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 Rollicking good times were had at the Access to Speed Workshop in Athens, Georgia, a town no stranger to skate fever. Starting cool and ending up so hot skaters went scurrying for cover, the workshop whipped and whooped its participants for two solid days. Some skaters started from scratch and came so far in so short a time you wouldn't have believed your eyes. With so much newfound balance and timing, you could just see the finish times falling precipitously. Everybody learned to push the limits of their comfort zones by being daring with their bodies in the straights and the turns. Every drill was designed to challenge. Putting it all together didn't extract so much a physical toll -- although that there was -- but a mental one as well. It just plain hurts to think so hard about something for so long! Just when you thought you were overloaded, overstimulated, and overextended, the workshop, the weather (or both) took a twist for the better which gave second winds and new starts. Many apprehensively put on skinsuits and jerseys yet ended up gleefully riproaring around the course during the final stage race, fully in the grip of that special sweet southern skate fever. Thanks to Salomon skates, TWINCAM bearings, Explore wheels, Wigwam socks, Transpack, Raymond Verdaguer designs, and Bobward Flynn for adding incredible awooga to the proceedings. skatecentral |