![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a family operation, with Miles’ daughters Melanie and Tiffany, along with his niece, running skate rentals and the sign-up booth. The approximately 5,500-square-foot rink is completely solar powered, with an elaborate lighting rig, three disco balls and a serious sound system playing tunes DJed by Miles’ son David, who began skating competitively at age 8. He was the driving force behind building the pop-up skating rink. ![]() His newest project might be his most ambitious yet, a pop-up skating rink located in Civic Center Plaza dubbed San FranDISCO.ĭavid Miles, known as the Godfather of Skate, roller-skates at the San FranDISCO pop-up roller-skating rink in San Francisco's Civic Center on Nov. Typically, Miles can be seen wearing a flowing red cape and embroidered roller-skate top hat, holding court over the Skatin’ Place in Golden Gate Park, as well as the Church of 8 Wheels. He immediately bought a pair of skates and has seldom spent a day since without lacing them up. There were thousands of roller skaters,” Miles said. Then after the tornado, she steps out of the house, and it’s all in color. “I always equate it to the Wizard of Oz movie, where at first they’re in Kansas and it’s black and white.
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