You don't need a whole roller rink to get started—just lace up your skates and practice a few things at home. Roller skating has always felt like freedom to me. When you're going fast, you're flying.

Some people turned to sourdough. Others became plant parents. My quarantine hobby of choice? Roller skating. In the early months of the pandemic, roller skating was suddenly everywhere on TikTok and ...

Roller skating is a popular pastime and can be great exercise. It also helps children develop skills of balance and coordination. The first recorded use of skates took place more than 200 years ago in ...

NPR's Kia Miakka Natisse describes how and why roller skating allows skaters, young and old, to push their bodies to the limit. Here at NPR, we are leaning into the joy where we can with a series ...

Like every teen on TikTok, I decided that this spring — and the lack of things to do it presented — was as good a time as any to strap a pair of roller skates for some good old-fashioned fun. I had, ...

My first goal: try not to look so scared. It sounds easy, but it actually took quite a few tries before I could relax from the mouth open, eyes wide, fingers splayed expression that being on roller ...

Once you can confidently go forward, it’s time to learn how to skate in reverse. By Malia Wollan “Your mind gets twisted going backward, but your skates roll the same way in either direction,” says ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Ever since I was a little girl watching Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski vie for medals at the 1998 Olympics, ...

Here at NPR, we are leaning into the joy where we can with a series called I'm Really Into. Well, today, Invisibilia co-host Kia Miakka Natisse brings us her story of picking up a new hobby during the ...