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Eight wheels that turn parking lots into ballrooms and confidence into bruises

older than bikePatented in 1760, decades before modern bicycles
disastrous debutInventor skated into a mirror, smashing it spectacularly
disco fuel1970s rinks made skating a national obsession
derby furyRoller derby is full-contact and ferociously competitive
quad vs inlineTwo side-by-side pairs predate single-file blades
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