Ice Skating is easier than Roller Skating

I almost learnt it the hard way. I had tried Ice Skating in Dubai. Never tried any form of skating before that. Vidhya was very apprehensive about me going on the ice, as she had heard enough stories about fractures and ligament tears resulting from novices trying stunts on the ice. It was actually not so tough as i thought it would be. I was able to stand on both my feet the very first time i got onto the ice. It was quite not so the case with skiing, where the total time i have spent standing/skiing is insignificant compared to the time i have spent on the ground. But, I didn't try to be too adventurous in the skating rink and rarely ventured more than a metre off the side railing. It was also very heartening to see the traffic close to the side ring :-)

So, back in Cyprus, i decided to try the other form of skating, that with the rollers, assuming that it would be as easy. One of my colleagues, Julia, was an expert at this and she volunteered to teach me the basics. Ironically, the very first lesson was "How to fall down properly"! Well, i wasn't very interested in taking a lesson on falling down, but was forced to. I realised the importance of this one lesson very soon into my trials! We decided to try in our parking lot. I had to recruit two more guys to just help me get on my feet and they continued to pull/push me around and in the end, i proclaimed that i had done roller skating! The photo you see above had to be taken very fast as the guys just moved out of the frame and came back just in time to prevent me from implementing my lesson on falling down.

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