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Message 2425 (10. Mar. 2007 17:08) (Tree)

Robert Chase
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It is so great you are getting back into skating and that you have friends to skate with. I took 14 years off as well and was loving it until I broke my elbow. It has been six weeks and I am sure in another six weeks I will be ready to go. I would love to hear about your progress. My first day I could not even turn and after a few weeks, I was doing pretty good. I have a new pair of custom vert skates waiting for me once I heal. I am sure it will take me several weeks to get used to them. I guess it is all about the fun and the journey and not the tricks at this point. I feel like an old bodybuilder that used to bench 500 lbs and now lifts 125 lbs. lol I love reading all of your stories and seeing our sport going strong through out the world. When people at work ask me how I got hurt, I try to explain, but they just don't understand. They all think I got hurt skateboarding. It's all good and I wish you all a great weekend.



: sorry we misspelt your name-Bernhard because we are just getting used to the computer i will send more photos soon
: i am only just getting back in to skating after a 15 year break have started skating with my old mates in a skating group called MOSS (melbourne old school skaters)
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harry Ludorf (Ludi): vertical roller skating (9. Mar. 2007 12:06)
 hi from us few roller skaters in Australia
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Bernhard: vertical roller skating (9. Mar. 2007 13:18)
 : hi from us few roller skaters in Australia

Hi to you too, Harry! You are now the third roller skater from Australia posting here. Not as few as I thought ...

Great picture, BTW!

Where exactly in Australia are you?
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mumma_72@optusnet.com: vertical roller skating (10. Mar. 2007 06:29)
 : hi Bernard! we live in melbourne, victoria. There are two good old roller skaters here in melbourne and I know of two others in sydney
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harry Ludorf (Ludi): vertical roller skating (10. Mar. 2007 06:34)
 sorry we misspelt your name-Bernhard because we are just getting used to the computer i will send more photos soon
i am only just getting back in to skating after a 15 year break have started skating with my old mates in a skating group called MOSS (melbourne old school skaters)
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Bernhard: vertical roller skating (10. Mar. 2007 11:36)
 Hi Mumma,

that's great that you are based in Melbourne. I want to visit Melbourne later this year. A friend of mine went to Melbourne last year to work there. So I suppose that we can meet. I also plan to go to Sydney to meet Paul and Mark there.

It will be probably later than August when I do this trip. Will the weather be OK then?

Bernhard
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Bernhard: vertical roller skating (10. Mar. 2007 11:39)
 : sorry we misspelt your name-Bernhard

Great that you noticed! The young people here in Germany often can't notice their spelling mistakes any more. A t to them often is the same as d.

: because we are just getting used to the computer i will send more photos soon

Everybody is craving for those fotos I'm sure!

: i am only just getting back in to skating after a 15 year break have started skating with my old mates in a skating group called MOSS (melbourne old school skaters)

MOSS is a great name for a group of "old" skaters. I sometimes feel like I have moss growing all over me ... ;-)
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Robert Chase: vertical roller skating (10. Mar. 2007 17:08)
 It is so great you are getting back into skating and that you have friends to skate with. I took 14 years off as well and was loving it until I broke my elbow. It has been six weeks and I am sure in another six weeks I will be ready to go. I would love to hear about your progress. My first day I could not even turn and after a few weeks, I was doing pretty good. I have a new pair of custom vert skates waiting for me once I heal. I am sure it will take me several weeks to get used to them. I guess it is all about the fun and the journey and not the tricks at this point. I feel like an old bodybuilder that used to bench 500 lbs and now lifts 125 lbs. lol I love reading all of your stories and seeing our sport going strong through out the world. When people at work ask me how I got hurt, I try to explain, but they just don't understand. They all think I got hurt skateboarding. It's all good and I wish you all a great weekend.



: sorry we misspelt your name-Bernhard because we are just getting used to the computer i will send more photos soon
: i am only just getting back in to skating after a 15 year break have started skating with my old mates in a skating group called MOSS (melbourne old school skaters)
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harry Ludorf (Ludi): vertical roller skating (11. Mar. 2007 00:28)
 : Hi Mumma,
:
: that's great that you are based in Melbourne. I want to visit Melbourne later this year. A friend of mine went to Melbourne last year to work there. So I suppose that we can meet. I also plan to go to Sydney to meet Paul and Mark there.
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: It will be probably later than August when I do this trip. Will the weather be OK then?
:
: Bernhard


hey bernard if you do come to melbourne you are more than welcome to come and visit with me and my family, you wont feel to home sick as we speak german as well. hope all is good and have a great week end
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Bernhard: vertical roller skating (11. Mar. 2007 01:18)
 : hey bernard if you do come to melbourne you are more than welcome to come and visit with me and my family, you wont feel to home sick as we speak german as well. hope all is good and have a great week end

Hey Ludi, thanks for the welcome to Melbourne. I'm really looking forward to visiting Australia.
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