Thursday 26th June
FlycamOne2 helmet
camera review
Naomi Grigg's skating years
part 4
Thursday 6th March
Bont Jet 2008 speedskates review
by Edmar Gwiazda.
Naomi Grigg's early skating years - part
3
- by Naomi.
Monday 18th February
How to balance on skates - here's
a how to article on working on your skating balance and why it's so
important to all.
Muscle memory and speed skating.
Erika Kennington explains why you should pay extreme attention to detail
when working on technique. Whilst it's written with a speed skating
focus, the same principles likely apply to all skating disciplines.
Wednesday 6th February 2008
Taehong Slalom Academy
The LondonSkaters Freestyle Club is starting up a new Slalom Academy run by the
Korean coach of the Slalom Academy in Korea’s Olympic Park, who is conveniently
living in London for another 6 months. The Slalom Academy sessions are suitable
for all levels, from ‘what is a cone?’ to ‘I hate repeatedly coming 2nd place’.
So, if you want to learn how to get your feet around cones, develop what you’re
already learning, or just enjoy learning with others, see
the full article here.
Helmet Cameras
With video cameras getting smaller and cheaper, many people are using these to
film all sorts of activities!
Here's an article...
Proper skating posture, and how to bend
your knees
Here's an article on something that nearly all of us get wrong. Sometimes
it's very good to concentrate on the basics for long term gain.
The SkateFresh Holland
Tour 2008 is on! This is perhaps one of the best skate tours anywhere,
and has been thoroughly recommended by several of my friends who've been on
previous tours. Sign up quick, because places won't last.
Thursday 3rd January
Cycle Lanes are bad for your
safety!!
Friday 21st September
The Best of Holland skate
trip, August 2007
Thursday 13th September
Check out the Miami Ink Promotion.
Wednesday 12th September
The Skate Escape Switzerland 2007 holiday
- with Linda and Debbie. I wish I'd gone on this trip now!
Bont Semi Race skate 2007
review, also by Andrew Smith.
Monday 2nd July
My Giro Atmos helmet review
A little detail on my
Challenge Hurricane refurbishment. It's a bike, but a very unusual
one, and it often carries my skates as this is one of my commuter bikes.
Monday 25th June
Camelbak Rogue hydration
backpack review
Skating
the London to Brighton BHF bike ride in 2007
Wednesday 20th June
Linda announced Skate
Escape a little while ago, this looks like a great skating holiday in
Switzerland with two excellent skating instructors and enthusiasts.
Two new articles online:
Montane Velo
Featherlite Jacket Review
Naomi Grigg's skating years
- part 2
Monday 4th June
Here's a whole bunch of new articles for your reading. I've also
announced some more group skating courses:
Beginners courses starting:
- 6th June, Wednesdays 18.30-20.00
- 9th June, Saturdays 14.30-16.00
- 14th June, Thursdays, 18.30-20.00
- 24th June, Sundays 14.30-16.00
Courses after beginners:
- Turns and Stops 24th June, Sundays 12.00-13.30
- Backwards for Beginners 1st July, Sundays 16.30-18.00
- Speed for Streetskating 3rd July, Tuesdays 18.30-20.00
Articles:
Naomi Grigg's early skating years - part 1
- by Naomi
Cycling:
What kills the most cyclists in
London? Heavy goods vehicles. Another safety article describing
one of the big dangers to cyclists, and how to avoid the situations.
Safety tips - avoiding dooring and the
door zone.
Why being the best is simply
not good enough, by Jenny Jones. An article on road safety and what
can be done about it.
Wednesday 18th April
The LondonSkate starts tonight!!! There are very many excited skaters
in London waiting for tonight's skate. Check out the
LondonSkate website for
more details, it's the Camden route.
You might also be interested in
BassFreight.com, all
about the music bike, and check out
Caz's great eFlyer.
Thursday 12th April
Want to learn how to turn and stop confidently and assertively?
This Saturday's is the course
that will set you up with the base skills to no longer need your heelbrake.
Friday 23rd March
Here's announcing the Easter Eggstravaganza skate weekend.
A whole series of skating events in London over Easter, that looks like an
awesome amount of fun!
Wednesday 21st March
Wooohooo, it's the first day of spring today! Doesn't really feel like
it, mind. With the clocks going forward this Sunday, it's back to those
beautiful long English summer evenings.
Here's Naomi's writeup from Beijing.
Tuesday 27th February 2007
Announcing the start of the
LondonSkate: 18th April 2007, 8pm, Hyde Park.
Tuesday 6th February
Richard Humphrey is coming to town! Rollerdance lessons American style.
Richard is well known and has an excellent reputation, and will be here this
week and weekend.
Friday 26th January 2007
Here's an interesting article on running, but the recovery principles almost
certainly apply equally well to skating:
A
fresh perspective on recovery runs on Active.com
Tuesday 19th DecemberSeba FR1
freeskate review - 2007 model
by BigSteev. Thanks!
Thursday 23rd November
This month's free lesson is cancelled. Sorry!
Practice Club will continue on Saturdays at 3pm, but I will likely only next
be there in January.
Thursday 2nd November
Here's Naomi's writeup of
Slalomania 2006 in Singapore.
Friday 27th October
The usual free
lesson on the last Sunday of every month has changed slightly this month.
It's now from 11.00-12.00, meeting at
the beach.
Also, here's announcing LondonSkaters Practice Club, to help new skaters
progress quickly and break into the skate community.
Wednesday 25th October
LondonSkate's Santa Skate 2006
- date set for Saturday 16th of December. I
can't wait, for me this was the best streetskate in 2005!!
Here's a story about
Mat Granger's planned charity
skate across Canada, and a request for sponsorship, in aid of Parkinson's
disease.
A writeup of the
Battle UK slalom competition, by
Naomi Grigg.
Wednesday 11th October
Mission Helium 550 inline hockey skate review
by Matthew Mokrzycki.
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