California North - (707) Blue Lake, CA Blue Lake Roller Rink - 707-668-5932/668-5656 Eureka, CA Eureka Municipal Auditorium - 707-441-4240. Fairfield, CA Skateland Roller Rink - 707-425-0667(tape)/425-0668/425-0666(fax) Fortuna, CA Fortuna Skating Rink (also Rohner Park) - 707-725-7622(rink)/725-5171(rec dept) Mc Kinleyville/Arcata, CA Mc Kinleyville Activity Center - 707-839-9003 Rohnert Park, CA California Skate (and Roller Park) - 707-585-0500/585-0494 Santa Rosa, CA Star Skate World - 707-544-7000/544-7447 Ukiah, CA Skate City Roller Center - 707-468-8600/462-8149 North Central - (916) Auburn, CA Sierra Skate - 916-823-5070(tape)/823-2763(human) Chico, CA Cal Skate - 916-343-1611(schedule)/343-1601 Citrus Heights/Sacramento, CA Sunrise Rollerland - 916-961-3333(tape)/961-3339(people) Franklin/Elk Grove/Sacramento, CA Kings's Skate Country - 916-684-2026(tape)/684-7132(human) Hayfork, CA Springtimers Roller Rink - 916-628-5567 Placerville, CA Happy Hollow Roller Rink - 916-622-8239 Redding, CA Viking Skate Country - 916-246-3900 Redding Indoor Hockey Arena - 916-246-2539 (hockey) Roseville, CA Roller King (of Roseville) - 916-782-7781/969-4712 Sacramento, CA California Skate University - 916-423-1143 Foothill Skate Inn - 916-488-4700 King's Skate Country - 916-363-3979/684-2026 West Bay Area - (415) Redwood City, CA Redwood Roller Rink - 415-369-5558 San Francisco, CA Bladium In-Line Hockey Stadium - 415-442-5060 (hockey) Golden Gate Park - 415-666-7200(park dept)/415-752-1967(CORA) (outdoor) San Mateo, CA Rolladium Roller Rink (aka San Mateo Rolladium) - 415-342-2711/342-2713 East Bay Area - (510) Antioch, CA Roller Haven Skating Center - 510-779-0200 Emeryville, CA Hockey Workout - 510-658-1284 (closed?) Hayward/Castro Valley, CA Valle Vista Skating Center - 510-537-3137 Oakland, CA Dry Ice Inline Hockey Arena - 510-562-9499 (hockey) Pittsburg, CA Marina Skate - 510-439-2341/439-2394 San Ramon, CA The Golden Skate - 510-820-2527/820-2525 South Bay Area - (408) Gilroy, CA Gilroy Skate Arena - 408-847-5283(message)/847-5284(human) Milpitas/San Jose, CA Cal Skate of Milpitas - 408-946-1363(tape)/946-1366(office) Monterey, CA Del Monte Gardens (aka Del Monte Skate Arena) - 408-375-3202 San Jose, CA City of San Jose Outdoor Rink - 408-277-5556 (outdoor) Gremic Roller Hockey - 408-971-2200 (hockey only) Golden Skate Roller Palace (was Aloha, Roxy's) - 408-226-1155(message)/226-1156 The Hockey Zone - 408-253-1143 (hockey) Rollin' Ice - 408-280-7588 (hockey) Skate and Splash - 408-450-1557(hotline)/267-7834 (closed) Santa Clara, CA Skateworld Roller Rink - 408-247-7772/247-7773 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Roller Palladium - 408-423-0844 Scotts Valley, CA The Rink - 408-438-2222/438-2233(pro shop) Central - (209) Chowchilla, CA Coyote Roller Rink - 209-665-4011 Clovis/Fresno, CA Cal Skate of Clovis (was Roller Towne) - 209-291-0241 Fresno, CA RPM Hockey - 209-251-3736 (hockey only) Lodi, CA Cal Skate - 209-334-3935/334-0332 Madera, CA Madera Skate (was Coyote Roller Rink) - 209-674-7655 Merced, CA Roller Land - 209-723-1282 Modesto, CA Modesto Inline Hockey Arena (aka Grizzley Hockey) - 209-578-9818 (hockey) Roller King - 209-521-6816/521-6818 Stockton, CA Hammer Skate - 209-951-5873 Gold Rush City - (planned) Visalia, CA Roller Towne - 209-733-7474/733-7475 South Central - (805) Bakersfield, CA Rollerama - 805-327-7589/327-7580 Rollarama West - 805-589-7555 Skateland - 805-831-5567 Goleta, CA Skate Zone (aka Santa Barbara Hockey Center) - 805-681-0413 Lancaster, CA Holiday Skating Center - 805-945-4543/945-4544 Lompoc, CA Village Skating Center - 805-733-3036 Morro Bay, CA Flippo's Surfside Skate Harbor - 805-772-7851 Oxnard, CA Roller Gardens - 805-485-2018/642-5380 Skate Palace - 805-488-6444 Palmdale, CA Panter Pit - 805-266-0260 Paso Robles, CA Skate-Mor - 805-237-9702 San Luis Obispo, CA Central Coast Hockey Association - 805-473-9585 (hockey) Santa Barbara, CA The Lot - 805-564-0833 (closed?) Santa Maria, CA Roller Fair - (closed) Saugus/Santa Clarita, CA Mountaisa Fun Center - 805-253-4386 Skate'n Place - (closed?) Simi Vally, CA Easy Street Arena - 805-520-7465 (ice only?) Taft, CA Skate Escape Teen Center - (closed?) Thousand Oaks, CA Roller Dome (aka Roller Zone) - 805-493-8800 Ventura, CA Skating Plus - 805-656-2120/656-2121 North LA Metro - (310) Avalon/Catalina, CA Skating Rink - 310-510-1987 Bellflower/LA Metro, CA Bellflower Roller Rink - 310-867-1773 Culver City, CA Recreation World - 310-575-4466(corporate) (planned) Downey, CA Skate-O-Rama Roller Rink - 310-803-1446 Lakewood, CA Glacial Gardens - 310-429-1805 Torrance, CA Charles H. Wilson Park - 310-320-9529 (outdoor) Venice/LA Metro, CA Venice Beach Pavilion (outdoor) Whittier/LA Metro, CA Beautiful Whittier Skateland - 310-693-9618(tape)/696-6779 West LA Metro - (818) Calabasas, CA Juan Bautista de Anza Park - 818-878-4225(park dept) (hockey) Glendale/LA Metro, CA Moonlight Rollerway Skating - 818-241-3630 Glendora/LA Metro, CA Roller City - 818-339-8453 North Hills/Sepulveda/San Fernando Valley/LA Metro, CA Rollerplex - 818-830-4170 Northridge/San Fernando Vally/LA Metro, CA Northridge Skateland - 818-885-7655 Reseda/LA Metro, CA Sherman Square Roller Rink - 818-345-6902/344-0866 (rental only) Panorama City, CA Recreation World (was Panorama Bowl) - (under construction) San Gabriel/LA Metro, CA Fiesta Roller Rink - 818-287-6669 San Fernando, CA Pioneer Park - 818-898-1290 (hockey) West Covina/LA Metro, CA Skate Junction - 818-960-4402 Central LA Metro - (213) Los Angeles, CA World on Wheels - 213-933-3333(tape)/933-5170 South LA Metro - (562) Cerritos/LA Metro, CA Skate Depot - 562-924-0911/924-1052 Orange County - (714) Anaheim, CA Anaheim Recreation Center (aka Family Fun Inc) 714-630-7211/630-6090 (outdoor) Anaheim YMCA (aka Disney Goals) - 714-635-9622(YMCA) (hockey) Brea, CA Brea Hockey Club - 714-257-1100 (hockey) Buena Park/LA Metro, CA Buena Park Rollertorium (aka The Park Skating Center) - 714-521-0453 Dana Point, CA Del Obispo Community Park and Community Center - 714-248-3583 (planned) Foothill Ranch, CA Glacial Gardens - (planned) Fountain Valley/Orange County/LA Metro, CA Fountain Valley Skating Center - 714-847-6300 Fullerton/Orange County/LA Metro, CA Stuart's Roller World - 714-871-8761 Huntington Beach/Orange County/LA Metro, CA Side by Side Rinks - 714-842-9143 Irvine, CA Irvine Roller Hockey Club - 714-222-2219 (hockey only) World Roller Hockey (planned) Orange/Orange County/LA Metro, CA Holiday Skating Center - 714-997-5515 Stuart's Rollerworld II (aka Super Sports...) - 714-283-4778 Tustin, CA South Coast Hockey Club - 714-832-5482 Southwestern - (909) Chino, CA Skate Express - 909-465-1383 Fontana, CA Inland Empire Roller Hockey - 909-355-7878 (closed?) Grand Terrace, CA California Skate Grand Terrace - 909-824-8114/783-2844 Hemet, CA The Wheelhouse Skating Center - 909-925-4195 Montclair/Pomona, CA Pomona Skateland - (rental only) Murrieta, CA Hockey Rink - 909-698-1040 (planned) Redlands, CA Empire Skate - 909-792-4910 Rialto, CA Holiday Skating Center - 909-875-4233 Riverside, CA Dave's California Skate (aka Cal Skate Riverside) - 909-354-7060/354-7061 Roller City 2001 - 909-688-4121/688-4145 San Bernardino, CA Stardust Roller Rink - 909-883-1103 Temecula, CA Rancho California Sports Park - 909-694-6410(center) (hockey) Skate City - 909-676-7333 Upland, CA Dancin' Wheels - 909-946-5020 South - (619) Blythe, CA Means Family Skating Center - 619-921-6473 Chula Vista, CA Rollerskateland Chula Vista - 619-420-4761 Escondido, CA Ups-N-Downs Roller Rink - 619-745-5966 La Mesa/San Diego, CA Aquarius Roll-A-Rena - (closed) La Mesa Roller Hockey (aka La Mesa Sport Center) - 619-460-0684 (hockey only) Linda Vista/San Diego, CA Skateworld Roller Rink - 619-560-9349/560-9278 National City/San Diego, CA Skate San Diego at Sweetwater - 619-474-1000 Oceanside, CA Oceanside Roller Rink - 619-722-5554 (temporarily closed) Palm Springs, CA Market Fair - 619-327-1109 (outdoor) Ridgecrest, CA High Desert Forum - 619-371-7465 Ridgecrest/China Lake, CA NAWC China Lake Youth Center (aka Skate Oasis?) - 619-939-2909/939-6884 San Diego, CA RHI Skate Center - 800-204-6253/619-560-1353 (hockey only) Santee/San Diego, CA Rollerskateland East - 619-562-3790(recording)/562-3791(human) Victorville, CA Holiday Skating Center - 619-241-6813(recording)/241-7118(human)
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California (707) - North
Eureka, Napa, Santa Rosa
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 707 area code.
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Blue Lake, CA 95525
Blue Lake Roller Rink
Perigot Park
Blue Lake is a small town located a few miles northwest of Eureka
707-668-5932/668-5656
Seasonal?
Fri 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sun 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This appears to be a municipal skating operation run by the
Blue Lake town government. It may be seasonal.
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Eureka, CA 95501-0581
Eureka Municipal Auditorium
1101 Waterfront Drive
707-441-4240.
Fri 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This is a municipal skating operation run by the Eureka city recreation
department. It may be seasonal.
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Fairfield, CA 94533-2102
Skateland
2250 North Texas Street
Fairfield is located in northern California, about midway between
San Francisco and Sacramento along I-80. From I-80, get off at
Air Base Parkway exit, then get off Air Base Parkway at the second
exit and turn right to head south on North Texas Street. Skateland
is about a block further down on the left.
707-425-0667(tape)/425-0668/425-0666(fax)
Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Christian Skate (1st & 3rd only)
Tues 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Wed 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Thurs 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Fri 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Sat 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Sun 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Mellow Music Night
*** also open most afternoons when school is out
Maple Floor - 155'x80' - Perfect Condition
Snack Bar - Video Games - No Smoking - Swamp Coolers
In-Line Skates Permitted
Skateland is operated by Wayne Purdy. They have classes for both kids
and adults. There are public christian skates on the first and third
Monday of each month. All ages are welcome here any session, however
every once in a while an adult club rents the rink for a 21 and over
session.
[ wayno@community.net (Wayne Purdy) ]
I have been here at Skateland for 26 years, for the last 12 years the
rink has been mine. Some day I should write a book on the good and bad
times here, and give the people who have gone thru here a chance to be
their own chapter. If the walls could only talk. It has been a pleasure
over the years to have tougched so many lives, and the alumuni here are
in the thousands...
See http://www.community.net/~wayno/ for up to date information.
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Fortuna, CA 95540-2461
Fortuna Skating Rink (also Rohner Park)
Fireman's Pavilion - 7 Park Street
707-725-7622(rink)/725-5171(rec dept)
In-Line Skates Permitted
Fri 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sat 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sun 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
This appears to be a municipal skating operation run by the Fortuna
recreation department.
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Mc Kinleyville/Arcata, CA 95521
Mc Kinleyville Activity Center
Pierson Park
McKinleyville is just north of Eureka/Arcata along the northern
California, coastline, about 50 miles west of Redding. The new
activity center is at the southern end of Pierson Park.
707-839-9003
Sat 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Drop-in Roller Hockey
Fri 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Sat 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Sun 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
In-lines and Quads permitted after inspectinon
This is probably a municipal skating operation in a multi-function
community building.
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Rohnert Park, CA 94928-2104
California Skate (and Roller Park)
6100 Commerce Boulevard
Rohnert Park is in Northern California, along US 101 about 45 miles
north of San Francisco, on the way to Santa Rosa. From US 101, get
off at the Rohnert Park Expressway exit and then head east on the
Expressway, towards Rohnert Park. Take the first left after the
exit ramp onto Commerce Boulevard, the rink should be near this
intersection.
