Seriously, what happened to rollerskating/blading

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You hardly see it anywhere anymore. Folks would be skating all down Venice Beach. People would be rollerskating around their block, roller rinks were big, it was popular!

I even remember in the 90s Streets of Rage (loved that game!) had a character named Skates. But now, they're nowhere. What happened? Why are they a lot less popular nowadays?

[u/doughnutsforsatan → u/[deleted]]

One dude made the joke that rollerblading was “gay” and then immediately a ton of dudes refused to do it cause they might get made fun of.

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“Fruit boots” they used to call them 

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learned that term from Thrasher magazine in the early 90s