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2. Roller skating - Wikipedia

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   It is a recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation. Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating, though it also takes place on streets, sidewalks, and bike paths. Roller skating originated in the performing arts in the 18th century. It gained widespread popularity starting in the 1880s.

3. The Roxy (New York City) - Wikipedia

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   The Roxy (New York City) The Roxy (sometimes Roxy NYC) was a popular nightclub located at 515 West 18th Street in New York City. Located in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, it began as a roller skating rink and roller disco in 1978, founded by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse and Steve Greenberg. [1] It was acquired in 1985 by Gene DiNino.

4. Roller skates - Wikipedia

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   Roller skates are shoes or bindings that fit onto shoes that are worn to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. The first roller skate was an inline skate design, effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade. Later the "quad skate" style became more popular, consisting of four wheels arranged in the same configuration as a ...

5. Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace - Wikipedia

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   Opened. April 2022. Website. www .flippers .world. Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace is a seasonal outdoor roller skating rink that opened in April 2022 in New York City's Rockefeller Center. It marks the revival of the original Flipper's, which operated in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981 and was dubbed " Studio 54 on wheels" by actor Jaclyn Smith.

6. Roller rink - Wikipedia

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   Roller rink. A roller rink is a hard surface usually consisting of hardwood or concrete, [1] used for roller skating or inline skating. This includes roller hockey, speed skating, roller derby, and individual recreational skating. Roller rinks can be located in an indoor or outdoor facility. Most skating center facilities range anywhere from ...

7. Artistic roller skating - Wikipedia

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   Artistic roller skating is a competitive sport similar to figure skating but where competitors wear roller skates instead of ice skates. Within artistic roller skating, there are several disciplines: [1] Figures: the individual follows the figure circle line on a specific edge. Figures become progressively more complex with the addition of ...