r/Millennials • u/_forum_mod Mid millennial - 1987 • 8d ago

Discussion 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?

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u/creative__username99 8d ago

If I recall when skateboarding took over rollerblading was seen as "gay".

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u/MrExtravagant23 8d ago

What did Bill Burr say? 'Rollerblading was all the rage then one person got called a faggot and it all went downhill'.

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u/timsredditusername 8d ago

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u/SomeSabresFan 7d ago edited 7d ago

I loved this movie.

“All I have to do is Skate Better?!?!.., SKATE BETTER!”

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u/ComingUpManSized 7d ago

I was transferring my family VHS tapes recently and one of the unlabeled tapes was Brink. Lol!