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Bay Creek Park Gwinnett County Georgia USA

Submitted by roadskater on Wed May 12 2010 4:16pm
Bay Creek Park Gwinnett County Georgia USA

Location

175 Ozora Road
Loganville, Georgia 30052
United States
33° 53' 12.1992" N, 83° 55' 38.1828" W
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Inline Skating 62 miles on the Silver Comet Trail: Rollerblading 100K (Metric Century) on Rail Trail to Brushy Mountain Tunnel

Submitted by roadskater on Mon May 10 2010 11:17pm

After some celebrations earlier in the week and some skating (including one day that was slow and not such great fun due to some exhaustion and burnout), we decided to get some rest and plan a long day out on the Silver Comet Trail outside Atlanta, near Smyrna, GA. We put out the word late as usual, and got regrets from TomB and JonK but had our plan and perhaps some company.

Locations

Silver Comet Trail Mile 0 at Mavell Road
United States
33° 50' 30.6492" N, 84° 31' 4.0836" W
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Silver Comet Trail Mile 31 at Brushy Mountain Tunnel
United States
33° 58' 23.3616" N, 84° 57' 47.9088" W
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Inline Skate Stops Slides and Other Rollerblading Skills and Tricks Like Braking, Parallel Stop, Powerslide, Slalom and J Slide

Submitted by roadskater on Mon May 10 2010 4:16pm

OK it's raining and my muscles are fine with another day off so I was checking out some ways of stopping on skates. Lots of these are not so much for speed skaters with grippy wheels and grippy asphalt, but for freestylers or hockeyites on smoother surfaces. Having said that, there are certainly those who can do these moves in speed skates. 

 

Nice parallel slide stop video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTiW14M4obc

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Athens-to-Atlanta Roadskate A2A 2010 Inline Road Skate Rollerblading Ultra Marathon

Submitted by eebee on Thu Apr 15 2010 2:59pm
2010.10.03 7:30 am
US/Eastern

Sign up until 11.59 PST today (tax day special, April 15th 2010) at Active.com, or print out a mail-in form to do A2A for *$50* (all distances: 38, 52, 87).

UPDATE 4/16/2010 - Active.com registration is still open through today, April 16th, because there were reports of technical problems. So you can still sign up through active for $50 today. But then that's it.

Location

United States
33° 57' 34.6104" N, 83° 22' 23.0844" W
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Ten-Year-Old Dorset Girl is a Skate Triathlon Hero for Big Hearted Desire to Help Haiti Through Inline Skating

Submitted by roadskater on Wed Mar 10 2010 2:07pm

You know, even when we do things for charity, it's easy to get competitive. It's easy to think you shouldn't make an effort if it can't be a big one. It's easy to forget that the desire to help is enough. Do a little, or do a lot, but do it when you are inspired!

Location

Weymouth, Dorset
United Kingdom
50° 36' 31.6584" N, 2° 27' 14.9256" W
See map: Google Maps
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Eddy Matzger Roadshow 2010 Greensboro, NC Inline Skating Rollerblading Speedskating Workshop

Submitted by skatey-mark on Fri Jan 15 2010 11:31am
2010.04.09
2010.04.11
US/Eastern

Eddy's coming back to Greensboro for his legendary skating workshop!  April 9-11.

Sign up now, before all the spots are taken!  The announcement email is below, with all the links you need...

We managed to get Eddy Matzger to add us to his schedule again this year (thanks to Skatey-Mark for the boost). in between trips to China he'll take the 2 and a half hour journey down from Floyd, VA for a roadshow outdoor inline speedskating workshop in Greensboro NC this year!

Location

1501 Highwoods Boulevard
Greensboro, North Carolina
United States
36° 6' 35.7624" N, 79° 52' 53.2812" W
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Athens to Atlanta A2A Roadskate 2008 to 2009 Detour Elevation Profile, Distance, Route Changes

Submitted by roadskater on Mon Oct 12 2009 12:52pm
Here are two graphics I made to compare the 2008 route and the 2009 route for the Athens to Atlanta (A2A) Roadskate, for anyone who is curious. I imagine a very few people will be intensely curious. The first graphic shows the changes in elevation profile and distance for 2008 and the 2009 detour. It takes a little over 5 seconds to switch from 2008 to 2009 and then it should repeat to infinity and beyond.

Location

Detour Start for 2009
United States
33° 56' 58.5564" N, 84° 4' 58.584" W
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