A Pair of Skates, A Stick and Shinny

photo credit: Banff Lake Louise I started playing hockey this year, or rather shinny. Shinny for beginners, just to be precise. People show up, they throw their sticks in the middle of the rink and once split up in two groups, one lucky team gets to be team hi viz. I don’t believe through the whole season we ever kept track of the score. But believe me, you keep track of your own. Although once I was told I got a hat trick and stared back... Read More

This Ain’t No Roller Disco

photo credit: JonU235 It’s not every day you get tempted to a roller derby game with a free ticket, and I was hardly going to turn it down. My only expectations of the sport were rooted in bleary late night memories of a sci-fi dystopian called Powerball, where nutters wielding chainsaws whirred around a track after each other on skates and motor bikes. After half an hour spent on transit I’m outside a high school on the outskirts... Read More