MR PORTER Why roller-skating is like therapy

From: MR PORTER The Journal - Thursday May 19, 2022 01:02 pm

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Feels On Wheels: Why Roller-Skating Is Like Therapy

Words by Mr Tom M Ford

If you wanted to have a thought-provoking, mature conversation about mental health and community, where would you go? Twitter? Probably not. A local support group? That might be a better bet. Or how about a glitter ball-bedecked retro-style roller skating disco in Tottenham, north London? Not the most obvious choice, but it is where MR PORTER finds nine enthusiastic young men and women sitting around a table on a Wednesday lunchtime, discussing said topics with intelligence and humour.

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The club is usually shut at this time (Monday nights, we hear, is where it’s at), but it has opened so we can shoot this lively bunch of skaters doing their thing while trying out a selection of T-shirts exclusively designed for our Health In Mind initiative. Sales will be used to support men’s mental health.

Everyone here knows each other from skating in various car parks and actual parks across London (there is a strong Stratford, east London, contingent) in different, overlapping crews, espousing, but not exclusive to, specific skating disciplines – from jam skating (dancing fused with skating) to speed skating to street skating.

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