Mash together rollerskating and figure skating and you go to sport that many people know nothing about and that includes me so this this story could be 15 seconds long if I go down County in some ways this is a flashback to disco times except I’ve never been on rollerskates
Okay oh that’s good great thanks everybody kala mockery is the one who knows what she’s doing here she really knows graceful committed and hooked on roller figure skating since she was seven that’s when her best friend suggested him I had no idea what it was
When she first told me so I went in one in check it out and the rest is history yeah how’s she doing that she doesn’t skate anymore skate anymore the easiest way to explain it to someone is basically to say it’s like figure skating on ice with the jump spins
Choreography short and long program just on rollerskates and obviously not based on like a wood or concrete floor a harder surface but with grace above it the perfect teacher to help out my already stellar performance I got this fancy move now I don’t know what to call it but I can
Move them back and forth is that is that something at all this is so much easier well turns out it’s not that easy trying to do this is only possible with a little help your leg higher come on shut up have you seen someone get a concussion or yeah there’s actually a US
Nationals there’s been people during practice who fallen broken bones face yeah what about like you know reporters and that kind of thing maybe I just need a bit of roller inspiration I got to tell you when I think rollerskating I get this different mental image it’s not quite all this so
We’ve kind of arranged something oh yeah here we go let’s do this disco ball all the way there’ll be no mirror ball in competition mind you and the Pan Am’s are likely Kayla’s last already successful on the rink she’s now headed to medical school as for me whoa I’ll stick to broadcasting
David Coleman CBC News Mississauga
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