Skate love from the Caribbean
RST received this letter from a soulful Island skater:
I am certainly happy to have found your web page. My name is Henry Harper and I have been roller-skating since I was eight years old. I will be sixty three on April 2nd 2008!
I live in Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean and roller skate on weekends around what is known as our Queen’s Park savannah, a three-mile, almost-circular route. I have roller skated in London (UK) - where I lived for ten years - and in Paris.
In Trinidad & Tobago very few people roller skate. In days of old when men were bold we had a club called the Red Circle Roller Skating Club. We put on exhibitions and had racing competitions. For one reason or another the sport is on hold in T&T. So, I stand out like a sore thumb when skating on my quads around the savannah on weekends.
Fact is, I enjoy it! I skate to electronic music and our local “Soca” music.
Thanks for sharing your skate love with us, Henry.
where can I find xubsequent articles such as “Basic Skating Skills Part IV”? I’m particularly interested in Parts I thru the conclusion of that subject. I am looking for more basic information re the Jul?Aug 2003 article found in……….com/geoarchives.aug03.html Thank you.
rick, the 4-part series ran from may -august of 2003 and you can access those links here: http://www.rollerskatingtoday.com/rstarchivelinks.html, under the heading “precision skating skills with geo.”
thanks.