Wednesday Night Skate is an informal group that rollerblades around New York City. But there's so much more to the motley crew than '90s nostalgia.
Information is voiced to skaters during the Wednesday Night Skate in Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 8, 2022.Information is voiced to skaters during the Wednesday Night Skate in Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 8, 2022.For 32-year-old Queens resident Devon Henry, skating isn't necessarily a throwback.
"You know," he said,"the way that I skate now isn't the way that I was skating when I was a kid ... It's literally like 'Breath of the Wild' on my skates." "Soaking up other cultures, meeting other people and [learning] how they think, the level of skating that they have, their skills – I can learn from them, and they can learn from me," he said in Spanish.Christopher Lee for NPRThe Wednesday Night Skate in Manhattan, New York, resembles a street party on Sept. 8, 2022.Skaters have fun during the Wednesday Night Skate in Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 8, 2022.The group skates fast, usually covering 8 to 13 miles in around two hours.
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