Interview with Frank Mobley

Frank Mobley, an entertainer with the Anacostia Rollers & Friends, Inc., talks about playing roller derby with steel wheels on speed skates when he was younger, buying his own skates and learning to skate on his own, and discovering Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion, where he became more involved with the artistic skating. Mobley explains his transition from a rink skater to artistic skater to incorporating dance into his artistic skating, his first performance, skating with Tina Riddick Harris, and his motivation to take roller skating to the next professional level, including his desire to perform for videos and commercials. He also explains rink skating versus street skating, the differences between ice figure skaters' style and his roller skating style, how he visualizes and choreographs his performances, and why it is important to keep roller skating alive and to take roller skating to the next level. Mobley talks about the importance of fitness and healthy eating, setting priorities, being disciplined, staying focused, and knowing what makes one happy in life as well as the importance of God in his life and his skating. He also talks about the success he has had with his skating, the daily motivation skating provides him, places where Anacostia Rollers & Friends, Inc. have performed, and building his own financial services business as a self-employed accountant.

Interview. Dated 20101207.