Tag Archives: The Disleys
Roller Disco @ Pure, The Printworks, Manchester
The very first Rollerstrut roller disco at Pure in September 2007 was a huge success and totally overwhelmed us and the club!!! Over a thousand people attended and we all worked non stop.
Rollerstrut LLP
In December 2006 Andrew visited the roller disco At Canvas, Kings Cross, London and was amazed by the skating and the atmosphere. Early in 2007 Andrew took Rachael to Canvas and they decided they wanted to start their own roller disco!!! Along with Rachael’s then partner Ian they set up Rollerstrut LLP. Rachael spent many [...]
The Beginning: Pleasure Island, Liverpool, UK
We took Rachael, Rebecca and Andrew roller skating at Pleasure Island about 15 years ago. They absolutely loved it so I used to take them every Saturday until it closed in 1997. The kids took to skating like ducks to water. They started speed skating and then Roller Hockey. Rachael went on to play ice [...]
Singapore and Australia March/April 2010
In March 2010, Kerry, Andrew, Mike and I took a trip down under via the Far East. We stayed on Sentosa Island, Singapore right opposite the WaveHouse:) This is an awesome location right on the beach and the staff and local riders are really friendly. Most of our time in Singapore was spent at WaveHouse. [...]
USA Road Trip and Independence Cruise, January 2010
In January 2010 Mike and I did a 6 night Caribbean cruise on the Independence of the Seas followed by 5 nights in the Florida Keys. We then flew to Philadelphia and spent 4 nights in New Jersey. We visited Sahara Sam’s and I was lucky to get to ride with Steve Salmon, his son [...]
USA Road Trip and Freedom of the Seas Cruise June 2009
In June 2009 we made our first visit to This park has a triple Flowrider and is a real riders parkwith awesome staff. We were lucky to meet the Cook family and also met up with our friends Debi and Shelby here. Andrew and Rachael tried the pic and pic reverse boards at Waterville and [...]
Merton Hotel, Jersey, Channel Islands
Imagine our excitement when in January 2008 we found out that there was going to be a Flowrider on the Island of Jersey. Our first trip there was soon after it opened in April 2008. The instructors there were all new to flowriding. The manager asked Andrew to help coach them during their staff training [...]
Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas September 2007 and May 2011
In September 2007 Andrew, Kerry and our friend Cathy joined us on a 7 night Western Caribbean cruise onboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas. This was an amazing trip. We went on the flowrider everyday.This was pretty much our first time at standup apart from a very unsuccsessful attempt by myself in October 2006 in [...]
Lake Lanier, Buford, Georgia
This one has a long story behind it. In September 2005 we had planned on going back to Water Mania for 2 weeks. Our flights, car hire and accommodation in the hotel next door to water Mania were booked. A few days before we were due to fly out we got an e mail from [...]
Water Mania, Kissimmee. Florida
2002 was our last ” All Disley “ trip to Water Mania, the following year Rebecca married Richard and became a Mullen. In the summer of 2004 Andrew’s fiancee Kerry made her first trip to the USA with us, of course we had to take her to Water Mania to ride the Flowrider. Rachael and [...]