A group of skaters quit the ice to drink hot chocolate by a fire.
Through word of mouth, we found out that a small group of skaters had colonised the undercroft of the Southbank Centre.
"If you have a group of skaters who are open to that, you can come up with something wonderful.
Around noon, as a large group of skaters prepared to embark from Broadway and 116th Street, police officers unrolled a long orange net and blocked their path.
"We've always had the most black people of any camp," he noted, adding: "It's not a contest!" Back at the Church of 8, Miles points to a group of skaters circling around the rink.
"Me and a group of skaters, we were skating around one night and we saw this sign that said, 'Do Not Enter.' And of course we went up there.
A full house at the Garden gave a long, loud standing ovation to a group of skaters from the Police and Fire Department hockey teams as they lined up on the ice before the Rangers were introduced.
Long-track racing, he said, appeals to him because of its gracefulness and faster speeds, but he finds the challenge of short track — being "among a group of skaters trying to strategize, compete and make a path and turn the corner" — to be more exciting, as well as excellent preparation.
Instead, Mr. Persiel anchors his story in the reunion of the film's core group of skaters after the 2011 death of its most charismatic member, encouraging them to reminisce about a time when a board and four wheels made anything seem possible.
"You can't get a group of skaters and snowboarders in one room and have them agree on anything other than wanting more money," says Wallace-Hetzel.
