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  • Wow, that's cool !!!

  • Very nice! There we are, a little younger, a little thinner, some of us who have moved on in one way or another ... a little trip down memory lane at the Skate Circle.

  • @CPDSABob So true Bob, so true.

  • Yup. Nail on Head Bob.

  • just a bunch of people gettin funky :) i like it

  • so cool. love it.

  • i enjoyed the video.. and i really love that song. Thank you!

  • was that andy dick at 1:58?lol

  • I bought my first pair of skates in Brooklyn -- Skated across the bridge and into the park back in 1981 ---- been skating ever since.

    Remember, Your only old on the outside ...... your only old, when you convince the inside .... keep on rollin ya'll!

  • that looks good at some times I come visit you

    I'll take a few pills with

    greetings from germany

  • The People of Rio de Janeiro We Adore To Walk of Skids! Amazing Song!!!! Kool and The Gang.

  • very good

  • nice to see all my buddies. we enjoy our time in september at central park .

    a great time there with great people

    charles

  • Your one of my favorites . YOUR VERY GOOD. CHECK OUT THE 3 KINGS GODS ON SKATES.. like nothing youve ever seen. THIS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.. check it out now..!! thank you..!!

  • great video know i have a good reason to actually visit NY. cant wait to get skating again. thanx

  • One week ago I went with my 16 yrs.old son and enjoy the music and the people, and I tell him, "you see? the world need more places like this one, this is freedom, no races, no colours, just one spirit..."

  • SO true so true.

    oxxoxo

  • DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • Amen!

  • BOY HOWDY!!! :)

  • @nandoberruy that's right!!!!! :)

  • Thank you for making and sharing this beautiful film for us all to see with so much love :) I have now got a broadband connection and can truly appreciate watching my skating brothers and sisters skating films in real time. I cannot wait to roll with you all in NYC and hopefully, it will be soon. Please, please keep on doin' what you're doin' - your films are such an inspiration on so many levels :)

  • Can't wait to see you there Granny.

    oxoxox

  • This video, and the unexpected background music (not usually like what is played while the people are skating) are simply beautiful together! What a beautiful tribute to a beautiful bunch of people! Long live disco and roller skating!

  • song is "summer madness" by kool and the Gang...always embodied the NYC vibe to me...works great with the video...u captured the flava very nicely!

  • song? i hear it everwhere lol sick vid btw its nice

  • I'm going to start going to Central Park lol....I've been looking for a place to skate in NYC and most spots are closed....

  • Where can I get the full video? I can't believe I moved from NYC to BORING atl GA. Its times like this that makes me want to move back!

  • You know you'll always be welcomed back at the Circle of Love!

  • Not one frown did i see the whole time i watched this video. Just Joy & laughter, why? Because when people skate .....People have fun and enjoy themselves. All the problems in the world no longer matter. I have to get to one of these skate parties you guys b having at Central Park. This is surely an experience like no other. Peace!

  • Do you see how powerful music and skating is? It brings people together no matter what! If you're white or black, gay or straight, old or young, rich or poor, everybody is having a good time. That is what life is all about

  • Thanks so much Brandon! It is FOREVER an experience like no other, and so we return over and over to the same place to share the "Joy & laughter! Skating produces more endorphins than anything else i know, and there's music, and freedom of expression.... and nature. Thanks for noticing the "love"!

  • Simply beautiful! NY is a place like no other. This is what life is about & the people here are enjoying it to the full. The soundtrack compliments the vid perfectly & its easy to see why Will Smith used this record for "Summertime". Thanks for this - I miss New York!

  • Simply beautiful! NY is a place like no other. These people are all about life n enjoying it. The music compliments it perfectly. Down as a favourite for me definately! Thanks for this. Will Smith used this record for a reason n this is it!!

  • Beautiful! Thanks for this.

  • This is an amzing video that comes the closest to capturing the experience. I have been watching the skaters for years now. They always make me smile. They are talented, fun, wild and a bit crazy. It's the essence of NYC skating around in Central Park. This summer I am joining in...i have been sitting on the sidelines too long. I want to have fun too! :)

  • Dear Cruzn, That is one of my favorite comments ever. Thank you for that.

