Great For Hosting Skating Events At Wells Fargo Center | Way of life

On Saturday, August 28, Comcast Spector and the local roller skating organization Greaton Skates will team up to host the first all-skating event at the Wells Fargo Center. This collaboration supports Great on Skates’ mission to provide high quality, accessible and affordable roller education for skaters of all experience levels. Shannon Donnelly, Specter vice... Read More

Elizabeth Marks wins silver in 50-meter freestyle

Elizabeth Marks poses with her silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on August 25, 2021 in Tokyo. TOKYO – Winning medals is nothing new for Elizabeth Marks. After all, the three-time Paralympian has a couple under her belt. But winning them for a stroke that’s not in his wheelhouse is foreign to... Read More

Alpena Figure Skating Club hosts summer skating camp | News, Sports, Jobs

Courtesy Photo The Alpena Figure Skating Club held their very first summer skating camp August 2-6. The camp had 20 skaters in attendance. The skating camp was sponsored by the Community Foundation Youth Counseling Grant, the Besser Foundation and the First Federal Legacy Fund. Thanks to the support of the community through these grants,... Read More

New device helps people with cerebral palsy roller skate – Valley Times-News

Those who normally couldn’t skate due to cerebral palsy can now take to the skating rink at The Skatin ‘Rink at 128 Fob James Drive in Valley using a device designed by the engineering team at The Skatin’ Rink. Auburn University. It was originally designed for Jacob Carroll, now 20, who helped out in... Read More

Insurance proves an obstacle in the road for Cork roller skating group

A group of roller skaters’ dream of an indoor arena was dashed when insurers refused to cover them, with a quote amounting to €8,000. East Cork Rollers, which already meet on Wednesdays at Horgan’s Quay, Cork, said they were expanding their activities outdoors instead and wanted enthusiasts to join them in the Farmer’s Market... Read More

Insurance proves bump in road for Cork roller skate group

The dream of a group of roller skates in an indoor arena was shattered by the insurers’ refusal to cover them, with a quote amounting to € 8,000. The East Cork Rollers, who already meet on Wednesdays at Horgan’s Quay in Cork, said they are instead expanding their outdoor activities and want enthusiasts to... Read More

Ramp skating game available on PC, no new content planned

Described as a Super chill digital skate toy More than a video game, it’s about doing tricks while letting yourself be carried away by the flow of the relaxing OST. A refined experience, clearly in the vein of island city dwellers, which will offer four levels at launch, ranging from a classic half-tube to... Read More

The Ramp simplified skating game makes me want to see more minimalist sports games

I’m not a fan of pain, so I don’t skate. Sometimes I wish I had – or forced myself into it when I was of skating age, which almost overlapped his major boom period in the ’80s, when he entered for the first time in cultural awareness. I had a skateboard, because every kid... Read More

The Ramp is a relaxing ice skating game with a banger soundtrack on Steam

Did not skate enough during the Olympics? All is well because a bite-sized new Steam game has all the skating you need – without any pressure to nail complicated combos. The ramp is a new game developed and self-published by Hyperparadise, real name Paul Schnepf. It went on sale this week on Steam for... Read More

Rollerblading at Wells Fargo Center for the first time

Wells Fargo Center is doing something that they’ve never done before and I think a lot of people are going to be really excited about it. Wells Fargo Center just announced that for one day in August you will be able to roller skate on the arena floor. The Wells Fargo Center will be... Read More

Black Angelenos take LA roller skating culture back to rinks and streets

The following article is republished thanks to a collaboration with KQED Arts. Chinwe Oniah’s story Kamry James had just had a bad breakup when she decided to try roller skating in 2019. It was love on the first roller. “I would dream of rollerblading,” she recalls. “I would wake up and go to work... Read More

A young girl falls during a roller skating race and then gets up again

A video that surfaced on social media has gone viral again for all the right reasons. The video shows a four-year-old girl who has been more resilient than any other adult. In the video, the little girl named Meiah from Hudson, Massachusetts can be seen competing with several others in a roller skate race.... Read More

The ramp is a lint-free skating game

In a recent interview with Game Rant, Paul Schnepf spoke about how The Ramp is supposed to recreate the feeling of gaining speed and pulling off a trick. For almost as long as video games have been around, there have also been skating games that allow players to do incredible tricks and speed up... Read More