MetaFilter posts tagged with skating

"This bout brought in about 2,000 people…in a town of 3,000 people"

iamkimiam — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:00:51 -0800

Journalists miss the real ($60M) roller derby story. Every time.

I say no to meth. grin

roomthreeseventeen — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:26:25 -0800

"Prison is full of people who have never rollerskated" (SL Friday YT)

Speed, Movement, and Twitter

gilrain — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:13:05 -0800

Would you like to watch a moving work of art while you skate your face right off your head? Zineth is a completely free student game, available on Mac and PC.

Watch the closing doors!

Obscure Reference — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:51:50 -0800

NYC Subway skating.

it's all fun and games until...

Lanark — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:59:08 -0800

Sea Ice Skating, it's all fun and games until a passing tugboat breaks up all the ice leaving you stranded on a thin sheet of frozen water! The couple, in their 30s, used their mobile phone to call the Swedish coast guard at around 3pm, concerned the sun would soon set. Via CKCK

First we skate, then we eat!

bwg — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:13:25 -0800

Dutch Winter: Kasper Bak shoots handheld video on skates on frozen Netherlands waters. If you feel cold after watching that, try warming up with some great Dutch winter food.

Ugandan Skatepark

johnny novak — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:07:28 -0800

A photoset of the first Ugandan skatepark. Built by kids in Kitintale, a working-class suburb of Kampala, without government help or support of any organisation, the skateboard park has become an unexpected focus for a community.

SK8 OR DIE!

klangklangston — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:39:52 -0800

Photographer Travis Dove's photo essay on Skatopia, an anarchist skater farm retreat in Ohio, here. From Blue Eyes Magazine (which focuses on new documentary photography). Blue Eyes Magazine previously.

Please keep your arms and legs inside the OH MY GOD THERE'S NO FREAKING CAR!!!

mudpuppie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:26:02 -0800

German inline skater Dirk Auer rides a roller coaster... on roller skates. (Video.)

Skating in the privacy of your own backyard... or front yard...or barn...the novelty!

hellboundforcheddar — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:51:37 -0800

It's the homemade PVC ice rink! (scroll down to comments for commenter's photos of barn loft rink and associated icicles.) Or, if you're not up for that, have a professional do it for you. Once you have ice, ya gotta maintain it. Stock up on accessories like your own tiny Zamboni, or "Bambini." Take it to a weird extreme with "a skating Maypole."

GNARBUCKET

auralcoral — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:25 -0800

VBS.TV presents "Epicly Latered"[~80 min, 16 parts, gnarly skateboarding], the story of John Cardiel.

Skateboard Kings of Southern California

Kattullus — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:36:16 -0800

Skateboard Kings is a 1978 BBC documentary about the Dogtown skateboarding scene in late 70's Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Featuring a lot of footage of the skaters' daily life as well as an exploration of the business side of skateboarding, the documentary is a time capsule of late 70's Southern California. For more about Dogtown go to z-boys.com. [previously on MetaFilter]

Rollerman

bap98189 — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:08:42 -0800

Take some assorted body armour. Attach an assortment of castor wheels to just about every part of your body and you become Rollerman _Flash. His real name is Jean Yves Blondeau, a former design student and proud owner of the world's only rollerblading supersuit. It may be handy for zipping in and out of traffic, but the fun really starts when you roll down an alp _QT, reaching speeds of up to 60mph with oncoming traffic. Is this insane, or an extreme combination of inline skating and street luge.

End of an Empire

sonofslim — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:23:30 -0800

End of an Empire Sadly (for me, anyway) the Empire Rollerdrome, last roller rink in New York City, closed its doors for good this weekend after nearly 70 years in business. Although it had a checkered history of sex, drugs, and hip hop, the Empire was in recent years a much-loved family and community center in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. DJ Julio (who kept the crowd rolling at the Roxy for decades until they too closed earlier this year) maintains a fabulous archive of material about all of NYC's bygone rinks. If you want to see what you've been missing, check out the Central Park Dance Skaters.

