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: How long have you been skating?
The Punisher: I have been
skating for 22 years. Started out playing hockey when I was younger like
around 6 but I had skates on my feet when I was just 2. That's right! then
from there I played hockey through high school and then through college at
the Division 2 NCAA Club hockey in upstate Ny (SUNY OSAWAYGO) Roller Funk: What are your two favorite rinks? The Punisher :
Empire roller rink (NYC) and Golden Glide (ATL) Roller Funk: What is currently your favorite song to skate to? The Punisher:
Love is the message. That song me and my mom use to dance to when I was
younger. and when I heard it in the skate I went crazy for the first time
and that was in 2000 when my feet for the first time stepped into Empire
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Roller Funk: How would you describe yourself?
Roller Funk: What was the best skate jam you ever attended and why? Roller Funk: If you could tell the skaters around the world just one thing, what would it be?
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