707-585-0500/585-0494
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Speed Clubs
This is a normal roller rink, with both conventional and in-line
skating. They also have a roller hockey program and there may be
some sort of skate park or in-line skate facility on the premises.
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Santa Rosa, CA 95401-5835
Star Skate World
2075 Occidental Road
Santa Rosa is located in Northern California, about 50 miles north
of San Francisco, along US 101. Skate World is in the southwestern
part of town. From US 101, get off at the Rt 12 - Sebastapol Highway
exit and head west on Rt 12 for about a mile, then turn right onto
Stonypoint Road. The first left is Occidental Road, the rink should
be near the intersection.
707-544-7000/544-7447
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
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Ukiah, CA 95482-6743
Skate City Roller Center
2146 South State Street
Ukiah is located near the Nothern California coast, about 110 miles
north of San Francisco. Skate City is located south of Ukiah, near
the Municipal Airport. From San Francisco, take US 101 northwards
towards Ukiah and get off at the Rt 253 / State Street exit. Head
north on State Street, the rink should be about 1-1/2 miles north,
on the left side just before Fircrest Drive.
707-468-8600/462-8149
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
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California (916) - North Central
Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 916 area code.
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Auburn, CA 95603-3721
Sierra Skate
365 Nevada Street
Auburn is located about 30 miles northeast of Sacramento along I-80.
From I-80 get off at the Maple Street Exit and go back across the
freeway to Nevada Street. Head north on Nevada about a half mile and
the rink will be at the intesection of Nevada and Enterprise Drive.
916-823-5070(tape)/823-2763(human)
RSA Member Rink
According to the attendent, they don't have any adult sessions, but the
Thursday Family night is usually quiet with 20-30 skaters.
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Chico, CA 95928-7181
Cal Skate
2465 Carmichael Drive
Chico is located about 80 miles north of Sacramento along Route 99.
From I-5 take Rt 32 east to Chico, then take Rt 99E southeast towards
Stirling Junction. Get off 99E at the Skyway/Park Avenue exit and
head west on Park Avenue. Immediatly after the interchange, turn
right onto Carmichael Avenue.
916-343-1611(schedule)/343-1601
Thurs 9:00 PM - ??:?? PM College Discount Night
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
There is an active hockey program here.
[ web gleanings ]
Thursday nights are non other than the infamous college skate night.
Beginning at 9 p.m., those between ages of 18-21 can get admission and
skate rental for only $4.50. A dollar will be deducted upon showing a
student body card or dormitory meal card.
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Citrus Heights/Sacramento, CA 95610-7002
Sunrise Rollerland
6001 Sunrise Vista
Citrus Heights is about 20 miles northeast of Sacramento along the
I-80 corridor. From Sacramento, take I-80 towards Roseville, get
of at the Greenback Lane exit, head east towards Folsom. After
crossing Sunrise Boulevard, take the first right turn onto Sunrise
Vista. The rink is located behind the Sunrise Mall.
916-961-3333(tape)/961-3339(people)
Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Christian Skate Night
Tues 10:00 AM - noon Adult Coffee Session
Wed 10:00 AM - noon Super Kid's Session (12 and under only)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Public Session
Thurs 10:00 AM - noon Adult Coffee Session
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM After School Public Session
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Family Session (Country and Oldies Music)
Fri 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM After School Public Sessions
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Public Sessions (latest music off CD, etc)
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
9:30 PM - midnite
Sat 8:30 AM - noon Group Lessons and Junior Skate
noon - 2:30 PM Public Sessions
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Public Sessions (latest music off CD, etc)
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
8:30 PM - midnite
Sun noon - 2:30 PM Public Sessions
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Family Oriented (easy listening music)
Hardrock Maple Floor - 93'x187' - clear Roll-On - excellent condition
Skate Shop - Snack Bar - Games - Air Conditioned - NO Smoking
In-line Skates permitted and available for rent
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Speed Clubs
According to the general manager (Ken Neutz), the Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday moring sessions are adult oriented with a mix of new, old and
organ music and it's a great rink, lots of fun. The Wednesday night
session tends to have more adults, but there are still kids present.
A farily extensive article in the 8/2/96 Sacramento Bee mentions that
this is largley a teen scene. The rink has a castle/medieval decor
but has the usual lights, sound system and a smoke machine. Sessions
are broken up into the traditional couples/forward/backwards/etc.
There is a uniformed sherrif on duty during the crowded teen sessions,
but rules are generally loosely enforced.
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Franklin/Elk Grove/Sacramento, CA 95758-9756
Kings's Skate Country
10408 Franklin Boulevard
Franklin is about 12 miles south of Sacramento along I-5. From
Sacramento, take Rt 99 South, get off at the Elk Grove Boulevard
exit and head west on Elk Grove. After about 2 miles, this will
end at Franklin Boulevard. Turn left to head south on Franklin,
the rink will be about 1-1/2 miles further at Bilby Road.
916-684-2026(tape)/684-7132(human)
RSA Member Rink
According to the attendent, King's doesn't have any adult sessions, they
recommended coming during the day.
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Hayfork, CA 96041
Springtimers Roller Rink
Fairgrounds
Hayfork is a tiny town between Eureka and Redding
916-628-5567
Sat 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
According to the attendant, Saturday is the only day that they are open.
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Placerville, CA 95667
Happy Hollow Roller Rink
3105 Newtown Road
916-622-8239
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Redding, CA 96001-0920
Viking Skate Country
735 Auditorium Drive
Redding is located in Northern California, along I-5 between Sacramento
and the Oregon border. From I-5, get off at the Rt 299/44 exit and
head west towards Redding. After crossing the river, get off at the
Auditorium Drive/Park Marina Drive exit and head north on Auditorium.
The rink should be on the stub of Auditorium north of the interchange.
916-246-3900
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Hockey Clubs
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Redding, CA 96003
Redding Indoor Hockey Arena
1515 Charles Drive
916-246-2539
Indoor - Hockey Only
According to the attendant they have only in-line hockey skating.
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
The have a Men's B league, Woman's, junior and pee wee leagues.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more
complete in-line hockey related information.
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Roseville, CA 95678-4336
Roller King (of Roseville)
889 Riverside Avenue
Roseville is located about 15 miles northeast of Sacramento along I-80.
From I-80, get off at the Riverside Avenue exit, and head north on
Riverside. The first intersection will be Cirby way, and the rink
should be between there and Kenroy Lane.
916-782-7781/969-4712
Blue Platic Floor - Medium Size
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ sbeckstrom@aol.com (Sonya Beckstrom) - edited ]
Roller King has a blue plastic floor, of normal size. They have a
srong artistic club, world champion coach Michael Jacques teaches
there, along with his wife Pat.
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Sacramento, CA 95823-4301
California Skate University
25 Massie Court
California Skate is located at the southern end of the Sacramento
metropolitan area, in the Valley Hi area along the Rt 99 corridor.
From downtown, take Rt 99 south and get off at the Mack Road exit.
Head east on Mack and then turn left at the first intersection to
head north on Stockton Boulevard. Massie Court is first street on
the left.
916-423-1143
Blue Plastic Floor - Medium Size
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Speed Clubs
[ sbeckstrom@aol.com (Sonya Beckstrom) - edited ]
They have a normal size rink with a blue plastic floor. There was a
lot of rough action here in the late 80's and they had some run in's
with the law due to the rowdy crowds. I haven't been here since the
late 80's, so I don't know the current state of affairs.
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Sacramento, CA 95841-3602
Foothill Skate Inn
4700 Auburn Boulevard
Foothill Skate is located in the northeastern part of the Sacramento
metropolitan area, along the I-80 corridor. From downtown, head
northeast on I-80 and get off at the Madison Avenue exit. Head east
on Madison about three blocks, then turn right at the diagonal
intersection with Auburn Boulevard. Heading south on Auburn, the
rink should be located at the next intersection with College Park.
916-488-4700
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
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Sacramento, CA 95827-1601
King's Skate Country
2900 Bradshaw Road
Skate Country is located in the eastern part of the Sacramento
metropolitan area, along the US 50 corridor. From downtown, head
east on US 50 and get off at the Bradshaw Road exit. Head north
on Bradshaw, and Oates Drive will be the first street on the left.
916-363-3979/684-2026
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS JO and Speed Clubs
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California (415) - West Bay Area
San Francsisco
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 415 area code.
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Redwood City, CA 94063-2115
Redwood Roller Rink
1303 Main Street
Redwood City is in the West Bay area, along US 101 north of Palo Alto.
415-369-5558
Wood Floor - 160'x65' - Fair Condition
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, Hockey and JO Clubs
[ crawford@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Ellen Crawford) ]
Our rink, Redwood Roller Rink in Redwood City, has excellent teachers
and this year took several first places at Nationals with the kids.
We also just got back from the Gold Skate competition in Bakersfield,
where every single entrant from out rink made it into the finals and
we ended up winning the production number (among others).
[ SBeckstrom@aol.com (Sonya Beckstrom) - edited ]
I am surprised that so many skaters that win at regionals come from
the Redwood Roller Rink. That floor is horrible AND small!!!
[ harbour@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (Susan Harbour) - edited ]
I too was totally amazed at how teeny it was, and what bad shape the
floor was in. When I made my call home to tell my S.O. where I had
skated and how things were going, he went wild when I mentioned
Redwood City - how many champions - what a reputation...
Well, I went back a couple of times, and still never figured it out...
I never even saw any of these wonderful skaters skating or anything,
but last year, the day we were at Redwood City, there were about 5
different lessons going on - amazing in itself given the floor size -
one very nice freestyle lesson and a pretty good pairs lesson as well.
[ harbour@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (Susan Harbour) - edited ]
Redwood is a very old rink. When you approach it, it looks old, in some
respects it kind of has that 50's-60's feel to it. I would say that the
floor is not larger than 160'x65' or possibly 165'x70'. The thing that
makes it feel even smaller is that there are walls on three sides...two
of them along the "long" sides of the rink so that there is only a little
teeny "off floor" area on the short end of the floor.
When I was there three years ago the floor was dinged up really badly.
It is wood, probably maple, but very old. Last year when I visited we
didn't get to skate on the floor, so I don't really know if it's still
in such bad shape. What really slayed me, was that they had added a
railing or something along the long sides of the floor, so that it didn't
actually go all the way to the walls, making it even smaller!
[ satsang@pacbell.net (Jim Miller) - edited ]
Yes, it's true that Redwood Roller Rink is small with a crappy floor,
but they've had champions for over 30 years. Rink isn't everything.
Redwood people go elsewhere as often as they can to skate on larger and
better floors. You'd be amazed at how many national champions have come
from inferior rinks. You can't keep a good skater down!
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San Francisco, CA 94107
Bladium In-Line Hockey Stadium
1050 3rd Street
415-442-5060
Indoor - Hockey
Sport Court Floor - 180'x80'
Snack Bar - Bar - Pro Shop - Locker Rooms - Showers
Mon 11:00 PM - 4:00 PM "Open Rink"
This is really an indoor in-line hockey rink, but according to the
attendant, they have an "open rink" time weekday afternoons, which has
some people just skating and some doing hockey drills.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more
complete in-line hockey related information.
See http://www.bladium.com/ for current rink information.
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San Fransisco, CA 94118
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park occupies a large rectangular area on the western
side of the penninsula. Most of the places mentioned are at the
eastern end of the park.
415-666-7200(park dept)/415-752-1967(CORA)
[ geo@shilah.Eng.Sun.COM (george atkins) ]
But the ultimate skating experience in the Bay Area in my opinion is
Golden Gate Park on Sundays. the park is closed to traffic on that day
(certain agent's are trying to close it on Saturdays, too.) The weather
is great, actually better in the winter than the summer it seems.
There are *tons* of skaters cruising up and down the roads, in-line and
quad, as well as skate boards, bicycles, horses - well, okay, only the
police.
There's a wild dance scene at 6th Ave from noonish until dark. (Bay Area
skaters - am I right?) There are two places I know of that rent skates
that are walking distance to the park: Skates on Haight, and Magic Skate
at Fulton and 6th. Be there or be square!
[grr]
The phone numbers are for the SF Park Department which in charge of
events licenses and whatnot, and the Friends of Recreation and Parks
a community organization. CORA is probably a better source of info
for events.
The California Outdoor Rollerskating Association (CORA) is involved
in the Skate Patrol at the park and organized many outdoor events in
the Park and San Francisco area, such as the Friday night City Skate
that leaves from the Ferry Terminal at the foot of Market Street.
They also [8/95] had a "Skatin' Place" TV show on the local TV Show.
Call 415-752-1967 for CORA specific information.
See http://www.cora.org for lots of CORA and Bay Area in-line information.
Recently a "FreeThePark Coalition" has been formed to promote the
interests of various park users including skaters and cyclists. Their
long term program is apparently to maintain the park as a quiet open
space preserve and to discourage automotive presence within the park.
Their immediate intent is to oppose a bond measure which would lead
to the construction of a large parking building within the park.
For more information Contact FreeThePark in care of Alan Tower at
415-752-1967/752-8397(fax), e-mail FreeThePark@timefold.com or see
their web page at http://www.timefold.com/FreeThePark.
====
San Mateo, CA 94401-1805
Rolladium Roller Rink (aka San Mateo Rolladium)
363 North Amphlett Boulevard
San Mateo is south of San Francisco, about 5 miles south of the
San Francisco Airport. Take US 101 - The Bayshore Freeway and
get off at the Pennsula Avenue / Coyote Point Drive exit or the
Poplar Avenue / Amphlett Road exit, depending on your direction,
then head southeast on Amphlett Road. The rink should be between
Indian and Santa Inez Avenues.
