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Message 3620 (11. Oct. 2007 22:48) (Tree)

Sender:	RollerGirl
email:	lisa@rollergirl.ca
Subject:	RollerCon Skatepark Tour
Content:	Hey Holly! It is great to hear from you again :-D Yikes, sorry to hear about your ankle...hope it heals quick! I am horrible with names, and I don't remember the names of a lot of the gals in this pic. Can you name any of them for me? Thanks! RG : wow, I just stumbled across this forum. : : I only made it out that night and the night before. That was amazing, thanks for the pic rollergirl. (I'm the one to the left of jay) : : I can't skate right now, so I've been compensating by dreaming about skating and preparing to return when I heal up. (i sprained my ankle pretty bad up at the olney park in maryland over a month ago and messed up some ligaments) : : Holly : : : : Hey Everyone, : : : : This is Lisa aka RollerGirl, out of Vancouver, Canada. : : : : I went to Vegas in August for RollerCon, a big roller derby convention, and as part of the annual convention there is a skatepark tour. It was amazing! One of the nights there were 35 people skating the ramps on quads. I was blown away, I have never skated (parks) with so many roller skaters before. We didn't think to take a picture until most of the folks had already left, but here are 12 of us sitting at the edge of a 12 foot concrete bowl. This is the Hollywood (i think..) skatepark in Vegas.. : : : : In the pic you will see me (in the center in pink), with Lee Ettinger, Jay the Roller Skater and Duke Renie (third from the right). The gals are all derby girls and some of them are getting really good. Lee, Duke and Jay are great teachers it seems! They had girls dropping in that night, who had never been in a skatepark before. : : : : : : Lisa Suggitt : : www.rollergirl.ca : :
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RollerGirl: RollerCon Skatepark Tour (20. Sep. 2007 00:32)
	Hey Everyone, This is Lisa aka RollerGirl, out of Vancouver, Canada. I went to Vegas in August for RollerCon, a big roller derby convention, and as part of the annual convention there is a skatepark tour. It was amazing! One of the nights there were 35 people skating the ramps on quads. I was blown away, I have never skated (parks) with so many roller skaters before. We didn't think to take a picture until most of the folks had already left, but here are 12 of us sitting at the edge of a 12 foot concrete bowl. This is the Hollywood (i think..) skatepark in Vegas.. In the pic you will see me (in the center in pink), with Lee Ettinger, Jay the Roller Skater and Duke Renie (third from the right). The gals are all derby girls and some of them are getting really good. Lee, Duke and Jay are great teachers it seems! They had girls dropping in that night, who had never been in a skatepark before. Lisa Suggitt www.rollergirl.ca
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Robert: RollerCon Skatepark Tour (20. Sep. 2007 03:10)
	Lisa, thanks for sharing. That is so awesome to see. : Hey Everyone, : : This is Lisa aka RollerGirl, out of Vancouver, Canada. : : I went to Vegas in August for RollerCon, a big roller derby convention, and as part of the annual convention there is a skatepark tour. It was amazing! One of the nights there were 35 people skating the ramps on quads. I was blown away, I have never skated (parks) with so many roller skaters before. We didn't think to take a picture until most of the folks had already left, but here are 12 of us sitting at the edge of a 12 foot concrete bowl. This is the Hollywood (i think..) skatepark in Vegas.. : : In the pic you will see me (in the center in pink), with Lee Ettinger, Jay the Roller Skater and Duke Renie (third from the right). The gals are all derby girls and some of them are getting really good. Lee, Duke and Jay are great teachers it seems! They had girls dropping in that night, who had never been in a skatepark before. : : : Lisa Suggitt : www.rollergirl.ca :
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claudine: RollerCon Skatepark Tour (20. Sep. 2007 04:09)
	: Hey Everyone, : : This is Lisa aka RollerGirl, out of Vancouver, Canada. : : I went to Vegas in August for RollerCon, a big roller derby convention, and as part of the annual convention there is a skatepark tour. It was amazing! One of the nights there were 35 people skating the ramps on quads. I was blown away, I have never skated (parks) with so many roller skaters before. We didn't think to take a picture until most of the folks had already left, but here are 12 of us sitting at the edge of a 12 foot concrete bowl. This is the Hollywood (i think..) skatepark in Vegas.. : : In the pic you will see me (in the center in pink), with Lee Ettinger, Jay the Roller Skater and Duke Renie (third from the right). The gals are all derby girls and some of them are getting really good. Lee, Duke and Jay are great teachers it seems! They had girls dropping in that night, who had never been in a skatepark before. : : : Lisa Suggitt : www.rollergirl.ca : I wish I'd been there! I've been wanting to skate with other girls that can really skate. Skated with the derby girls tonight but it wasnt fun for me. I took off, and left them way behind. I had noone to skate with still. I got bored and left early. I was hardly pushing...
