Greensboro Meet Review

What's up all,

So another Thanksgiving come and gone, another Thanksgiving spent in a rink. It's kinda crazy to me that every Thanksgiving since 1990 I've spent in a skating rink. I remember being a kid and getting super nervous about this meet. Even though we were never really training for it, you always like to do well the first meet of the season. Gotta say a very big Thank you to Hub And Daune Galbraith for cooking Thanksgiving lunch for like 30 people. It was awesome. I haven't heard much about the meet in TX, but i'm sure it was a great meet as well. Chris Tidwell is a really good guy for the sport and I'm sure his rink held a meet that was fun for eveyone involved.

Alright on to the meet. First thing that really stick out in my mind about this meet Is the talent level of the younger kids. Wow, really impressed with all kids and just how fast they're going. I think they said there was something like 240 entries which isn't bad. Nothing like it was ten years ago, but atleast you could breathe. Like I said earlier it's not really a meet you train for, so that takes a little bit of the pressure off(especially now that i'm older and understand that). As far as I can tell everyone seemed to have a good time. The floor held pretty well, dispite it being narrow.

As far as the racing, a lot more close races than usual. Lately most of the races are spred all over the place, here it seemed like there was lots of racing to the last corner. If i wanted to pick skater of the meet out it would definatly be Joe Widener. I remember talking to Joe like 2 yrs ago and telling him how much i enjoyed watching him race. The kid won't quit. I saw him 3/4 of a lap down i a 2-person heat a few years ago. He sprinted every lap even though he was out of the race. Soooo congrats to him keep up the good work.
The older crowd all hung out after the meet. Special thanks to Reverese and my good friends Derrick and Kate for taking care of everyone. Everyone I talked to the next day said they had a blast.


Just wanted to point some good, bad and ugly out. Seems like it'll be a good way to close out all my meet reviews.

THE GOOD: The competition as a whole was amazing. Everyone skated hard. Great to see William Bowen, Harry Vogel, and Stephen Carter back on their skates. Congrats to Ultimate speed winning the Team Award.

THE BAD: I would still love to see more people skating the meet. I know the sports in a down time, but I miss the days with 400 people crammed into that little rink.

THE UGLY: I hate mornings. And more than that i hate 5 in the morning. I know there's a lot to get done, but i just wish there was some way to sleep in a little past 4:30 am.


Thanks guys.. i'm working on my first interview i think i'll prolly post that up sometime the middle of next week.