@tinamarie1974 Same here! I’ll go with you! I used to go every Friday and Saturday night when I was a young teenager. Back then those speed skates were cool; it was in the pre-rollerblade era.
@Gypsigirl213 every Saturday night. I started with roller skate lessons and then hung around for open skate after. I was pretty good all those years ago, now I would hope I could stay vertical lol!
@thismyusername i totally forgot about heelys! i actually thought the poll was referring to those ones that strap over your sneakers. i had a pair of plastic fisher price ones as a kid lol. heelys makes way more sense XD
@hchavers If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a million tear-stained eyes
Don’t be surprised when a crack in the ice
Appears under your feet
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind
With your fear flowing out behind you
As you claw the thin ice
Used to when I skated around on my blades, I was skating in a pool of sweat. Miss being able to do that (advanced age, bad knees, maybe a little more sense,…) T’was fantastic exercise and I could go about as fast as most bicyclists, without the parking problem. Curbs also were no problem, after a lot of practice. I could even walk up or down steps on them.
@Trillian I remember this from when I was young. Now I wonder, as with so many others, if it was really a euphemism or innuendo. Oh, for the innocence…
i can’t rollerskate. (or rollerblade, iceskate, ski, or any other endeavor where i don’t have full control over my limbs)
nevertheless, growing up having birthday parties at roller rinks was the thing to do. and i did have one, and attended a few. each time i would put on the skates and just stand on the rug outside the rink clinging to the rail. occasionally i would get brave and sort of inch-walk along the rug, then i’d get spooked and go sit on a bench. good times!
I used to “street skate”. A lot. Early 80’s in Tampa we used to go bar hopping through the downtown streets every Friday and Saturday. Up to a hundred people on skates, followed by a van to help any injured, out-of-shape or over-inebriated skaters. Started on Davis Islands, across the Platt Street bridge, first stop happy hour at Holiday Inn on Ashley. Then on to the skate bowl park, the now-closed dive bar The Hub, Rough Riders at Ybor Square, The original Columbia restaurant on 7th Ave, on an on. You’d think we’d all be shit-faced by the end but the skating in between the drinking stops took care of that.
Tuesdays were at USF campus. Smaller group of skaters (and smoking vs drinking ) but lots of cool sidewalk and pavement runs.
My favorite (and MOST DANGEROUS) skating was in Ft Lauderdale. I saw a sailboat crossing the overpass. What the fuck?? That was a river?? THERE WAS A TUNNEL UNDER THERE. I had to skate it. I walked a little bit of it to make sure it was ok. It was SO steep, so fast, so cool and so much fun. Until I hit the bottom where, naturally, there was a grate for water runoff. It took all I had to maintain and thankfully I didn’t wipe out. But I gotta admit the haul up the other side wasn’t nearly as fun. Probably from the shaking. Now when I look it up I see it’s haunted. I’m not surprised…
@therealjrn And over here in America we usually go counterclockwise. Youtube some skating videos. Watch roller derby. Go to a velodrome and see which they’re cycling. Ask Nascar drivers how often they turn right. If your rink is going clockwise, it’s not the norm.
Oh how I use to love roller skating! I haven’t done it in years, would be fun to try.
@tinamarie1974 Same here! I’ll go with you! I used to go every Friday and Saturday night when I was a young teenager. Back then those speed skates were cool; it was in the pre-rollerblade era.
@Gypsigirl213 every Saturday night. I started with roller skate lessons and then hung around for open skate after. I was pretty good all those years ago, now I would hope I could stay vertical lol!
You live in their office carcass but you can’t even say the name? It’s Heelys… geeze you all probably still have it painted on a wall somewhere
@thismyusername Wasn’t that their old building?
@cinoclav maybe, I can’t keep track anymore lol
@thismyusername i totally forgot about heelys! i actually thought the poll was referring to those ones that strap over your sneakers. i had a pair of plastic fisher price ones as a kid lol. heelys makes way more sense XD
I’m going to go dressed like Goldfinger.
I think it’s members only.
My wheelchair. At least until they kick me out.
Thin ice (with the pretty girls)
@hchavers If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a million tear-stained eyes
Don’t be surprised when a crack in the ice
Appears under your feet
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind
With your fear flowing out behind you
As you claw the thin ice
@Gypsigirl213 @hchavers one of the best albums ever!
