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"It's a total thrill, very exhilarating," says Victoria Drake, an artist transplanted from San Diego. "This isn't like skati on some little path. You're in the city-there's lights and people and traffic, and you're in the middle of all of it. The rush
_lIiItiI ... " tremendous." The group masses around a nearby subway entrance as some of the braver souls trick down the steps. Each wee this portion of the program lasts about 15 minutes, until the police show up and kick everybody out. Sometimes this
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A trip through downtown, a left turn through the hip South-of-Market club scene and a long straightaway
Townsend Street, bring the group, 12.5 miles later, to their original starting point. "San Francisco is where it's at for people who know how to enjoy life," says Daniel Filner, who has experien skating on four different continents. "And these skaters are the elite of the life enjoyers. They know what it's all about."
For more information on Midnight Rollers Friday Night Skate, check out their web site: www.bayinsider.com/recreation/skating/friday_nighCskate.html
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