Who here can rollerskate?

[Cooky]

Like this!

...I got little Jenna rollerskates for Christmas, and I want to get her into classes to learn how to skate this way.

 

[Rival]

I bought some rollerboots a few weeks ago. I haven't done it in ages. I hope for better weather then I can practice.

 

[Revoltingest]

I can rollerblade.
But I can't do the trix in the video.
Never could.

 

[Altfish]

Used to be able to ... but not done so for nearly 40-years. Also now have plastic knees.

 

[irena]

I used to skate. But after I broke my leg, I'm scared to get on rollers.

 

[Vinayaka]

I've done it. Not like that video though. It was a fad that swept through here, mid eighties, lasted maybe 4 years, if that.

 

[BSM1]

Use to when I was a much, much younger man.

 

[columbus]

Use to when I was a much, much younger man.

Pretty much this.

About half a century ago, there was no internet or texting. Teenagers roller skated a good bit, here where I live.
Tom

 

[BSM1]

Pretty much this.

About half a century ago, there was no internet or texting. Teenagers roller skated a good bit, here where I live.
Tom

Our pseudo-roller derby matches were legendary.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I haven't roller skated in many, many years, not sense a tornado blew away the last rink in the area. I ised to have roller blades, and while I was better at those they were still hard with crooked shins amd feet that point outwards.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Pretty much this.

About half a century ago, there was no internet or texting. Teenagers roller skated a good bit, here where I live.
Tom

I'd want to have a padded motorcycle suit, but I'd be interested in trying this kind of thing. I'd need to work out more first, but I think I could do it.

 

[PureX]

I bought some rollerboots a few weeks ago. I haven't done it in ages. I hope for better weather then I can practice.

When I was a kid, we just went to the local roller rink and learned on our own. It was all part of the fun. That rink is still there, and kids still go there to roller skate. So I guess it's still fun. I don't know how they do it with their faces in their smart phones, though.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Those guys are at the point where the skates are a natural extension of their body. Their mind does all the hard work for them because it has become so practiced, and they just get to focus on the choreography. Watching my son on his "hoverboard" is like this. Anymore, it's basically a part of him when he's riding it.

 

[Rival]

When I was a kid, we just went to the local roller rink and learned on our own. It was all part of the fun. That rink is still there, and kids still go there to roller skate. So I guess it's still fun. I don't know how they do it with their faces in their smart phones, though.

No rink here lol, I live nowhere. I have plenty of places to go though.

 

[PureX]

No rink here lol, I live nowhere. I have plenty of places to go though.

I'm way past the roller-blade age, but I see a lot of younger people around here still using those, particularly in the state park, where there is a very long smooth bike/walking path. They look like fun, and good exercise, too.

 

[Wu Wei]

Use to roller skate, but not anymore.

 

[BSM1]

Use to roller skate, but not anymore.

A bear on roller skates!?! Impossible...

 

[BSM1]

Now, begging the question, who can skateboard?

 

[Revoltingest]

Now, begging the question, who can skateboard?

Never even tried it.
Looked too hard to get good enuf to have any fun.

 

[Wu Wei]

I never use to and I still don't