Spectrum Skate: Roller Skate Class for Skaters with & without Disabilities

Limited to 25 skaters. Be sure to sign up early.

Organized by Infinite Flow Dance in partnership with Fountain Valley Skating Center.

An inclusive roller skating experience for new skaters with disabilities and allies, in a sensory friendly safe environment.

Total beginners welcome! We will guide you at your pace!

Experienced skaters, come roll, give back, and have fun with us too!

** This is a class for adults 18+.

Address:

Fountain Valley Skating Center

9105 Recreation Cir, Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025

Time: 4:45-6:00pm

Schedule:

4:45-5:00pm Arrive, check-in, and grab skates

5:00-5:10pm Warm up roll around

5:10-5:40pm Structured instruction and activities, led by FVSC coach Nicole Lazar

5:40-6:00pm Free skate

Fees:

Prepaid Here by Oct 10, 2024:

$20 - Class + Rental Skates Included.

$15 - For those who have their own skates.

** For this first round, we are limiting this class to 25 skaters. Be sure to sign up early.

** On the registration form, state any access needs and accommodations we should be aware of.

At the door (if there is room):

$25 + $5 skate rental

Instructor: Nicole Lazar - Fountain Valley Skating Center Coach. National Roller Skating Champion.

Host: Marisa Hamamoto - Founder, Infinite Flow Dance. Stroke Survivor, Late-Diagnosed Autistic. Pandemic-Born Roller Skater.

What to wear: Comfortable clothes easy to move in. Socks that go up to the ankle.

What to bring: Water bottle.

Recommended but not required: Helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards.

Contact For Questions:

Marisa Hamamoto

[email protected]

949-267-8751 (Please text first before calling, thank you)

About Infinite Flow Dance:

Infinite Flow Dance is an award-winning Los Angeles-based professional dance company that employs disabled and nondisabled dancers with diverse, intersectional identities. As a nonprofit, our mission is to advance disability inclusion, one dance at a time. Since 2015, Infinite Flow has performed over 200 times, from school assemblies to events at Apple, Microsoft, adidas, and Red Bull, and other high-profile corporations. Our dance videos have been viewed over 100 million times across social media, and our dancers have been featured on NBC Today, Good Morning America, PBS, Inside Edition, and other national and international media outlets. Infinite Flow was founded by Marisa Hamamoto, a stroke survivor and late-diagnosed Autistic. Marisa recently became the first professional dancer named People Magazine's “Women Changing the World.” Infinite Flow Dance is a robust social justice entity committed to radical inclusion, systems change, and producing transformational experiences. Infinite Flow Dance is available for performances, keynotes, panels, school assemblies, and accessibility & inclusion workshops, virtually and in person.

About Your Instructor: Nicole Lazar

As a multinational dance champion in roller skating, Nicole’s greatest joy is sharing her passion and knowledge for technique with others to find their own joy with skating. Having started at the age of 7, she began group roller skating classes, private lessons, and touring the country at competitions; even qualifying for the Olympic Training Center, under the wing of many top-tier coaches in the world. She enjoys making friends and meeting new people who are interested in learning their body in motion, allowing their soul to sing on skates, and socializing with others at the roller skating rink. Nicole is currently a Coach at Fountain Valley Skating Center.

About Your Host: Marisa Hamamoto (Founder, Infinite Flow Dance)

Marisa Hamamoto started roller skating during the pandemic, Summer 2021, out of a mental health crisis. Since then, skating has become a joyful mindfulness activity she does regularly that has helped her in many aspects of life. A few months into her skating journey, she joined the Fountain Valley Artistic Skating Club and has competed as an amateur artistic skater for health, fun, and self-improvement. As an INCLUSION-ist, Marisa's brain is wired to think, "Who is not included? Who is not served?" And this is when the idea for "Spectrum Skate" emerged.

Formal Bio:
Marisa Hamamoto is the first professional dancer named People Magazine “Women Changing the World.” A leading authority on disability inclusion and building a culture of belonging, Marisa was recently named LinkedIn Top Voice, and has been featured on Good Morning America, NBC Today, Forbes, Fast Company, amongst other media outlets. As a sought-after international speaker and performing artist, Marisa has shared the stage with Tim Cook at Apple HQ’s Steve Jobs Theater, and her clients and partners include Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Red Bull, Deloitte, adidas, PayPal, Farmers Insurance, Kaiser Permanente, among other forward-thinking brands. Marisa is a spinal stroke survivor, a late-diagnosed Autistic, and a proud fourth-generation Japanese American. She is the founder of Infinite Flow Dance, an award-winning dance company and nonprofit that employs disabled and nondisabled dancers with diverse, intersectional identities, with a mission to advance disability inclusion, one dance at a time. Marisa is bilingual and bicultural. She completed her BA & MA from Keio University, Tokyo.

Contact: [email protected]

Host or Publisher Infinite Flow Dance