Help! I Need an Inline Skate Shop Location and Recommendation Near Schaumburg, IL (Chicago)

Hi yuan0517:

Welcome to Roadskater.net and thanks for asking a question. We want to help people at any stage of inline skating, even just thinking about it, as I often do in Winter.

We've seen the Chicago skaters at Miami's GreatEsskate, Washington DC's SkateDC, Philadelphia's Freedom Skate and Freeskate, plus New York's Big Apple Roll, and of course, the 87-mile Athens to Atlanta Roadskate.

The ThirstyDog site mentions free braking clinics and a twice-monthly skate:

Road Rave Season is on!! Every first and third Friday we meet in Daley Plaza for a guided skate through the streets of Chicago!

http://www.thirstydog.net/ 

ThirstyDog also carries a camera while skating so he's also called Bobarazzi, and he creates skating-inspired art as well. (ThirstyDog has linked to Roadskater.net as well...thanks!)

On his bobarazzi blogspot he writes about his skating excursions, acheiving what I often get too distracted by maps and GPS and photos and website features to actually do...write about it before I lose the flavor and scent of the day!

Overall I averaged 13.5 mph over 45 miles, that's with stopping for busy streets, stop lights and three brief water stops. That also includes almost hitting two young deer....

http://www.bobarazzi.blogspot.com/

We'd love for you to call yourself part of the Roadskater.net team, but you'll also want to consider getting involved with Team Rainbo up in Chicago too. Our team is focused on endurance, touring, roadskating, charity and festivals, and sometimes speed of course. Team Rainbo tends to focus on shorter distances and perhaps more intense workouts too.

Team Rainbo is open to anyone who has a desire to skate. Male or female, young or old, we cater to all skill levels.

http://www.teamrainbo.com/

Check it out, and please report back here. We want you to teach us what you learn and share our sport with the world. Also, if you have information and experience on skating elsewhere in the world, we'd love to hear about it.

Hopefully we'll find a way to meet in person sometime at one of the festivals or races we try to attend (when we can afford travel!). Check out ThirstyDog and send him an email. He's a nice guy who wants to get more people into long distance rural and urban street touring inline skating. Tell him we said "Hi!"