Archive for the ‘Skate – Roller, Inline & Ice’ Category
“Fiend Club,” Lyra Stephens’ roller derby persona, is a dark, fierce competitor, circling the rink fighting for the Deadutantes in bouts all over the South. She’s the captain of the team, which is part of the only derby league in Montgomery, Ala., the River Region Rollergirls.
Derby is her passion and her stress-buster. It’s fun. It’s serious, physical business. She’s willing to get hurt.
But when she’s simply Lyra, she’s also the mom of 5-year-old Sewell, who at age 2 was diagnosed with autism … More
A blind York hockey player will set out for his second cross-Canada inline skate in August.
From August to October, Mark DeMontis will skate from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Toronto in support of his charity, Courage Canada. DeMontis will be skating about 50 to 70 kilometres a day during a nine-week journey across five provinces.
The goal of the campaign is to raise funds and awareness to … More