Social media has fueled a roller resurgence and brought many new skaters into Detroit's longstanding Black skate community. Detroit-style moves may be decades old — but they evolve over time.
Skaters doing"the Hatch" at Detroit's Northland Roller Rink in for the second annual Skate Jam Night.
Motown's music legacy is well known — think: Smokey Robinson, The Supremes and The Temptations — but not everyone is aware of the lasting impact it had on roller skating. Toe stops — round rubber balls attached to the bottom of the skates – make it possible for skaters to move their bodies while staying in one place. And that"allows you to put it on a stage," says Tasha Klusmann, the historian behind the"With Motown, they were learning to smile and how to carry an audience, and how to present themselves," says Klusmann."They were already thinking about stage and performing because that was very much in the air.
Back in Detroit,"there was only one skating rink in the neighborhood and they only allowed Black people one day out of the week," says Black."And they wanted to skate more frequently."
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