Patrick Swayze roller disco number in "Skatetown USA" 1979.

[ambertjeblue]

Talented in everything he touched, beautiful on the inside as well as the outside. An enormous loss to us all, and his beautiful wife must miss him terribly.

[mycatisromeo]

Patrick Swayze is to roller skating as John Travolta is to Disco dancing.

[RoughEdgedBeauty]

Singing, dancing, acting. He could do it all (:

[hamstergeisha76]

Is this where the creators of the movie Blades of Glory got their inspiration for Chazz Michael Michaels?

[forestkaat]

Definately a popular disco themed movie, but I think "Thank God It's Friday" would be the holy grail of disco films - no offense.

[jchrisler]

Patrick was sooo amazingly talented - this is very cool.



[whiteboy7931]

Whip it, whip it good

[Superchick2]

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze -- I'd forgotten how handsome he was in his younger days. . .and, of course, what an amazing dancer. . .

[friendofgeorge3]

WOW !!! I have never heard of this movie and that does not look a thing like patrick swayze !!!!!

[Chicagoclee]

@friendofgeorge3 It's actually Swayze's first movie, believe it or not. I saw this the year it came out along with another great roller rinking movie, "Roller Boogie" starring Miss EXORCIST herself, the gorgeous Linda Blair.

[esseen100]

@Chicagoclee - He's the hottest skate in town, she's the hottest date in town.. LOL!

[dndrequiem]

I was alive during this time, and I never saw this....he skates just like he dances! O.0

[LBJTV]

Does anybody know the song here? It's so good..

Thanks

[harriannandjj]

The man was a legend within his own right, so talented. His years of dedication to Ballet and dance certainly paid off!

It's hard to believe the man with the belt on quads (who is ace on them in fact, pun intended), was also a fantastic martial artist.

RIP Patrick Swayze. A True Legend!

Proof that if you believe you can truly get there!

[thorn1174us]

hard to believe he's Skating on a bad knee that move he does at 1:08 that ballet training is showing too bad this isn't on DVD

[Astrofreezy]

Yawn....

[Beeeyaaatch]

that is some roller boogie rhythm, Patrick you rock!

[yoyosweetiepie]

We miss you, Patrick Swayze!

[SSDILLOW]

I was on the set of SkateTown USA. Patrick Swayze was in his first big role, and every moment he wasn't on camera he was sucking on a Marlboro. I guess the cigarettes won.

[RiskyMinority73]

@SSDILLOW - that's the coolest. I'm on movies sets sometimes but don't care too much - this one seems like it would have been the greatest.

[miamiviceali]

That last leap is so like the leap in Dirty Dancing! I love it! So many people mock this time era...but what talent do you see today that can skate like this?!

[suckleh0nny]

Read or listen to his book on cd. This was the first movie he appeared in. He was amazing could have gone to the Olympics in gymnastics, professional ballet dancer, football player. There was so much we didn't know about him thats in his book of his life. Very interesting.

[scoobydance]

Damn. That guy was something else!

[MAGNNUM]

The man was an artist!!!!!

[ribs303]

Yes LouLou2u2 he certainly did a lot of thing's i wonder if getting reamed up the cake was one of them?

[CaptainJess1994]

This skate scene is quite Awesome.

[TheJoeyD27]

I demand that this movie comes out on DVD, so I can buy it!!!

[TheJoeyD27]

Rest In Peace, Ace Johnson.

[perpetual61]

Patrick Swayze was a natural born talent. He could Act, Dance, Roller Skate and Sing. He was an Amazing Person I had the Honor of meeting him in 1985.

[CaptainJess1994]

All I can say is........DAMN!

[rj121974]

saw this at a drive-in in my mom's '76 Dodge Aspen station wagon.....

[dragonsflight08]

OMG! I havent seen this movie in over 30 yrs!! fantastic!!!! I loved this one and roller boogie! would love to find them on dvd

[Chicagoclee]

Where did you get the clip? This was never released on video??!!

[Chicagoclee]

The best skating movie. I remember going to the skating rink all the time with my brother and friends. We were about 13 when this came out in '79. We loved this one and ROLLER BOOGIE. Great times!!

[Mothauntan]

Super numéro de danse sur rollers !

Patrick est non seulement un danseur, mais un acrobate et un excellent acteur.

[luzkit]

he takes my breath away.

[LouLou2u2]

my god..is there anything Patrick couldn't do? He ice hockeyd as well, surfed..stripped. played trans, did dirty dancing...and heaps of stuff..talk about talented.

[Knightrider10122]

@LouLou2u2 I agree he was amazing!

[esseen100]

@LouLou2u2 - You can tell that what ever the world had to try Patrick tried it! LOL!

[LouLou2u2]

@esseen100 The man was epic. Definitely one of the finest actors ever to have lived. Even when he had cancer he was doing his own stunts in The Beast. A total legend.

[RUCKSACK292]

I like him better killing Russian...My soul just died a little bit

[filmmakingjoe]

What is this, gay figure skating on wheels? ROLLER BOOGIE BETTER.

