Raw Meat Week #3

A total of 65 nervous and excited people turned up to take on the Raw Meat test last night. Being only a year since this little derby girl went through the very same test, it sure brought back those emotions right on back. Have to admit I found myself getting a wee bit teary on more than one occasion.

What made Disco tear up like a prickly eyed old fool? Ill tell ya what! The focus and determination. The smiles and laughter. The bonds that are already forming between people who until a few weeks ago were complete strangers. But most of all, was during the endurance testing. The way the whole room lit up with an absolute ROAR of encouragement whenever someone got back up after falling down. Those are moments to be cherished in life. Golden.

This is the feeling which I hope every skater who was in the room last night keeps with them. Unfortunately not everyone made it through the test but don’t let it stop you. Keep on skating. Keep on supporting and helping each other improve. Do it because you love it and them come on back next year and give it another go.

During the quite times in between testing I did a bit of a ‘pop quiz’ with all of the skaters, asking ‘what have you enjoyed most about your raw meat experience?’

I threw the results into ‘Worlde’ (an online Google application). The size of the words in the image reflect how often they repeated. This is what we got.

Next Week Fresh Meat Begins!

Next week will be the start of ‘Fresh Meat’ training. Things will be stepping up a notch so don’t forget you will need to bring ALL of your safety gear or you wont be allowed on the track. So please be sure to add a helmet, mouth guard, wrist guards, elbow pads & knee pads to your gear bag.

Some advice on extra items you may wish to pack in your gear bag from a few old hands!

Lula Fortune recommends:
• An extra set of ‘boy leg’ under shorts!. “I suffer from a crotch flashing phobia”. Beware the accidental flash - keep it covered!
• Mouthwash – for dealing with the skanky mouth guard &
• A spare set of socks

Grumpire recommends:
• A set of rules
• Towel & waterbottle
• Glen20 deodoriser &
• Grumpires whistle of choice – the Hurricane Thunderer (in yellow)

Buttons McBoomBoom recommends:
• Wet wipes or a facewasher for wiping wheels off
• Spare skate tool (they are easy to lose!)
• Rose oil – to sprinkle around in gear bag and keep it smelling sweet, &
• A few extra smiles :D

Later skaters! You all did an awesome job tonight.

Death by Disco x
(Yes i know i have bad grammar!)