The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every skater in the world in some way. In this series, Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19, we checked in with inline skaters from around the globe for 100 days to see how the pandemic has affected their lives. If you enjoy bigwheelblading.com and the content we offer please consider making a donation. It takes a lot of time and work to produce content for this site, which makes next no money, so any contribution will greatly assist in keeping us rolling into the future.
Ray Mendez of Bronx, New York, USA
July 6, 2020 – For the 100th and final daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Ray Mendez. Ray is a 45-year-old inline skater and “Bronxerican” from the sovereign nation of the Boogie Down Bronx, New York City, USA. He founded Go! Sports USA with Jon Ortiz to teach public school kids how to skate.
Gabe Holm of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
July 5, 2020 – For the 99th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Gabe Holm. Gabe is a 35-year-old inline skater living in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is the owner and shred specialist of Thuro Skate & Snow in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Jason Howard of Austin, Texas, USA
July 4, 2020 – For the 98th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Jason Howard. Jason is a 39-year-old inline skater and operations manager for a wine and spirits distributor.
Maureen Cohen Harrington of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
July 3, 2020 – For the 97th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Maureen Cohen Harrington. Maureen is a 52-year-old inline skater and attorney living in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is the Senior Counsel in the Library of Congress Office of the General Counsel.
Toms Krasovskis of Riga Latvia
July 2, 2020 – For the 96th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Toms Krasovskis. Toms is a 27-year-old inline skater living in Riga, Lativa. He co-owns and manages Bardaalus brewery.
Sarai Pegram of Queens, New York, USA
July 1, 2020 – For the 95th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Sarai Pegram. Sarai is a 29-year-old inline skater, Rollerblade Ambassador and a staff member of the NYC Wednesday Night Skate living in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, USA. She works as a web developer for a top 5 book publishing company.
Steph Falcone of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA
June 30, 2020 – For the 94th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Steph Falcone. Steph is a 38-year-old inline skater living in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA. She work as the Academic Technology Coordinator and Makerspace teacher for a small private school for students who learn differently.
Ollie Jones of Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
June 29, 2020 – For the 93rd daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Ollie Jones. Ollie is a 33-year-old inline skater living halfway between Bristol and Birmingham in Cheltenham, England. Due to the lockdown, he has been unable to work at his job in signage and large format printing.
Alexandre Chartier of Bordeaux, France
June 28, 2020 – For the 92nd daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Alexandre Chartier. Alexandre is a 41-year-old inline skater, founder of rollerenligne.com and project manager for a French IT company living in Bordeaux, France. With his work he supports sport federations in the implementation of their IT tools and provides them the means to manage licenses, competitions, etc.
Chihiro Azuma of Okayama, Japan
June 27, 2020 – For the 91st daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affects on inline skaters around the globe, we talk to Chihiro Azuma. Chihiro is a 24-year-old inline skater living in Okayama, Japan. She is a licensed Judo Therapist and teaches university level national qualifications for Judo Therapy.
