The Saga Continues

So after the first few initial trips out to the local roller rink, I knew that I needed some formal training and some gear. I went to target and picked up some cheap adult wrist guards, elbow pads, and knee pads. I felt like the biggest dork on the face of the planet when I strapped those suckers on all by my lonesome, but I didn't care.




In August on 2006 Minerva VaVoom took it upon herself to come down the G-Vegas for a visit and a weekend long intensive training session. She told me, "Invest in some better pads - Pro Design, Pro Tect or at the VERY least some cheap skateboarder pads!!" So we went and visited Blazers on Laurens Rd and purchased a better set of pads and my first derby helmet - a sweet hot pink S-ONE helmet. I also found a hot pink mouth guard at a Sports Authority down the road.



I was all ready to hit the rink for my first official training session. We spent hours at both of the local skating rinks, doing stops, falls, whips, hits, sprints, push ups, sit ups, jumps and everything else Ms. VaVoom could think to do. Before she left to go back home to Charm City she passed along two sheets worth of training drills and some parting words of advice - "Get yourself some damn skates!!"