A pure love of figure skating gives Jean-Pierre Faugère the ability to teach skating to ice and inline figure skaters. He believes that ice skating and skating on roller blades are basically the same and uses his knowledge of both to train skaters of all ages. He also promotes figure skating and dance on ice, inline and quads and organizes events, competitions and exhibitions in these disciplines at his skating school, Glace et Roller Inline de Paris.

The next big G.R.I.P. event will be the "Paris International Open 2009 of Inline Figure Skating and Dance" which will take place on January 24th and 25th in 2009. Take a moment to see the 2007 Coupe de Paris and 2008 Paris Open inline figure skating event galleries, and then start getting your dances and programs ready for the competitions.

More inline figure skating information:

• Glace et Roller Inline de Paris
• European Inline Figure Skating Association
• International Inline Figure Skating Association

Photo Courtesy of Glace & Roller Inline de Paris