A bit of forgotten history....
It is long forgotten that 50-60 plus years ago, roller skating was virtually the equal of ice skating; in fact the two were in complete tandom,
one sport/art expressed one way in the winter and another the rest of the year. Pretty much the SAME dances, SAME jumps and spins, SAME/SAME. There were ROLLER skating rinks in every town of the USA and western Europe that operated when the ice didn't exist. And it had equal esteemThe only difference was the skates - and whether this was done on ice or wood. In the USA, every ROLLER rink had "pros" (coaches) and most of the time the rink was a teaching forum. Competitions got national attention and were covered by all the newspapers. Roller Rinks put on shows very well attended.
For a reason unknown to me, ROLLER skating never got into the Olympics. And in the 50's and especially in the 60's, again for some reason, ROLLER skating in the USA became seen as the "red neck" version of ICE skating. And this spelled the end of it as an art form. In the early days of television, "Roller Derby" became popular on TV because it was full of violence, hair pulling, punching and lots of action - all done on a very small rink and CHEAP: ideal for television. But again, put a nail in the coffin of ROLLER skating (the non-winter form of the singular sport). And of course, along with this, year-around ice skating rinks began to be built - making ROLLER skating unnecessary. By the 1970's, ROLLER skating was dead.... although it had one last breath with disco (LOL).
Just a bit of forgotten history..... The sport/art lives on, of course, but almost entirely in the ICE form. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_roller_skating but again, today, this is very, very small and unknown. 50-60 years ago, every town had a ROLLER skating rink (although ICE skating rinks were rare). Now, in all of Southern California, there are now just a very few left (you can count them on your fingers).... and they mostly because of hockey.
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