#fruit booter

I started skating inline maybe before teens, but picked up roller derby and been quad driven ever since. I'm so out of my element on inline now, but here's early stage footage before I start shredding with @ifd-delusion. I sincerely thought I was going to fall many times, but I kept it together.

Mood

In a bizarre camera harness entanglement incident, a middle aged fruit-booter was beheaded by his telephoto lens this weekend while attempting a front side shutter grab, a difficult ski maneuver first made famous by world renowned ski jumper and landscape photographer Ansel Adams. Adams crafted the aerial stunt while snapping the iconic “Moon and Half Dome” in a death defying leap from El Capitan in the winter of 1960. This weekend’s tragedy was ironically captured on film. A single grizzly image of the victim in mid air clearly shows the wardrobe malfunction that lead to his demise.

cristina de miguel, fruit booter, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48"

Yeah. Uhhh...alright.

Classic. Heel rolls, heel spins, heel SLIDES. Reminds me of the infinite freedom and creativity my favorite sport has to offer. I used to love this section (and video).