Growing the Skatepark Rollerskating Community in Capital Region
Learn new skills, make new friends and feel more comfortable quad skating at the skatepark!
Come join us before the August skate meetup from 9am-12pm. We will gather in the skatepark, do a short meditation, warm up and break into groups by proficiency to acclimate new skaters to skating, the park, and tricks! $15 pay at the door. All levels welcome!!
About Hosts:
Daniela “Nella” Sanclemente is a fiery Aries sign She is originally from Cali, Colombia but grew up most of her life in Long Island, NY. When she’s not doing indoor or outdoor skating, she’s learning fun trivia facts or sunbathing at the park. Nella currently attends the University at Albany and is studying to pursue her Masters of Public Health. She is super excited to help Klarisse put this program on and ensure everyone has a fun and safe space to learn
Klarisse Torriente is an Earth sign Kween who dabbles in all things disco, just with roller skates. She/They have loved to move their body in all ways possible since infancy. This love for movement and the outdoors has filled her life with high school and college athletics, half and full marathons, and miles on top of miles on her roller skates. Klarisse teaches for a community college and formerly coached middle school track. You can find her at the roller rink, any skate park, or street skating/dancing through a city nearest you.
"Rollerskating for me saved my life, it helped center my thoughts and taught me body awareness, patience, the power of community, humility, and even unearthed some of my shadows: jealousy and competitiveness. In an era of social media and instant gratification it can seem like people are leveling up really fast, but we have to learn how to work our own programs, be our own skaters, we are humans and we are learning and we begin to compare, we will bring ourselves down as a collective."
-Klarisse
Agenda:
9am- Introductions
930am-10:15am -break up into groups based on level you can skate (section skaters based on current capacity, not the regarding tricks)
For example:
Group 1. Can you skate forwards, backwards, 180 on flat ground, and other transitions? (maybe the goal of the day is to feel more comfortable going backwards, on transitions, and stopping)
Group 2. Can you 180 on a quarter pipe, can you come down fakie, can you air 180?
Group 3. You can do everything above and are working on dropping in?
Group 4. You can do everything above and are working on stalls and slides?
10:15-10:30am -whole group warm up led by Klarisse & “park etiquette” share
10:30am-11:40am -break out into groups and start your coaching sessions
11:40am-12:00pm -cool down & have everyone go around and share a “hot take” something they learned or have feedback around for next time
In order to properly prepare please email Klarisse at ktorriente@gmail.com expressing your interest in attending the event and your level of skating.