Psycoach
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Skating is in her blood.
Psycoach, also known as Andrea Franklin, started skating when she was 7 years old. Her parents met at a skating rink in Cincinnati, Ohio, and became competitive in couples skating. They still own their origional skates that are antiques at close to 70 years old.
In 1991, Andrea became interested in inline speed skating and was recruited for Team Skate 2000. She has since competed in more than 100 races consistantly placing first in her category. She has completed the 86 mile Athens to Atlanta inline skate race four times as well as the Disney Marathon, Northshore Inline Marathon and Long Beach Marathon. You can find her coaching advice on the website www.marathonskating.com as the technique coach.
For the past 10 years Andrea has been guiding inline skate tours for Zephyr Adventures throughout the U.S. and Europe including Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. The groups skate up to 40 miles per day for seven straight days.
In 1998 Andrea was recruited for the television show Rollerjam as one of the skaters on the Florida Sundogs, a banked track derby team. She was coached by some of the roller derby greats such as Buddy Atkinson, Erwin Miller and John Hall. This was the first attempt at roller derby on inlines. The show was a huge hit on TNN and aired twice a week for 3 years. In its second season Rollerjam headlined at the MGM hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
Andrea holds five professional IISA skating certifications including Level I and II skating instructor, Fitness Inline Trainer, Freestyle Dance and Speed Skating. As well as being the head coach for the Broward County Roller Grrls, she gives private skating lessons in Miami Fla.
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In 1995 Andrea and her best friend Tina were honored by the City of Miami Beach for catching a thief on their skates. Andrea and Tina chased the crook through the alleys of South Beach until they caught, tackled him and held him until police arrived. This act landed them on the front page of the Miami Herald and then got picked up by Reuters News and reported world wide. Two weeks later Andrea and Tina were asked to be on the set of the Geraldo Rivera show as guests on a segment called "Women Fighting Back".
