The first skater in the family was Susan Richardson (maiden name Birch) who started skating more than 60 years ago in Tillamook, Oregon. One Christmas, a friend of Susan’s received roller skates as a gift. When Susan saw how much fun her friend was having skating up and down the halls of her house, she just had to have a pair of her own, which she received on her fourth birthday...

The skating legacy of the Lenty-Gustafson family began in the 1920s and has lasted nearly 100 years. Joseph Raymond "Ray" Lenty started skating at the age of nine in New York City. His sister, Helene, had Polio and the doctors advised her to use roller skating as therapy to exercise her legs. Ray would escort his sister to the local roller rink every day after school. It was here that his love for the sport began...