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nobodysfool	It is NOT like riding a bike!!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1160 (01/02/10 08:04 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. Remove this ad We took some of the neighbor girls roller skating on NYE, and lemme tell ya....you can forget how to do it. What memories that brought back. :) I spent a good portion of my life on roller skates from when I was 8 - 17 yrs old. Backwards skating, races, limbo, crack the whip... all of it! we were gold!!! How fun!! Unfortunately 20 years has the ability to completely erase all your balance on wheels. I hugged the wall for the first 20 minutes, then spent the remaining 3 hours trying to remember how to stop without running into said wall. Believe it or not, I didn't fall once!! :) There was, however, plenty of foolish flailing. (and one blister) My friend and I did discuss what a great workout it is though! Perhaps I should invest in a pair of skates. :) Anyone here a roller-skating adult? :)
UrbanSprawl		#1	[-]
Posts: 3911 (01/02/10 08:08 AM) Just ignore me Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Scruffy would have made this post work.
ashley madison		#2	[-]
Posts: 7746 (01/02/10 08:13 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	yes! Bought some skates that look like sneakers and had nearly the same experience as you They have now been in a storage box for 6, 7 yrs? downhill skiing came right back to me, however... but now I've got a torn meniscus and can't even do that this year. fml.
UndifferentCow		#3	[-]
Posts: 2673 (01/02/10 08:38 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I got roller blades last year and found I had no balance But on skates I was fine. I should dig them out again and give em a whirl.
ImCrushingYourHead		#4	[-]
Posts: 5440 (01/02/10 08:45 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I've had the same experience with roller blades, ice skating, and tennis. I played for years, took a long break, and now can barely get a serve over the net. I think riding a bike is the only thing that comes back to you like riding a bike.
CBRetriever		#5	[-]
Posts: 31042 (01/02/10 09:46 AM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts	even that's kinda shaky at first too - I hadn't ridden one in about 10 years and bought one to use to get around town - I was really wobbly starting off from a dead stop
Eugene Schwindlemyer		#6	[-]
Posts: 1975 (01/02/10 09:56 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I still skate. I got Snyder Advantage Plates with Green Hyper Shamen wheels using Roller Bones "China Reds" Bearings. Last Edited By: Eugene Schwindlemyer 01/02/10 10:00 AM. Edited 1 times.
Mrpoopypants		#7	[-]
Posts: 5190 (01/02/10 09:58 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Next time strap a pillow to your butt
Eurytol		#8	[-]
Posts: 10794 (01/02/10 10:38 AM) Badass motherfucker-er Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Fat people and tards can't skate. True story.
punky		#9	[-]
Posts: 11265 (01/02/10 10:47 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. Remove this ad We took the kids rollerskating and had a blast ... and yeah it took a bit to get back into the groove of it whereas on ice skates its totally fine no matter how long you have been off them.
nobodysfool		#10	[-]
Posts: 1161 (01/02/10 07:35 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	well scruffy is more than welcome to windbag up my post all he wants. (no offense, scruffy) :) Glad to hear of some old timers on wheels. :) i may have to start looking around for a pair of used skates after all. I remember fondly, my first pair of roller skates...... <3 little metal things that strapped on to the bottom of my sneakers. You needed a key to loosen the lock to lengthen or shorten them. Red wheels and yellow straps.... <3 when I was a teenager, there was a roller rink about 2 miles from my house. Every friday and saturday night, we hung out there. almost nightly during summer. I remember lock-ins, parties, and even buying our drugs through the little window where you could talk to parents or friends "on the outside". When romeo and I got back from arkansas, our friends dedicated Runaway to us that first night. lol. many, many, many roller skating memories. which makes my pathetic showing on thurs all the more ridiculous! :) I must go again soon!!! <3 (ok, that should be some more for scruffy to work with) eta: where are your stoppers, eugene?
TC		#11	[-]
Posts: 138 (01/02/10 07:39 PM) Spaulding Reply Quote More Recent Posts	[kramer]Maybe someone will SEND you some skates. [/kramer]
nobodysfool		#12	[-]
Posts: 1162 (01/02/10 07:44 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	gee, maybe.
Eurytol		#13	[-]
Posts: 10820 (01/02/10 08:05 PM) Badass motherfucker-er Reply Quote More Recent Posts	When romeo and I got back from arkansas OK, that might almost be as sad as Eskimo girl.
SmrtAss		#14	[-]
Posts: 8614 (01/02/10 08:06 PM) Lazy ass bitch, please Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Try doing a cartwheel after < mumble mumble > years. The center of gravity has, um, changed, and the leg extension and pointed toes are just a distant memory. My mom could still do a cartwheel when she was my age. And a split. Bitch.
Aunt Pappy		#15	[-]
Posts: 21911 (01/02/10 08:11 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I tried my last cartwheel 10 yrs. ago. I hear ya.
TC		#16	[-]
Posts: 152 (01/02/10 08:12 PM) Spaulding Reply Quote More Recent Posts	http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2000/2000_stats.html
UndifferentCow		#17	[-]
Posts: 2677 (01/02/10 08:14 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. Remove this ad I can still do cartwheels and the splits, but back flips are so out. Unless I want to flop on my neck and then lay there for the rest of the night.

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