415-342-2711/342-2713
Tues 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Summer Matinee
7:00 PM - 9:00
Wed 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Summer Matinee
??:?? PM - ??:?? PM Gay Night
Thurs 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Summer Matinee
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Fri 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Summer Matinee
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM - noon
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Sun 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Wood Floor - Medium Size
Snack Bar - Games - Lockers
In-line Skates permitted and for rent
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic Club
[ geo@shilah.Eng.Sun.COM (george atkins) ]
The closest rink to San Fracisco is the Rolladium in San Mateo, about
a twenty minute drive south from the City. Right off of Hwy 101 and
real convenient to the airport, in case you can't wait and want to
skate right off the plane.
It has a wood floor and a very nice sound system. Friendly regulars,
but not very crowded for some reason. They've played funky music the
times I've been there, only on Tuesday nights.
[ grr ]
Apparently there's a long running "gay night", the GLBT Skate that's
organized to some degree by a Three Snaps Up Presents at 800-473-8658.
[ scoopwood@aol.com (Scott Coopwood) - edited ]
The Rolladium is a nice neighborhood rink located just south of the
San Fransico Airport, in San Mateo, California. The floor itself is
slightly undersized, but plenty large enough to skate fast or slow, as
you like. You will also enjoy the brand new [July 96] surface.
The facility offers both quad and inline (extra) rentals, with snack bar,
eating area, lockers, and game room. Full party service available and
encouraged by reservation.
If you are into Artistic skating, instruction is available, with staff
members improving their skills in competition. The rink supports Hockey
leagues, through NIHA sanction and rules. Membership is required to join
a league.
[ sbeckstrom@aol.com (Sonya Beckstrom) - edited ]
The Rolladium is right next to the freeway. I haven't been there in
about two years, but they had some sort of gang shooting there several
years [1988] ago! Their Friday and Saturday night sessions, as at
many rinks, can get pretty wild.
In the late 80's, they had a strong artistic/freestyle club with
national placements, but now I am unsure of how they are doing now.
[ RinkJudy@aol.com (Judy) - edited ]
The Rolladium just celebrated it's 50th anniversary as a roller rink,
there is info about us at the museum in Lincoln. We have an artistic
club and Hockey leagues.
[ Judy manages another rink under the same ownership ]
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California (510) - East Bay Area
Oakland, Berkeley
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 510 area code.
====
Antioch, CA 94509
Roller Haven Skating Center
West 10th Street at O Street
Antioch is northeast of San Francisco, up the Sacramento River
past Benicia. From I-680, get off at the Rt 4 exit and head east
on Rt 4 about 7 miles, passing by Pittsburg. Turn left at
Somersville Road, go north about a half mile, and then turn right
onto West 10th. Roller Haven will be bit further east, near the
intersection with O Street.
510-779-0200
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Hockey Clubs
====
Emeryville, CA 94608
Hockey Workout
1301 66th Street
510-658-1284 (closed?)
This was probably an outdoor roller hockey facility, the number given
is disconnected and directory assistance doesn't have any related listing.
====
Hayward/Castro Valley, CA 94544-6115
Valle Vista Skating Center
29228 Mission Boulevard
Hayward is in the East Bay area, about midway between Oakland and San
Jose in the area of the San Mateo Bridge. From I-880, get off at the
Industrial Boulevard (southbound) or Industrial Parkway (northbound)
exit and head northeast on Industrial until you come to Rt 238 - Mission
Boulevard. Turn left onto Mission, the rink should be short distance
northwest, just past Valle Vista Avenue.
510-537-3137
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
This rink has a very active artistic club.
[ web gleanings ]
Closer to home is Valle Vista Skating Center on Mission Boulevard. The
huge rink comes equipped with a snack bar, and the music has perfect
rhythm for skating. There's a kiddie rink for little ones who aren't
quite ready to skate with the pros.
====
Oakland, CA 94621
Dry Ice Inline Hockey Arena
210 Hegenberger loop
Near Alemeda/Oakland Coliseum area.
510-562-9499
Hockey - Indoor?
Plastic over Concrete - 180x80
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
This is an in-line hockey facility with both pickup and extensive
league play and also the practice rink for the local pro team.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for full in-line
hockey related information.
====
Pittsburg, CA 94565-2635
Marina Skate
335 Central Avenue
Pittsburg is northeast of San Francisco, up the Sacramento River
past Benicia. From I-680, get off at the Rt 4 exit and head east
on Rt 4 about 5 miles and get off at the Railroad Avenue exit.
Head north on Railroad to Central Avenue, then turn right onto
Central. The rink should be on the next block at the corner of
Mouse Way.
510-439-2341/439-2394
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ RinkJudy@aol.com (Judy) - edited ]
I manage Marina Skate in Pittsburg CA. I compete in figures, my son
was a pairs champion he now runs our hockey program and my daughter
works with our tiny-tots. We're a new rink - 5 years old.
====
San Ramon, CA 94583-1216
The Golden Skate
2701 Hooper Drive
San Ramon is on the Oakland side of the bay, inland between San Jose
and Concord, along I-680.
510-820-2527/820-2525
Tues 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Adult Night - Rock & Top-40
RSA Member Rink
[ geo@shilah.Eng.Sun.COM (george atkins) ]
Next up there is Golden Skate in San Ramon. I was there for adult night.
The floor is nice and they played some nice music, but too much heavy metal
for my tastes - it makes everybody skate real fast and fall down a lot.
It's a good 45 minute drive from the San Fransisco. Way out in the 'burbs.
[ cfb@hpcfb.fc.hp.com (Charlie Brett) ]
I also went up to San Ramon and skated at Golden Skate on their Tuesday
adult night. There was a reasonable size crowd of about 75 skaters.
The music was a mix of rock and pop.
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California (408) - South Bay Area
San Jose, Sunnyvale
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 408 area code.
====
Gilroy, CA 95020-6625
Gilroy Skate Arena
6901 Monterey Road
Gilroy is located about 25 miles southeast of San Jose along US 101 -
The South Valley Freeway. From US 101 get off at the 10th Street
exit and head west on 10th to Business Rt 101 - Monterey Road. The
Area is on Monterey near the intersection.
408-847-5283(message)/847-5284(human)
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
According to the message, they don't have any adult sessions. They do
schedule a lot of roller hockey time, including an "Over 40" hockey
session and a regular adult hockey session.
====
Milpitas/San Jose, CA 95035-5403
Cal Skate of Milpitas
980 Los Coches near I-608 and Highway 237
Milpitas is located in the Bay Area, south of Fremont and north of
San Jose at the base of the East Calaveras foothills. From I-880
take Calaveras Bouldevard/Highway 237 east about 3 miles. Just
before the I-680 interchange, turn right into the Shell Gas and
Car Wash and Cal Skate is directly behind the station. There is a
tall Crown Sterling/Embassy Suites hotel is directly across the street
from the gas station.
408-946-1363(tape)/946-1366(office)
Tues 10:00 AM - noon Tiny Tots 10 & under
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Session (summer only)
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Christian Music Night
Wed 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Session (summer only)
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Club Milpitas 18+ (membership req'd)
Thurs 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Session (summer only)
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Family Night (family discounts)
Fri 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Session (summer only)
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Evening Session
Sat 10:00 AM - noon Tiny Tots 10 & under
noon - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Sun 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Super Saver Session
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Adult 21+
Maple Floor - 180'x80' - Oval - Smooth - Excellent Condition
Pro Shop - Snack Bar - Games - Air Conditioned - No Smoking
"Rink Safe" In-lines permitted - For rent
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS JO and Speed Clubs
[ Randal L. Schwartz ]
Cal Skate in Milpitas was also good, and they had a wood
floor - not the silly blue stuff that is so prevalent now.
[ geo@shilah.Eng.Sun.COM (george atkins) ]
In Milpitas there is Cal Skate at I-680 and Hwy 237. I've never been
there but I hear Wednesday and Sunday nights are wild. I hear they play
a lot of hip hop, have a polyurethane floor and a host of excellent skating
regulars to pick things up from (big dance scene in the middle.) Milpitas
is about 35 miles south of Oakland in the East Bay, but very convenient
to San Jose.
[ Chris St. Germain - edited from form]
Cal Skate has two adult specials. Sunday evening is for 21 and older,
with Old School, R&B and Jazz music. The first Sunday each month is a
ladies 1/2 price night and the third Sunday is a mens 1/2 price night.
On Wednesday evening there is members only "Club Milpitas" for 18 and up.
A two-year membership is $5.00, but must be purchased before 7:00 PM or
on another day - i.e. no drop-ins. The Music is Old School, Hip Hop and
Top 40. Admission is $6.00.
Cal Skate Milpitas is a family run and family oriented business. Chris
and Trace St. Germain (a sister/brother team) operate the facility and
are guided by their father, Ernie. We have been in business in Milpitas
for almost 20 years. We are a safe, clean and fun place to bring the
family. For Adults, it's a great place to meet other skating enthusiasts.
[ cfb@hpcfb.fc.hp.com (Charlie Brett) - edited]
I just got back from a trip to Northern California. Sunday night is
definately the night to go to Cal Skate Milpitas. Good adult crowd
and music - a lot of what we used to call soul music. They average
about 100 skaters during the summer and the owner says they have
about 150 during time part of the year when there is less competition
with other activities.
====
Monterey, CA 93940-3710
Del Monte Gardens (aka Del Monte Skate Arena)
2020 Del Monte Avenue
Monterey is located on the Pacific Coast, about 60 miles south of
San Jose. Del Monte is to the east of Monterey, from US 101, take
Rt 68, then Rt 218 to Rt 1, then head head south on Rt 1 toward
Monterey. Get off Rt 1 at the Del Monte Avenue exit and head south-
west on Del Monte. The Rink will be a couple blocks down, between
Casa Verde and Palo Verde Avenues.
408-375-3202
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Hockey Clubs
From what I understand this is a small, narrow rink that was converted
from a rather small bolwing alley.
====
San Jose, CA 95112
City of San Jose Outdoor Rink
Roosevelt Park - 21st Street north of Santa Clara Street
408-277-5556
Outdoor
Concrete - Smooth - Painted Lines
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
This is a large outdoor rink with high boards, boardered with chain
link fence. It is very smooth concrete floor with painted lines.
There are hockey facilities and league play, though it may also be
available at other times for recreational skating. It is located in
downtown San Jose, in a sketchy Neighborhood but parking near the rink
is ok. Many kids at non-adult hockey times.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for full in-line
hockey related information.
====
San Jose, CA 95112-3210
Gremic Roller Hockey
401 Jackson Street at 8th
408-971-2200
Hockey Only - Indoor
Plastic Coated Cement - One large rink and mid-sized rink
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
Gremic is a large warehouse near downtown San Jose that has been
converted into a roller hockey facility with two rinks. Gremic hosts
pick-up games as well as Adult and Youth Leagues. You should call
in advance to register for pick-up games.
No conventional roller or recreational in-inline sessions, although
they do offer rink rentals for "parties or practice".
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more
complete in-line hockey related information.
See http://www.gremic.com/gremic/ for rink and Gremic Hockey Shop
information.
====
San Jose, CA 95123-1602
Golden Skate Roller Palace (was Aloha Skate Palace, Roxy's Skate Palace)
397 Blossom Hill Rd, off Hwy 101
408-226-1155(message)/226-1156
Tues 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Adult Nite - Top-40/Country/Hip-Hop
Wed 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Artistic Night - organ music
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ Randal L. Schwartz ]
My favorite was Aloha Skate Palace in South San Jose on a Monday night -
Great songs, good crowd.
[ geo@shilah.Eng.Sun.COM (george atkins) ]
I've heard nice things about the Aloha Roller Palace. I've never been
there but I've heard that it's a real skate scene, especially on Friday
nights. The place is said to be large.
[ Ron Nikel ]
The Roxy is home of the current world Dance champions. It is a real
energetic environment. I like it a lot except the owners don't really
take care of the skating surface.
[ Rod Allen ]
The Golden Skate Roller Palace (I believe), which was known as Aloha and
then as Roxy's, is located on Blossom Hill Road near the intersection with
Snell. It has world-class skaters and sends numerous skaters to nationals
every year. The head coach is Larry Chopp.
[ DSnowden@earthlink.net (Dave Snowden) ]
The Aloha Skating Club in South San Jose has a very large artistic club.
I think Tuesday nights they have a public dance session.
====
San Jose, CA 95121
The Hockey Zone
2203C Warfield Drive
408-253-1143
Hockey - Outdoor
Plastic over Concrete - 180'x80'
[ net gleanings ]
This is an outdoor in-line hockey facility. It's not compeletely clear
whether the rink is at this location or one of the nearby schools, the
address is right behind the Santa Clara fairgrounds where Rollin' Ice
operates. It is supposed to be prepared skating surface, not just
pavement or a school yard.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more
complete in-line hockey related information.
====
San Jose, CA 95111
Rollin' Ice
344 Tully Road - Fair Grounds
South of US 101 at the Tully Road interchange.
408-280-7588
Daily 7:00 AM - Midnight
Hockey Only
Sports Court - 180'x80'
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
This is a new in-line hockey facility in the Exhibition Hall at
the Santa Clara Countyr Fairgrounds in San Jose.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more
complete in-line hockey related information.
====
San Jose, CA 95136
Skate and Splash
3635 Pearl Ave
Between Grease Monkey and Quik stop
408-450-1557(hotline)/267-7834
Closed
Hockey - Outdoor
Plastic Coated Concrete - 80'x180' and 50'x122'
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
Skate & splash is an outdoor facility located in South San Jose near
auto row. It consists of several tennis courts that were resurfaced and
redesigned to accomidate hockey. They offer Adult and Youth Leagues as
well as Pick Up Games.
