Chronicles of the Blade is a Craab based movement devoted to Street Hockey and Motorball. This movement derives its name from the fact that both these sports are played on in-line skates or, as they are commonly known, "Roller Blades." Street Hockey is much like Ice Hockey except that it is played on asphalt or concrete, making it more accessible than its icy counterpart. The majority of our games are played in the parking lot of Emerson Elementary, found on the northeast corner of University and Westwood, in Mesa. Motorball is a sport of our own contriving, inspired by the sporting event, of the same name, found within the pages of Yukito Kishiro's post-apocalyptic cyberpunk saga Battle Angel Alita. It is a high contact race where teams fight for control of the Motorball while completing circuits around a track. The majority of our Motorball events are held on the Wheelchair Course located on the Mesa Community College campus, which is found on the southeast corner of Southern and Dobson, in Mesa.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Blades of Thanks: 2008

This year there will be HOCKEY, on blessed Thanksgiving day.
To not show up, sadly enough, will be seen as a sign you're gay.
It's time again to gather with blades and friendship dear.
To send a cry out into the universe that CRAAB is indeed still here.
So put off the wuss, get out of bed, and finally regrow that spine. At Emerson parking lot, this Thanksgiving morning, HOCKEY will start at nine.

That was the call that went out for the traditional CRAAB Thanksgiving morning Hockey game on November 27th 2008. However it rained the night before and due to puddles on Emerson, we had to move the game to The Beverly Building Parking Lot.

Players in attendance:
James










Zeke











Caleb











Meredith











Kohl











Boo











The teams were Boo, Caleb, Zeke versus Team Beards and Meredith which consisted of Meredith, James and myself.


Attendance was surprisingly low for a Thanksgiving Game, but three on three is within optimal numbers (which run from three on three up to five on five), so the play was excellent. Because of the rain, the court was wet and tight turns were prohibitive. James went down quite a bit, but there were a lot less falls than I thought there would be.

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