Rollerbabes
This is a Toronto based inline skating and roller skating group exclusively for women.
We host a variety of events for female skaters of all levels, including beginner friendly fixed location events for skills practice, trail events, and some street skating.
2019
- Steaming from the Toronto rollerblade inline skater group (File:Meetup-Re Meetup Bladers group problem.pdf), the skater known as speedy wanted to create a group to provide a more adequate skating experience for females but due to low female attendance on skating events, the process took time.
- From of old inline skating group with 400 skaters many females were surveyed. Most never replied.
2020
- Two regular female skaters that skate with the Toronto bladers were approached. Hannah being one.
- Hannah is invited to the Toronto bladers private bladers chat
- Monday, August 10, 2020 Chicks on a roll: Ladies inline skating session was organized and hosted by Hannah with 4 skaters out of 9 going out to skate.
- Sunday, August 16, 2020 Chicks on a roll: Ladies Skate Night was hosted by Hannah with 3 skaters out of 12 going out to skate.
- Hannah creates a whatsapp female only private skater chat
2021
- Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Girls just wanna have fun! (online meet and greet) was attended with 6 skaters out of 11.
- Hannah tells the Toronto bladers on the bladers chat the intention of female only events and is invited by speedy to the kommunity platform to start an only female skating group called rollerbabes and through a mailing list, advertises the group to 245 known female inline skaters.
- Sun, Aug 22 2021, 3:00 PM the rollerbabes first event is published to join the bladers day. One of 9 skaters went.
- During 2021, 9 female skaters were part of the rollerbabes on kommunity.
2022
- Is it concluded that the Toronto rollerblade inline skater group is not conducive to the proliferation of skating events as intended. (File:Meetup-Re Meetup Bladers group problem.pdf)
- March 2022, Speedy offers to support and maintain the rollerbabes on meetup for Hannah to manage as she sees fit and invites females skaters to join in.
- Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Pre-Season Meet & Skate! first event is published
- By 27 of March 2020, the group reaches 19 members most of who were individually contacted by speedy, have joined.