Saying goodbye…
TLS has been a love of mine since 1999. I’ve watched it grow and become a huge database of local bladers since then, and slowly dwindle to not much of anything in the last few years.
I feel that it’s simply time to move on from TLS. There have been many great people along the way and I still keep in touch with the majority of them and will definitely continue to do so for the years ahead. It’s hard to let something go you’ve loved for so long, but I just don’t have the passion to run this site any longer. Turning 30 didn’t help either, and learning that my scene will never be as large as it once was, and coming to accept that, also took a long depressing toll on me as a rollerblader.
Regardless of all of these feelings, I know that rollerblading in Evansville, IN and the surrounding cities will most certainly live on without this site. I know there are many great people like Adam Johnson that have given me opportunities to do work for them and I know that rollerblading will always be something I love with or without a website promoting my friends and I. The fact of the matter is these are hard times for everyone and paying to host a site that doesn’t get much traffic, and that I am basically the sole contributor to, just isn’t in the cards any longer.
For any more edits I do, you can always keep tabs on my site at http://johndillingham.com. Thomas Bernardin, the dude who I’ve mostly collaborated with over the years, can also be found at http://thomasbernardin.com. We like to keep things pretty simple.
I also know that the rest of the crew will be doing their own thing, but it’s hard to know what from day to day because not everyone uses Twitter or Facebook.
With that said, you shouldn’t expect any more updates from this site.
I wish all of our readers/viewers the best of luck in life, and I truly believe that with a positive outlook and a voice, nothing can stop you from achieving what you want in this life. Remember to always look forward and always keep your head up. If the world starts to get you down, call on friends and family, or in the words of Sean Callahan “go rollerblading, it may make you feel better.”
-John Dillingham
