1) Look to your left before steppin' out on the skate floor. : )
2) Don't leave the rink without your personal belongings (i.e., club jackets, kids, skates!)
3) When learning a new move Espicially beginners try to keep your arms below your shoulders. This will help you maintain your balance if you start to fall.
4) The key to better balance, is to always bend your knees.
Here are a few things to keep in mind to help keep you crime free on the road.
Don’t drink or do other drugs and drive. And don’t ride with drivers who are under the influence. Keep your car in good working conditionand the gas tank full. If your car does break down, pull over and stay inside it with the doors locked and the windows rolled up. and if you feel unsafe, Wait for the police to arrive or ask a passing motorist to call the police for you.
When parking always lock a parked car and keep items out of plain veiw. When returning to your car remember to look under and inside the entire car, to see if someone has gotten into your car before you get back in. Avoid parking in isolated areas. If you’re uncomfortable about where your car is parked, ask a security guard or store staff to watch or escort you to your car.
If you think you are being followed, drive to the nearest gas station, open business, or busy, well-lighted area to get help, DON'T HEAD HOME. Use your cellular phone, (if you have one), to call the police Otherwise, stay off cellular phones while you are driving. Don’t pick up hitchhikers. Don’t hitchhike.
And by all means , buckle up SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES. In CALI its the LAW!
Paramedics will turn to a victim's cell phone for clues to that person's identity. You can make their job much easier with a simple idea that they
are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE.
ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in the contacts list in your cell phone under ICE, with the name and phone no. of the person that the emergency services should call on your behalf, you can save them a lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly. It only takes a few moments of your time to do.
Paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it immediately. ICE your cell phone NOW!
Keep in mind that these are not ATWT's terms, (inother words we did'nt make themup)This material is Copyright 1994-1996 by George Robbins. and updaded by ATWT.
But we, as well as other skaters use these terms/definitions in our daily skate lingo.
They are the mostcommonterms used throughtout the U.S. Now we know that some areas call the "Crazy legs" Rubbers legs and so on. But when you show your fellow skater a particular move, they know exactly what you are talking about.
Anyway nuff talk, here they are.
Shuffle Skating
Shuffle skating usually implies faster skating where the basic stroking is replaced by fancy footwork - a repetive pattern of fore-aft shuffles, sculls, scissors and body dips. Hardcore shuffle skaters often skate as synchronized couples or in packs. Advanced shuffle skaters may also do synchronized turns, jumps, kicks and floor tapping. Also known as Freestyle, Jamming, Cruising or Trucking in some areas.
Rexing
Rexing is fast backwards shuffle skating, with style or in patterns, single or couples. The term is local to Southern California, and though folks skate backwards in many places, only in California were there Rexing clubs and competitions. Also known as Jamming in the midwest. Why backards? There's something different about flying butt-first, and the balances allows a lot of toe-action and many odd scissored or moon-walking gaits.
Side-Surfing/Sidewinder
Side-surfing is skating in a spread-eagled stance, with feet rolling one forward, one back. Good or flexible side-surfers can get a strong propulsive action going and skating inside or outside around curves. Side-surfing is also preferred for extreme skating on the ramps or bowls of skate parks.
Dance (contemporary)
In contemporary dance skating, the emphasis is on dancing or expressive skating to contemporary music, disco/house/rock/rap/whatever. The pace may be fast or slow, the skating may be simply stepping/gliding on the beat or it may include synchronized maneuvers, turns, spins or jumps. In some areas this is called freestyle to separated it from the more programmed or rigid styles of dance.
Roller Disco/Jamming/Urban Disco or Jamming
Includes elements derived from break dancing, disco dancing, aerobics, posing and synchronized exaggerated movements, often to disco, rap or other heavy beat oriented music. Some rinks in the Chicago/Michigan areas also have James Brown skating which emphasizes classic soul/R&B music. At other rinks
you'll find skaters with choreographed programs for certain selections or called line dances where a handful or dozens of skaters try to execute the programs. Sometimes called Skate Dancing or Stepping.
Grapvine/Spot Rexing
Basically this is the devolution of jamming and fancy footwork into a stationary or very confined pattern. The ideal grapevine would be done on a 3'x3' square platform. The grapevine can also refer to fancy intertwined footwork that would leave a braided pattern across the floor. In some areas, this is called rubberlegging.
Strutting, Slow Walking, Moonwalking
These are forms of skating where the degree of body movement or foot work is realativly great in comparison the progress around the rink. One form of backwards strut involves skating backwards while doing crossed-behind outside edges. The local Slow Walk involves a line of people doing turns, strokes an two-steps forward, one step back as they work around the periphery of the rink. Moonwalking involves skating where the rolling stroke of the skate is opposite what you'd expect for the direction of travel.
Dancing, Rock climbing, Swiming, Concerts, Broadway shows, Comics, Dining, all this and more. Yes! on a cruise ship. ATWT boarded the cruise ship Marnarch Of The Seas (By Royal Carribbean), bound for Mexico and the cruise industry was changed forever. From the time we stepped on deck, it was nonstop fun.
We do'nt want to get long winded,(that will come later), we just wanted to show you a few pics for now.
So stay tuned for the trip photos. OH...we are currently planning the next cruise as we speak. THIS IS YOUR INVITE!!!
We would also like to thank Althea again for doing another for doing an outstanding job. You are an asset to ATWT, and a inspriration to us all.
