Saturday 30th September

Given the weather and the forecast, it seems rather unlikely that today's free lesson will be running.

Monday 4th September

Beginners course on Saturday 9th September has only a few places left - book now.

September's free lesson is now on Saturday 30th September at 15.00, since we'll be away in Berlin for the marathon on the last Sunday of September.

Thursday 3rd August

Another bunch of group rollerblading lessons for August, September, and October announced.

Tuesday 25th July

The usual free lesson this Sunday 30th July is postponed to Sunday 13th August, 12.00-13.30.

Monday 24th July

LondonSkaters Freestyle Club - an interview with Naomi Grigg, by BigSteev.  This is awesome news!!!  I'm very excited about another skating club starting here in London, and I hope that this will push the Slalom and Freestyle scene as much as the LondonSkaters Speed Team has done for speed and fitness skating.

A Raps Evolve frame review, by Anne-Jelmer Drent.

Saturday 22nd July

The Beginners course starting today has been put back a week to start on July 29th instead.

Tuesday 20th June

Bont Vaypor 2006 3 point mounting speedskates review - custom

Best skate ever for me?  We skated the London to Brighton BHF Bike Ride 2006 this weekend and had an awesome time.

Tuesday 6th June

Another Seba 2006 Slalom Skate Review by Jerry Cooke.

Monday 5th June

More group rollerblading courses announced:
Intermediates 6th July Thursdays
Speed for Fitness and Streetskating 9th July Sundays
Beginners 9th July Sundays
Beginners 12th July Wednesdays
Beginners 22nd July Saturdays
Beginners 17th August Thursdays

Wednesday 26th April

Quite a few of us have entered the Blenheim Inline Challenge, a 20km race near Oxford.  Why not come and join us?  Two reasons - it's shorter than a night skate, and this is a prime opportunity for us to show off and promote skating to thousands of triathletes and spectators, and the media.

More group rollerblading courses announced:
Beginners Sunday 30th April
Speed for fitness and streetskating Sunday 7th May
Beginners Thursday May 25th
Beginners Saturday 27th May
Intermediates Wednesday 31st May

Sunday 16th April

Here's a new video - Naomi Grigg in Singapore, out and about with Benz and Aaron

Two group rollerblading courses for beginners - Sunday 30th April and Thursday 25th May.

Monday 10th April

Starting a Kids rollerhockey club.

Plus, a competition - Dancing on Ice.

Saturday 1st April

Roller hockey refereeing

Rollerskiing

Tuesday 21st March

In last week's newsletter, I mistakenly put Sunday 26th May, when I meant Sunday 26th March.  This for the free skating lesson this Sunday.

Thursday 16th February 2006

Here's a review of the 2006 Seba MX slalom skates, also by BigSteev.

Also announcing these group rollerblading lessons, one starting Sunday 5th March, and the next on Sunday 30th April.

Monday 13th February

2006 London skate scene preview by BigSteev.

Thursday 12th January

I'd like to point out a couple of new articles on the Cycling pages, the dangers of dooring and the door zone, and a book review - Cyclecraft by John Franklin, since these have a lot of relevancy for skaters too.

Friday 30th December

The write up of our Sardinia speedskating training camp is here.

Monday 12th December

And the final part 4 of Naomi's skatepark article is up.

Tuesday 6th December

Part 3 of Naomi's skatepark article is up.

Also a short video of two of the skateboard slalomers in Hyde Park.

Friday 2nd December 2005

The list of Christmas outdoor ice rinks in London has been updated.

The SerpentineRoad.com / LondonSkate.com Santa Skate and Christmas party is on Saturday 18th December.

Thursday 1st December 2005

Looking for gifts?  Why not give rollerblading gift vouchers?

Free skating lessons this Sunday 4th December at 12.00 in front of the Albert Memorial.

Monday 28th November

Just back from Sardinia, what a great skate training camp! 

And part 2 of Naomi in the Skate Park.

Friday 18th November

Here's part 1 of a new series - Naomi Grigg's flirtations with the skatepark.  (The link to part 2 won't work just yet, that'll be live in a week or two).

Monday 7th November

Group crossovers lesson this Saturday 12th November.  Come and join in, cost is £10 for 2 hours plus, meeting at the Albert Memorial at 12.30.  Get much better power and balance in your crossovers!

Friday 28th October 2005

This Sunday there's a free lesson at the Albert Memorial.  Hope to see you there!

More videos by Eddy Matzger are now up at www.skatecentral.net

Monday 24th October

Review of Landroller inline skates by Daniel Reeves.