    That clip is a snippet of an hour long video I donated to the Central Park Dance Skater Association. I put a lot of work into that and have since figured out how to make it clearer on youtube but too late for that one.. When you are in New York and you really come to the skate circle you will truly find that you will be loved and helped as an awkward beginner.

    Welcome and looking forward to you skating with us.

    ox John

  • John,

    Thanks for the message. I am in New York now,living on the Upper West Side. Was going to join in this Saturday, but was sick over the weekend. I look forward to meeting you and the others real soon!! :-)

    Susan

  • Great to hear that. Sorry to hear you were sick.

    Everyone who loved to skate years ago or wants to learn should come out.

    Can't wait to you.

  • John,

    Joined over Memorial Day weekend!! The skate circle is the coolest place in NYC and I had a blast. You mention you donated a video to the CPDA. Can i purchase one from them or you?

  • The CPDSA sells them several times a summer. thanks for asking.

  • This is really a nice video, and i love the music. I grew up with that jam, do you remember the name of it?

  • I don't recall. Sorry.

    DJ Julio did the music for this video that is part of a video that I made for the Central Park Dance Skaters Association. Google DJ Julio and ask him. HE'S A sweetheart.

  • summer madness by kool and the gang

  • This is the coolest! I can't skate like that, but if I were ever in New York, I'd love to join in nevertheless.

  • If I'm ever in NYC I'll be looking for you people! I love skating & you're obviously having fun!

  • Central Park loves new skaters.

    They welcome you at the CPDSA.

  • from Denver, first trip to NY last year, stumbled upon this while strolling around. really couldn't believe my eyes. fantastic, probably the greatest freedom of expression i have ever seen. I skated quad in the 80s, but my foot and 6'8" frame grew too large, trying now to raise money for some skates. in due time, we will be back. quite truely the real "summer madness". only in NY!

  • I love your style of skating. Check out some of New York Style not all are there but I know you'll love it and please feel free to give your opinion... peace...

  • The film work is outstanding! When was that. What year? I'm trying to figure out If I was there that day skating. Are you a skater? If so, you may know who I am. The Son of the Late Great "Dr. Skatemore" Randy Higginson. I see alot of peole I know from the park. Kevin on his Hover round. Felix crisscrossing the water bottle. Bladie. Linae and the other girls. Can't seem to find any video with myself in it. Still searching.

  • I'm not sure who you are as I am terrible with names. I am a long time skater/filmmaker and I a hundreds of hours of skating from all over.

    I'm sure I have you on something to come if not already. Keep looking. I try to get everyone. As I post more vids I learn the tricks so they look clearer. Youtube brutally compresses them but I understand the problem of storage so we learn to give it to them in the best way to see them clearer. This one is before I learned the tricks. Ha.

  • they got skillz. I wish I could skat elike that

  • yeaaahh Summer Madness its hereeeee

  • you got my vote.....saved to favorites...

  • Thanks for posting the dates and places. I'm sure that that area is the biggest attraction in the park. Thousands watch even in weather that is not perfect.

  • NYC skaters circle is mid-April-end of October, 3-6:30 pm weekends & holidays, immediately followed by the deep house after-party at 7 pm, about 30 yards away along the same road.

    During the winter season November - March, the after-party starts at 3 pm, as long as the temperature's 55 degrees or above & sunny.

    April-October there are also two drum circles nearby, 5 pm until 10 pm.

    Enter Central park at east or west 72nd street & walk towards the middle of the park, near the Bandshell.

  • Awesome! The video, the soundtrack! 5+ points! I love too your skating videos:-)

  • Very nice.

  • Thanks Harry. I love my skating videos the most. There is something magical about quad skating that doesn't exist in any other sport. So many things put together to let people express themselves and to give those watching such joy. It's an amazing sport. I'll be posting many more. I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks for Posting,

    John (Loyalfilmsguy)

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