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.

Many people are just starting to roller skate during the pandemic because of social media, but L.A. has a long, rich history and culture of skaters. (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times) Some people ...

VALLEY STREAM, New York -- If you are new to roller-skating, you can expect to fall a lot. Learning how to fall for Founder of the Missile Roller Skating Dance Company, Cecile Klaus, is the first ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...