GLENWOOD, Ill. -- "I've been skating since I was six years old. My mom used to come during practice and let me come with her [and] I would see other skaters practicing as well. So one day my mom put me on skates and ever since then I've been skating," Darius Sanders said.
The 18-year-old Glenwood native practices his skating skills most days after he's done with his freshman classes at Moraine Valley College.
"What I really like about skating is the performance and the music. While you're skating, you have this feeling of being free out there, so it's like it's like kind of a therapy," he said.