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...light winds, the fun is in feeling the mellowness of smooth water," exults Ken Winner, 24, a champion windsurfer who once sailed his rig 100 miles from Hobe Sound, Fla., to Miami in six hours and 49 minutes. "But then you also have the gut thrills of a roller coaster when you get high winds and big waves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Try to Catch the Wind | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...about time we Americans stopped fighting each other over gasoline [July 2] and joined hands against the slippery blackmailers to the east. If war hasn't been declared, I just did it. Somebody please give us a battle plan: rationing, electric cars or roller skates, I don't care. Blood is thicker than gasoline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 23, 1979 | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

...from going into effect this week, the streets of the town that describes itself on billboards as GOD'S SQUARE MILE OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS will look much like those of any other seaside resort. The future, as envisioned by Harold Flood, president of the Camp Meeting Association: "Roller skaters and bicyclists, and even cars on Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Blue Sunday | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...sublime green cars. No maroon volvos here--just bright Corvettes, and bright Mustangs, and bright Sun Bugs, and bright Trans Ams. And hot dog stands. Most of the hot dog stands on Daytona Beach have American flags and mustard and relish, enough mustard and relish and beer and roller coasters to make America nauseous for years. There was the story of the artist who visited Daytona Beach to discover sex and intimacy. After several of his propositions were defeated, he opted for a hot dog. Then he ran screaming to the beach and told passersby he was going to swim...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Like Lemmings to the Sea... | 7/6/1979 | See Source »

Richard Reilly, an employee at Roller Power, added that skating over the cobblestones is like a zen art--you concentrate on spreading the vibrations throughout your entire body and let yourself go. Skaters use more muscles than swimmers, Reilly added...

Author: By Pam Mccuen, | Title: Shake, Rattle and Roll | 7/3/1979 | See Source »

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