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| - Weird that my first review is most likely for a 12 year old but I suppose that almost makes sense. A few days ago, I had the pleasure of joining some Yelpers at this little blast-from-the-past event at Skateland in Mesa. I took one whiff of the inside and was instantly taken back to my childhood as flashbacks of trying to pants the Skatasaurus and flipping off the skate guards when they told me to slow down suddenly rushed through me. Also that whiff was filled with the scent of used feet.
Or maybe it was the line wrapped around the corner that reminded me of how cool it was to be sneaking drags of cigarettes or sipping grandma's scotch carefully poured into our Jolt cola. Man, that sounds gross now.
I think the point is, shit hasn't changed in 20 years, and I'm sure longer, for that matter. Same ol kids running around all over the place, throwing up, crying, and falling on their faces left and right. Same "supercool" DJ playing the same ol games and making the same ol hilarious jokes about having hats. The only difference I noticed was the rental skates actually looked pretty cool. I remember them looking like the inside of a boot with an orange stripe on the back. Not cool.
In conclusion, I think Stevey P has it right over there, this place and the time you have there would be ridiculously fun if you did it in adult fashion. I definitely plowed a child and it became real old real quick to be surrounded by other people's kids. At least we found out Mondays are adult nights, which I'll be visiting to see how much more fun I have. Stay tuned!
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