"Twice as nice, without the ice"

litlnemo — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:17:35 -0800

The US Figure Skating championships are this week, but though the ice skaters in Spokane and elsewhere get all the press, another group of skaters toil in near-obscurity. Roller figure skaters (also called artistic roller skaters) skate on quad (or sometimes inline) skates, do all the moves that ice skaters do (and even more -- notice the "heel" and "broken ankle" spins in this program, spins that are not possible on ice), and compete, as they have for decades, in local, national, and inter national events. In 1978, skating was at a peak of popularity and Time magazine wrote "skaters are hoping to be included in the 1988 Olympics"; nearly 30 years later, roller figure skating still hasn't reached the Olympics, some roller skaters like Tara Lipinski have switched to ice to get famous, and the number of clubs and participants in the US have declined precipitously, but dedicated roller figure skaters still spend many hours practicing school figures (on circles painted on the floor), dance, and free skating, for the love of their sport. Want to see more? Skating videos from RollerSportsTV.

Free Falling...

jonson — Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:11:42 -0800

In the 1980's, Mark "Gator" Rogowski was on par with Tony Hawk at the top of the nascent world of professional skateboarding. Contrasting the path Hawk took in the 90's (video games, ESPN tie-ins), things did not go so well for Gator. After surviving a hideous accident in 1989, Mark turned to Jesus, and then shortly thereafter he brutally raped & murdered a female friend of his ex-girlfriend's. The documentary of his rise & amazing fall appears today in limited release.

Short Track Speed Skating World Cup # 5

eclectica — Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:32:23 -0800

Remember the 2002 Winter Olympics? This time last year, Apolo Ohno was making his Olympic debut as the wunderkind of short track speed skating. A year later, Apolo and the U.S. team were back in Salt Lake City, February 7-9, 2003 for ISU World Cup # 5. Here's an account from a hardcore short track fan who attended, which expresses the excitement of experiencing World Cup competition live. You can watch the competition this Saturday, February 15 on NBC at 2 p.m. EST.

Finally, a Reason to Watch Court TV?

ParisParamus — Fri, 02 Aug 2002 14:28:41 -0800

Finally, a Reason to Watch Court TV? An Olympics skating vote rigging Russian mafia fraud trial--what fun! Hope this happens, and I hope in happens in New York's Federal Southern District, because, well, what fun to bring down a stupid sport (And remove it from television); discredit the French, Russians... I want seats to this one! Or Perhaps E! will provide the coverage?

euphorb — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:42:33 -0800

"What do you expect from a bunch of underprivileged, delinquent teenagers? Certainly not genius, but that's what was happening." Welcome to the Z-Boy revival. A new documentary about Dogtown opens this weekend that tells the story about how some punks from Santa Monica turned skating hardcore and along the way transformed youth culture and spawned a $3 billion dollar industry. A 1999 Spin article "The Lords of Dogtown" kicked off the current revival.

Russians going home?

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:38:47 -0800

Russians going home? Apparently, Russian Olympic Committee president Leonid Tyagachev said there was a 24-hour window to address the situation, and that if Russia left Salt Lake City it probably would not compete in Athens in the next Summer Games.

An insider's take on the olympics

prodigaljester — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:19:00 -0800

An insider's take on the olympics Working at the speed skating rink apparently holds ample opportunity for port-a-loo incidents and other funny not-so Olympic moments.

Justice Served

neilkod — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:09:44 -0800

Justice Served Canadian figureskating team gets their gold after all.

U.S. CONSIDERS MILITARY ACTION TO REMOVE SKATING JUDGES.

mattpusateri — Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:38:55 -0800

U.S. CONSIDERS MILITARY ACTION TO REMOVE SKATING JUDGES. I don't mean to pimp Borowitz again so soon... but damn. Best line from this: While the decision to use military force against the figure skating judges was Mr. Bush’s, sources say there was a split within the Administration as to the appropriateness of using U.S. troops and air power to change the results of an Olympic skating contest.... These sources indicate that Secretary of State Colin Powell favored using economic and diplomatic measures while Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz advocated detaining and torturing the figure skating judges until they reversed their earlier decision.

What were the skating judges watching?

wpeyton — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:34:53 -0800

What were the skating judges watching? What a robbery! The Canadian pair, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were just fantastic, and deserved the gold. It is hard to imagine what the judges were thinking, because they had it all - technical merit, drama, passion, and excellence. And after the decision, dignity.

Olympics ban skate 'porn'

a3matrix — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:51:48 -0800

Olympics ban skate 'porn' I was so looking forward to the Olympics, and they had to do this. ;-( (link courtesy of Daily Rotten)