Four South Taranaki skaters are on a roll.
Hāwera Amateur Skating Club members Kaitlyn Bensley (13), Elizabeth Cudby (15), Ayla Bond (15) and Chrissy Southey (16) came home from the New Zealand Artistic Roller Skating Champs in Auckland last month with plenty of top placings.
Elizabeth says the skaters competed across four categories: Figure skating, loops, figures and free skate.
“Figure skating is where the skater traces a circle and performs jumps and turns in that circle, figures is where you follow the figure of a line, free skating includes jumps and spins, and loops require skaters to trace smaller circles. There are also different age groups you compete in as well.”
Kaitlyn’s performance impressed the judges, who awarded her the champion title in New Zealand preliminary figures.