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Unlocked: Matrix Dip on Quads

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by

Excited to unlock this move last week!

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A Skater’s Review of the Pivo AI-motion Tracker

Posted on April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 by

As a newbie quad skater, I love capturing video of my progress as I learn new moves and tricks. And I’m not alone. A lot of the resurgence of interest in quad skating has come from the thousands of skaters posting videos of themselves on Tik-Tok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.  So one big issue with…

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On Dance Instruction as Creating a Safe Space for Dance

Posted on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 by

I’ve started casually teaching folks how to do some basic dance moves on skates. It just happened organically. I spend so much time on my own working on different tricks and steps, and then talking to other people about what they are working on. Soon two or three us are practicing Crazy Legs or spins…

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Rhythm Skating and Lindy Hop: Popularizing Black Art While Minimizing Black Artists

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by

I’ve seen articles that have said roller skating was irrelevant since the ’70s. OK, so what have I been doing for the last 20 years? No, it hasn’t been irrelevant. Roller skating has continued to survive because of the African-American community and our ability to open up the culture to others who want to learn…

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Rolling and Waacking at the Chase Center

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 by

This weekend I got together with a few friends to see if we could skate at the new Chase Center in Mission Bay, San Francisco. Turns out its the most incredible space, and totally empty due to the lockdown. So we basically had the run of the plaza for a couple of glorious hours. Here’s…

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Connecting Rhythm Skating and House Dance

Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 by

Happy 2021! On the last day of the year, I did a little video exploring the connections I’ve found between rhythm skating and house dance. As a dancer who has dabbled in many different forms, I’ve been interested in how to incorporate my other styles into skating. House dance, which I’ve been practicing for the…

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A Dance Tribute to “Miracle on 42nd Street”

Posted on December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 by

It was 2011 that my all time favorite holiday dance video — and one of my favorite dance videos PERIOD — came out: “A Miracle on 42nd Street.” Performed by the Yas Initiative, aka Alex Karigan and Zac Hammer, this very Broadway, very campy dance piece is just joy encapsulated for me. Fast forward to…

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Rhythm Skating is Dancing!

Posted on December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 by

What I love about rhythm skating is that I can pour into it all of my past dancing — solo jazz, house, breaking, waacking — and find new ways of expressing that on 8 tiny wheels! It’s seriously the best.

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Kurt Vonnegut on Enjoyment versus Achievement

Posted on December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 by

I have not been able to find the original source for this quote from author Kurt Vonnegut, I’m afraid. But it speaks volumes to me as a eternal beginner at so many things. When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one…

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Comparison is the Enemy of Joy

Posted on October 16, 2020November 18, 2020 by

This evening in the Skating Place there was a boy who was maybe six or seven years old going around the circle with us. At that hour, there were about ten of us skating, all adults. I round a corner and see the boy lying on the ground just bawling his eyes out, while two…

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