Wednesday 19th October

Here's a CTC campaign to make things better for the more vulnerable road users such as us skaters, pedestrians and cyclists. If you live in the UK, please use the form to directly lobby your MP

http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3996

Tuesday 4th October

Last weekend's Classic Stride lesson was rained off, and it has been moved to this Saturday 8th October, again at 15.00 at the Albert Memorial, cost £10 for around 2 hours.

Friday 30th September

Whoops, I'm sorry I've left updates for so long, my apologies!  Been just far too busy this spring and summer.

Here's Michaela's race report from Bremerhaven.

And my race report from Berlin 2005.

There's a big Halloween skate organised for Sunday October 30th here in London.

Wednesday 29th June

Eastbourne Extreme is nearly here!  It's a mega skating and other extreme sports event in Eastbourne, and a large contingent of the Serpentine Road massive is travelling down there.

Friday 17th June

SkateLondon is this weekend, it's probably going to be the biggest skating event in the UK calendar.  Come along and bring your skates!

Two new reviews for you to enjoy:

K2 VO2 Max fitness skates

BananaGuards

Monday 30th May

Just a reminder that the Eddy Matzger workshop is next weekend.  See here to register, and here for testimonials.  This is one of the best skating workshops anywhere, IMO, and will teach and enhance your skills.

Also not long to go till SkateLondon.  This is shaping up to be the biggest skate event in London this year, what with the London Inline Marathon, the UK IFSA freestyle and speed slalom and high jump competition, and the ICP's Big Skate Europe.  Plenty of free workshops, instructor courses etc.  Come along, bring your skates!

Wednesday 25th May

Don't forget the Eddy Matzger workshop is coming to London on 3-5th June.  This is one of the ultimate skate skill learning experiences, see this page for testimonials, and this page for bookings.

Thursday 20th May

Here's two new reviews:

K2 skate review - Soul 7 2005 model

Junker Custom Speedskates review - 2005 model

Monday 18th April

Transport for London urges people to get out on their bikes.  Check out their press release, with several videos on the page.

Monday 4th April

Group rollerblading lessons planned for Saturday 16th April and Saturday 30th April include the classic skating stride, backwards, and video review.

Tuesday March 22nd

No free skating lesson this Sunday 27th March - it's Easter.  Enjoy your weekend!  The next lesson will be a classic push two hour lesson on Saturday April 2nd, meeting in front of the Albert Memorial at 15.00-17.00.

Tenerife half-marathon announced - see this post.

Goodwood Marathon confirmed for June 12th this year.

Thursday 24th February 2005

Two new video clips:

Short BBC feature on speedskating in the Olympics.

Naomi Grigg on the show 28 acts in 28 minutes.

Friday 11th February 2005

Sebastian Baumgartner of Experts in Speed is running three Sardinia workshops in March.  Check out the article and booking form here.  Quite a few London skaters have been on these workshops and they come well recommended.

Tuesday 21st December

A small thank you to Naomi for all her efforts in the London skating community.

Kevin Van Lancker is coming to the UK in less than two weeks for some custom Bont boot moulding.  See this page for more details.

Monday 20th December

Check out this inline skating calendar, just got mine in the post and it's pretty nice.  Not if you don't like lycra though.

Friday 3rd December

Cool, Moscow has the first IFSA event on the freestyle slalom calender, February 2005.  Check out their site!

Wednesday 1st December 2004

Here's a great piece of news for skating in London.  There's to be a massive skating event here in London next year, called SkateLondon.  Check out the press release for the big event in 2005.

Peter Doucet is offering an internet-based online video review service of your skating.  Take some video of yourself and get him to review it if you want some valuable feedback.  Peter is a well known and class Canadian inline racer, and knows his stuff.

Wednesday 24th November

Robert Burnson of the Inline Planet has this story on the Roces Cruiser, the new fitness/marathon skate for 2005.

The Inline Planet is a pretty good site by the way, I think it's worth spending some time browsing through it!

Tuesday 23rd November

Just a reminder about the free skating lesson this Sunday.  Not only will there be drills to improve your balance and speed, this month there's an extra half hour added to the lesson to help those with trouble stopping.

Next Saturday 4th December there is a crossovers group rollerblading lesson here in London.  You'll learn how to get powerful crossovers with excellent control and balance, and there will be plenty of drills ranging from fairly easy to those that will really test your ability.

Friday 19th November

A discussion of skating performance testing - VO2 Max, lactate, heart rate monitor use, etc.

Check out these SKF skates apparently from 1970s on SkateLog.com.

Friday 12th November

Bont have announced their WIC team for 2005.

