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”
Roller Rink Directory
| Calgary | Lloyds Recreation
7520 McLeod Trail S Calgary, Alberta.
(403)
252-0146 |
www.lloydsrollerrink.com
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Ontario Roller Rinks
| Mississauga (Toronto Suburb) | Scooters Roller Palace
2105 Royal Windsor
Drive |
Most popular Toronto
area roller rink, non-wood floor, Old School Sunday nights.
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| Cambridge | Rollerama
( Closed until further notice for repairs )
1001 Langs Drive |
Beautiful rink with a wood floor |
| London | North London Optimist Community Centre (
NLOCC ) 1345 Cheapside st, London, Ontario. N5V 3N9 |
Best wood floor in Ontario. |
| Toronto | Rinx
65 Orfus Road Just south of
Yorkdale off Dufferin |
Only roller rink in
Toronto proper, non-wood floor, hockey style rink.
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| Oshawa | CoachLite
88 King St. West, |
Non-wood floor, small quaint atmosphere, only roller rink in the east end. |
Maryland Roller Rinks
| Waldorf | Waldorf Roller Skating
Center 3410 Leonardtown Rd Waldorf, MD 20603 ( 301) 645-4422 |
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| Seabrook | Seabrook Skating Rink 9901 Lanham Severn Rd. Lanham, MD (301) 577-1733 |
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| Temple Hills | D'Light Skate N Palace
3132 Branch Avenue Temple Hills Md. 20748 (301) 630-6150 |
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| Towson |
Skateland - Orchard 8855 Orchard Tree Lane Towson, MD 21286 (410) 825-3013 |
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| Odenton |
Wheels Skating Center
1200 Odenton Road Odenton, MD 21113 (410) 674-9661 |
www.wheelsrsc.com |
| Baltimore | Shake and Bake Skating
and Bowling Center 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. Baltimore, MD 21217 (410) 669-9100 |
www.snbskating.com |
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Upperco
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Sportsman's Hall Rink
15500 Hanover Pike Upperco, MD 21155 (410) 239-3697 |
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| Newark | Branch brook Park Skating Center 7th Avenue and Clifton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104( 973) 482-8900 |
www.bbpskating.com
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| Union |
Skate 22
1235 H-W Chestnut St. Union, NJ 07083-6800 ( 908) 686-6838
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www.skate-22.com
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| Camden | Millennium Skate
World 1900 Carman St. Camden, NJ 08103 ( 856) 757-9460
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www.usa-skating.com
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