Wednesday this week was full of Skateful Dead!
I’d asked those in the know if we had a Twitter account. It was thought that we might do, but I couldn’t find it, so I set one up. Follow @TheSkatefulDead on Twitter :-)
I also managed to get some stickers done. Rick, a friend discovered through ThinkVisibility, turned them round in lightening quick time. He has WallGlamour, a company that does decorative room stickers (take a look, he does some very cool stuff!). He can also do stickers and skins. I was lucky that @TheHodge was calling to see him and that he was willing to drop the stickers back with me. So just 4 hours after confirming the artwork I had them.
Wednesday is one of our training days. I handed out stickers, obviously; happy skaters! The session this week was run by Gillie; we practised walls, bridging and recycling. I fell on my backside a few times trying to stop the jammer. I still need to find my feet in quads. My plough stop just doesn’t. I also find that the good skaters forget how good they are, which can be quite frustrating :-)
We have a two hour training session on Sunday which I’m really looking forward to. A new friend Claire, who has been skating for a few years, invited me over to MRD training on Sunday. Will definitely be taking her up on that, but not this Sunday as it’s my birthday! :-)
Hoping to make it to watch the Leeds Roller Dolls bout on Saturday at Cottingley. Useful to try and pick up on game play and rules.