Someday I'm going to perfect my bearing cleaning technique. Not there yet, but ... someday.

I really wish skating rinks were more gutsy about their music selections. The best, most memorable sessions I've ever been to all had DJs playing stuff I've never heard before in my life.

My informal resolution this year has been to stop chasing after new tricks and instead focus on refining fundamentals and tightening up the things I already know. Then I saw some teenager at the rink doing really clean 360 jumps and I was like "fuck, I need to get back to working on those."

I remember in the early days of Twitter and Facebook there was less of an emphasis on engagement. Back then, the prevailing idea of these platforms was "microblogging," where you'd quickly jot down a thought or an update on your day and leave it at that.

In the meantime, I will happily shout into the void about how much I love roller skating.

I've been on Bluesky for a while now with another account. I've registered this account specifically for roller skate stuff.

There is a dearth of skate chat on here at the moment (as far as I've been able to tell), but hopefully that will change in time.