[ grr ]
I've received e-mail indicating that this facilty went bankrupt and is
closing as of June 1996. I guess it's possible that it will reopen in
some different guise.
e-mail: lfrohman@cup.hp.com
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for full in-line
hockey related information.
====
Santa Clara, CA 95051-7335
Skateworld Roller Rink
3667 Stevens Creek Boulevard at San Thomas
Santa Clara is located in the South Bay area, just northwest of
San Jose. Skate World is at the southern boundary between Santa
Clara and Saratoga. From San Jose, take I-280 west and get off
at the Saratoga Avenue exit, head north on Saratoga and make the
second right to head east on Stevens Creek Boulevard. The rink
should be just ahead on the left, before the San Thomas Expressway
overpass.
408-247-7772/247-7773
Wed 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Adult session
USAC/RS Artistic, Hockey and JO Clubs
[ harbour@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (Susan Harbour) ]
I skated here a few times when I was doing a lot of work related travel
to the San Jose area. The floor is asphalt with a roll-on coating, so it's
not a very stable/hard floor. There were a few rather large "speed bumps"
right on the figure circles when I was there. The floor is pretty small
too, I'd say probably like 160'x60'.
They did have a beginner adult class mid-week sometime, but every time I
went there was no coach present to do the class.
[ skate@graphcomp.com - net gleanings ]
A number of STI Folks get together every Wednesday evening for roller
skating and dinner at a local family restaurant. If you are in the
area and would like to join us, it's at Skate World - behind the Decor
unfinished furniture warehouse.
It's an adult session that starts at 7:30pm, although lessons are also
available at 7:00 pm for an additional fee at 7:00. The session ends
at 9:30, at which point we caravan to someplace for dinner - usually
Coco's, on Kieley, just off of Saratoga, south of Stevens Creek.
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
Skate World is a ancient rink in Santa Clara which, in the past few
years has made some major changes to accomodate the hockey scene.
Hockey at skate world is run by a club (The Renegades) who rent the
time from the rink.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more
complete in-line hockey related information, including phone numbers
for the various league oranizers.
====
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Santa Cruz Roller Palladium
Seabright Avenue
Santa Cruz is located on the Pacific Coast, about 30 miles south of
San Jose. From San Jose, head south on Rt 17 to Santa Cruz, then
at the Rt 1 interchange, get off and head south on Ocean Avenue.
When this ends near the waterfront, turn left and follow Ciff Drive
around to Seabright Avenue. The rink should be on Sebright, near
the boardwalk.
408-423-0844
USAC/RS Hockey and JO Clubs
[harbour@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com]
I didn't actually get to skate here, but we did have a chance to look
around the last time I was in California. This is an old time mom & pop
rink near the boardwark in Santa Cruz. The floor is the original wood,
I believe maple, with a clear roll-on coating. The rink itself is very
small and reduces its public session schedule during the "off season".
No video games, virtually no snack bar, and extremely limited off-floor
space...but very well kept and extremely clean.
====
Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4025
The Rink
251 Kings Village Road
Scotts Valley is located in the Monterey Bay Area, north of Santa Cruz,
on the way to San Jose. From Rt 17, head north on Mount Hermon Road.
Shortly after crossing Scotts Valley Drive, Kings Village Drive will
fork off to the right.
408-438-2222/438-2233(pro shop)
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
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California (209) - Central
Fresno and Stockton
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 209 area code.
====
Chowchilla, CA 93610-3505
Coyote Roller Rink
1000 South 3rd Street
Chowchilla is in central California between Fresno and Merced,
along Highway 99. From Highway 99, head west on Rt 231 -
Robertson Boulevard, then turn left onto 3rd street. The rink
should along 3rd, across the tracks and out on the edge of town.
209-665-4011
USAC/RS Hockey Club
====
Clovis/Fresno, CA 93612-4240
Cal Skate of Clovis (was Roller Towne)
2881 Peach Ave
Clovis is in central California, at the northeastern corner of the
Fresno metropolitan area, out by the Fresno Air Terminal. Cal Skate
is located on Peach Avenue, between Fresno and Clovis. From Fresno,
take Rt 41 north to the Rt 168, then head east on Rt 168 towards
Clovis. After a couple miles, you'll cross Willow Avenue, and then
come to Peach. Turn right onto Peach, the rink should be in the
first block.
209-291-0241/291-0242
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS artistic and JO Clubs
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
This rink has an active artistic club.
====
Fresno, CA 93702
RPM Hockey
Fresno Fairgrounds along Highway 180
The Fresno County Fairgrounds are along Highway 180 - Kings Canyon
Road between Chance and Maple Avenues. The rink is located in the
Junior Exhibit Hall
209-251-3736
Indoor - Hockey Only - Membership
Sport Court Floor
According to the attendant they have only in-line hockey skating.
[ web gleanings ]
The rink runs 10 month of the year, it is closed during the fair season.
League and NIHA memberships are required.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for full in-line
hockey related information.
See http://www.csufresno.edu/Insight/Spring-96/issu6034/news/6034N012.htm
for an extended magazine writeup on the facility.
====
Lodi, CA 95240-2401
Cal Skate
512 North Cherokee Lane
Lodi is located between Sacramento and Stockton along Rt 99.
Get off Rt 99 at the Turner Road/Cherokee Lane exit and head
south on Cherokee. The rink should be very near the interchange,
before crossing the railroad tracks at Lockeford Street.
209-334-3935/334-0332
Yellow Plastic Floor
[ sbeckstrom@aol.com (Sonya Beckstrom) - edited ]
There was a rink here in the late 80's and I am unsure if it is still
in business. I think it had a yellow plastic floor.
====
Madera, CA 93637-9284
Madera Skate
1850 West Cleveland Avenue
Madera is in central California about 20 miles northwest of Fresno
along Highway 99. From Fresno, head north on Highway 99, though
Madera and get off at the Cleveland Avenue exit. The rink is
probably on the extension of Cleveland Avenue west of Highway 99.
209-674-7655
Wed 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Thurs 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Christian Night
Fri 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
9:15 PM - 11:45 PM
Sat 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
====
Merced, CA 95340-4430
Roller Land
1445 West 18th Street
Merced is located between Stockton and Fresno along Rt 99. From
Rt 99, get off at the V Street exit, head north, across the railroad
tracks and then 16th Street. At 18th street, turn right, the rink
should be between U and V streets on 18th.
209-723-1282
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, Hockey, JO and Speed Clubs
====
Modesto, CA 95350
Modesto Inline Hockey Arena (aka Grizzley Hockey)
631 Kearney Avenue
209-578-9818
e-mail: jgwilson@castles.com
Hockey
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
The arena has leagues for all ages and abilities, pick-up games (call the
Arena for details), Clinics, Tournaments and Rink Rental. High School
Leagues now [1996] forming.
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more complete
in-line hockey related information.
See http://www.cvin.com/insignia/rink.html for more information about the
rink and the Grizzley Hockey Inc.
====
Modesto, CA 95350
Roller King
2000 West Briggsmore Avenue
Modesto is located in northern California, about 30 miles southeast
of Stockton along Route 99. Roller King is in the northwest part
of Modesto. From Rt 99, get off at the Carpenter Road exit and
head north on Carpenter. Bear right onto Briggsmore avenue and
the rink should be one block further, just after the Prescott Road
intersection.
209-521-6816/521-6818
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Speed Clubs
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Stockton, CA 95209-5873
Hammer Skate
3119 West Hammer Lane
Stockton is located in Northern California, about 50 miles east of
Oakland. Hammer Skate is in the northern area of Stockton, along
the I-5 corridor. From downtown, take I-5 and get off at the
Hammer Lane exit, and head east on Hammer. The first intersection
will be Kelly Drive, the rink should be in this block, before
Rockford Avenue.
209-951-5873
Wood Floor - Medium/Large Size
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ sbeckstrom@aol.com (Sonya Beckstrom) - edited ]
Hammer Skate has a wooden floor with plastic overlay. It's a nice rink,
a bit larger than average. I skated a meet here in the late 80's and
am unsure of it's look now.
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Stockton, CA 95206-3996
Gold Rush City
5000 South Airport Way
209-???-????
Planned
IAAPA Member
The IAPAA Member Profile for Gold Rush City lists roller skating as
one of their attractions, however it turns out that the whole project
is only in the planning stage and it's not clear whether there's to
be a skating rink, a multi-use arena or exactly what. The overall
project is a planned community/commercial development with several
inter-linked theme parks in a previously bucolic area. Completion
date would be around 1999, if the project comes to fruition.
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Visalia, CA 93277-1525
Roller Towne
520 South Linwood Street
Visalia is in Southern California, between Fresno and Bakersfield
along Rt 99. From Rt 99 get off at the Rt 198 - Sierra Boulevard
exit and head east on Rt 198 towards Visalia. After about two miles,
you'll cross Akers Road, then make a right turn onto South Linwood
Street. The rink should be in the first block.
209-733-7474/733-7475
RSA Member Rink
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California (805) - South Central
Bakersfield, Ventura, Simi Valley
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 805 area code.
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Bakersfield, CA 93301-2104
Rollerama
1004 34th Street
Bakersfield is in central California, between Los Angeles and Fresno.
Rollerama is in the northern section of town. From downtown, head
northwest on Rt 206. At Garces Circle, bear right on Chester and
turn right onto 34'th street after crossing the railroad tracks.
The rink should be about 4-6 blocks down, between Jewett, Claflin Way
and O Street.
805-327-7589/327-580
Maple Floor - 160'x80'
RSA Member Rink
[ brott@lightspeed.net (Gregory Brott) ]
Rollerama has 80 x 160 maple floor, no artistic program, just sessions.
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Bakersfield, CA 93308-5749
Rollarama West (in Hall of Fame Funplex)
7850 Brimhall Road
Bakersfield is in central California, between Los Angeles and Fresno.
Rollerama West is in a suburban region west of town. From downtown,
head west on Rt 178/58 - The Rosedale Highway. After crossing the
river and Rt 99, proceed west a couple miles then turn left onto
head south no Coffee Road for another mile. At the intersection
with Brimhall Road, turn left and the rink should be nearby.
805-589-7555
Painted Concrete Floor - 120'x60'
[ brott@lightspeed.net (Gregory Brott) ]
Rollerama West has 60 x 120 painted concrete floor, no artistic program,
just sessions.
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Bakersfield, CA 93307-4025
Skateland
415 Ming Avenue
Bakersfield is in central California, between Los Angeles and Fresno.
Skateland is in the southern section of town. From downtown, head
east on Rt 58, then south on S. Union. At the intersection of Union
with Ming and Casa Loma, just prior to the railroad tracks, turn
right onto Ming Avenue. The rink should be about a block further,
between Lawson and Allens.
805-831-5567
Maple Floor - 160'x80'
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic Club
[ brott@lightspeed.net (Gregory Brott) ]
The owners of Skateland are Natalie Dunn-Fries and Leslie Dunn-Meyers.
They have a 80 x 160 maple floor, a *STRONG* artistic program, classes
and private lessions, sessions.
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Goleta, CA 93117-3253
Skate Zone (aka Santa Barbara Hockey Center)
30 South La Patera Lane
Goleta is located a few miles west of Santa Barbara, the Skate Zone
is located on the northern boundary of the Santa Barbara airport.
805-681-0413 (corrrected number)
Fri 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat 11:00 PM - 1:00 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sun 11:00 PM - 1:00 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
USAC/RS Hockey Club
According to the attendent, this is an indoor skating rink that has
both roller hockey and normal public skating sessions. The public
skating may be pre-empted by hockey tournements. There's also a
hockey oriented pro shop and Powell Skateboards at the same adddress.
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Lancaster, CA 93536-7216
Holiday Skating Center
45431 23rd Street W
Lancaster is located in Central California, about 75 miles north of
Los Angeles in the Edwards Air Force Base / El Mirage Lake area.
From Los Angeles, take I-5 north and then head north on Rt 14 - The
Antilope Valley Freeway towards Palmdale. Once in the Lancaster
area, get off at the W Avenue exit, and head west on W Avenue. Take
the first right after the interchange onto 23rd Street, the rink
should be nearby.
805-945-4543/945-4544
Mon 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Christian Music (1st Monday only)
Tue 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Adult-18 Morning Skate
Wed 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM After School
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Adult Skate
Thurs 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Adult-18 Morning Skate
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Family Night
Fri 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
9:00 PM - 12:00 midnite
Sat 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Tiny Tots
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
9:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Sun 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Tiny Tots
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Family Night
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS JO and Speed Clubs
According to their recorded message, they don't have any Adult sessions
other than the weekday morning sessions. The Wednesday and Thursday
evening sessions listed above may have since become roller hockey time,
so please call and check.
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Lompoc, CA 93436-1406
Village Skating Center
176 Vulcan Drive
Lompoc is in Southern California, along the Pacific coast between
Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, about 150 miles north of Los Angeles.
The Skating Center is actually north of Lompoc along Rt 1. From
Lompoc head north on Rt 1 about 3 miles and there should be sort
of an interchange for Constellation Road. Then turn right onto
Constellation and the third right should be Vulcan Drive. This
may be in a suburban development or an industrial park of some sort.
805-733-3036
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
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Morro Bay, CA 93442-1517
Flippo's Surfside Skate Harbor (aka Flippo's Harbor Skating Center)
220 Atascadero Road
Morro Bay is on the Pacific Coast, about half-way between San Francisco
and Los Angeles. From Take the Rt 41 - Atascadero Road exit off of Rt 1
(or Rt 101) and head west towards the Ocean. Flippo's should be on the
bit of Atascadero road between Rt 1 and the beach.