Tuesday 9th November

Here's a guide on how to skate in the rain.

And Eddy's footage of the Northshore Inline Marathon.

And a list of outdoor ice rinks in London this Christmas.

Friday 5th November

Here's a video of the 2nd Gangnung Mayor's Cup International Inline Marathon Competition in Korea.

And also the latest how to skate up hills guide.

Thursday 4th November

Here's a new guide on how to skate on rough surfaces - this can be one of the most challenging parts of skating in the urban jungle.

Also there's a new video from Eddy Matzger - footage of the St. Paul Inline Marathon.

Tuesday 2nd November

The subtleties and beauty of the speedskating stride - an article about how much work is put into skating fast and efficiently.

Want to learn to skate like this?  Come and join our group lesson this Saturday.

Friday 29th October 2004

And another video from Eddy Matzger, Rollerbag Adventures in Seattle.

Thursday 28th October 2004

Don't forget the mega Halloween skate this Sunday, 17.00 at Hyde Park Corner end of the Serpentine Road.

Tuesday 26th October

Free lesson this Sunday - get better balance, skate faster and glide longer, and improve your general technique.

Also, Monte Walker is running a couple more sessions this coming weekend.

Lastly, here's another Eddy Matzger video - this time TV footage from the Montreal marathon.

Monday 25th October

Eddy Matzger wins Athens to Atlanta reportedly on big wheel skates with 100mm 100mm 110mm 110mm wheels, Mauro Guenci second.  Mauro won the London Inline Marathon this year.  See Peter Doucet's report on A2A here.

Here's Lee's writeup of the Stockholm Tunnelloppet tunnel marathon, complete with a video showing the atmosphere!

Thursday 21st October

Check out the latest Eddy Matzger video here, filmed by himself during the Montreal Inline Marathon.

Wednesday 20th October

Here's a page describing the top ten gumbie skating mistakes.

Saturday 16th October 2004

And the latest Rollerbag Adventures in Montreal from Eddy Matzger.

Friday 15th October

Monte Walker's stride efficiency and motion analysis workshop has now been set for Sunday 24th, 11.00-13.00, meeting at the Beach in Hyde Park.

Monday 11th October

Check out this roller skating robot!

Saturday 8th October

Monte Walker from Planet Inline in Brisbane will be here in two weeks time.  Monte was the IISA Instructor of the Year 2002 and has an excellent reputation.

Saturday 23rd October, Instructor Development, 09.00-12.00

Saturday 23rd October, Intermediate workshop, 13.00-16.30

Stride efficiency, etc.  Time/date yet to be announced

I think this is a huge opportunity and plan to be on each workshop to see what I can learn.  Click the links to read the topic on the London skating community forums at www.serpentineroad.com.

Thursday 7th October 2004

Robert Burnson of the Inline Planet has just published this excellent interview with Eddy Matzger.  It's a good read!

Saturday 2nd October

And here's my Berlin marathon article.

A new website has been launched recently, The Inline Planet.  Check out Robert's site!

Thursday 30th September 2004

Skating Faux Pas - don't do these!  A humorous article on what might not be cool in skating.

The Berlin Marathon was run last weekend, with many from London going and having a great time.  Some really improved personal bests were set too, article coming soon!

Tuesday 21st September 2004

Here's my take on the London Inline Marathon 2004 - article.

I'm looking forward to the Berlin inline marathon now, and hope to see some of you there!  LondonSkaters Speed Team has a large contingent going so look out for our skinsuits.

Saturday 18th September 2004

Sebastian Baumgartner of Experts-in-Speed has this cool Berlin marathon guide program.  There are several groups and the aim is to find a group to skate with in order to work together and achieve a good marathon time.  Each group has a guide who will set the pace accurately to help you achieve your chosen goal time.  The cost is 20 Euros and you can book online on Sebastian's site.

Good luck to all the London Inline Marathon participants today - let's hope the predicted rain doesn't affect this afternoon's full marathon.

Update: What a great day!  A super fun marathon that I thoroughly enjoyed.  Howling wind and light showers made for an interesting race - luckily the track didn't get drenched as it otherwise becomes very slippery.  Have to say the temperature felt perfect, especially when put with the total of 500m ascent over the 26 laps of the 1 mile Eastway Cycle Circuit.  Here are the unofficial top 10 - the full results will no doubt be posted by the organisers in the next day or two:

A big thanks to the hard working organisers of the LondonSkaters Speed Team.

Thursday 16th September 2004

Salomon FSK 320 Downhill Frame review - Cédric Bornand, September 2004

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