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”
July 9, 2007
Sherri's Skate during the annual Taste of Chicago festival was an excellent skate trip. Leaving Friday July 6th and arriving 9 hours later from Toronto, we headed downtown to see festival organizers setting up for the festival. The weather was very hot and we ended up taking a short sightseeing trip through the city ending up at Oprah's Harpo Studios and the United Center.
Later that day we made our way to the AmeriSuites hotel in Schaumburg Illinois were we stayed. The accommodations were fabulous and some members of our party made there way over to the Woodfield Mall, one of Chicago's biggest tourist attractions. After some much needed rest I joined the group later that evening for some more shopping and a late night tour of the downtown area.
At night I made my way down to Sherri's skate where I was met with a red carpet and MC at the door, nice touch Sherri. It was hot inside but the skaters got down to some sweet music. The roll call was the center of attraction with skaters from all over the US, Canada, Japan and other nations taking there turns making an honorary skate. Chicago showed up in force of course and represented their city to its finest.
Thank you Sherri! See you next year Chicago!
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