We often hear our inline skaters saying they find skating to be more “rhythmic”, “fulfilling”, or even “spiritual” than other forms of exercise. There is certainly something about the side-to-side movement of the continual gliding of inline skating that is aesthetically pleasing.
Dr. John Kitchin faced his own reality that he didn’t like life as a doctor and that what he did like was inline skating. So he quit his medical practice, moved to San Diego, and spends his days skating down the strand.
This 16:40 minute video is not short but if you are an inline skater or interested in learning, it is well worth your time. I recommend either watching it in the evening when you have time to relax or (if you are not a Zephyr employee!) watching it at work when you feel stressed out and overwhelmed. Thanks to Zephyr alumnus Ray Sutton for pointing this out to us. Photo and video courtesy of New York Times.
Wow, leaves me speechless. What a thought provoking video. Makes you take a step back and think, what is important.
Hi everyone – just watched Slomo and was wowed at how much my feeling about skating mirrors his, of course i have been experiencing this since my age was in single digits and i was on quads. i do wish he’d extend his free leg out straighter in the arabesques though, he’d have even more laterality. but he’s got it goin on, and it’s ironic that this wonderful blog is dated april 7, my birthday. yecchhhh. i am wearing a black armband all 2014 to grieve it, so i needed this “present” of sorts. thanks and thanks again.
Happy Belated Ann!!!!
thanks cindy but ive got the mourning armband firmly in place, only way to look at this one. interesting reactions, i do get condolences from strangers but everyone at the gym thinks i pulled a bicep!
ann