John Kitchin became SLOMO
In the past John Kitchin had a completely normal life. After college he studied medicine with specialization neurology and psychiatry and he started to work in a hospital. Once in the cafeteria he sat next to an old man who made a very heathy impression. He asked him how old he was and the man told him that he was 93. So he asked how did he do so well and the answer was: ”do what you want to”. He remembered this remarkable sentence.
After being working in the hospitals for 15 years he did not like his work so much anymore and he was wondering why he was doing this work. He concluded that it was mainly for the money, a BMW or even a Jaguar. When his health also got worse he remembered what the old man had said to him “do what you like to” and for him that was skating. So he thought; why not start a new life? Become a different person? So he stopped working and went to skate whole days and sometimes even in the nights. So John Kitchin became Slomo when he was on his skates. A part of the video made about him, 69 years old, is presented below.
After being working in the hospitals for 15 years he did not like his work so much anymore and he was wondering why he was doing this work. He concluded that it was mainly for the money, a BMW or even a Jaguar. When his health also got worse he remembered what the old man had said to him “do what you like to” and for him that was skating. So he thought; why not start a new life? Become a different person? So he stopped working and went to skate whole days and sometimes even in the nights. So John Kitchin became Slomo when he was on his skates. A part of the video made about him, 69 years old, is presented below.
He enjoyed it more and more. For him it is a kind of flying. Based on his medical knowledge, he also gives an explanation for his feelings of happiness while skating. Simply speaking, he suggests that the balancing act he performs while gliding makes him feel a part of the universe. He mentions that everybody can get this feeling making any kind of gliding movement. It is like the feeling people can get as well by meditation.
For some time he was thinking that he got crazy because he was too happy but then he realized that he was crazy when he was working like mad 15 years ago. So he continued his new life as Slomo, skating along the beaches and being happy with his life and being admired by the people he met there.
For some time he was thinking that he got crazy because he was too happy but then he realized that he was crazy when he was working like mad 15 years ago. So he continued his new life as Slomo, skating along the beaches and being happy with his life and being admired by the people he met there.
Comment by Willem Saris
Slomo is a special person and probably a bit more extreme than many others. The last years, that I lived in the Netherlands, I went skating in the skating rink in The Hague in the morning. Whenever I went there I met a group of around 10 skaters who were with pension and skated approximately every day. They were between 65 and 80 years old. When I moved to Barcelona I thought that I was the oldest skater in Barcelona till I met Pera who was 76. All these people share the feelings about skating with Slomo. Skating is one of nicest movements for the body and can give you very strong feelings of happiness. Some people even say that skating is divine.
Slomo is a special person and probably a bit more extreme than many others. The last years, that I lived in the Netherlands, I went skating in the skating rink in The Hague in the morning. Whenever I went there I met a group of around 10 skaters who were with pension and skated approximately every day. They were between 65 and 80 years old. When I moved to Barcelona I thought that I was the oldest skater in Barcelona till I met Pera who was 76. All these people share the feelings about skating with Slomo. Skating is one of nicest movements for the body and can give you very strong feelings of happiness. Some people even say that skating is divine.