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AMAC Magazine Exclusive: A Return to Yesteryear - Roller Skates

Discover how roller-skating rolled from invention to becoming America's most popular sport in the 1950s in this AMAC Magazine nostalgic feature.

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AMAC Magazine Exclusive - By Alexa Astuto

Eight small wheels gliding across the pavement harmonize with the faint tune of Mr. Softy in the distance; your legs are as straight as that popsicle stick you’re eyeing. As you shift your weight from right to left, you realize it looks easier than it is. To gain some balance, your free hands become flailing propellers as you sail across the newly paved parking lot. You smile wide because you finally just learned how to … roller-skate!


But have you ever wondered how roller-skating started? How did it become the most popular sport in America in the 1950s?

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