NEVER MISS THE WATER, TILL YOUR WELL RUNS DRY…
November 19, 2008
When Chaka Khan sang these words more than a decade ago, I never thought that they would be more than just lyrics to me. For the past two years, my passion of roller skating has been starved and forced to feed itself only in moderation and small portions.
I moved from Detroit, MI (A skater’s paradise) to Chandler, AZ (A skater’s hell) for a number of reasons. At first it didn’t bother me not being able to enjoy R & B music at an adult session several times a week. I was new to the area, and there was so much to do like familiarize myself with the area and get to know people. However, as the months went by, I started to long for some Patrice Rushen cuts or the occasional Gap Band song when I did visit the rinks here. I was soon forced to put my IPod into overdrive and load up as much music possible and turn it up as loud as I could to drown out the wails of children and undecipherable lyrics that were un-skate able.
I begin to envy what I had so easily taken for granted before and started wishing for a miracle. No longer being able to “leave it on the wood”, now I had to “leave it on the epoxy-glide” (The blue stuff). That doesn’t even sound right. Now, instead of checking into a mental hospital, I travel five hours to California once a month or to the occasional out of town skate party just to get my roll on.
Some may ask, “Is it worth it?” Real skaters already know, “Of course it is!” But I’ll do whatever I have to do to get my roll on.
So when your rolling during the week get a slide, a split, a one-stop, a jack-leg or whatever you style calls for in for me! J
KP “DETROIT STYLE ALL DAY”
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Happy Holidays Skaters! Scooters Roller Palace Mississauga Stories about Roller skating NEVER MISS THE WATER, TILL YOUR WELL RUNS DRY… November 19, 2008
When Chaka Khan sang these words more than a decade ago, I never thought that they would be more than just lyrics to me. For the past two years, my passion of roller skating has been starved and forced to feed itself only in moderation and small portions. I moved from Detroit, MI (A skater’s paradise) to Chandler, AZ (A skater’s hell) for a number of reasons. At first it didn’t bother me not being able to enjoy R & B music at an adult session several times a week. I was new to the area, and there was so much to do like familiarize myself with the area and get to know people. However, as the months went by, I started to long for some Patrice Rushen cuts or the occasional Gap Band song when I did visit the rinks here. I was soon forced to put my IPod into overdrive and load up as much music possible and turn it up as loud as I could to drown out the wails of children and undecipherable lyrics that were un-skate able. I begin to envy what I had so easily taken for granted before and started wishing for a miracle. No longer being able to “leave it on the wood”, now I had to “leave it on the epoxy-glide” (The blue stuff). That doesn’t even sound right. Now, instead of checking into a mental hospital, I travel five hours to California once a month or to the occasional out of town skate party just to get my roll on. Some may ask, “Is it worth it?” Real skaters already know, “Of course it is!” But I’ll do whatever I have to do to get my roll on. So when your rolling during the week get a slide, a split, a one-stop, a jack-leg or whatever you style calls for in for me! J KP “DETROIT STYLE ALL DAY”
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Roller Funk :When did you form your skate club and what made you decide to form a group? Kitty Kat Ladies : Our group was formed in January of 2007. We all met at the skating rink (Skate 22, Union, NJ). We all love roller skating and became friends outside of skating and decided to form a group. Roller Funk : Who are the members of your group and what are your individual strengths, i.e. is anyone a strong spinner, or does anyone have a particular skate style? Kitty Kat Ladies :
The group Members are Meerah, Jazz, Q, Deeyuh, Tina and Toyah.
Five of us have group names. Jazz aka Snoopy, Q aka Ms. UniQue, Deeyuh aka
Lil Mama, Tina aka Lady T and Toyah aka PlayGurl. All of us skate on different levels and our strongest skaters are Deeyuh, Meerah and Jazz. Roller Funk: What are your two favorite rinks and why? Kitty Kat Ladies :
Our favorite rink is Skate 22. Why? We all met there, so it
is like home to us. Kitty Kat Ladies :
Our goal is to reach out to as many skaters as we can and
keep the love of skating alive and growing. Kitty Kat Ladies :
Our favorite skate jam is "Work It!" Kitty Kat Ladies :
Skating is enjoyment. If you don't know how to skate, learn it,
if you are a skater, teach and share what you know with others and most of
all....have fun. Roller skating is something we do for fun, and we have a
passion for it. We just have to roll. We do not compete in competitions, we
just get out there roll, joke, laugh and just have a good time. Outside of
skating we throw parties, we have been in fashion shows, go bowling and just
get together and have fun. We all share one common interest.....Roller
Skating. We are looking forward to connecting and meeting the entire skate
family. Lets continue to keep the love of skating united and growing and
keep on rolling!
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Our Rink I could write 2,000 paragraphs about skating. Our local rink here in Schenectady, NY is Rollerama. We've been skating there for over 30 years. My parents took my brother and I when we were only 4 years old, with little wooden wheels on our skates. We've skated ever since. My husband and I make great skate partners. We skate at least twice a week. The rink floor is awesome, larger than most floors around here. Our pet peeves.. hmmm. The biggest is the music. We just cannot skate to hard rap or hard rock. It isn't really that I don't like some of it, but not to skate to. Chris and I rent the rink, literally for 2 hours at $250 a pop, after hours, just so we can make our own play list and invite people we want. No hard rap, no rock, no bubble gum music, no games, just 2 hours of GET YOUR SKATE ON jam music. We're dead by the end of the night, but it's worth it. I could tell many stories, but need more than 2 paragraphs. SKATE HARD OR GO HOME. Jeannie Schenectadaty, New York
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