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Roll Train!

Today I went to a Roll Train class and oh my lord, it was so fun! I've always wanted to be one of those cool dancing roller skaters, but I can't roller skate. I've tried; I just can't do it. But I can roller blade! I asked the woman in charge a while back if I could still join, and she said yes. So I am their first roller blader, yay!

To my giant surprise, I was much better at it than I expected. I thought I was going to fall on my face, but I actually held my own and was able to keep up with the others. Both the owner and I thought roller blades were going to make many of the moves difficult or impossible, but it wasn't the case. The only thing that was a little bit of a struggle was the grapevine because my wheels get in the way. But heck, I seriously didn't expect to do as good as I did.

And now I'm really interested in getting better at rollerblading! I want to learn how to stop properly and jump things.


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