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Jul 15, 2022, 01:12 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Nammu
Had no idea roller skates 🛼 were so complicated. Back in the day my friends and I would just go to a skate barn and rent a pair for the night, or go bowling 🎳 I read in the paper that one of the closest remaining skate barns burned down in 2020 and because of covid they didn’t rebuild so I don’t know where kids go now days. There was a teenager in our neighborhood that had roller blades and skated everyday there was no snow.
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It's true, they weren't complicated back in the day. And who thought of protective gear? Pffft. I think skate parks really created roller skating as a legit sport and with that, all of it has been taken more seriously (such as injury prevention).
I wonder if what you call a skate barn is what I know as a roller rink? There are still rinks around these parts - sure wish there was one in this town.
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