Artist:	Van Halen
Song:	Jump
Album:	1984
Year:	1984

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Van Halen rode the crest of 1970s riff-rock into 1980s abandon. Always able to produce a smile and a killer hook, their songs captured a West Coast...
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KarenMagill | MEMORY FROM 1982

What A Sight

LOCATION: Roller Skating Rink , Kamloops

YEAR: 1982

TAGS: athletics, roller skating, music

PUBLISHED: March 14, 2008

When you are young a roller rink is a great place to work. The people, the music, the excitement are all invigorating. I was an okay skater, nothing spectacular, but there was one employee who was fantastic.

Kal was a slender, short teen but when the song ‘Jump’ by Van Halen came on, he would enthrall the spectators at the rink. He would skate around, picking up speed as he went then when the song said jump, he would. By the end of the song he was jumping higher than he was tall. It was an awesome sight. One I don’t think I’ll ever forget.

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sunshinelikeacid said: I never liked roller rinks, I was awful at roller blading... (3/14/2008)

KarenMagill replied to sunshinelikeacid's comment:

I never liked roller rinks, I was awful at roller blading...

It was roller skating. I can't roller blade either! (3/14/2008)

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