Me and my daughter's mother starting meeting up at Winnwood every Saturday morning for the beginner's lessons as a "Family Day" where we hang as a unit and bond. I wasn't expecting much, just to tool around and bust my butt but I've been having a blast and am fully invested with some nice skates, etc. and look forward to it every week now. Working my way up to Adult Skate nights. Knejie and Adonis are very kind, patient and great tutors. Anyways, I know these are memories my daughter will always have and they're a big part of making it a great experience. Just wanted to pat them on the back. Cheers gang.

I changed my wheels again to my sure-grips and went to overpeck park to skate. Omg it’s harder than it looks but let me tell you, I made it around twice and was breathing hard from the workout it gave me lol My thinking was that maybe I could possibly improve my one foot balance by gliding and yes at time it was getting better but then speed (and bumps) was an issue. I made it around twice without falling so that’s when the penguin stance helped lol. Practice makes progress…..have an awesome day!

So…since April, I’ve started learning to play roller derby. 😳 This requires an entirely different set of skating skills. We train/practice for 2 hr a week. I’m learning new skating techniques, becoming really proficient and developing a community. The pictures are from our gathering at a skate park. My first time ever rolling over ramps and elevated, curvy structures…like skateboarders. It was an experience indeed. Skate parks force you to work on and master your balance, which makes you a much better skater on level surfaces.

Here are a few clips from a recent practice session. I received an insta360 for my birthday a few months ago, and It's taken me awhile to actually start using it. I was excited to try the tracking feature while I practiced. One thing I'm learning about recording progress is that I dislike editing videos, and it's probably much better to record short clips at a time, rather than a whole 20 minutes that I then have to review and cut down into smaller sections. But here are a few things I'm working on. starting to practice spins , a little pivot-pivot-back6 combo, the first part of a boomerang, dips. this was my first time recording some of these, and I see so many things to fix! Cheers to progress videos 😃

All summer long I skated each week on Grown Folks Nite! I have continued and go every week .. haven’t fallen once (knock on wood) and I SKATE ALL 3 hours! Friends and family join me and can’t hang 🤣! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDbmS7op/ Oh and getting my backwards comfort zone back!!!