/image Floyd The Wall
@hchavers @ybmuG True fans! Love it!
Used to when I skated around on my blades, I was skating in a pool of sweat. Miss being able to do that (advanced age, bad knees, maybe a little more sense,…) T’was fantastic exercise and I could go about as fast as most bicyclists, without the parking problem. Curbs also were no problem, after a lot of practice. I could even walk up or down steps on them.
I’m not.
My ankles and feet, medically speaking, are all fucked up. If I tried to roller skate I’d be on the floor faster than a drag queen doing a death drop.
Just how old do you think most of us are??
I just ordered my first pair of skates an hour ago
/youtube Brand New Key
@Trillian I remember this from when I was young. Now I wonder, as with so many others, if it was really a euphemism or innuendo. Oh, for the innocence…
@Trillian @cinoclav @therealjrn ah! Another KEY song I forgot!!
@llangley - I’m sure there was no more innuendo in that song than there was in Ghostbusters.
@aetris @llangley “Bustin’ makes me feel good,” said Ray Parker Jr. with a straight face as he cashed his check.
@aetris @llangley @ZeroCharisma
i can’t rollerskate. (or rollerblade, iceskate, ski, or any other endeavor where i don’t have full control over my limbs)
nevertheless, growing up having birthday parties at roller rinks was the thing to do. and i did have one, and attended a few. each time i would put on the skates and just stand on the rug outside the rink clinging to the rail. occasionally i would get brave and sort of inch-walk along the rug, then i’d get spooked and go sit on a bench. good times!
@jerk_nugget
@Gypsigirl213 one of my favorite gifs, a classic!
I used to “street skate”. A lot. Early 80’s in Tampa we used to go bar hopping through the downtown streets every Friday and Saturday. Up to a hundred people on skates, followed by a van to help any injured, out-of-shape or over-inebriated skaters. Started on Davis Islands, across the Platt Street bridge, first stop happy hour at Holiday Inn on Ashley. Then on to the skate bowl park, the now-closed dive bar The Hub, Rough Riders at Ybor Square, The original Columbia restaurant on 7th Ave, on an on. You’d think we’d all be shit-faced by the end but the skating in between the drinking stops took care of that.
Tuesdays were at USF campus. Smaller group of skaters (and smoking vs drinking
) but lots of cool sidewalk and pavement runs.
My favorite (and MOST DANGEROUS) skating was in Ft Lauderdale. I saw a sailboat crossing the overpass. What the fuck?? That was a river?? THERE WAS A TUNNEL UNDER THERE. I had to skate it. I walked a little bit of it to make sure it was ok. It was SO steep, so fast, so cool and so much fun. Until I hit the bottom where, naturally, there was a grate for water runoff. It took all I had to maintain and thankfully I didn’t wipe out. But I gotta admit the haul up the other side wasn’t nearly as fun. Probably from the shaking. Now when I look it up I see it’s haunted. I’m not surprised…
TLDR: I used to skate.
@carl669
none of them. I’d break my ass.
I have a pair of Carrera quads in my closet. I’m terrified now to skate.
/image black Carrera roller skates
@RiotDemon maybe we could meet up in Orlando and bust our asses together
@llangley haha, the last time I went roller skating was about 6 years ago. I managed exactly one time around the rink. Scary!
A counterclockwise circle. (How was this not said?)
@cinoclav Ours always go clockwise…hm…maybe I’m in a different hemisphere.
@therealjrn Weirdo.
https://roller.sk8.berlin/why-counterclockwise-in-roller-skating-rinks/
@cinoclav Hey buddy, we ain’t in Berlin. Over here in America we go clockwise.
@therealjrn And over here in America we usually go counterclockwise. Youtube some skating videos. Watch roller derby. Go to a velodrome and see which they’re cycling. Ask Nascar drivers how often they turn right. If your rink is going clockwise, it’s not the norm.
@cinoclav I don’t know. Let me do some research and watch Rollerball again and get back to you.
@therealjrn I hope we’re talking James Caan Rollerball and not that crappy Chris Klein remake.
@cinoclav There is only one Rollerball and that is James Caan Rollerball.
An ambulance. If I tried.