Skate in Pop Culture

Designed by Megan Walker

Roller Skating has taken center stage many a time through pop culture! Let's take a look at a few fan favorites.

Released on November 12, 2021, the album Silk Sonic is a revival of the classic disco-esque music one would hear at the rink. And of course we must mention the iconic song on the album "Skate"!

Xanadu is a 1980 American musical fantasy film that came out in 1980. One of the iconic scenes from this film is Olivia Newton rolling around on her pristine white skates.

In the iconic Netflix series Stranger Things, we have a great cameo of rollerskating in season 4. Unfortunately this scene showing that skates can harm in more than one way.