First Loser | Inline Skater Roll to Live, Live to Roll

Excellent post by Christine Spurr: http://myskatingjourney.blogspot.com/2012/03/feeling-discouraged.html?m=1 She’s where we’ve all been. When we think this thing we love so much will be the death of us…after a nasty fall…after a near miss with a car, bike, ped or dog…after an … Continue reading →

Some of the best practices I’ve ever skated were the ones where I didn’t care about how fast I was going, how hard I was working, how far I was going, how technically correct my form was or how many … Continue reading →

There’s a skater who’s sure, All that’s paved’s made to roll, And he’s buying a trailway to heaven. And when he gets there he knows, If the rinks are all closed, With a word he can skate like he came … Continue reading →

The bad news: If you’re reading this, you lived through the Rapture of May 21, 2011. But there is a cloud at the of this skate trail… I can’t reveal all of the details, but suffice to say, you’d better … Continue reading →

Dateline: 22 December, 2011. I started writing this post back in the beginning of November on my laptop, on a plane out of Vegas. I’m wrapping it up tonight, on a couch bound for LA LA Land, thumbing away on … Continue reading →

If I were 20 years younger, I’d have been in Federal Way, Washington this past weekend to try out for the 2012 season for National Speedskating Circuit. It’s the biggest thing in inline here in the US, and I’d say … Continue reading →

If you haven’t figured it out yet…this blog is written on an 8th grade level. I’m a potty-mouth from New Jersey whose sense of self and humor stopped developing in the locker-room at Theo. Schor Middle School. So if you’re … Continue reading →

Like a noobe sausage factory worker who leans a bit too far into the auger to see how it works, I’ve gone and done something I’m probably not ready for…I’ve registered to skate the 2011 USARS Road Championships. WTF was I thinking??? I … Continue reading →

The “hips-forward” position. It’s not something that comes to us naturally, particularly the male of the species, for what should be obvious reasons. Unless you’re puttin’ your junk in a box to give your baby a little something to let … Continue reading →