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Roller Derby

Never Grow Up

June 20, 2010
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Well I’ve been 30 for 5 days now and surprisingly the world hasn’t ended. The above photo was taken of me on Saturday night at the Raw Meat Skate Night. I’m wearing a Tron shirt, acting like a complete fool and posing in-front of old arcade machines. What’s clear is that regardless of how old [...]

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Roller Skating Progress Update!

June 5, 2010
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I’ve now owned my skates for almost 2 months. It’s unfortunate that Vancouver weather hasn’t been extremely cooperative but I’ve still managed to get in a good chunk of practice time. Every Saturday I’ve been hitting Central City Arena for their public skate. It’s an awesome two hours on a beautiful Sport Court surface. Its [...]

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Vacation Over

May 11, 2010

Well I’m back from a lovely week-long vacation in DisneyLand. The weather was excellent in Anaheim and we all had a very good time. But now it’s back to work! Ludum Dare #17 Results came in on Sunday night. Roller-Derby 20XX came in 31st out of 204 entries (132 discreet positions) which places me in [...]

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Spring!

April 18, 2010
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It’s really starting to feel like spring. This week I started running with short-sleeve tops which is a first for the season. Speaking of running, I only have 2 weeks before the BMO Vancouver Half-Marathon. I did a 20km peak run today and felt quite strong. Now I just have to taper before race day. [...]

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Learning to Skate: The first few days

April 14, 2010
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Last Friday I picked up my new Riedell 265 skates complete with Radar Shadow wheels and Kwik 7 bearings. I chose a higher-end skate knowing if I was going to invest the time to learn skating properly, I should invest equally in the gear. Plus, don’t I deserve the best? I opted for softer wheels [...]

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Derby Crazy

April 12, 2010
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Those close to me have noticed that I’ve become a bit obsessed with a little thing called Roller Derby. It all started with an innocent wall post from a friend in February: “BTW: Are you and your fiance interested in joining a roller derby team? *sayyes*” My reply was an instant “Of course!” even without [...]

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