says David Miles Jr., the founder of the Church of 8 Wheels. Miles has been getting people rolling for years - in Golden Gate Park every Sunday as well as other places around the city - but he ...

If you were planning to boogie down to the Church of 8 Wheels this weekend ... For the time being, outdoor rinks like Skatin’ Place in Golden Gate Park and the newly-opened Township Commons ...

Miles Jr. skates back to his DJ booth at the Church of 8 Wheels in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2022. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) Miles’ own love affair with skating began one Sunday in 1979, when he first ...

Roller skaters in the Church of 8 Wheels, whose building has been shut, also have been gathering at Skatin’ Place on Sixth Avenue in Golden Gate Park, practicing in a spot where they’ve gone ...

In Golden Gate Park, David Miles Jr. is often ... to promoting the sport for the last 45 years. Miles runs the Church of 8 Wheels, an abandoned church in the Lower Haight that's now a rink ...

visit a herd of bison in Golden Gate Park or, as Bay Curious listener Katie Talda discovered, go to a roller disco in an old Catholic church. Katie and friends recently visited the Church of 8 Wheels, ...

Miles has been a fixture in the city's rollerskating scene for approximately 35 years, especially in organizing the masses of roller skaters in Golden Gate Park every Sunday. Although the Church of 8 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Known as the "Godfather of Skate", David G Miles Jr. began roller skating in Golden Gate Park in 1979 ... the former Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 554 Fillmore St. into the ...

With the site’s historic landmarking status, the owners of the Church of 8 Wheels shared with Supervisor Preston’s office that “the church should continue to be a place for beginners and ...

It was amazing," said David Miles of Church of 8 Wheels. Yes the owls were inside the Church of 8 Wheels, a former church that is now a San Francisco roller skating rink. As the music played ...