Hundreds of locals showed up to surprise John Kitchin, a Pacific Beach rollerblading legend, on his 80th birthday on the boardwalk.
SAN DIEGO — If you’ve been to the Pacific Beach boardwalk, you’ve probably seen John Kitchin — better known to some by the moniker “Slomo" — gracefully gliding along on his rollerblades.
Kitchin is a retired neurologist who has lived in San Diego since 1976. For 24 years, he’s been skating on the boardwalk almost daily. But what the rollerblading icon didn't expect was hundreds of people showing up to skate with him on his 80th birthday.
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