Temple Hills Roller skating rink. What was supposed to be a fun night out ended as a murder investigation. And police tell W USA Nine that Somebody shot Smith multiple times as he stepped out the door while on duty. This was at the DMV Allstate Social on Branch Ave. Off Suitland Parkway, just over the DC Maryland line. Our Bruce Leshan joins us now live. Here tonight with the latest on the…

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Kraken the company behind Kraken axes and hook Hall in DC just opened an indoor pickleball court and skate rink on Bryan Street Northeast why is this indoor skating rink so significant because it’s been 30 years I’m a bit of a subject matter expert I work with roller skating manufacturers I work with Rink owners I’ve operated roller rinks originally it was for the social Elite like golf West Horn admitted into roller rinks so they skated in church basements it took a while for ranks to allow black patrons the opportunity to come and skate there were like…

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– All right. – Oh, toe pick. – Damn toe pick. – You got it, you got it. [dramatic string music] – Hi, I’m De’Lorean. Everyone calls me D. I am a roller skater and I have been skating in various parts of New York, New Jersey, and at national skate parties in other states. – So my name is Andre. I’ve been roller skating for seven years since I came back to it. And my favorite trick is the sit, spin. – Hi, my name is Lionel Laurent. I’ve been roller skating for 10 years. I’ve been teaching for…

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We’ll get ready to lace up your skates roller skating is coming back to Center City next month the roller rink at Dilworth Park will return for the third straight year you can start skating when the rink opens for the season on April 21st it will be open seven days a week Through July 16. source

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After more than 40 years, the Patterson family is selling its South sound gem, Pattisons W, an indoor roller skating rink known for the Olympic speed. Skaters who trained there will soon have new owners. We want to keep patients is the way that it is. El Centro de La Raza is buying It and several other pieces of land connected to the property. The rink sits between Pacific Highway and I5 in Federal Way. Estela Ortega is the executive director and one of the founders of El Centro. Let us uh, she says they will preserve the rink. I…

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It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in rollerblading we’ve had people skating trees and trails down Finley Falls in Canada numerous people skating an abandoned School in Japan skate is doing a bit of modeling new Pro Models that people say remind them of Super Soakers and others that remind them are Saved by the Bell roller bladens found itself in the NY Times again and big bud wants you to get involved right let’s get into it all the stunts are performed by professionals do not attempt this yourself Carlos banau loves a hammer he was dropping stunts…

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