ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, December 12, 1996            TAG: 9612120062
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

PRACTICE IS GOOD FOR THE `SOUL'

LENGTH: Short :   18 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  NHAT MEYER/Staff. Greg Surber, 13, practices a "soul 
          grind" outside his home Tuesday in Southwest Roanoke. A soul grind 
          is where an in-line skater slides down handrails. To simulate 
          handrails, Surber attached a pipe to a wood plank, to keep it flat. 
          The eighth-grader at Woodrow Wilson Middle School has been skating 
          for about a month. color.