Trish’s Bio

Trish Alexander was a competitive figure skater for several years in her youth. At the age of 34 (in ’94) she started ice skating again, but after watching an inline skater cross the street  she immediately went out and bought a pair of inline skates. In 1996 she became a Level 1 Certified Instructor. In 1998 she became a certified Level 2 Instructor and then an Examiner several years after that. She has also obtained both Blade Fitness and Master Fitness Certifications. With Kris Simeone in 2004, she co-developed The FIT Program (Fitness Inline Training) which was a training and certification program for marathon skating.

Trish is Director for the non-profit Skate Journeys Skate School, which she started in 2000 at the Bellevue, WA Skate King Roller Rink. She manages a staff of 21 instructors  who help teach six levels of classes as well as freestyle slalom.  She has a passion for skating that includes a desire to play an integral role in building the larger community.  Because of the skate school, she gets to skate every weekend. Because of the talented instructors on staff, she is compelled to study and practice to improve her own skating—and what she learns, she wants to share!  Trish’s skating can be seen on numerous You Tube videos, including a series of 10 moves on K2 Skate University.  Another bio about Trish can be found on the Internet: The Alliance.

The Blog

Follow Trish as she talks about skating, life, skating, and well—sometimes!—falling down: TrishOnSkates