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Closed for skating. he even brought mayor london breed. >> the rollerskating community has an entire family of people, i think people want this all over the world. >> reporter: chris donated the benches at the skating space, he is inspired by his commitment. >> he is the heart and soul of skating in the city, truthfully. >> reporter: outside golden gate park, they brought the disco rollerskating days to civic center, in addition, he skated to raise money for muscular dystrophy and world hunger and for years, he set up pop-up rinks for events as far away as burning man. at age 67, he continues ...

Lottery, because san francisco has just embraced me, and it has let me be able to share this with other people. >> reporter: for his decades long advocacy for rollerskating that has brought the community together, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to david miles junior.

>> that's the challenge, that might be one of the other more impactful parts of this storm because it is a saturday and that is enough snow, it is going to slow you down, you will need chains and there could even be temporary closures up there. i have seen that happen during previous storms. if you could go tomorrow, it is going to be much better. >> maybe that is the smart thing to do. this guy is known as the godfather of rollerskating in san francisco with a passion for the sport spanning more than 45 years. we are introduced to this week's in bay area jefferson award winner. >> reporter:...

>> it makes me feel great, it makes me feel alive. >> reporter: he says his passion ignited decades ago when he got off the bus from kansas city and discovered people skating at san francisco's iconic park. >> this energy here, just being here, it was just fantastic. i love it. i always wanted to keep that alive. >> reporter: so he spun into action, dedicating his life to promoting this sport for the last 45 years. he has taught skating over 10 years, his business started the volunteer skate patrol in 99 to help monitor skaters in the golden gate park. he fought against banning skating in the ...

And hopefully i'll qualify and hopefully do some good. britain's recent paralympic britain's recent pa ralympic form britain's recent paralympic form certainly bodes well, finishing second in the middle stable in tokyo, winning 41 goals. what can we expect in paris? earlierthis goals. what can we expect in paris? earlier this month the city held a test event in para— triathlon. it wasn't entirely smooth, the swimming leg had to be cancelled because of the river san�*s water quality but it showed off the city's famous beauty and its sporting appetite. after covid meant there were no fans in...