EditorialAn aggressive skater dazzles the crowd at the Blading Cup, a recent skating event sponsored by Them Skates in Santa Ana, Calif., May 12, 2023. (Ben Pier/The New York Times)
EditorialAn aggressive skater dazzles the crowd at the Blading Cup, a recent skating event sponsored by Them Skates in Santa Ana, Calif., May 12, 2023. (Ben Pier/The New York Times)
EditorialAn aggressive skater dazzles the crowd at the Blading Cup, a recent skating event sponsored by Them Skates in Santa Ana, Calif., May 12, 2023. (Ben Pier/The New York Times)
EditorialAn aggressive skater dazzles the crowd at the Blading Cup, a recent skating event sponsored by Them Skates in Santa Ana, Calif., May 12, 2023. (Ben Pier/The New York Times)
EditorialJayda Priester, who works in life insurance, roller skates at a Chaka Khan Hacienda event in Atlanta, Sept. 25, 2022. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo visitors skates inside a work called “Skate to Milk,” by the Baan Norg Collaborative Arts and Culture, at the Documenta art festival in Kassel, Germany, on June 20, 2022. (Felix Schmitt/The New York Times)