805-772-7851
Skate Shop
In-Line skates permitted
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic Club
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
No competitive artistic activity at this rink.
[ web gleanings ]
A full service roller-skating/in-line skating rink with pro shop, classes,
rentals and in-line skate sales. Open many evenings and afternoons year
round.
====
Oxnard, CA 93030-1134
Roller Gardens
2731 Buckaroo Avenue
Oxnard is located on the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles northwest of
Los Angeles. Skate Palaces is in the south of Oxnard in the Port
Hueneme area. From Los Angeles, take US 101 - The Ventura Freeway
north to the Rt 1 - Oxnard Boulevard exit. You want to get off
onto a local street, Wagon Wheel Drive on the south side of the
freeway, and then take Buckaroo south from Wagonwheel. The rink
should be between Cactus and Winchester on Buckaroo.
805-485-2018/642-5380
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and Hockey Clubs
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
They have a small artistic club, mostly freestyle. THey are about 2 miles
south of Skating Plus.
[ web gleanings ]
Roller Gardens has open skating on weekends, birthday parties an rink
rentals.
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Oxnard, CA 93033-9022
Skate Palace
451 West Hueneme Road
Oxnard is located on the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles northwest of
Los Angeles. Skate Palaces is in the south of Oxnard in the Port
Hueneme area. From Los Angeles, take US 101 - The Ventura Freeway
north to the Rt 34 - Lewis Road exit. Follow Rt 34 south to
Pleasant Valley Road, turn left onto Pleasant Valley, cross Rt 1
and continue into Port Hueneme. Turn left onto Saviers Road, then
right onto West Hueneme Road. The rink should be within the next
several blocks, but watch out for changing street names and numbers.
805-488-6444
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
They have a small artistic club, again mostly freestyle. Tommy Davis
coaches national champion freestyle skaters here, such as Deraza Salas.
[ web gleanings ]
The Skate Palace offers birthday parties during public sessions and
also rink rentals.
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Palmdale, CA 93550-3255
Panter Pit
39360 3rd Street E
805-266-0260 (no answer)
This *is* listed as a skating rink...
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Paso Robles, CA 93446-1337
Skate-Mor
2198 Riverside Avenue
Paso Robles is located along the Pacific Coast, midway between Los
Angeles and San Francisco, about 25 miles north of San Luis Obispo.
Riverside Avenue parallels US 101 though town. Get off of US 101 at
the Rt 46 / 24th Street exit, head east on 24th and then turn left
onto Riverside. The rink should be the left side, before you get
to 21st Street.
805-237-9702
Fri 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Sat 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Sun 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSA Member Rink
The recorded message didn't indicate anything about adult sessions,
but did talk a lot about hockey signups...
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San Luis Obispo, CA 93483
Central Coast Hockey Association
Grover Beach
805-473-9585
Hockey - Outdoor
Plastic Coated Concrete
[ gadget@verity.com - culled from web pages]
The Central Coast Hockey Association has a new rink near San Luis Obispo
at Grover Beach, 9 blocks from the Ocean, 5 blocks from the original Hwy
1, and 4 blocks from the 4th Street, which is an exit off 101. They are
hoping to start league play on August 6, 1996
e-mail: ocnwest@ix.netcom.com (Erin Down)
url: http://californiacentralcoast.com/other/hockey/ccha.html
See http://www.professionals.com/~cfg/skate/hockey/leagues for more complete
in-line hockey related information.
====
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2316
The Lot
18 East Haley Street
805-564-0833
Closed?
This was listed elsewhere as an in-line hockey facility, but the number
is disconnected and there's no related listing for this address...
Check with Santa Barbara CofC 805-965-3023
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Santa Maria, CA 93454
Roller Fair
1039 North Stokers Avenue - Fairgrounds
Santa Maria is located along the Pacific Coast between San Luis Obispo
and Lompoc. Roller Fair is located at the Fairgrounds.
805-???-????
Closed
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
According to Dave Snowden (1/95), this rink lost their lease and is
now closed.
It's possible that the facility is being taken over as a Roller Hockey
location, though I don't have any details.
====
Saugus/Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Monutaisa Fun Center
Soledad Canyon Road near Golden Triangle
Saugus is north of Los Angeles in the Santa Clarita area. Take
I-5 north from LA, take the Rt 126 East - Magic Mountain Parkway
exit. Just before reaching Saugus, make an abrupt left onto Boquet
Canyon road, then turn right just before the river onto Soledad
Canyon road. The Fun Center should be a mile or two east on
Soledad Canyon Road, near the old Saugus Speedway/Flea Market.
805-253-4386
Mon-Thu 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Fri 1:00 PM - midnight
Sat 10:00 AM - midnight
Sun 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Although initially promoted as a roller rink, this is apparently a
fairly standard Mountasia Fun Center, with only a small skating floor.
It has the usual miniature golf, batting cages, bumper boats and cars,
arcade and snack facilities.
The rink is open thoughout the fun center hours, with before and after
5:00 PM being separate sessions. Based on other Fun Center experiences,
the rink may be vacant or crowded with kids parties depeding on the day
and time.
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Saugus/Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Skate'n Place
21616 Golden Triangle Road
Saugus is north of Los Angeles in the Santa Clarita area.
805-???-????
Closed?
This rink has proved pretty elusive. There are no listings for a rink
anywhere in this area, and newspaper articles in the early 90's lament
the lack of a roller rink in the Santa Clarita area, without mentioning
one that closed. A 1991 article mentions a rink to open "next month",
but no details. The above Mountasia Fun center is actually quite close
to this location, but didn't open until 1995.
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Simi Vally, CA 93065
Easy Street Arena
131 West Easy Street at Old Los Angles Avenue
805-520-7465
Ice Only?
Newspaper articles desribed the plans for this rink as including two
ice skating rinks and a roller skating rink in an exisitng commerical
building.
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Taft, CA 93268-3521
Skate Escape Teen Center
226 Main Street
805-???-????
Closed?
This was listed as a "recreation center", but it appears to be history
since the phone is disconnected and there's no related listing at the
address, it might also have been a skate park rather than a rink.
====
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Roller Dome (aka Roller Zone)
950 Avenida De Los Arboles
Thousand Oaks is located northwest of Los Angeles on the way to Oxnard.
From US 101 - The Ventura Freeway, take Rt 23 - The Moorpark Freeway
north to the Los Arboles exit. The Roller Dome should be about a
half-mile west along Los Arboles, on the left between Calle Damasco
and Calle Haya.
805-493-8800
RSA Member Rink
This rink may have closed, then re-opened under new management, they're
into roller hockey.
There's also mention in the LA times of a Roller Hockey league
converting a shopping center building to a hockey rink on Los
Arboles.
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Ventura, CA 93003-6532
Skating Plus
1720 Mesa Verde Avenue
Ventura is north of Los Angeles, just past Oxnard along the Ventura
Freeway - US 101. Get off the Freeway at the Victora exit and head
north, towards town. Take the first left onto Walker, which runs
parallel to the freeway, with Mesa Verde being on the right down a
half-mile or so.
805-656-2120/656-2121
e-mail: sk8plus@fishnet.net, www: http://www.fishnet.net/~sk8plus
Mon Hockey Day - Spectators Welcome
Tues Hockey Day - Spectators Welcome
Wed 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Open Skating
8:30 PM - 11:30 PM Country Music Dance Night (** not skating **)
Thu 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Open Skating
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM Adult Night 18 & over (70's & 80's)
Fri 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM After School Skate
7:00 PM - Midnight Open Skating
Sat 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Group Skating Lessons
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Jr. Session (10 & under and parents)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Open Skating
7:00 PM - Midnight Open Skating
Sun 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Open Skating
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Family Night (family rates)
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM Adult Night (18 & over)
In-Line Skates Permitted and available for rent
Wood Floor
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Speed Clubs
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
Skating Plus does an active artistic club!!!
[ SK8R@aol.com (Sonny Grenier) - edited ]
You are invited to check out our web site for Skating Plus in Ventura.
It's a beautiful rink on the coast of Southern California. We have
recreational quad/inline skating, artistic skating, roller hockey,
speed skating, and more.
We were the first skating rink on the internet 2 years ago. Our site
includes photographs. If you are in the Southern California area be
sure to visit!
[ Sonny is the manager at the Skating Plus ]
See http://www.fishnet.net/~sk8plus/ for current schedule and details.
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California (310) - North LA Metro
Beverly Hills, Whittier, Avalon
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 310 area code.
====
Avalon/Catalina, CA 90704
Skating Rink
Las Casitas
Santa Catalina is a large island about 25 miles off the Southern
California coast, roughly opposite Long Beach. Avalon is the
only developed area on the island which is mostly grazing land
with limited recreational use.
310-510-1987
Daily 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM free - unsupervised except for games
Outdoor - 160'x85'
Roller Hockey Rink opens Saturday
[ web gleanings ]
This is an outdoor rink primarily intended for roller skating and
hockey, but also availble for dances, RC car racing or other events
requiring a flat surface.
The rinks were converted from tennis courts, and the Grand Opening
was in March 1996. I don't know the surface or quality.
Note that all forms of skating are prohibited elsewhere in Catalina
during the Summer season and restricted durin the rest of the year!!!
====
Bellflower/LA Metro, CA 90706
Bellflower Roller Rink
9140 Alondra Boulevard
Bellflower is located in the southern Los Angeles area in the
Paramount/Buena Park area.
310-867-1773
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Culver City, CA 90232
Recreation World
Robertson and Venice Boulevards
310-575-4466(corporate)
Planned
A March 1994 LA Times article describes a proposal by Recreation
World to turn the Globe building near the corner of Robertson
and Venice Boulevards into an interactive enterainment megacenter,
which would include ice and roller skating rinks, miniature golf,
batting cages, billiards and a computer learning facility.
The project is said to be waiting for various approvals, but could
have been completed by 1995. No further mention of this since, so
it's possible that this location was dropped in favor of the Panorama
Bowl project.
====
Downey, CA 90241-5610
Skate-O-Rama Roller Rink
12310 Woodruff Avenue
310-803-1446
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Lakewood, CA 90712
Glacial Gardens
3975 Pixie Avenue
On Carson between Paramount and Cherry, behind Carson Bowl
310-429-1805
Mon-Fri 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat 10:30 PM - 1:00 AM 18 & over only (top-40 & R&B ?)
[ web gleanings ]
The 85,000 square foot warehouse building is the first three-rink
facility of its kind on the West Coast offering an Olympic-size and
NHL-size ice rink and a roller hockey rink.
The in-line rink is being used mostly for in-line hockey events, but
there are public in-line skating sessions on weekday afternoons.
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
They have an adult session on Saturday evenings, 18 and over only.
====
Torrance, CA 90501
Charles H. Wilson Park
2200 Crenshaw Boulevard
Between Carson Street and Sepulveda Boulevard.
310-320-9529
Outdoor
[ web gleanings ]
There's mention in a Torrance Community Calandar of periodic Family
Skating nights at the Roller Rink in Wilson Park. Apparently the
Torrance Skate Association helped build a multi-use roller rink in
the park a few years back.
====
Venice/LA Metro, CA 90296
Venice Beach Pavilion
Boardwalk
310-???-????
Outdoor
The Venice Beach Pavilion is the hub of the Venice Beach outdoor and
boardwalk skating scene and also a hangout for the local disco skaters.
Ad hoc groups known as SeaSkate and the Skate Dancers Association are
mentioned in news articles on the Pavilion and skating activities there.
The Pavilion itself is a municipal bandshell/theatre that is currently
closed and deteriorating, although there is a police substation, picnic
area and bocce/shuffleboard courts on the on the property.
====
Whittier/LA Metro, CA 90602-1019
Beautiful Whittier Skateland
12520 East Whittier Boulevard
Whittier is in the southeastern section of LA, bordering on the
Puente Hills. From I-605, get off at the Whittier Boulevard - Rt 72
exit and go south for 2 - 3 miles. Skateland is at the corner of
Whittier and Washington.
310-693-9618(tape)/696-6779
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Hockey Clubs
The attendent says that they don't have any "adult" sessions, though
the Wednesday "family night" has more adult presence than other sessions.
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
Skateland has an active artistic club.
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California (818) - West LA Metro
Burbank, Pasadena, Van Nuys
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 818 area code.
====
Calabasas, CA 91302
Juan Bautista de Anza Park
Mureau Road?
818-878-4225(park dept)
Outdoor - Hockey
Concrete - 194'x84'
A grand opening was helding in August 1996 for a multi-purpose outdoor
roller hockey rink in Juan Bautista de Anza Park. The rink is smooth
concrete, 194'x84', surrounded by a chain link fence. It is lighted
and can also be sued for basketball or volleyball courts. Soon to
come will be a building with rest rooms.
There are also picnic areas, play grounds, water toys and a creekside
bird observation site in the park.
====
Glendale/LA Metro, CA 91204-1006
Moonlight Rollerway Skating
5110 San Fernando Road
Glendale is northeast of downtown LA, past Hollywood and bordering
on Griffith Park. From I-5 take 134 East to the San Fernando Rd Exit.
Head South on San Fernando, the rink is on a corner on the left side,
a block or two past Broadway and one block north of the Colorado Blvd
I-5 connector.
818-241-3630
Mon 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Adult-18 DJ/Disco/Club Dance
Tue 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM Organ Music - Shuffle & Rexxing
Wed 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM Organ Music - Artistic Dance
Thu Private Skating
Fri 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Live DJ - Kids, but not crowded
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Live DJ - Teen, crowded, modern music
9:30 PM - Midnight Live DJ - Teen, crowded, modern music
Sat 10:00 AM - Noon Live DJ & Games - Kids, crowded
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Live DJ - Kids, crowded
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Live DJ - Teen, crowded, modern music
10:00 PM - Midnight Live DJ - Teen, crowded, modern music
Sun 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Live DJ - Kids, crowded
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Private Skating (Gay Night, call...)