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RollerGirl: RollerCon Skatepark Tour (20. Sep. 2007 23:03)
	Hey Bernhard! How's it going? It's been ages since I have chatted with you. Are you skating much these days? Roller Derby is freaking huge in North America....there are 300 derby leagues in the US, each with about 30-100 members and those numbers are growing all the time. Lots of these gals are really good skaters, have full protective gear, know how to fall and have no fear. So it isn't surprising that there is a growing movement of derby girls turned ramp skaters. Here in Vancouver, I have a group of about 15 girls and 3 guys that I am teaching. I expect that the skatepark tour at RollerCon next year will be insane. It was already crazy to show up at a skatepark with 35 quad skaters. The skateboarders just stood aside with their mouths gaping!!! Not all the girls that wanted to come to the skatepark tour this year were able to make it either. There was supposed to be a shuttle bus that took the gals from an outdoor evening scrimmage event to the nightly skatepark tour. The shuttle never happened....so girls had to bus, carpool or take a cab to the skateparks. Next year the shuttle bus will be running.....imagine 60- 75 quad skating girls showing up at the parks....in fishnets and mini skirts! It is going to be a circus!
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irene: RollerCon Skatepark Tour (26. Sep. 2007 21:20)
	: Hey Everyone, : : This is Lisa aka RollerGirl, out of Vancouver, Canada. : : I went to Vegas in August for RollerCon, a big roller derby convention, and as part of the annual convention there is a skatepark tour. It was amazing! One of the nights there were 35 people skating the ramps on quads. I was blown away, I have never skated (parks) with so many roller skaters before. We didn't think to take a picture until most of the folks had already left, but here are 12 of us sitting at the edge of a 12 foot concrete bowl. This is the Hollywood (i think..) skatepark in Vegas.. : : In the pic you will see me (in the center in pink), with Lee Ettinger, Jay the Roller Skater and Duke Renie (third from the right). The gals are all derby girls and some of them are getting really good. Lee, Duke and Jay are great teachers it seems! They had girls dropping in that night, who had never been in a skatepark before. : : : Lisa Suggitt : www.rollergirl.ca : I was in LA a few weeks before Rollercon, so..... BUT, next year, I'm there. So, if ya need an excuse to see Vegas, Rollercon is a great reason. Be there OR be square
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Holly: RollerCon Skatepark Tour (11. Oct. 2007 16:16)
	wow, I just stumbled across this forum. I only made it out that night and the night before. That was amazing, thanks for the pic rollergirl. (I'm the one to the left of jay) I can't skate right now, so I've been compensating by dreaming about skating and preparing to return when I heal up. (i sprained my ankle pretty bad up at the olney park in maryland over a month ago and messed up some ligaments) Holly : Hey Everyone, : : This is Lisa aka RollerGirl, out of Vancouver, Canada. : : I went to Vegas in August for RollerCon, a big roller derby convention, and as part of the annual convention there is a skatepark tour. It was amazing! One of the nights there were 35 people skating the ramps on quads. I was blown away, I have never skated (parks) with so many roller skaters before. We didn't think to take a picture until most of the folks had already left, but here are 12 of us sitting at the edge of a 12 foot concrete bowl. This is the Hollywood (i think..) skatepark in Vegas.. : : In the pic you will see me (in the center in pink), with Lee Ettinger, Jay the Roller Skater and Duke Renie (third from the right). The gals are all derby girls and some of them are getting really good. Lee, Duke and Jay are great teachers it seems! They had girls dropping in that night, who had never been in a skatepark before. : : : Lisa Suggitt : www.rollergirl.ca :
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RollerGirl: RollerCon Skatepark Tour (11. Oct. 2007 22:48)
	Hey Holly! It is great to hear from you again :-D Yikes, sorry to hear about your ankle...hope it heals quick! I am horrible with names, and I don't remember the names of a lot of the gals in this pic. Can you name any of them for me? Thanks! RG : wow, I just stumbled across this forum. : : I only made it out that night and the night before. That was amazing, thanks for the pic rollergirl. (I'm the one to the left of jay) : : I can't skate right now, so I've been compensating by dreaming about skating and preparing to return when I heal up. (i sprained my ankle pretty bad up at the olney park in maryland over a month ago and messed up some ligaments) : : Holly : : : : Hey Everyone, : : : : This is Lisa aka RollerGirl, out of Vancouver, Canada. : : : : I went to Vegas in August for RollerCon, a big roller derby convention, and as part of the annual convention there is a skatepark tour. It was amazing! One of the nights there were 35 people skating the ramps on quads. I was blown away, I have never skated (parks) with so many roller skaters before. We didn't think to take a picture until most of the folks had already left, but here are 12 of us sitting at the edge of a 12 foot concrete bowl. This is the Hollywood (i think..) skatepark in Vegas.. : : : : In the pic you will see me (in the center in pink), with Lee Ettinger, Jay the Roller Skater and Duke Renie (third from the right). The gals are all derby girls and some of them are getting really good. Lee, Duke and Jay are great teachers it seems! They had girls dropping in that night, who had never been in a skatepark before. : : : : : : Lisa Suggitt : : www.rollergirl.ca : :
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