From K-QED.

On the corner of Fell and Fillmore in San Francisco's lower hate sits a church.

From the outside it looks like a lot of other Catholic churches.

A large stone building with arched windows, stained glass,

a tall bell tower.

But when you open the doors of this church, you see all the people getting groovy.

It was very shocking to go inside because it seems like a church but has a roller skating rink.

Bakurious listener Katie Tolda recently... but has a roller skating rink.

Bicurious listener Katie Tolda recently visited this place,

which has been transformed into San Francisco's only indoor skating rink,

the Church of Eight Wheels.

I mean it's a huge open space and you expect to walk in

and I don't know, go see an opera or something,

but instead there's people just like rolling around in circles

and then you get all the fun music that's

playing and lots of cool lighting. But having a roller rink in a church is pretty

unusual. That got Katie wondering. When does the church of Eight Wheels go from being an active church

to a roller skating rink?

Today we'll meet the man, the myth, the legend, the godfather of skate himself,

who created the Church of Eight Wheels.

And we'll take a spin around San Francisco's roller skating history.

I'm Olivia Allen Price and this is Bay Curious.

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