You don't need a whole roller rink to get started—just lace up your skates and practice a few things at home. Roller skating has always felt like freedom to me. When you're going fast, you're flying.

The pandemic made roller-skating popular again. For The New York Times for Kids, the photographer Christopher Payne visited Riedell Skates to see how they’re made. Credit... Supported by Photographs ...

Whether she was rocketing around her neighborhood or hanging out at the local roller rink, Shannon Wechsler spent much of her childhood on wheels. In South Jersey, she recalled, learning how to roller ...

NPR's Kia Miakka Natisse describes how and why roller skating allows skaters, young and old, to push their bodies to the limit. Here at NPR, we are leaning into the joy where we can with a series ...

Once you can confidently go forward, it’s time to learn how to skate in reverse. By Malia Wollan “Your mind gets twisted going backward, but your skates roll the same way in either direction,” says ...

Some people turned to sourdough. Others became plant parents. My quarantine hobby of choice? Roller skating. In the early months of the pandemic, roller skating was suddenly everywhere on TikTok and ...

Here at NPR, we are leaning into the joy where we can with a series called I'm Really Into. Well, today, Invisibilia co-host Kia Miakka Natisse brings us her story of picking up a new hobby during the ...