[CotardDelusion]

John Travolta... eat your heart out ;)

[jimbryanlounge]

He looks so full of life:(

[AreYouAfraidHoney]

He's so graceful

[alxthgr8]

BigMamaDancer's got it right! Sex on a stick, and what's wrong with the belt...that's hot, too!! And knowing the myth of Dionysus and Adonis, kazuo62, I see Swayze here as a perfect Dionysus, deep purple and seductive and alluring and inebriating, like wine...I'd love to drink him down along with the belt! He always knew how dance seductively.

[steviebabbi]

gawwuss

[AnnaEcoCham]

I never imagined one could dance like this on roller skates, although I am a big fan of ice skating. Swayze is so young... where we ever that young?

[Monamika84]

They should show this movie. On VH1 Classic for example, in that "Movies that rock".

So does anyone know if Patrick's character won the competition? I would give that gorgeous man the first prize-definitely I would:)

[alxthgr8]

Patrick Swayze was the living Dionysus! Swayze lives on. He is immortalized by his fans.

[kazuo62]

Dionysus? Do you mean Adonis, perhaps?

[bcstewart1000]

go maith cad iad na ifreann dóigh leat ciallaíonn sé halfwit tiubha tú?

:-)

[imamyt1]

Goodbye patrick,you will be missed,never forgotten

[cjmcgill99]

rollerskating rules!

[phogasm]

do they have this soundtrack anywhere. obscure disco music is a guilty pleasure.

[marklindsayfan1]

rip patrick hope he dancing with the clouds

[WakeUpDreamers77]

I recognize that jump! LOL

[talon115]

Kewell!

[daaphne24]

Gorgeous man....

[Christopher89123]

This scene actually took ALL DAY to shoot. Mostly because Patrick made a lot of mistakes, not because he wasn't talented, but because he had a lot of pressure on him that day. After all, we ALL were standing around being the audience. And the choreographer, for some reason, never counted "5 6 7 8" in time with the music. When you see him finish the routine, and we're cheering, it was because HE FINALLY FINISHED IT!

[Christopher89123]

I was in this movie!

Patrick Swayze became so embarrassed by that movie that he BOUGHT the rights to it and BURIED IT.

I remember the day that scene was shot... Patrick was not skating to that horrible music in that clip. It was actually a disco version of The Rolling Stone's "Under My Thumb".

He had NO stunt double. He did ALL of his own skating.

[SexyRosie67]

That explains why we never see that movie in the video stores. The movie itself was embarrassing if you look at it now, but this scene was the best part of it. The only glimmer of class and upcoming talent, even though he was among a bunch of character actors. They should have used Under my Thumb. The song they used sounded corny. He was so beautiful.

[pacnorthwesterner]

Sounds like what David Hasselhoff tried to do with the movie "Revenge of the Cheerleaders" that he was in back in the 1970's, but was not successful in buying up all copies of the movie. It was so bad that it had earned a spot on a list of the worst films of all time.

[smoothsk8r44]

I'm an avid sk8r on quads myself...this stuff is hard to do.

If ya dont love it...dont do it.

[bedtime4bonzo]

Soooooo, do you have a copy of this movie? I'm finding it very difficult to get my hands on it.

[pika23]

sweet jesus that man could handle a whip/chain whatever that was he was dancing with...mmmm...he could've whipped me anytime!

[fldoughboy72]

We lost a legend..Dancer, singer, actor, and athlete.

[Musicaddicted76]

@fldoughboy72 So true.And in everything he did he was extremly sexy!!!

[oxxen]

R.I.P. Patrick.  I am very angry that this story wasn't on the top news. I don't see him as any less important than MJ

[ursineparty2008]

it's ALMOST the A-Team soundtrack!!

[naguca]

RIP from Spain

[TheMamaLeoni]

A very talented and wonderful man. He will be missed. God be with his family and friends and give them peace.

[kollomollo]

R.I.P. from Switzerland

[Amanicangel]

God he truly was beautiful when he was young, I had the biggest on crush on him after seeing this. I can't believe this is on YT..awesome.

[wolfatnight]

life is too short, man..

[herringtondeb]

so funny, my heart skipped a beat when I heard the sad news....love this man.

[polksalad1234]

amen patrick and god bless

[theMusicinMe]

BigMamaDancer, I just love your definition!!! He was always one of my favorites. He will be missed.

[RadioactiveReviewsTV]

Lest we forget the greatness. A true American hero - a class act all the way.

[invasive]

Patrick, rest in peace.

[2bfreeuc]

RIP Patrick, what a blessing he was, very talented and beautiful man. Blessings and prayers to those that were closest to him.

[tylerdurden74]

RIP

[mudhead24]

HA LAIR E US !!!!!!!!

[EricAra77]

What a beautiful man...He is a God...A Viking....Ship Captain....Fighter Pilot....YUMMY...

[bettychuck]

S&M roller disco. Like it! I've been wanting to see this movie forever! It will complete my trilogy... Roller Boogie & Xanadu!

[bigmamadancer]

30 years ago!!!!  Damn Patrick was HOT even then. The man is sex on a stick.

[theMusicinMe]

BigMamaDancer, I just love your definition!!! He was always one of my favorites. He will be missed.

[dramapunk]

dude...Swayze is packing heat.

[aurorathrower]

Holy super gay, but it's Swayze so i guess it's straight enough. He makes that belt his bitch though! How is it that no one has commented on this solid gold bullshit?