Roller Skate Stories

Roger & Marcus skate at the rink where Roger learned to skate at age 4, and they interview owners Ed Trevena & Jhantel Trevena.

Roger & Marcus interview Sonya Britt, General Manager at Great Skate in Glendale, Arizona, about their brand new wood floor!

Marcus & Roger head to Great Skate in Glendale, Arizona for opening night on their brand new wood floor!

The final stop on Roger & Marcus's Colorado road trip: Roller City in Lakewood, Colorado. They skate, chat with General Manager, Kiki, and make some new firends!

Roger interviews Melanie Chryshelle at the Nash in Phoenix, AZ and Skateland Chandler, AZ, about Jazz singing and rollerskating.

Skate Rock City

Life Of Malik

Popup rinks, public & private events, WalterWhere?House and more! These sisters turned Roller Skating and fashion into a family business that introduces (and reintroduces) people to roller skating throughout Arizona.

What makes a popup rink pop? Where do rinks popup? Are popup rinks the meaning of life? For the answers to these (or at least some of these) questions and more, just watch the episode : )

March is now Zoni month at Roller Skate Stories! Our interview with Zoni Girls founders Paige & Sasha continues. How did the WalterWhere?House skate events begin? How does 944 Magazine tie in? Who is Mama Zoni? What's the largest skate you can rent at a ZG popup rink? You guessed it: watch the episode : )

Paige and Sasha - the Zoni Girls - discuss Paige's ongoing battle with cancer.

If you've ever wondered, "What's the thing with sliders - erh - fibers?" then this program is for you. Okay, even if you haven't so wondered, it's still for you because we'll be talking with two super nice, super great slid- erh - fiber skaters! No matter what you call them, they're pretty cool. Snapping, Skate-a-thon, Houston Rolling Roundup, shrimp scampi - it's all in there plus an intro featuring the latest Zoni Girls event "Funk & Punk" at Walterwhere?house! What more could you ask for??

From a small town in Arkansas, 2-steppin' in the choir in church on Sunday mornings, to pullin' and slidin' on the wood at Great Skate in Arizona on Sunday nights, K.T. Johnson shares his journey into skating and the transition to "fibers" with Marcus and Roger on another action-packed episode of roller skate stories!

Marcus and Roger "chill" as they discuss how they met, skating with a wheel missing, filming weddings, roller skating at Secret Garden, getting kicked out of Tempe Marketplace and much more plus an unusually hefty sample of next level skate action. (Thanks skaters!)

Marcus interviews Las Vegas native Darrius Graham, AKA: "Blerd On Blades" during their time at Skate-a-thon at Golden Glide Rink in Atlanta.

Rollero rolls again! And Marcus gets his roll on at the Zoni Girls Roosevelt Skate at WalterWhere?House. For those not aware, Rollero was a wood floor skating rink in Phoenix, built in the 1960s. It was a favorite rink for many Phoenicians. On June 21, 2017 the roof collapsed. Thankfully, it happened after the session ended earlier that evening. I skated there that last night. Some of the Rollero footage featured on today's program was filmed on May 10, 2017, just a few weeks before that fateful evening.

6' 5", ZZTop beard, twin, killer jam skater, all around nice guy - that pretty much sums it up!

From track meets and basketball games in High School and college, to dance showcases and performing with Usher at the Superbowl, Prasanna's journey is fascinating to say the least!

Melissa Boggs: roller skating combined with motivational speaking produces moving results : )

Saxophone, sunflowers and smiles - that, of course, is Ashton Vaughn Charles. Whether he's jammin' to Talking Heads at a wedding or performing on tour with his band, The Color 8, he's in the zone when he's on the saxophone! Oh, and did I mention he roller skates?!

The other Roger! We join Roger Muchmore (middle name: So - okay joke, but that would be kool!) on one of his (many!) road trips. This one to Los Angeles for the West Coast Back to Cali Skate Jam!

Direct quote from Lennox: "I have to get on that program!" Persistence pays off! Congrats Lennox! You're our youngest sit-down interview. And you did great! We recorded this interview several months ago so I'm guessing he's progressed even farther on those sick new Nike Sliders! As always we start off with some fun skate footage, this week going back to the absolute blast we had at Zoni Girls Funk & Punk at Walter Where?House on May 31st. Check it out and see why we love Zoni Girls events! See you at the next one!

Skate instructor, TikTok & Instagram Influencer, Zoni Girl, artistic skater, wife, mom, great skater and a super nice person. And that's just the highlights!

Roger explains why there's no show this week - and provides a sneak peek into his Colorado 2.0 trip.

Marcus & Roger discuss fellow Phoenician Darion Reyes' competition in Roller Jam - Chip & Joanna Gaines' new roller skate competition show premiering this Fall on HBO Max and the Magnolia Network. And they interview Colorado skater, Daniel Carlson at Roller City in Lakewood, Colorado.