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World's Largest Roller Skate

Roller skates are devices worn on the feet to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels, consisting of a boot with four wheels with ball bearings, arranged in the same way as those of a typical car. Hence, the World's Largest Roller Skate must also be configured like a car, with four wheels with ball bearings, rolling freely. The only propulsion, like human sized roller skates, would be pushing or pulling.

History
The World's Largest Roller Skate was conceived by a young girl whose parents rescued a locally owned rink from sure destruction. "Where will our children 'hang out'", declared Judy Kerr, in 1984. So, Gene Kerr took on the arduous task of resurrecting a 'stripped' rink, sanding the rotund floor and converting the stock of wooden wheeled skates to modern day bo-bos.

Construction
]Then along came Joe. First as husband (he proposed at the rink), then as builder. Donna envisioned a painted, wooden frame that would sit on Navy Boulevard, becoming a Landmark, along with her beloved Landmark Skate & Fun Center. Joe's collection of talents went far beyond. The model began with a size 1 bo-bo. First he stripped an '85 Blazer down to the frame and axles. Then he welded 1" steel tubing, covered it with chicken wire and 'glassed' it.