European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dolly Sqq Zine three mothers take to the streets of new York with their children on a rollerskating Rollem skating craze spreads across by Ron Alexander new York times r Hen Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers spun around new Yorks Central Park on w roller skates in shall we the year was 1937 and the Park was a Hollywood set on the Rio studio this a roller skate Concession opened in the real Central Park and a new rollerskating craze appears to be upon this one As such things often do these in Cher Bono who can skate gives roller Ink parties several times a Linda Rons Tadt reportedly roller skated to a luncheon Date with Edmund Brown and 24yearold Jeff who two Yean ago bought 25 pairs of skates to rent out from the Back a his Van on the Boardwalk at now owns a store that rents More than 300 pairs a Day and a cheap skates which is about to skate shops across the country its fantastic the Way roller skating has caught on in Rosenberg said people Are skating up and Down the skating in and out of the to and from the laundry and health food stores and skating to escape from tension and roller skating is a new a new Mode of transportation and something that fits into anyone s life Why is the Venice area the heart of the rollerskating As Rosenberg and others assert that it is were Label relay commo atty sad Oer verify level is cafe fondant Are fond of terns web As Energy level itar new yorkers we urine Judy Lynn or who once yoga and still meditates at the Central Parks recent s voted in pert  but never us Park Lynn the Good skates has hem successful sooner than theres a Good Energy level in the on a recent weekday evening a Hal dozen people were seen lining up for the shoe which rent for the first hour and 75 cents for each additional half Susan a fashion editor at essence Magazine who was there with her daughter expressed de Light that the polyurethane skate wheels now in use provided a More mellifluous ride than i sex Taylor said she had tried but i just got sweaty and Messy i tried bicycle but 1 was always worried about the Bike being ripped and health clubs Are just not for she As she looked Down at her but i think Ive finally found something that is Shana was a bit less ice skating is she Richard Dunne of the new York City department of social services was there because i like to be in on the ground floor of Dunne thought he would soon be Good enough to be skating out on the Many new yorkers already Robert a freelance Art has begun skating to Job inter views on a pair of plastic wheeled Crampon skates i bought in Europe a few years he prefers skating around the City to More Normal modes of transportation because fits cheaper and fatter and i always beat the one thing he can always count Smith is get Ting attention on the even in normally Blase Greenwich where the wan waving person known As roller Rena has been skating around the streets for years to the Good natured applause of actress Singer Andrea Marcovicz turned beads one recent evening As she roller skated up and Down a Street free of who was wearing a pair of mens red Black hockey said she had Outt bicycling and taken up roller skating on a Wise Guy is always Yelling hey Chickie Bow bout a ride the Public response Toa woman roller skater they some a w and ugh Marcov Eccl so far its still Sweet and August 1978 Michael manager of the athletes has been skating to and from work All summer because dancing lessons became too Joyce a fashion started skating on a recent visit to California and when 1 got Back to new i just kept on David who says he once swam from Tangier to is now roller skating simply because i like the flow and its another physical thing to acquiring the skill of Basic skating takes about six according to Bill who gives lessons beginners have to rid themselves of the fear of fall Butler the single most important which Butler says is learning How to has been made easier with the appearance on skates of Builtin toe one thing that makes skates ride not Only smoothly but quietly is the introduction of skateboard Type poly re inane which Are wider than the old skate that ride can also be a Good pair of Boot suitable for disco dancing As Well As skating on City can Cost anywhere from its to Well Over according to a sporting goods a spokesman for new York cites Peck Goodie re ported that theres been an extraordinary number of in quiries recently about three times More than usual but when they hear the Price of a really Good pair of it floors if skates Are the music at roller which some skaters still prefer Over City is far less Mellow than it used to Many whose owners report that their businesses Are Are replacing the familiar and simple Organ music of yesteryear with a feverish saturday night disco Slick technicolor lighting and dancing skaters who perform Steps that might cause John Travolta to gasp in the Empire rolling on Empire Boulevard in has set wednesday nights aside As club when such groups As the roller rockers and the Jig Aboo hammers do on skates what most people Are Content to attempt on the dance Richard who opened the Village skating rink in new York City last says that the disco night he tenuously at proved so popular that 1 had to put on disco music every the stars and stripes Poge 13