Roller skating was my thing growing up. I went every chance I got and loved it. I felt so free and invincible flying through the air and around corners with speed. The music was amazing and fun and made you feel like you could do anything! Oh how I miss those days of roller skating. It sure is hard to find remnants of roller skating memories online, I guess it really is bygone. I found these really cool skates and pom pons here at
Low Price Skates.
I always loved the disco ball and the colored lights and the cool kaleidoscope light art on the walls at the rink. Loved the games like shoot the duck, the corner game, backwards skate and such. The music is what really takes me back. There is just some music that IS skating rink music. Songs like
Jam on it,
Rapper's Delight,
Flygirl,
I Feel for You,
Celebration. I had a pair of jeans with a roller skate patch on the back pocket, those were my FAVORITE jeans! I wish I had a picture of them. I also had a roller skate purse (shaped like a roller skate) and a roller skate diary. I skated in the Jerry Lewis Skate-a-thon when I was 7 for 12 hours. We only had a 10 minute break every hour and I lasted the whole 12 hours. Roller skating was such a huge influence on my life and I sure miss it!
