NATISSE: When Krisela Briscoe (ph) began skating the concrete floors of her garage, she was worried. KRISELA BRISCOE: You know, I'm 43 and like, I don't - you know, I want to keep my knees, you know? So I was concerned with that. But skating as a grown-up with grown-up knees, it is a different adventure. Most people associate roller skating with kids' birthday parties. NATISSE: No shade to the kids, of course, but I get it. Would you want to roller skate with them? No, I don't (laughter).
They're like, oh, really? I bought my kid roller skates for Christmas. QUINN: I have my roller skates on my shoulder, and a neighbor would be like, where are you headed? I'm like, I'm going roller skating. But once she left the house, the reactions she got from others weren't quite as understanding. Most nights after dinner, her five kids and husband would give her space to push away the furniture and roll around on their hardwood floors. So for her 40th birthday, she bought herself her first pair of roller skates. When the pandemic hit, she fell in love with online videos of roller skaters just vibing out to music.
NATISSE: Gretchen Quinn (ph) is one of those skaters. GRETCHEN QUINN: It's no different to me than, like, yoga, but people respond to it in such a strange way. And as it turns out, there's a lot of people like me - 35-plus trying to figure out if they can learn something new. At one point, there was a worldwide shortage of skates. The pandemic brought back roller skating in a major way. And having small goals helped me stick with the painfully embarrassing, humbling and thrilling process of trying to learn to roller skate. But not looking scared was something I knew I could do. At first, being on wheels made me look like I'd stuck my finger in an electrical socket - just a wide open mouth terror. I know that might sound easy, but it took me a while. KIA MIAKKA NATISSE, BYLINE: I started skating with a really humble goal - try not to look so scared. Well, today, Invisibilia co-host Kia Miakka Natisse brings us her story of picking up a new hobby during the pandemic - roller skating. Here at NPR, we are leaning into the joy where we can with a series called I'm Really Into.
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