Roller Skating in Times Square During Quarantine 

Before covid it was worst

@@gregoryreese7686 fr, it gets worse😂. It also gives me so much anxiety. Especially in these times.

Heyyyy! I skate with a skate group every Weds night here in NYC. We meet at Union Square and roll out 30+ people deep. It really helps to roll out in a group because we are way more visible to cars/bikes/pedestrians. To be honest, most people and cars don’t mind so long as you’re in the bike lane and/or being respectful. It’s a great time! And honestly there’s nothing like skating 8-14miles through Manhattan at night every week! Take care! :)

@@breea2009 what time do you meet up,when my skates finally come in,would love to join you guys!👍🏼

@@nycbass78 hey! We meet by 8pm! Next weds is our last skate for the 2020 season. But would love to see more people. The Instagram is Wednesdaynightskatenyc :) happy rolling!

Or if they get annoyed with her for holding the camera over their heads while she’s skating. That’s quite disrespectful

That's great that you are starting in safe way that makes you feel comfortable, never would have thought about an umbrella stoller as a skate mate

Haha that's genius! Glad you made some progress. Keep rolling!

LoL that's so clever!! Since I'm already awkward on my own, I'd take my plushies on that stroller 😂

@@MiauMichigan I have my skate bag strapped to it for extra weight. My kids say I look silly but I’ll look as silly as possible if it means getting out of my driveway and onto that terrifying asphalt road. 😂🤟

@@kenleakrisbell09 It’s definitely helping, silly as it may look.

Same!!! I only skate on empty streets and I look down constantly to avoid obstacles, even tiny pebbles

You do it by looking ahead. You can get an idea by walking & looking ahead around say 15ft or more, usually more. Small stones,debris & cracks are easy to spot, peripheral vision & spacial awareness takes care of people. As for not tripping on stones while at speed the trick there is pressure on which leg is on the ground & leading. This is done by directing your body weight to that leg & channeling it to your foot. I'm talking the odd stone here & there not a whole bunch in a clump lol. Bigger stones can be an issue, again it's about being ready & to know what's ahead or being ready to place the other leg down if you hit & trip. It's best to use knee pads,elbow & always use wrist guards. Edit what i mean by channeling is your sured footedness pushes the stone out of the way

@@MiauMichigan you shouldn't look directly under your feet but on the road ahead (just like when riding a bike or a scooter) Honestly, I hate navigating through the crowd even when I'm in my regular boots so I doubt I would be happy skating in the crowd like that..

@@scorpnz4433 I am well aware of everything you wrote here. My questions are specific to HER, how SHE navigated in THIS particular video, in THAT location. A perspective only she can provide. I’m picking her brain. 👍🏽

I think it'd be kinda like driving a car? Ofc only Indy can answer w/ her own thoughts, but if I were to GUESS that's what I would compare it to? Like, when you're driving you look far ahead and only briefly check your sideview mirrors every now and then? I think it's like that. Where when you skate you look ahead, while being spacially aware? IDK

This! I want to know everything about aggressive park skating!

Yes me too🤗

I second that.

I was out a couple days ago and the rain hit me while I still had 20min to the car... And it was quite a lot. I spent the rest of the day taking the skates apart and cleaning em as well as hanging up my clothes which took three days to dry

@@peterlustig8021 oh gosh that sounds awful. I was thinking on letting the rain stop a little and try to skate on the wet asphalt but your experience is telling me that it isn't s clever idea. In addition, I don't want my skates to get all soaked. Did you have to lubricate everything and take all pieces out to allow the boots to dry?

@@JK-bb4mp thanks a lot!

@@JK-bb4mp thank you!!

Go ahead baby girl😘 fuck the haters,you legit did NOTHING WRONG❤️❤️❤️

@@takeiteasy_1012 Okay don’t do that. I think it’s fantastic how resilient she is, righting her wrongs, shinning the light promoting and talking about the history of black skaters, but as a black woman you’re so disrespectful with your comment. She was wrong, she apologized, and now her actions are showing her growth. But don’t do that. Calling those affected “haters” and saying she did nothing wrong just shows what is wrong in the world and why most people cannot tolerate constructive criticism and refuse to change and grow. So clearly you have some growing to do yourself so don’t bring her down to your mess because she is flourishing and I am proud of her!♥️♥️♥️

@@magnolia2 no offense meant, my sincere apologies that you feel that way. However, IMO she has a roller skate channel, she wasn’t seeking anything but roller skate content. Makes sense. Look what happened. Again, I mean no offense to anyone, I am not taking away from the wrongs that have been done to people, all I am saying is , the intense judgement of others for any reason is not ok. Not okay to do to ANYBODY ❤️❤️❤️ I am growing and I have an open heart and open mind. May God Bless you on your journey as well 🌞

Hi!!💖💕

Omg yesssss i know right?

Same sis

Same

You know, we can't be early because of the factor that we aren't really unless we watch it before they post cuz it was posted for us to watch this means we're not REALLY early but I'm sure you already know that 💜#nohate

@@lolahennrich i’m early because i was the first comment

Awesome, please have some more videos! Stay safe!

I agree. Indy, come back, we miss you 😞

@@idilist As the girlfriend of a car guy... I very much do not think he would take kindly to anyone even thinking about touching any part of his car lol he would hit the brakes so fast

If I did that where she did that I would be arrested. Now I've have done that skating down to the Halloween parade from central park to the village. Of I knew the driver. Pauly may you R.I.P

Maybe Indy asked to skitch. Generally though, you don't "ask", ya just hold tf on.

@@whatamelons Yeah I wasn't sure, especially since she said she did it to cars that had their windows down, which I didn't fully understand lol. I figured that either meant she asked through the window or just held onto the inside of the window frame

Look up the video Skitch-o-rama nyc

We are going back in lockdown too for this exact reason. The mainland of Manhattan is the only place open, and it's re-closing in bits and pieces. Brooklyn is shut down, no dining of any kind, indoor or outdoor, no schools, no essential travel or shopping, back to phase one. If everybody keeps it up the whole state is gonna revert.