Medium Wood Floor - Good Condition - Pro Shop
Rink Safe In-Lines Allowed
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ rebecca@cco.caltech.edu (Mark L. Fussell) - heavily edited ]
My favorite is Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale: it is close, has a
large enough rink, and has nice skaters/management.
Wednesday evening is a dance session with organ music, open to everyone,
but has a lot of dance-pairs, and about 20 minutes of organized dances.
Sunday evening is Gay night, open to anyone (who doesn't mind the couples,
and a couple dances you might not want to join). I've never been, but I
know straight people who do go.
Wednesday and Friday afternoons are "kids" sessions, but is not at all
crowded, so ideal for "fancy skating".
[ grr@tharsis.com ]
This is a nice classic rink, with a wood floor that's in great condition
except for a few minor ripples near the wall by the DJ booth. While
traveling on business, I dropped in on the annual Halloween party. There
was a small but friendly crowd. It was mentioned that there was usually
a larger crowd for the Organ sessions than when I was there, and someone
also recommended the Monday night session for DJ type music and backwards
skating.
This rink is also the home of Rinx Records (818-848-4161), a skating music
mail-order house currently operated by Dominic Cangelosi. Dominic also
plays the organ and is the owner of the rink, not to mention being one
hell of a nice guy...
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) - edited ]
Moonlight is Owned and operated by Dominic, of Rinx Records fame.
Dominic gets behind his Hammond Organ and plays for the Tuesday Night
Rexxing Session and the Wednesday Night Artistic Dance Session!!!
Dominic keeps the rink very clean and is always spiffing up the interior
and exterior!!!
There is a very active Artistic Club and opportunities to take skating
achievement Tests.
Birthday Parties during sessions and private parties are very numerous.
There are sometimes additional sessions at other times, mainly during
Holidays and for special groups.
Rinx Records is also housed at the rink and records, tapes and CDs may
be purchased/ordered during the daytime from 9 AM to 4 PM and on Tuesday
and Wednesday nights during the session times.
[ JSKOGA@CSUPOMONA.EDU (James S. Koga) - edited ]
After all this time, my partner and I finally made it to Wednesday night
dance (organ music) public session the Moonlight Rollerway. First of
all, the rink itself is beautiful - from the spotless parking lot lit up
as bright as day, to the sparkling wooden skating floor, the place just
bespeaks pride of ownership.
One really unique feature of that rink - there are light up signs for
"All Skate", "Couples" etc., which is rare enough these days, but there
are als light up signs for "Forward Rexxing" and "Backward Rexxing".
The visit was an immersion into another culture. At our rink, we are
basically it for dance skaters. At the start of the session, Dave
Snowden was the only person we knew, but by the time we left, several
people had struck up conversations with us and introduced themselves.
My partner was a little nervous when it came to sharing the floor with
such advanced dancers - with some of the border patterns, it was hard
to tell where they were headed. We were the only lower bronze level
dancers there - everyone else was doing more advanced stuff. The floor
was smaller than our regular rink, and we have seldom had a chance to
skate as a team in any other rinks.
One thing that could have been better: apparently Dominic takes some
time off after Nationals, so we didn't get to skate to live organ music.
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Glendora/LA Metro, CA 91740-5425
Roller City
945 Bonita Avenue
Glendora is in Southern California, at the eastern edge of the Los
Angeles metropolitan area. From Los Angeles, take I-210 - The
Foothill Freeway and get off at the Citrus Avenue exit. Head south
on Citrus and turn left onto Arrow Avenue. At the intersection with
Barranca Avenue, don't bear right but go straight to get onto Bonita
Avenue. Roller City should be on or near the northeast corner of this
intersection.
818-339-8453
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
Lots of rules.
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North Hills/Sepulveda/San Fernando Valley/LA Metro, CA 91343
Rollerplex
8345 Hayvenhurst Place
North Hills is located in the San Fernando Valley, to the north of Los
Angeles. From I-405 - The San Diego Freeway, get off at the Roscoe
Boulevard exit and head west on Roscoe. After about 7/10 mile, Roscoe
Place forks off from Roscoe Boulevard on the right. Follow this and
make the first right onto Hayvenhurst Place. Rollerplex should be in
a shopping complex in the next block, before Roscoe Place intersects
with Roscoe Avenue.
818-830-4170
There's also an Iceoplex ice skating rink at this location.
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Northridge/LA Metro, CA 91325-3302
Northridge Skateland
18140 Parthenia Street
Northridge is in San Fernando Valley area northwest of Van Nuys.
From LA, take I-5 north to 118 freeway west, get off at Reseda
Boulevard, turn right to head east on Parthenia Street, the rink is
on the right side of street about a half-mile down. If you get
to Lindley, you've gone too far.
818-885-7655
Mon 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Christian Music
Tues 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Adult 17+ Top-40 Session
Wed 10:00 AM - noon Adult Morning Session
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM Open Skate
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Family Night
Thurs 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Adult Pickup Roller Hockey
Fri 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Open Skate - Top 40
9:00 PM - 11:30 PM Open Skate - Top 40
Sat 10:00 AM - noon Tiny Tots 10 & under
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM Open Skate
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Open Skate - Disco/Top-40 (may be Rap/House)
9:00 PM - 11:30 PM Open Skate - Disco/Top-40 (may be Rap/House)
Sun 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM Open Skate
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Family Night
Wood Floor - Large - Rectangular - Smooth
Skate Shop - Snack Bark - Games
In-lines permitted - for rent
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ kellylaw@earthlink.net (Jeffrey Kelly) - edited from form ]
Skateland draws a mostly young, fast crowd but it is also family oriented.
Mostly people are pretty cool but you have your little cliques or exclusive
type crowds of kids - "locals" that are jerks sometimes because a lot of
them are little rich kids. Northridge is a fairly exclusive area, mostly
upper middle class to very well off.
For the most part it is a good place to skate. A lot of famous/movie and
TV star kids skate there, as well as at some of the other local rinks in
the San Fernando valley area.
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
Very active artistic club, mostly freestyle, but also dance, figures and
JO program. Also a roller hockey program. The rink is owned by David
and Michael Fleming and previously by their father.
[ web gleanings ]
The Flemings consider their rink to be almost a nightclub for kids and
are vigilant about security and warding off rowdyism. They stress that
the rink has no gang problems and behavior/dress codes help keep the
rink a safe, family-oriented, skating environment.
Saturday 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm, Hip Hop/House
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
They have a session on Saturday evenings with some Hip Hop [rap] and
House music, but no Adult-only R&B session.
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Panorama City, CA 91402
Recreation World (was Panorama Bowl)
8750 Van Nuys Boulevard
Panorama City is the northern Los Angeles metropolitan Area, just
north of Van Nuys. From I-405, get off at the Roscoe Bouldevard exit
and head east or Rosco for about 1-1/2 miles, then turn left to head
north on Van Nuys Boulevard. The rink will be on the right a couple
blocks further where Van Nuys and Parthenia temporarily merge.
310-575-4466(corporate)
Under Construction
Recreation World, owner of the Ice Chalet chain, is converting a large
disused Bowling alley in Panoram City into a combined ice/roller skating
rink. The $2.5 million renovations include end-to-end rinks, one for
ice, one for roller skating/hockey, supporting facilities and earthquake
upgrades. Rennovations started in August 1996 and the rink is expected
to be open for business in early 1997.
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Reseda/LA Metro, CA 91335-4305
Sherman Square Roller Rink
18430 Sherman Way
Reeseda is in the San Fernando valley area, north of LA. From I-5,
take the Sherman Way exit, head west. The rink should be about 4 miles
and lots of traffic lights further, near the central intersection with
Reseda Boulevard. Parking is on the rear off Canby Street.
818-345-6902/344-0866
Rental Only
Wood Floor
In-line skates permitted
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
Sherman Square is a very tiny rink!!!
[grr]
Also the address for the Reseda Roller Hockey League 818-344-3300.
[ web gleanings ]
The Serman Square rink had a lot of gang related problems in the early
90's. Their adult night became popular with youth gang members and
gradually turned in to a gang night and drive-by. Most of the gang
members were happy to have a social skate, but there were too many
confrontations between rival gangs, loitering non-skaters and also
fighting, drinking, and drug dealing problems in the parking lot.
The rink eventually discontinued all public sessions and is now only
available for rentals, parties and roller hockey.
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
The rink is available for private parties and roller hockey only.
The wood floor is in poor condition.
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San Fernando, CA 91340
Pioneer Park
828 North Harding Street
East of Glenoaks Boulevard
818-898-1290
Outdoor - Hockey
Asphalt - 150'x80'
The new rink in Pioneer park opened in December 1995. Built with
mostly volunteer labor and contributed materials, it is resurfaced
asphalt, 150'x80' with a chain-link fence.
The city recreation department plans to run youth hockey leagues
at the rink.
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San Gabriel/LA Metro, CA 91776-1645
Fiesta Roller Rink
136 South San Gabriel Boulevard
San Gabriel is east of downtown LA, along I-10 or I-210 about a mile
east of Rt 19. San Gabriel Boulevard runs parallel to Rt. 19, get off
at the San Gabriel Blvd exit and head north, the rink is probalby
between I-10 and Valley Road, but beware that the street number and
even north/south change for every municipality along the boulevard.
818-287-6669
Wood Floor - Small
In-Lines Permitted
RSA Member Rink
[ rebecca@cco.caltech.edu (Mark L. Fussell) ]
San Gabriel may also be similar to Glendale, but I wouldn't recommend it
because of the small floor, and no one that I have met ever suggested it.
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West Covina/LA Metro, CA 91790-3718
Skate Junction
901 West Service Avenue
West Covina is east of downtown LA, along I-10, east of I-606. It
looks like you would get off I-10 at the Vincent/Glendora Ave exit,
heading south and immediately bear right onto California. Service
avenue is the second left after crossing West Covina Parkway, you
want to turn left on Service - the rink should be in the first block.
There is a large round white roller skating/bowling sign, the rink
is located behind the bowling alley.
818-960-4402
Plastic Floor - large
In-lines permitted - for rent
RSA Member Rink
[ rebecca@cco.caltech.edu (Mark L. Fussell) ]
West Covina's hours should be similar to Glendale, although I know the
rinks in the area rotate some of the special adult sessions with each
other. West Covina has more people, and has a big center area for
spot rexxing.
Sun 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM Adult? Session - R&B and Rap
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
This rink has a Sunday night session with R&B and Rap music.
Sliding stops are permitted.
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* Neighborhood/Rink Safety Notes *
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* *
* Specific skating rinks in this section are tagged as *NOT* being *
* located in in good neighborhoods or suffering from other potential *
* personal safety problems. *
* *
* If you choose to visit them, please take appropriate precautions *
* for your own safety and peace of mind. See the safety section in *
* the overview posting for some specific cautions and suggestions. *
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California (213) - Central LA Metro
Los Angeles
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 213 area code.
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Los Angeles, CA 90019-5826
World on Wheels
4645-1/2 Venice Boulevard
World on Wheels is in Los Angeles. From I-10, take the South La Brea
exit and head north on La Brea, across Olympic, turn right on Venice
and the rink should be 3 blocks further between the Rimpau/Lomita and
Vinyard/West 16th intersections. The rink is in the basement of the
Mid-Town Lanes bowling alley.
213-933-3333(tape)/933-5170
Small
Tues Adult Night (oldies but goodies)
Wed 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Family Night
9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Adult 21+
Thurs Adult Night (oldies but goodies)
*** more sessions, call
**** See the neighborhood/rink safety note in the overview posting
[ ICDEVICE@ix.netcom.com (RON COURSEY) - edited ]
Every time I goto LA, I like to go to World on Wheels. It's funny
going though a metal detector and then a metal wand, but its worth
the shake. Crowd and music make u get the grove on better. Most of
the standard rinks play top 40 music or other crap. I want to hear
some Maze, Earth Wind & Fire and under-ground rap.
[ grr ]
This rink is located in the basement of the Mid-Town Lanes Bowling
Alley. The neighborhood is described in the newspaper as being on
neutral ground between Crips and Bloods gang territories, and there
were several indcidents of gang related violence associated with
trying to use the rink as a meeting center for peace talks, if not
not directly skating related. Use your own best judgement here...
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
Tuesday & Thursday are adult nights. Sessions last for several hours.
Both nights have oldies but goodies as the music format.
This rink is *very* small and is in the 'hood. Tuesday is safest night.
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California (562) - South LA Metro
Long Beach, Paramount, Dorney, Pico Riviera
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 562 area code.
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Cerritos/LA Metro, CA 90703-5415
Skate Depot
11113 East 183rd Street
Cerritos is in the southeastern section of LA, roughly inland
from Long Beach, along the I-605 Freeway. Get off I-605 at the
South St. exit, head east then make the first left turn to
head north on Gridley. The first street on the left should be
183'rd street, with the rink being somewhere between the corner
and the freeway.
562-924-0911/924-1052
Tue 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Adult 18+ R&B, Hip-Hop (Rap)
Thurs 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Adult 21+ R&B, Hip-Hop (Rap)
Sat 10:30 PM - 1:30 AM Adult 25+ Oldies
Sun 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM Adult?
*** hours may vary, call
RSA Member Rink
A 1992 newspaper article mentions a Thursday morning stroller skate,
but doens't mention much else about the rink.
605 fwy s/b to South Street. W/b South Street to Studebaker n/b to
183rd street e/b. Turn left into first driveway and go to the back of
the lot.
Saturday 10:30 pm to 1:30 am, Sunday 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
This rink is near Los Angeles. Sliding stops are permitted.
