How movement builds real connection

Friends supporting each other while roller skating in Sydney at SKTNG community rink.

Why Sydney Needs SKTNG More Than Ever In an age where “connection” usually means Wi-Fi, the simple act of being in a room together — skating, laughing, moving — feels quietly revolutionary. If you’ve been searching for something more real, something that gets you off the scroll and into a shared moment with actual people,…

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Why the future needs third spaces

Hundreds of kids Roller Skating in an industrial roller skating rink under pink fluorescent light.

It’s time to lace up, unplug, and roll into something real. Remember when you could just be somewhere? No expectations. No agenda other than to hang out, move your body, and bump into friends or total strangers — and maybe leave with a story or two. Those places are disappearing. Fast. In today’s cities, we’ve…

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Roller skating as a rebellion against screens

A roller skater goes around the rink with blurred neon lights and a t-shirt saying 'No phones'

How my roller skating childhood inspired a movement for the future I grew up in Haverhill, a small town in the UK, tucked in the corner of Suffolk on the border with Essex, and Cambridgeshire. With a population of ~20,000 people, it wasn’t exactly a bustling metropolis. But for me, it had everything, because I…

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