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Dust Off Your Skates, A 70’s Themed Roller Disco Is Coming To Auckland

Dust Off Your Skates, A 70’s Themed Roller Disco Is Coming To Auckland

by heymacu | Jan 14, 2021 | Latest News, Studio 54

The Urban List Though roller skating has been on an upward trajectory for a while now, it’s really come back in a big way this year. There’s been a recent surge in popularity due to ice skaters getting roller skates to train in lockdown as the ice rinks were all...
Meet the Kiwi women celebrating the retro pastime of rollerskating

Meet the Kiwi women celebrating the retro pastime of rollerskating

by heymacu | Jan 14, 2021 | Latest News

This story was published on Woman This year, a group of Auckland women started meeting in a clandestine location each week. By day, they worked full-time and raised families, but by night, they shed that skin and transformed. Michele Martin, Justine Conroy and Tracy...
Roller skating sisters perform at Disco Inferno 70s dance party

Roller skating sisters perform at Disco Inferno 70s dance party

by heymacu | Nov 16, 2020 | Latest News

Mercedes and I got the awesome opportunity to perform at Disco Inferno, a 70s dance party event held at Galatos, off Karangahape Rd in Auckland. We arrived at 8pm, saw the beautiful wooden floor of Galatos night club and immediately got super excited to skate! We were...
Covid-19 lockdowns breathe new life into roller skating, as sales go through the roof – Seven Sharp

Covid-19 lockdowns breathe new life into roller skating, as sales go through the roof – Seven Sharp

by heymacu | Nov 12, 2020 | Latest News

The family favourite is making a comeback. Classes are booked out and boot sales are through the roof as young and old slip on the skates and give it a whirl.   “It’s a bit of a worry when you’re more about the accessories sometimes more than the...
KEA Kids News: Rollerskating is making a massive comeback

KEA Kids News: Rollerskating is making a massive comeback

by heymacu | Oct 21, 2020 | Latest News

Thanks to social media platform TikTok and the coronavirus pandemic, rollerskating has seen a surge in popularity both here and across the world. “Definitely over lockdown … I think everyone was just looking for a hobby,” says Auckland skating coach Macarena...
How roller skating became the sport of the year – by Jihee Junn for The Spinoff

How roller skating became the sport of the year – by Jihee Junn for The Spinoff

by heymacu | Oct 14, 2020 | Latest News

Few hobbies have captured the mainstream imagination in 2020 quite like roller skating. Jihee Junn explores the many reasons why. Just down the road from Auckland’s Glenfield mall is the ActivZone Indoor Sports Arena, an inconspicuous-looking building which, many...
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