Word: skates
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...their mothers. Some 500 fans freeze -- for a beat. Then the DJ spins a record, a guitarist slashes a chord and soon lips, lobes and eyebrows, pierced by stainless steel, glint again from the mosh pit. Wallet chains jangle, tattooed fists pump the air and well-worn skate shoes tamp the Hong Kong Exhibition Center floor. It's Friday night and LMF's 11 band members overflow the stage: three electric guitars, one DJ hovering over two turntables, two standing bongos, one full drum set and four cordless microphones gripped by four dragon-eyed meanies. This is the hardcore, hard...
...which it is comprised. The two share a festive chocolatey drink at a trendy café, Serendipity (which, incidentally, has already had its close-up in George Clooney’s One Fine Day); they stroll through Central Park, flocks of pigeons flapping out of their path; they ice-skate at night, snowflakes from a fake-snow-making-machine gently alighting upon their shoulders...
BEFORE THE RUNNING SHOE, THE ICE SKATE...
...Some of the new police in street clothes are on skate boards with the young dudes, standing at the fence with the tourists gawking at Harry Truman's balcony, wandering into the White House Visitors' Center to watch the few people who are watching for police officers...
...springs in the heels, providing runners and hoopsters with what the company calls "responsive cushioning." This summer the company also released Air Hyperflights, above right, an extra-light basketball shoe combining a new synthetic material with snazzy, Ferrari-like styling. Sneakers like Skidz and Street Flyers are incorporating roller-skating wheels. And one new brand, Heelys, top, features a single removable "stealth skate" in each heel that lets users walk or, with wheels engaged, zoom up to 32 m.p.h. They're not a far cry from the old wheeled shoes that were briefly popular in the '70s, bottom. But Heelys...