Welcome to rollerskating your life is gonna be different now I am a big advocate for having fun being one of your priorities in life when roller skates were first invented they were thought of as issues of the future where did that concept of what happened when I was imagining roller derby I was
A managing vintage antique high-top skates with laces and hooks and even colors since its new like maybe they’re finally pink and purple so then I wrote a letter a generic letter and then I sent it to all of the roller skating manufacturers that I could find on the
Internet and I got it one response from a made in USA Factory the roller skating manufacturer said okay well it proved that that market exists and will entertain your idea of making those skates so I dressed up as a pin-up girl and I spun a sign that said energy-saving transports sold back here
Between that and also the free roller skating lessons I was teaching on Saturday mornings and the critical mass tidal street skates that we were throwing once a month which we’re like these parties are miles through the street it worked There were other people who wanted to buy the shop for more than what I could have afforded it for I think that estrogen asked me to buy the store because she knew I was gonna do what was best for moxie and one day I was like okay there’s something here with
Rollerskating we can make a big difference with this how do you do that you know how can we get as many people as possible to feel comfortable putting on skates and it’s like well whenever somebody wants to do something they type into YouTube how to roller-skate and it
Took probably a year before I was like oh it’s I just need to put out tutorials I guess this is gonna be me I guess this is my job yeah there’s a whole other world I’m like seeing opportunities of seeing things in my city that I never
Saw before it this is Moxie’s 10 year anniversary and everything’s lining up so we’re opening up a shop in Venice Beach this summer Venice Beach is known to be the the mecca of rollerskating and there are no more roller skate shops since the decline of the last era of roller
Skating and the idea is that we’re going to cater to the rollerskating can you that is still living in Venice Beach It’s like Messi we’re falling on our faces constantly and then getting back up and doing it better because we care about you
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