roller skating is like took it to a different type of type of level
the reason why i'm called storm skater is because my real name was not getting me real jobs um
my real name is aisharya johnson the first name looks islamic the last name looks black i'm a
female i'm not getting employed i've been able to make a living from roller skating because i had to
i'm from the skate community that's how i learned how to skate it doesn't matter about where
you're from um everybody will get along i can literally just be a day one and create community
when i went to higher park i met skate lisa and also a guy called stuart they broke it down more
because i'm also from a thai kickboxing background so when they taught me i was able to connect the
dot software kickboxing to how i was going to learn how to get better in roller skating
another guy that taught me was a legend called tyrant and he had a mo like neuron disease and
he taught me how to grapevine when he was in his chair the joy i got to see him have
seeing me learn it was just like so powerful and he did eventually die i've been able to like
do what i'm doing because of him when i teach somebody else i kind of have
that like i understand what he had you just feel so much joker like they figured it out
i feel so much when i skate freedom passion um peace um love i get to like meditate when i'm
skating or if i'm in the mood and it's like a really intense move i'm meditating in that move
practicing is all you do i've been practicing
every single aspect of what i'm doing and showcasing it's been practiced i had to
google how to smile if anybody wants a tip or how to smile say yeah and you automatically
will smile when i was going out and then getting jobs and opportunities there there wasn't many
black girl professional roller skaters when i now come back to my community i'm like
all right i want to teach these young girls so that when the new opportunities do come alive
they're going to hopefully be the ones that will be chosen and they will represent it
properly roller skating in london is very very black we have a crowd of black people having fun
it's a little bit intimidating to some people um i don't know why but it seems to be like oh they're
having fun over there let's stop it um even though it's like a positive thing and it's a unity thing
the generation like who was like skating in the 80s they weren't allowed to skate
like near buckingham palace and stuff they used to get banned they don't want roller skaters
around that's the reason why there isn't immune facilities we wanted um the culture
to start changing and people to start taking more risks we wanted eyes on roller skating and that's
happening right now what we need is spaces what we need is funding what we need is an ecosystem
to help people that are already in the community be able to access jobs now i want to be able to
have my own skate school where i can teach people from beginners to advanced people
have it where those same people are also part of the community can be casted for jobs
i literally love skating so much and it's brought so much joy into my life and support
and confidence roller skating is like took it to a different type of type of
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