Roller Discos - Classic Or Dud?

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Anyone ever been to one? Do they still exist?

An ILX FAP at a roller disco would be awesome.

― Disco Stu, Sunday, 5 February 2006 02:18 (twenty years ago)

im gonna have to say classic, obv.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Sunday, 5 February 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Dud! I grew up where there is the LARGEST ROLLER RINK THE IN WORLD!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latham%2C_New_York

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 5 February 2006 05:07 (twenty years ago)

I cannot roller, so dud.

― chap who would dare to be drunk on the internet (chap), Sunday, 5 February 2006 05:16 (twenty years ago)

does anyone use "quad" skates anymore?

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 5 February 2006 05:24 (twenty years ago)

the Roxy in nyc on wednesdays, though when I was there they didn't play enough classics. And the skating was too intense.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 5 February 2006 06:10 (twenty years ago)

roller discos always sound GREAT in theory but for novices like me are sort of scary in their execution. and the roxy is too intense all around for me.

― joseph (joseph), Sunday, 5 February 2006 06:14 (twenty years ago)

I use quads. My sister and I used to have a gang called the K City Rollers, we all had matching pink quads. This is like 2 years ago.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Sunday, 5 February 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

There's always Central Park on Sundays - outdoors, relaxed, plenty of classics and the rollerblades are few and far between.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 5 February 2006 19:54 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

I went to EMPIRE SKATE last night! Apparently the deal is, there's a huge rink in the Bronx that was the birthplace of roller disco (although Empire is also very old) and it closed LAST WEEK. So I think there were a lot of emigrés. Empire, on the far side of Prospect Park, has an absolutely huge main oval with an area in the middle for relaxing, talking and more stationary dancing, and a smaller rink in the back if you don't want the huge vibe of the main one. The DJ played house classics and even got into some Chain Reaction type stuff for a bit (which was PERFECT) and suddenly the lights dimmed and it all went slow jams for awhile, the tempo gradually increasing into hip hop. I fell flat on my ass twice. Most everybody was really really good, just swooping around, jumping and gliding, backwards and sideways and holding each other close at times. The speed of the main oval could get a little scary sometimes.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Actually sorry I think it's called "Empire Roller Skating Center"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:29 (twenty years ago)

Tuesdays are "ladies night" by the way - $6, skates included, if you are not a man.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:31 (twenty years ago)

K-classic! ID thrifts have RAD quad skates all the time and I've got a pretty neat collection. The small towns here still have all their roller discos and drive-in theatres. I spent so many Saturdays at Starlite Skating --- skating until 9 and then bands would play on the stage afterwards, same light show no matter what. Truly great stuff.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Last night I felt that roller disco is one of the great human achievements in any sphere.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:48 (twenty years ago)

greatest

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 23:48 (twenty years ago)

My hometown roller skating rink closed down last year :(

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 23 March 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha ha, Latham Circle Mall. In younger, boreder days, we used to drive round and round the Latham Circle as fast as we could without flying off.

― Hello Cthulhu (kate), Thursday, 23 March 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

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