The Roller Skate Dad Podcast

In this Ask Dad episode, we discuss some tips for picking outdoor roller skate wheels. Also, we review tips on helping a child learn how to skate. Finally, we cover a series of exercises & tips you can do to find better balance while roller skating.

In this episode, Jeff answers all of your Ask Dad roller skating questions. We cover changing out wheels for the first time, selecting outdoor skates, wheel recommendations, a new Spotify playlist and much more. This is the first Ask Dad Q&A episode.

Texas Roller Derby (TXRD) All-Star player Milla Juke-a-bitch joins me. Milla and I discuss her career starting as a beginner skater in 2010 into the All-Star roller derby player she is today. Milla and I discuss her roller derby journey so far.

Skate Critic Ginger Mathews joins us this week. Ginger has visited and reviewed over 300 roller skating rinks in the last 5 years. She discusses her favorite rinks, her review criteria, odd rinks she has visited and other fascinating stories.

Tina and Dyana are the directors of a new roller skating documentary airing on HBO on Monday, February 18th, 2019. We chat about the film, African-American skate culture, skating rinks closing and what, if anything, we can all do to save them.

In this episode, Jeff goes over tips & steps on starting a roller skating rink. From finding the right venue, buying rental skates and setting up the snack bar, Jeff covers his research from books, manuals and online guides on the subject.

In this episode, Jeff covers the different types of skate boots out there, which skate boots are typically used for which type of skating and 7 tips for buying your next skate boot.

Jeff speaks to Texas Rollergirls photographer Felicia Graham about her new book "Rollergirls: The Story of Flat Track Derby". Over 13 years, Felicia travelled internationally with the team, took tons of photos and has some great stories to tell.

In today's episode, Jeff interviews his good friend Alberto about growing up roller skating between Mexico and the US, raising 2 artistic roller and ice skating teenage boys and how to continue to improve at and love roller skating as we get older.