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 from 9am-12pm. We will gather in the skatepark, 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:

Danni is a self-taught roller skater who started checking out local skate parks during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to park skating, she also skates for the Albany All Stars Roller Derby League. When she’s off skates, she’s usually hanging out with her friends and her two dogs, Kirby and Really.

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

In order to properly prepare please email Klarisse at ktorriente@gmail.com expressing your interest in attending the event and your level of skating.