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?Shane’s roots in skating started at a young age as a session and artistic skater out of the exact rink he owns and operates today. His drive coupled with his passion in roller skating has propelled him to the top of the industry in both the business side and the competitive side. Shane’s grassroots approach to teaching and building a strong competitive club starts with his progressive approach on the public session level providing complimentary lessons by session, a pop-up style class that is complimentary on family skating sessions. His ability to run capacity-sized group lessons is unprecedented. It is during these classes that he is able to grasp the attention of all his students by introducing them to the art of roller skating. Skaters and other coaches are then enamored with his talents and teaching ability thus creating an urgency in the mind of his students for them to grow into the next level of lessons that includes competitive skating. Shane has excelled in teaching and producing champion skaters on the regional and national level, as well as propelling all his students as champions in their minds and hearts. This attitude is well seen in his "family affair" type approach. As an operator, he is able to take advantage of his own resources providing complimentary rink time to grow his club and the sport of roller skating. He also produces a holiday show on wheels for the public to enjoy, as well as uses rink admission revenues throughout the year by producing special events co-branded with his club and rink. For example, admissions from his haunted house are donated directly to the club and skaters travel fees. Another one of his other feats and most respected in the industry is his yearly skating meet where he can attract skaters from across the country to compete for the win in their divisions. Shane's drive is evident as he searches the globe every year to bring in the best of the best in skating and brings them into his venue to teach from their perspective, as well as hosting skating clinics to help increase skill set and abilities for the skaters. In addition, Shane has been busy promoting classes and certification at the RSA Convention and RSA section meetings across the country. His successes speak for themselves. His passion is evident in all that he does for skating on the business and competitive side. Shane’s hard work earns a return on investment that is clearly shown on the faces of all his skaters in his rink, those he teaches directly and those who teach with and for him. It is for this incredible devotion of time and energy that Shane was awarded the SRSTA Teacher of the Year Award.