Naomi Grigg of Skate Freestyle invites you to try a London Freestyle Slalom Workshop at Serpentine Road, Hyde Park, London, UK. Training activities run from Saturday, January 30 at 10:00am until Sunday, January 31 at 1:30pm. This event includes a total of 6 hours of on-skates training, plus a theory session. Visit Naomi's workshop registration page to sign up.

What do you get when a skater who loves cycling and skiing becomes an inventor? You get Wheelskates from Chariot Skates. Michael Jenkins is an electrician by trade from Adelaide, Australia. But, he has spent the last three years working with carbon composite sporting goods manufacturers in China to complete the the design and development of Wheelskates. He is now a director of Chariot Skates Ltd., the Hong Kong company that will produce and market Wheelskates to the international sports community under the Chariot Skates trademark.

Michael was inspired when he cycled around Europe during the 1980's. The seat and handle bars of his bicycle were not as nice as the upper body freedom he felt on skis or skates. But, the large bike wheels with pneumatic tires performed better than roller or inline skate wheels for commuting over rough surfaces. His skates are not in production, yet. But, they certainly look surprisingly stable and like a lot of fun in the videos on the Chariot Skates site.

Photo © Chariot Skates Ltd.

Eddy Matzger has brought back a series of SkateFarm weekend inline skating seminars and RoadShow 3 or 5-day adventures for 2010. SkateFarms and SkateFarm RoadShows are suitable for skaters of all ages and abilities, and the combination of group skating, technique workshops, off-skate exercising, and digital video analysis of each skater will inline skaters as well as racers.

2010 SkateFarm and RoadShow Schedule

• Mar 5-7 - Fort Lauderdale RoadShow
  
  
• Mar 19-23 - 5-day Hiking, Running ,Jumping
  
  
• May 28-June 1 - 5-day SkateFarm
  
  
• June 4-6 - 3-day SkateFarm
  
  
• June 4-8 - 5-day SkateFarm
  
  
• June 18-20 - 3-day SkateFarm
  
  
• June 18-22 - 5-day SkateFarm
  
  
• June 25-27 - 3-day SkateFarm
  
  
• June 25-29 - 5-day Skate Farm
  
  

For more information about Eddy's SkateFarm and RoadShow curriculum and fees or to register, visit the SkateFarm site.

Sebastien Laffargue has provided the 2009 World Slalom Series The top five skaters in each category for men and women are listed below:

Freestyle Men :

1. Sloboda Martin - Germany
2. Cheremetieff Igor - France
3. Kim Sung-Jin - Korea
4. Zeng Jian Bo - China
5. Op't Veld Rudy - Germany

Freestyle Women :

1. Seyres Chloe - France
2. Chen Chen - China
3. Semenova Polina - Russia
4. Zelenova Nadezhda - Russia
5. Babiy Angelika - Russia

Speed Slalom Men :

1. Ferrari Tiziano - Italy
2. Cheremetieff Igor - France
3. Milleret Jean-Baptiste - United Kingdom
4. Ryazantsev Kirill - Russia
5. Shitov Andrey - Russia

Speed Slalom Women :

1. Seyres Chloe - France
2. Bossi Barbara - Italy
3. Lualdi Chiara - Italy
4. Violeau Fanny - France
5. Lysenko Christina - Russia

The complete final 2009 World Slalom Series speed and freestyle slalom rankings are available at the WSSA website.