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Carlesa's Inline Skating Blog June 2009 Archive

By Carlesa Williams, About.com Guide to Inline Skating

Variety is the Spice of Skating Life

Tuesday June 30, 2009
When you become a "skater", you decided to take on one or more of many related sports or recreational disciplines that use a variety of ice or dry land skates ... Read More

Can You See Your Inline Skates?

Monday June 29, 2009
New skaters usually have a hard time determining whether their weight is over their skates, or if their knees are bent enough to get good side push and turn on ... Read More

Skater's Quest Offers a Free Ride

Saturday June 27, 2009
Skater's Quest offers a free skating lesson ride at select learn to skate clinics in Virginia. You can get the basics of inline skating and get some supervised practice time, ... Read More

Get Inline Skating in a Box

Friday June 26, 2009
There are claims that inline skating has now been squeezed into a digital box. The Electronic Arts EA Sports Active workout program for the Nintendo Wii System offers something resembling ... Read More

Two Ways to Skate on Dry Land

Thursday June 25, 2009
In ice skating dry land skating often refers to using inline skates as a substitute for ice skates for practice and training purposes whenever ice is not available. Dry land ... Read More

Outdoor Speed Nationals Live - July 1

Thursday June 25, 2009
You can tune in to see outdoor inline racing live this season. A day of live video coverage from the 2009 Inline Speed Skating Outdoor National Championships will be provided ... Read More

We Are Our Own Skating Rainbow

Wednesday June 24, 2009
Everyone who loves skating is wondering what can be done to grow our inline and quad roller sports. Promotion and recruiting efforts are the most talked about subjects among coaches, ... Read More

Hangin' with Joe Kaplenk at Regionals

Tuesday June 23, 2009
Qualifying skating championships are a social opportunity as much as they are a competitive event. In addition to an opportunity to show off the years efforts, this season's Great Lakes ... Read More

You Can Still Take the Challenge

Monday June 22, 2009
The President's Fitness Challenge and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness are here to promote a lifetime of fitness instead of brief spurts of outstanding sports achievements. Everyone who is aged ... Read More

Green Inline Skates – Really!

Sunday June 21, 2009
Usually we think of inline skating as green and beneficial to the environment, because it is human-powered transportation – no fossil fuels are needed for skating. Now, there are skates ... Read More

Hug a Skater and Share the Dream

Friday June 19, 2009
Federation Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) President, Sabatino Aracu, sends a sport hug to the whole world of roller skating after reporting on the positive International Olympic Committee feedback from ... Read More

T'was the Night Before Regionals...

Thursday June 18, 2009
On the eve of any big skating event, athletes and coaches get antsy. Our Great Lakes Regional Championship starts this week, so the adrenaline rush is on... or so we ... Read More

And the Bids Go On...

Tuesday June 16, 2009
The media is ramping up with information from the seven sports who are bidding for the to available event openings in 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, ... Read More

Meet Miss Caroline

Monday June 15, 2009
Many skaters and skating families in Memphis, Tennessee know Coach Caroline Mirelli as Miss Caroline. She teaches new skaters and old ones to respect and love both quad and inline ... Read More

Skating Potential Begins Off-Skates

Friday June 12, 2009
Don't think about body size or age to determine skating potential. Learning to skate will depend on your ability to manage your own weight, regardless of size or age. If ... Read More

Donate Old Skates to Help New Skaters

Tuesday June 9, 2009
Your old inline skates will look pretty good to the underprivileged kids who attend the YMCA Camp Boomerang in Flint, Michigan. So, Summit Sports of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is partnering ... Read More

Jan Can Help You Skate Vancouver

Tuesday June 9, 2009
Whether you are a visitor or a resident, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is a great place to inline skate. There are scenic parks, waterfront areas, university areas, reserves and trails ... Read More

Share Your Skating Via GPS

Monday June 8, 2009
Turn your cell phone into a personal GPS tracking device, so your friends, family, coaches or sponsors can tag along with you in real time on every roll with Map ... Read More

You Are Good Enough for Adventure

Saturday June 6, 2009
Everyone worries about whether their skating is good enough for a tour. If you take a tour with Zephyr Adventures, all you need is enough stamina to last about an ... Read More

Skate Rail-Trails – It's National Trails Day

Friday June 5, 2009
It's National Trails Day® (NTD), so celebrate by going to one of your favorite trails or finding a new one to skate on this weekend. In addition to encouraging everyone ... Read More

Baxter Marathon is at Home in Minnesota

Thursday June 4, 2009
Back in the 1980s, a couple of hockey players (Scott and Brennan Olson) in Minnesota jump-started inline skating by improving a previous inline skate design. Today, inline skaters keep coming ... Read More

Join Canada's Celebration of Green Transit

Monday June 1, 2009
May 31 to June 6, 2009 is Canadian Environment Week, a celebration of the positive environmental efforts of individuals, businesses and organizations in Canada. Canadian Environment Week is a good ... Read More

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