Well almost…I still have to pass a few more tests but tryouts were this morning and I passed the skating test! It was a grueling 4 hour ordeal where we had to demonstrate our skills as skaters (e.g. gliding on one foot, doing figure eights, weaving in and out of cones), and our ability to fall down (both on command and when hit really hard by a veteran skater). I totally had myself psyched out this weekend and it felt really good to get them over with.
I have a few more steps before I am a full fledged Roller Warrior. I have to pass a rules test on Tuesday and then we have a few weeks off. We come back for practices in January and sometime mid-month we go through a round of interviews to judge our personality, coachability and attitude then they make the final cut and draft people onto teams.