Spent Fri. night and Saturday in Philadelphia skating Philly Free Skate. We did a 12 mile group skate Friday night, 15 mile group skate Sat morning
through the streets of Philly with 80-100 skaters. Skating is a GREAT way to tour a city.
At 3pm they had a National Slalom Competition. They needed 1 more competitor to fill the roster, so my buds talked me into it. I have never skated cones, was on brand new skates for all of 10 minutes, and only got
back into skating last year after over10 years. Most of the other competitors are nationaly ranked slalom skaters and half my age.
I only know backwards criss-cross, so I was an old one trick pony... http://vimeo.com/12713809
These events are a blast. Any skaters here should check it out. Big Apple Roll in Manhatten is Aug. 6-8th and Skate Boston is July 16-18.Todd - 20-6-2010 at 11:56 AM
I knew I spotted you in the Roller Fever movie with your bell bottom pants and satin shirt
Looks cool though!Kamikuza - 20-6-2010 at 10:57 PM
Nice
I could never do that tricky stuff at all ... I jumped up and down things, did the half-pipe in a very lame way and played hockey - that's about it :DPHREERIDER - 21-6-2010 at 08:04 AM
get your skate on!
last friday night skate i did...PARIS 2007 til 2AM
and 10000 skaters
the Sunday Bastille run was fun too.
i think they where around 25miles.... a ton of people !Jaymz - 21-6-2010 at 08:26 AM
Yea, big group skates on city streets are amazing. You'd think we have superpowers how fast we can stop traffic. Skating in the subway is way cool.
And we went through some ROUGH neighborhoods....streghth in numbers saved us. :wink2:
Spent half the night editing video of the event.......
Always wanted to do the Friday night skate in Paris...Jaymz - 21-6-2010 at 11:12 AM
I have to get down to Greateskkate one of these years....and Paris? that would be too cool.
Alot of friends I skate with are with Central Park Skate Patrol. I'm 45-60 minutes south of the city and wish I had time for training and to skate
NYC/Central Park more often. Angus, You should come up for Big Apple Roll '10 and see some old faces.PHREERIDER - 21-6-2010 at 11:13 AM
nice video, always good energy at rollin' events.rocfighter - 22-6-2010 at 04:14 AM
You would have seen me easily. I would have been the one being put in the ambulance with everything broken.
As far as I am concerned the fact that you were asked to enter says a lot. Great job not breaking your neck!bobalooie57 - 22-6-2010 at 09:13 AM
Looks like a great time! That nat. champ had obviously done that before! lol Great vid, I enjoyed!Jaymz - 23-6-2010 at 09:36 AM
Found a video of me getting beat by 2 girls..... I was a hockey player back in the day, not a ballerina
rando - 27-6-2010 at 06:38 AM
nice moves Jim!stetson05 - 27-6-2010 at 11:07 PM
I wouldn't mind too much getting beat by them. nice to watch
I have never skated cones, was on brand new skates for all of 10 minutes, and only got
back into skating last year after over10 years. Most of the other competitors are nationaly ranked slalom skaters and half my age. 
