Stayin’ Alive, Skatin’ to Thrive

marzo 25, 2021

JUGAR AHORA
A collection of roller skates with orange wheels is arranged on a table in a skating rink. A person in a beige jacket stands nearby. The bottom right corner features a colorful, artistic image of a mouse wearing roller skates.

By Matt Hoisch

Clockwise from top: Skates lined up at Spin City in Grand Junction; a graphic from the “Maverink” event poster; Elizabeth Becker’s partner, Jesse Bugos, hauling away their skates in a wheel barrow. Images courtesy of Elizabeth Becker.

Clockwise from top: Skates lined up at Spin City in Grand Junction; a graphic from the “Maverink” event poster; Elizabeth Becker’s partner, Jesse Bugos, hauling away their skates in a wheel barrow. Images courtesy of Elizabeth Becker.

Elizabeth Becker doesn’t know how to roller skate. So, it didn’t make a ton of sense when she and her partner, Jesse Bugos, decided to buy 60 pairs of skates from a Grand Junction roller rink that was closing down.

Features Songs:

“Push It” by Salt-N-Pepa

“Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees

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