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California (714) - Orange County
Anaheim, Orange
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 714 area code.
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Anaheim, CA 92806
Anaheim Recreation Center (aka Family Fun Inc)
1041 North Shepard Street
near the Kraemer Boulevard exit of the 91 Freeway
714-630-7211/630-6090
Sun-Thu 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Fri 9:00 PM - midnight
Sat 9:00 PM - midnight
Outdoor
The Fun Center includes an outdoor roller rink, which offers skate
rentals and lessons. There are also batting cages, battle boats,
bumper boats, bumper cars, go-karts, skid-cars, a 3-D kids maze
and of course an arcade and snack shops.
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Anaheim, CA 92802
Anaheim YMCA (aka Disney Goals)
Cerritos and Anaheim
Behind the Anaheim Marketplace
714-635-9622(YMCA)
Outdoor - Hockey
Concrete - 180x85 - Smooth
According to a newspaper article, the Anaheim YMCA took over operation
to this new rink some months back. Disney Goals is a community service
spinoff of the Disney Might Ducks ice hockey team, apparently they built
this rink as a practice facility and are letting the YMCE administer
the rink for all other uses.
The YMCA attendent says that it's a full sized outdoor hockey rink,
with a smooth concrete surface. It's used mostly for hockey, including
pick up games, they weren't sure if there were any normally scheduled
recreational skating hours.
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Brea, CA 92621-2936
Brea Hockey Club
1100 Beacon Street
714-257-1100
Indoor - Hockey
Maple Floor - 180'x75'
The Brea Hockey Club opened in July 1996 and will host adult and
youth leagues, tournements and private parties. It is in a
converted warehouse in an industrial park.
The floor, 180 feet long and 75 feet wide, is constructed from
maple laid above plywood and foam, a surface more responsive than
the concrete floors most rinks use. The cushion layer is more
forgiving on falls and allows better play.
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Buena Park/LA Metro, CA 90621-2439
Buena Park Rollertorium (aka The Park Skating Center)
7951 Commonwealth Avenue
Buena Park is in the southern part of the Los Angeles metropolitan
area, along I-5 about 5 miles northwest of Anaheim. From I-5, take
the Manchester Boulevard exit and head northwest on Manchester.
Turn right onto Rt 39 - Beach Boulevard and then turn right onto
Commonwealth. The rink is about 3 blocks east on Commonwealth.
714-521-0453
Tues Adult Night
Wood Floor - Medium Size
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
The rink is 12,640 square feet with a wood floor. Tuesday is their
adult night. For rentals, contact Randy Bucholtz or Doria Priest.
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Dana Point, CA 92629
Del Obispo Community Park and Community Center
34052 Del Obispo Road
714-248-3583
Planned
Covered - Hockey
In August 1996, Power Play received council approval to build a
new, regulation sized, in-line hockey rink to replace the exsiting
converted tennis court rink. The new rink will be covered and will
include bleachers, lights and acoustic walls.
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Foothill Ranch, CA 92610
Glacial Gardens
Portola Parkway and Lake Forest Drive
714-???-????
Planned
A January 1995 article in the LA Times mentions that Glacial Gardens
in Anaheim is planning another rink, in Foothill Ranch, near the
Foothill Ranch Town Centre and Marketplace retail center. The rink
is to include both an ice rink and an in-line roller hockey arena,
and would open in Summer 1996.
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Fountain Valley/Orange County/LA Metro, CA 92708-2770
Fountain Valley Skating Center
9105 Recreation Circle
Fountain Valley at the southern end of the LA Metropolitan Area, just
inland from Huntington beach. From Los Angeles, take I-405, the
San Diego Freeway, and get off at the Warner Avenue exit. Head west
on Warner, then make the first right onto Magnolia Street, and again
the first right onto Recreation Circle. The rink is next to the
Huish Family Fun Center.
714-847-6300
Tues 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM Adult Night
Thurs 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM Adult Night
Fri 6:00 PM - midnight
Sat 6:00 PM - midnight
Sun 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM Adult Night
*** call for other sessions
Wood Floor
Skate Shop - Snack Bar - Games
In-line skates permitted
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS artistic and JO Clubs
This where the Labriola's coach.
[ web gleanings ]
Roller skating on a old fashioned wooden rink. There are special adult
nights on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. There is a skating club that
specializes in dance skating--a version of ballroom dancing on wheels.
A June 1994 LA Times "Scene" article goes into a lot of detail about
the teen social scene at the Fountain Valley rink, but doesn't say
much about the rink itself. It is a community rink... An earlier
article from December 1992 includes an interview with Bob Labriola
and talk about artistic skating at the rink.
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Fullerton/Orange County/LA Metro, CA 92632-1768
Stuart's Roller World
464 West Commonwealth Avenue
Fullerton is at the southern end of the LA Metropolitan area, almost
to Anaheim. From I-5, take Rt 91 - The Riverside Freeway east. Get
off at the Harbour Avenue exit and head north on Harbour, across the
railroad tracks and then turn left onto Commonwealth. The rink should
be several blocks down, after Richman Avenue - beware of pseudo-random
street number sequencing.
714-871-8761
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Huntington Beach/Orange County/LA Metro, CA 92647
Side By Side Rinks
16091 Gothard Street
Huntington Beach is along the Pacific Shore at the southern end of
the LA Metropolitan Area. Side by Side is actually inland, about
mid-way between Huntington Beach and Long Beach, along the San Diego
Freeway. From I-405, get off at the Route 39 - Beach Boulevard exit
and go one block south to Edinger Avenue. Turn right onto Edinger,
proceed two blocks and across the railroad tracks, then turn left
onto Gothard Street - the rink should be in the first block.
714-842-9143
Fri 6:30 PM to Midnite Open Session
Sat 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM Open Session
USAC/RS Speed Coaches
Side by side is a facility with both an ice and a roller rink.
The attendent says that Friday and Saturday are the only evening
roller skating times. I suspect that this rink is heavily into
roller hockey, it is also used as a venue for loacal music events.
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Irvine, CA 92714-1862
Irvine Roller Hockey Club
14450 Culver Drive
714-222-2219
Indoor - Hockey Only
According to the attendant they have only in-line hockey skating.
Also a Roller Hockey USA shop listed at this address 714-262-1041.
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Irvine, CA 92714
World Roller Hockey
Civic Center Park
714-???-????
Planned
Hockey
An August 1996 LA Times article mentions that World Roller Hockey at
the Civic Center Park in Irvine will will include three rinks, three
shooting cages, a retail store, an arcade, a McDonald's and more.
Apparently the planning commission has approved the project, despite
severe parking problems, but no completion date is mentioed.
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Orange/Orange County/LA Metro, CA 92667-7654
Holiday Skating Center
175 North Wayfield Street
Orange is in Orange County the southern extreme of the Los Angeles
Metropolitan Area, just southeast of Anaheim. From I-5 - The Santa Ana
Freeway, take Rt 22 - The Garden Grove Freeway east to Rt 55 - The
Costa Mesa Freeway. Head north on Rt 55 to the East Chapman Avenue
exit. Head west on Chapman, then make the first right onto North
Wayfield Avenue. The rink should be at about the middle of the street.
714-997-5515
Wood Floor? - Medium Size
Snack Bar - Games
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ web gleanings ]
The 13,000 square foot Holiday Skating Center of Orange offers space
for 600 people. It includes a state-of-the-art sound and light system,
full service snack bar and a giant arcade area.
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
Dominic, of Rinx Records Fame, will assume the management of the
Holiday Skating Center of Orange on April 8th 1996, in addition to
his current rink, the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale.
The focus of the rink will be on artistic skating. There will be no
public or private roller hockey time as there are plenty of facilities
in the area that cater to this grwoing branch of roller skating.
Dominic will start a dance session on Thrusday nights from 8:00 PM to
10:30 PM starting on April 11th. He plans to install a Hammond organ
in the rink as soon as some modifications can be made.
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Orange/Orange County/LA Metro, CA 92665
Stuart's Rollerworld II (aka Super Sports Golf and Recreation Center)
2190 North Canal Street
Orange is in Orange County the southern extreme of the Los Angeles
Metropolitan Area, just southeast of Anaheim. Rollerworld is north
of Orange. From I-5 - The Santa Ana Freeway, take Rt 22 - The Garden
Grove Freeway east to Rt 55 - The Costa Mesa Freeway. Head north on
Rt 55 to the East Katella Avenue Exit. Head west on Katella, then
make the first right onto North Tustin Avenue. After about a half
mile, turn left onto East Meats Avenue, then right onto North Canal
Street. The rink should be just around the bend, near the Mall of
Orange.
714-283-4778
Hockey - Outdoor?
Sport Court - Full Size
According to a newspaper article, this rink is an offshoot of Stuart's
Rollerworld, located in the Super Sports Golf and Recreation Center
near the Mall of Orange. The rink is hockey oriented and serves as
the practice rink for the local RHI franchise. There is a associated
extreme skate/skateboard/bmx park.
The overall facility is a redevelopment of a school property by the
Super Sports retail store ownership and includes golf, baseball, soccer
track facilites, plus some food franchies.
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Tustin, CA 92680
South Coast Hockey Club
?
Tustin is near/part of Santa Ana in Orange County.
714-832-5482 (no answer)
This is listed as a skating rink, but may only be a club...The robotic
message at the number doesn't reveal any information...
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California (909) - Southwestern
Riverside
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 909 area code.
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Chino, CA 91710-2601
Skate Express
12356 Central Avenue
Chino is in Southern California, between Los Angeles and Riverside.
From the LA area, take the Rt 60 - The Pomona Freeway west towards
Riverside and get off at the Chino/Central Avenue exit. Head north
on Central Avenue and Skate Express should be between the exit ramp
and the first intersection, Philadelphia Street. The rink is behind
a gas station.
909-465-1383
Sun 8:00 PM TO 11:00 PM Adult? Session
IAAPA Member
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
The Sunday evening session is extended to midnight whenever Monday
is a holiday. The have "Open House" [any direction] specials.
====
Fontana, CA 92335-2508
Inland Empire Roller Hockey
14561 Hawthorne Avenue
909-355-7878
Closed?
This was probably an outdoor roller hockey facility, the number given
forwards to a disconnected number and directory assistance doesn't have
any related listing.
====
Grand Terrace, CA 92313-5401
California Skate Grand Terrace
22080 Commerce Way
Grand Terrace is between Riverside and San Bernadino along I-215.
From I-215 take the Barton Rd exit, head east and make the first
right turn onto Michigan. The rink should be on the righthand
side about a block down at the corner of Michigan and Commerce Way.
909-824-8114/783-2844
Tues 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Christian/Gospel Skate
Wed 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Cheapskate
Thurs 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Family Skate
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Adult Skate
*** fri/sat/sun are overlapping afternoon and evening open sessions - call
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, Hockey, JO and Speed Clubs
This rink claims to be the "Largest and finest in the Inland Empire".
They don't have any organ music or artistic skating sessions - the
attendent suggested dropping in on the practice sessions, but indicated
that these were more freestyle practice than dance.
[ JSKoga@csupomona.edu (James S. Koga) ]
Their artistic practice sessions are open to artistic skaters from other
places, but their times vary depending on conflicts with private parties.
Some of them are getting to be more dance/figure oriented.
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
Contact Kacy Carlsen or Lori for rink rental information.
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Hemet, CA 92545-3634
The Wheelhouse Skating Center
2850 West Florida Avenue
Hemet is in Southern California, in the Palm Springs area, about 30
miles southeast of Riverside. The Wheelhouse is on the western side
of town. From I-215 - The Escondido Freeway, get off at the Rt 74 /
Hemet exit and head east toward Hemet. After about 5 miles you'll
cross Warren Road and a mile further Sanderson Avenue. The rink
should be in the middle of this block, before Kirby Street.
909-925-4195
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic Coach
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Montclair/Pomona, CA 91763
Pomona Skateland
3964 East Mission Boulevard
Montclair is west of Los Angeles between Pomona and Ontario. Pomona
skateland is about mid-way between Montclair and Pomona. Take the
Indian Hill Boulevard exit off I-10 and head south. At the end of
Indian Hill, turn right onto Holt Avenue, then left onto East End
Avenue, then left again onto Mission Boulevard. The rink should be
one block further, between Roswell and Kadota Avenues on the left
side. The rink is hard to find and may not have an rink sign.
909-???-????
Closed
Wooden Floor - Very Large
USAC/RS Artistic Coach
[ JSKoga@csupomona.edu (James S. Koga) - edited ]
Pomona Skateland is not open to the public in that there are no public
sessions. They went out of business, but the senior coach of our club
(Grand Terrace) rents time there for artistic practice. I suppose other
people could get time there as well.
This rink is in a bad part of town and also somewhat remote from the
nearest freeway. Most of the sucessful rinks seem to be pretty close to
a freeway off ramp these days.
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
This rink is *very* hard to find. Very large wood floor. I don't know
if it's available for rent, however it may be for sale.
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Murrieta, CA 92562
Hockey Rink
Golden Gate Circle
Golden Gate Circle, a new road that leads east from Madison Avenue
south of Elm Street at the southeastern end of town.
909-698-1040
Planned
Hockey
An outdoor roller hockey rink in Murrieta is due to open in mid-summer.
It will eventuall have two rinks, but will open with the first one in
July month. It will be lighted. The site also will have a snack bar
and restrooms. Several other facilities are under consideration for
the area, including an outdoor rink proposed by the Boys and Girls clubs
and an indoor rink on Sandalwood avenue proposed by a local businessman.
