Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2002 7:01 am
For those who don't know, B.A.S.S. stands for Boston Area Slalom Sessions. Two guys, myself (Matt aka. vasocreta), and Jim S. (lot33), have been meeting regularly in and around the Boston area to learn to slalom. We have had quite a few sessions so far, and we have typically met on Wednesday evenings at 6 PM, and skate until around 8:30-9:00.
So far, the sessions have been pretty good. Duane Delaney joined us for a while until his Wednesday schedule prevented him form continuing. However, Jim and I are looking to move the day to the weekend so that we can maximize on our daylight hours and hopefully accomodate more peoples' schedules.
Until this date, our focus has been to get better as slalomers. This has worked much more rapidly for Jim, though I have made improvements too. However, we have begun to talk about how to make BASS grow. As a first step initiative to spread the "gospel of slalom", I have decided to create a brochure which outlines a little bit about our sport. This way I can give people who stop and ask what we are doing something to take home with them. Maybe the kids will see it and want to give it a try, or maybe dad or mom will see it and remember their teenage years, go into the attic and pull out their old decks.
I will not try to put any expectations on this initiative except that it be a mechanism for educating others about slalom. I will be sure to make this brochure available as a freely distributable PDF download from the BASS <a href="http://www.vasocreta.com/boston_slalom/" target="_blank">Web page</a> once it is finished.
So, if you are ever in the Boston area, just go to the BASS site, get the contact info and give either Jim or myself a call. We want BASS to be the Boston area hub for slalomers, new and old!
Skate hard, skate safe, and wiggle that BASS!
<center><img src="http://www.vasocreta.com/images/bass/ba ... "></center>
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: matthew wilson on 2002-09-28 01:01 ]</font>
So far, the sessions have been pretty good. Duane Delaney joined us for a while until his Wednesday schedule prevented him form continuing. However, Jim and I are looking to move the day to the weekend so that we can maximize on our daylight hours and hopefully accomodate more peoples' schedules.
Until this date, our focus has been to get better as slalomers. This has worked much more rapidly for Jim, though I have made improvements too. However, we have begun to talk about how to make BASS grow. As a first step initiative to spread the "gospel of slalom", I have decided to create a brochure which outlines a little bit about our sport. This way I can give people who stop and ask what we are doing something to take home with them. Maybe the kids will see it and want to give it a try, or maybe dad or mom will see it and remember their teenage years, go into the attic and pull out their old decks.
I will not try to put any expectations on this initiative except that it be a mechanism for educating others about slalom. I will be sure to make this brochure available as a freely distributable PDF download from the BASS <a href="http://www.vasocreta.com/boston_slalom/" target="_blank">Web page</a> once it is finished.
So, if you are ever in the Boston area, just go to the BASS site, get the contact info and give either Jim or myself a call. We want BASS to be the Boston area hub for slalomers, new and old!
Skate hard, skate safe, and wiggle that BASS!
<center><img src="http://www.vasocreta.com/images/bass/ba ... "></center>
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<a href="http://www.vasocreta.com/boston_slalom/" target="_blank">www.vasocreta.com/boston_slalom/</a>
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: matthew wilson on 2002-09-28 01:01 ]</font>