New Skates....New Year!

New skate boots came in, just in time to break them in for the new year.  Not that I needed to boots, mine were only a couple years old, but I WANTED new boots.  They are SWEEEEET, they are shiny and new, and they make me feel like a superhero!

I can't wait for the season to start.  Team tryouts are right around the corner, and I am super pumped and so ready.  We've had a few retirements in the off season, but there are some pretty talented up chicks in our league, and I can't wait to skate with them. 

I've been coaching a little in the off season, and I love it.  Its given me the opportunity to give back and watch the girls.  My job as a veteran is to teach our rookie skaters everything I know.  Some of these girls are gonna skate on the All Star Team this year, and my job as a team mate is to get them to my skill level and experience.  Coaching also lights a fire under my ass.  These girls are gonna surpass me if I don't keep working as hard as I can.  There is no rest for us derby skaters, we have to continually grow and get better.  

We have a busy, competitive season ahead of us and right now "bring it on".  I am so ready to compete again, I am crawling out of my skin, I need something to focus on and work for.  Whether I am captain again for another season, my goal is to get us working as a team.  Teamwork, and skating ability is what wins games, and its what is gonna get us to Regionals this year.  Santa Cruz is a talented, dedicated, hard working league, and we deserve to go. 

We are heading to Vegas in February to play the Sin City Roller Girls, and I can't wait.  It will be our first WFTDA sanctioned game, then we head to Bremerton in March for Wild West Showdown, and we're off and running after that.  If we continue to work hard and grow together as a team and a league, Portland will be our end result.  Me and my shiny skates will be there!