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Redlands, CA 92374-2891
Empire Skate
1580 Industrial Park Avenue
909-792-4910
USAC/RS Artistic/Speed Coaches
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Rialto, CA 92376-5229
Holiday Skating Center
805 East Foothill Boulevard
Rialto is Located in Southern California, about 5 miles west of
San Beradino. From I-10 - The San Bernadino Freeway, get off at
the Pepper Avenue exit, bearl left to head north on Pepper, and
then turn left onto Rt 66 - Foothill Boulevard. The rink should be
about a block west, between Cactus and Spruce Avenues. It sits
back about a block from the main street and is acrossed from a
former K-Mart store.
909-875-4233
Thurs 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Adult? Session
Wood Floor - Large
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
This rink has a 14,000 square foot wood floor and a great manager. The
DJ will play requests, bring your own music. They have "Open House" [any
direction] specials. Contact Bob Schmid for rental information.
====
Riverside, CA 92503-4620
Dave's California Skate (aka Cal Skate Riverside)
12710 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside is east of Los Angeles. Cal Skate is in the southwestern
section of Riverside. From I-15, head east on Rt 91 towards Riverside.
At the Magnolia Ave interchange cut back west on Magnolia Ave. The
rink should be a couple miles down Magnolia, in the vicinity of the
railroad crossing.
909-354-7060/354-7061
Wood Floor - Large
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO, Hockey and Speed Clubs
[ snowden@ix.netcom.com (Dave Snowden) ]
Sunday night there is an artistic dance session. The floor is good size
and they have a very large and active artistic club.
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
The rink has a 15,000 square foot wood floor. Contact Norman Hosking
for rental information.
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Riverside, CA 92505-3057
Roller City 2001
10765 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside is in Southern California, about 60 miles east of Los
Angeles. Roller City is actually between Riverside and Corona
along the Rt 91 Corridor. From Los Angeles, take I-10 east to
I-15, then south on I-15 to Rt 91 and east on Rt 91 and finally
get off at the La Sierra Avenue exit. Head north on La Sierra
and make the first right onto Magnolia Avenue. The rink should
be a couple blocks east on Magnolia, between Burge Street and
Jones Avenue. Alternatively get off Rt 91 at the Tyler Avenue
exit and head west to Magnolia, turn left onto Magnolia and look
for the rink in the right.
909-688-4121/688-4145
Large
[ JSKoga@csupomona.edu (James S. Koga) ]
Roller City 2001 in Riverside, CA has no artistic program, only hockey.
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
Roller City doesn't have any adult sessions, but is possibly the largest
rink in Southern California with a 31,000 square foot floor.
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San Bernardino, CA 92404-4742
Stardust Roller Rink
2167 North Lugo Avenue
This is in the northern part of San Bernadino. From I-215, get off
at the Rt 30 - Highland Avenue exit. Head east on Highland, across
Rt 206 then about a half-dozen more blocks to North Lugo. Turn right
on Lugo and the rink should be on the corner or the first block.
909-883-1103
Wood Floor - Very Large
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, JO and Speed Clubs
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
This is a very clean rink that your children may enjoy. They have a
very large wood floor, but no adult R&B sessions. For rentals, contact
George or Virginia Cottone.
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Temecula, CA 92592-6213
Rancho California Sports Park
30875 Rancho Vista Road - Temecula Community Recreation Center
909-694-6410(center)
Outdoor - Hockey
The community sports park in Temecula has recently been expanded and
now includes a ligthed roller hockey rink with seating for about 200
spectators. There is also a brand new skate park for skateboarders
and in-line skaters. Other facilities in the park area include a
teen center, swimming pool and ball fields.
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Temecula, Ca 92590-2819
Skate City
28860 Front Street
Temecula is in Southern California, midway between Los Angeles
and San Diego along I-15. Get off I-15 at the Rt 79 exit, and
head east. The first right turn will be Front Street, and
the rink is about 3/4 mile north at the corner of Front Street,
Santiago Road and 1st Street.
909-676-7333
Sat 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Sun 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
*** may be weekday sessions too
IAPAA Member
RSA Member Rink
According to the attendent, they don't have any adult sessions.
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Upland, CA 91786
Dancin' Wheels
?
Upland is in the eastern part of the LA metro area, between Pomona
and Rancho Cucamonga.
909-946-5020
This is listed as a party place/service, but not as a roller rink.
The number is valid, however the taped message doesn't indicate much
beyond the name.
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California (619) - South
Palm Springs, San Diego and the Imperial Valley
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directories 2/96,
also checked aginst Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages, RSA directory and
USAC/RS Club Directory.
This should be essentially all the roller rinks in the 619 area code.
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Blythe, CA 92225
Means Family Skating Center
129 East Hobson Way
Blythe is located in southeastern California, along the Colorado
River about 70 miles north of Yuma Arizona. Hobson Way runs
parallel to I-10, the rink is probably somewhere between downtown
and the river.
619-921-6473
RSA Member Rink
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Chula Vista/San Diego, CA 91911-1066
Rollerskateland Chula Vista
626 L Street
Chula Vista is a San Diego suburb at the south end of the San Diego
Bay. From downtown, take I-5 south and get off at the L Street exit.
When you get to L Street, head west, over the freeway, for about a
mile and the rink will be on the right.
619-420-4761
Wed 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Adult Night
Fri-Sun Public Skating
Maple Floor - 85'x160' - Excellent Condition
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic Club
According to a San Diego newspaper article, the rink opened at this
new location in the Chula Vista Center around October 1993, after
the orginal Fifth Avenue Rollerskateland location was needed for
expansion of the Scripps Memorial hospital.
The dress code is supposedly strictly enforced here.
[ mindset@earthlink.net (Kevin Williams) - from list ]
This rink isn't in San Diego, but rather south of town, about 8 miles
north of the Mexico border. Sliding stops are permitted.
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Escondido/San Diego, CA 92025-1820
Ups-N-Downs Roller Rink
862 North Broadway
Escondido is about 25 miles north of San Diego along the I-15 Freeway.
Ups and Downs is in the northern part of town, from San Diego, take
I-15 north to the Rt 78 interchange, then head east on Rt 78. The
expressway part of Rt 78 ends just prior to North Broadway, turn right
and the rink should be one block further.
619-745-5966
Wed 3:30 PM - 5:50 PM
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thurs 3:30 PM - 5:50 PM
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Fri 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
10:00 PM - midnight
Sat 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Tiny Tots
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
10:00 PM - midnight
Sun 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Plastic Coated Asphalt - 78'x162'
RSA Member Rink
This rink was built in 1950 and is said to be a little run-down.
[ web gleanings ]
Here you'll find an asphalt-based floor covered by many layers of
plastic. Considered a very smooth, quiet floor to skate on, but no
roller blade skates are allowed [may have changed]
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La Mesa/San Diego, CA 91941-4089
Aquarius Roll-A-Rena
8992 La Mesa Boulevard
La Mesa is a suburban area east of San Diego. The Roll-A-Rena is
located where I-8, La Mesa Boulevard and Rt 125 merge. Take the
La Mesa Boulevard exit off of I-8, turn right onto La Mesa, and
then turn right again into the rink parking lot. Aquarius shares
its parking lot with an auto dealership - Drew Ford.
Closed
IAPAA Member
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic, Hockey and JO Clubs
As of April 1995, Aquarius closed due to structural deterioriation in the
roof that was too expensive for them to repair. They had a liquidation
sale to sell all the shop stock, rentals and so on, so I guess any kind of
re-opening sounds unlikely.
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La Mesa/San Diego, CA 91942-3924
La Mesa Roller Hockey (aka La Mesa Sport Center)
9586 Murray Drive
619-460-0684
Outdoor - Hockey Only
Roll-on Surface
La Mesa Sports Center is primarily a primarily an indoor soccer
facility, but also offers roller hockey on the weekends and
Mondays. The playing surface is roll-on coated, and they have
hockey boards topped with plexiglass.
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Linda Vista/San Diego, CA 92111-6305
Skate World
6907 Linda Vista Road
Linda Vista is a suburban area north of San Diego. From downtown,
use I-8 to get to Rt 163, head north on Rt 163 to Genesee Avenue,
head west on Genesee, the next major intersection should be Linda
Vista Road. Turn left, the rink will be a couple blocks south on
Linda Vista.
619-560-9349/560-9278
Wed 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Adult Night
Thurs Family Night
Fri-Sun General Skating
Small Maple Floor - 75'x140' - Good Condition
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
Skate World has a Figure Skating Club and Roller Hockey.
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National City/San Diego, CA 91950-7009
Skate San Diego at Sweetwater
700 East 24th Street
National City is an industrial/residential area south of San Diego
along the San Diego Bay. The rink is between I-805 and I-5, take the
Rt 64 exit and follow Rt 64 to Highland Avenue, then go north on
Highland, across 30th and then turn left onto 24th. The rink should
be in the first block.
619-474-1000
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
This rink is reported to be in a bad neighborhood or a bad part of
National City.
There is an artisic program here, also roller hockey..
Public skating Thursday through Sunday.
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Oceanside, CA 92054-2121
Oceanside Roller Rink
315 7th Street at Tremont Street
Oceanside is located in Southern California, along the coast
between San Diego and San Clemente. From I-5, get off at the
Rt 76 - Mission Road exit and head west on Mission towards
Oceanside for about a half mile. At North Cleveland Street,
turn right and head north on Cleveland for five blocks, then
turn right at 7th Street. The rink should be near the corner.
619-722-5554
Temporarily Closed
According to a news article this is a 45 year old skating rink and
areana that had been vacant for several years. The new operators
Steven and Debra Cottrell are working on restoring it to usable
condition and are planning regular skating, in-line roller hockey and
fitness progrmas.
They've put on a new roof, put in new plumbing and rebuilt the floor
in addition to repainting the rink. They're planning on re-opening
in the March 1996 timeframe.
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Palm Springs, CA 92234
Market Fair
5955 East Ramon Road at Crossley
Near the Ramon Road bridge.
619-327-1109
Fri 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Oct-May
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM June-Sept
Sat 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Oct-May
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM June-Sept
Sun 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Oct-May
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM June-Sept
Outdoor
[ web gleanings ]
This is an outdoor "in-line" skating rink associated with the Market
Fair, which is basicaly a farmers market and perhaps swap meet.
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Ridgecrest, CA 93555
High Desert Forum
520 South Richmond Road - Desert Empire Fair Ground, Joshua Hall
619-371-7465
Indoor
Air Conditioned
Plastic Over Concrete - 162'x62'
[ don_c@ridgecrest.ca.us - culled from web page ]
The High Desert Forum Roller Rink is located at the Desert Empire
Fairgrounds in Ridgecrest, CA. The HDF opened for business in July of
1995 offering both Inline Roller Hockey Leagues and Public Skating.
The High Desert Forum features a brand new, ice white, roll-on floor
with blue lines. Rink size: 62x160. This is an inside facility with
lockers. The rink also has a brand new air conditioning system.
Hockey Leagues are currently being offered for males and females from
ages 8 to adult. Beginning roller hockey instruction is available.
The forum will be closed from late April through May 18 due to other
activities at the Fair Grounds.
See http://www1.ridgecrest.ca.us/~don_c/hdf.html for information on the
High Desert Forum Hockey League and the rink.
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Ridgecrest/China Lake, CA 93555
NAWC China Lake Youth Center (aka Skate Oasis?)
Richmond Street Bldg 2480
Ridgecrest is located in central California, about midway between
Bakersfield and Las Vegas, Nevada, and next to the China Lake Naval
Weapons Center. From the Los Angeles area, take I-15 northwards
to US 395, and then north on US 395 for about 90 miles to Rt 170.
Follow Rt 170 east into Ridgecrest, turn right to head south on
China Lake Boulevard. At Bowman, China Lake veers right, you want
to jog a little to the left to continue south on College Heights
Boulevard. Turn left onto Kendall, which should end at Richmond
Street. The rink is probably a few blocks south along Richmond.
619-939-2909/939-6884
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
Apparently this rink is associated with a military facilty, but open to
the general public. According to the attendent, they aren't currently
having public sessions due to a lack of a skating director. They are
also working on an outdoor roller hockey rink and league play.
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San Diego, CA 92111
RHI Skate Center
5130 Kearny Mesa Road
800-204-6253/619-560-1353
Outdoor - Hockey Only
This is an outdoor roller hockey facility. The don't have any
conventional roller skating sessions, but the rink is availble
for party rentals.
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Santee/San Diego, CA 92071-3815
Rollerskateland East
9365 Mission Gorge Road
Santee is a suburban area northeast of San Diego. From San Diego,
take I-8 east to the Rt 67 interchange, head north on Rt 67 and get
off at the Prospect Avenue/Rt 52 exit. Head west on Rt 52, across
Cuyamana and just after where Rt 52 makes an abrupt right on Famita,
turn right onto Mission Gorge, rather than turning left to follow
Rt 52. The rink will be just past Carleton Hills Boulevard.
619-562-3790(recording)/562-3791(human)
Wed After School Session
Thurs Adult 21+ Night (70% oldies)
Fri-Sun Public Skating
Maple Floor - 85'x160' - Excellent Condition
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
Roller Skate Land has a Figure Skating Club and Roller Hockey.
They also have a Laserstorm laser tag installation.
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Victorville, CA 92392-2506
Holiday Skating Center
14950 Palmdale Road
Victorville is in Southern California, between San Bernadino and
Barstow along I-15. Get off I-15 at the Palmdale Road exit and
head west on Palmdale, the rink is about a mile further, near the
intersection with Cahuenga Road, on the right side.
619-241-6813(recording)/241-7118(human)
Tues 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon Adult Morning Skate
Wed 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM After School Skate
7:00 PM - 9:99 PM Cheap Skate
Fri 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
9:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Sat 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
9:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Sun 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Family Skate
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS JO Club
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