The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. I believe this is the location where the rink was. On the 4th floor. Those 5 floors you can see are shopping floors as upstairs are condos, offices, etc. Source: Google 2014.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. The front of the rink. Ticket booth ad entrance on the right as the left was exit. You can see the turntables that turns to count how many skaters came in. Source: The Wheels Facebook.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. This showed both skate rental and concession stand seen on the right. You may noticed 3 skaters looking one direction. Apparently they were looking at the staff in yellow t-shirt who was telling perhaps a "troublemaker" a warning or something. Those 3 heard how he was talking to that person. Maybe that is why someone took picture of this or was a still of a video. Source: Four Square.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. Ok, Skaters from around the world, you are shocked to see they had lanes and arrows. Too few rinks has arrows but this one is very basic design of arrow but they had three lanes for different purposes. Slow on the inside or to do ramp skating, middle lane for moderate speed, and outside for speed skating. Source: Four Square.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. Wow, the outside lane is so narrow at one point you can see in the photo. Really tight. Yes, they had lanes there to separately for different speed and stunt purposes. Source: Four Square.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. You can see very clearly the tracks lines as I call that plus arrows to inform skaters which way they must skate. Very much standard at any rinks to skate that way.. the counter clockwise. It is hard to see in this photo, the inner lane has ramp that you can skate up and down, etc. There are two of them. See later photos to see how it worked. Source: Sunshine Kelly Blog.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. A skater rest by the steps up for I believe rest area or for jamming. Sunshine Kelly Blog.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. You can see the two bumpy ramps. One with less bumps but the other in foreground is bumper. See next photo why. Yes, those were at this roller rink! Source: Sunshine Kelly Blog.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY. This showed why those bumpy ramp are for. It is for skaters who want to do a bit of stunt. Yes, at this roller rink! Source: Sunshine Kelly Blog.
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, MY
The Wheels Lot S4.01, Subang Avenue Shopping Mall, SS16/1, Subang Jaya, Malaysia was a roller rink that was operational until 2015. They said they are not in Subang Avenue Shopping Mall anymore according to their Facebook page. Their return has not yet announced and this is already 2022 around the corner (today is 28 December 2021). They announced that they are closed and will be relocated in 2015! Apparently they did not and did not update their Facebook.
7 years it is a dead subject therefore, dead rink it comes here on Dead-Rinks.
They closed on 06 November 2015.
The Interior.
It appeared to have Concrete or RollerCourt. I could not tell because of the way the photographs were taken with disco-lights on and darker interior. It did show however, three lanes with arrows to direct skaters which way they must go skating. It is counter clockwise like any other rinks around the world. The same path that running tracks, car racing, and more move. Three colors. I believe those "lanes" on that rink are meant to be for different speed level. That is unheard of for most skaters. Well, with this one, they did. Slowest, moderate, and speed. I saw videos from The Wheels on their Facebook page showing they skate on a certain level of track on the rink. The faster you go, you have to go on outside of the rink. The slowest has posts in the way. Very narrow. That is quite dangerous to skate like that unless you are beginners that you would prefer to reach to the post like I did when I began skating. I went post to post at Empire Skates in the middle of the rink back in 1978. Then when I got better at skating in a month, I went on outside of the line there. There is a photo of me way back there at Empire and you will see what I mean.
The lights are quite interesting and well designed.
They have one very interesting spot: The ramp that you can skate up and down and up and down. It is a tiny bit throw in of a Skate Park style for Inline-Skates to use. A hybrid. This rink is revolutionary because of its design there. The tracks and the skate park-like skaters can use. Then why they closed?
The Exterior.
It is a shopping mall in a plaza tower building that houses apartments/condo, stores, and restaurant. From I saw, I felt that was not the proper mall to be in it. They could have gone to another mall just down the street.. just 2 short blocks away. Skaters would more likely be in Subang Parade shopping mall than Subang Avenue. That mall the rink was in sounds more like 5th Avenue or the Avenues of America in New York City, USA rather than say, Mall of America or American Dream which ironically has an ice rink and cross from the Hudson River between NYC and New Jersey. Both states in the USA.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Appeared to be either Concrete or RollerCourt. Floor Layout: Standard.
Building Size: 16,000 SF. Built: N/A. Renovations: after November 2015. Demolished: Part of mall, just closed and new tenant renovated it.
Type of Building: Columns Steel Trusses Mutli-material - Walled Multipurpose mall and multi-story towers..
Roof: Flat.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A to 06 November 2015.
Reason for Closure: N/A. (said to be looking for a new location but they have not done that since 2015).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Four Square - The Wheels
Facebook - The Wheels
Local Gyms & Fitness - The Wheels based off from Facebook.
Sunshine Kelly - Blogger who went skating at The Wheels.
EwinEe - Article about the rink.
Date of issue: 28 December 2021.
For office use only: 9.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
7 years it is a dead subject therefore, dead rink it comes here on Dead-Rinks.
They closed on 06 November 2015.
The Interior.
It appeared to have Concrete or RollerCourt. I could not tell because of the way the photographs were taken with disco-lights on and darker interior. It did show however, three lanes with arrows to direct skaters which way they must go skating. It is counter clockwise like any other rinks around the world. The same path that running tracks, car racing, and more move. Three colors. I believe those "lanes" on that rink are meant to be for different speed level. That is unheard of for most skaters. Well, with this one, they did. Slowest, moderate, and speed. I saw videos from The Wheels on their Facebook page showing they skate on a certain level of track on the rink. The faster you go, you have to go on outside of the rink. The slowest has posts in the way. Very narrow. That is quite dangerous to skate like that unless you are beginners that you would prefer to reach to the post like I did when I began skating. I went post to post at Empire Skates in the middle of the rink back in 1978. Then when I got better at skating in a month, I went on outside of the line there. There is a photo of me way back there at Empire and you will see what I mean.
The lights are quite interesting and well designed.
They have one very interesting spot: The ramp that you can skate up and down and up and down. It is a tiny bit throw in of a Skate Park style for Inline-Skates to use. A hybrid. This rink is revolutionary because of its design there. The tracks and the skate park-like skaters can use. Then why they closed?
The Exterior.
It is a shopping mall in a plaza tower building that houses apartments/condo, stores, and restaurant. From I saw, I felt that was not the proper mall to be in it. They could have gone to another mall just down the street.. just 2 short blocks away. Skaters would more likely be in Subang Parade shopping mall than Subang Avenue. That mall the rink was in sounds more like 5th Avenue or the Avenues of America in New York City, USA rather than say, Mall of America or American Dream which ironically has an ice rink and cross from the Hudson River between NYC and New Jersey. Both states in the USA.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Appeared to be either Concrete or RollerCourt. Floor Layout: Standard.
Building Size: 16,000 SF. Built: N/A. Renovations: after November 2015. Demolished: Part of mall, just closed and new tenant renovated it.
Type of Building: Columns Steel Trusses Mutli-material - Walled Multipurpose mall and multi-story towers..
Roof: Flat.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- N/A to 06 November 2015.
Reason for Closure: N/A. (said to be looking for a new location but they have not done that since 2015).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Four Square - The Wheels
Facebook - The Wheels
Local Gyms & Fitness - The Wheels based off from Facebook.
Sunshine Kelly - Blogger who went skating at The Wheels.
EwinEe - Article about the rink.
Date of issue: 28 December 2021.
For office use only: 9.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.