Skating is a lot of fun! While we may have all liked skating as children, how many of us have continued to do so? If you have, congratulations! It’s a talent I wish I had mastered.
Skating gets you from point A to point B in considerably less time and makes you seem quite awesome doing it. Whether you use rollerblades or a skateboard, you’re guaranteed to get some cool points.
Another benefit of skating is the one-of-a-kind opportunity to perform in front of others. After all, you’ve put in the effort, so why not show people what you’re capable of?
One young girl is performing all of the above. Luna Casaretto is a well-known and respected rollerblade skater.
Casaretto is a MAGMA PATINAJE ARTISTICO skater. MAGMA is a figure skating group that skates on the floor using rollerblades rather than on ice. Inline skating is the name given to this type of skating.
It sounds really cool, doesn’t it? Simply wait until you see it. You could be pulling out your old rollerblades quite soon. Casaretto skates to the late Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” in a YouTube video broadcast in 2014.
The skater’s name is called, and the skater rolls out onto the floor to shouts and applause, much as in figure skating. Of course, instead of the usual smooth white ice, she skates on what looks to be a gymnasium floor.
She starts in the middle of the floor, her head down, waiting for her cue. Houston’s angelic voice fills the empty arena.
Casaretto goes slowly and purposefully. Because the beginning is a cappella, she must be very careful not to deviate from the song’s rhythm.
When she stands, she doesn’t just stand. She bends over beautifully and kicks her legs above her head. She lands as lightly as when she took off. As she skates to one side of the room, the audience applauds, and cameras flash as she prepares to continue the rest of the act.
She effortlessly flips and rotates around the gym. It’s tough not to hold your breath as she leaps from the floor and makes her first spin. Can she really pull this off? She certainly can. She lands it with a smile, and the crowd applauds.
Casaretto builds momentum as the song becomes more intense. She skates a bit faster, making use of the full gymnasium. And, just as Houston reaches the song’s iconic peak, Casaretto begins a fast-paced, one-legged spin that appears to take forever.
Her performance was well received by the audience. It was, after all, rather magnificent! Casaretto’s performance may be seen in the video below!