Leighton, Alabama: S&M Equipment Company Security Camera Catches Tornado Video

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Submitted by eebee on May 10, 2008 - 9:06am.

Location(s)

S & M Equipment Co
835 Shaw Rd
Leighton, AL
United States
See map: Google Maps


Rank Your Favorite Dates for the next SkateStrong inline skating (rollerblading) workshop!

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Submitted by roadskater on May 9, 2008 - 4:35pm.

I created a poll for people to vote on the date for the next SkateStrong workshop.

  • Rank from 1 (fave) to whatever.
  • Leave out dates you can't make.

Quotes from part of skatey-mark's message:

Hi everyone! Due to the multitude of schedule conflicts around the
original date for my workshop, it ended up not happening. So... I
want to gauge the interest of all the skaters out there and see if
there are enough people that would attend a workshop, should I decide
to put one together.


Cast your vote for the date of the next SkateStrong inline skating (rollerblading) workshop!

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Submitted by skatey-mark on May 9, 2008 - 2:54pm.

Location(s)

Raleigh, NC
United States
See map: Google Maps

Hi everyone! Due to the multitude of schedule conflicts around the
original date for my workshop, it ended up not happening. So... I
want to gauge the interest of all the skaters out there and see if
there are enough people that would attend a workshop, should I decide
to put one together.

Details of the workshop can be found here: http://www.skatestrong.com/

If I can find a suitable camcorder, I'll film people and we can do some video analysis as well.

Here are some potential dates for the workshop:


Skate DC Weekend: Washington Area Roadskaters (WAR) Free Inline Skating Roadskating Festival

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Submitted by roadskater on May 9, 2008 - 1:45pm.
May 9 2008 - 7:00pm
May 11 2008 - 4:00pm
US/Eastern

Location(s)

Beacon Hotel
1615 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington, DC, 20036
United States
See map: Google Maps


89-Year-Old Broke Hip Inline Skating Five Years Ago...Painted Roof To Honor Love

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Submitted by roadskater on May 7, 2008 - 1:44am.

Location(s)

Sans Souci, NSW
Australia

Here's a brief article about a man who painted the tiles of his roof as a sign to heaven for his deceased wife caught my eye for its comment on the emotional aspects of inline skating, and because of this age, around 84, when he broke a hip skating!

It took Mr Hall, 89, three months to paint the roof of Berta's
corner. Mr Hall said he was relieved it was finished because he broke
his hip roller-blading five years ago.

"Roller-blading was a way to forget the loneliness of life," Mr Hall said.


Eddy Matzger Roadshow in Washington DC Area

Submitted by Patchc on May 2, 2008 - 2:06pm.
May 30 2008 - 7:00pm
Jun 1 2008 - 5:00pm
Etc/GMT-5

Location(s)

Washington DC Metro Area
McLean, VA
United States
See map: Google Maps

 

Spring is really here so it's time to stop thinking about signing up for Eddy Matzger's Roadshow workshop and actually do it. The Roadshow will be in the DC area the weekend of May 30 - June 1which is NOT Memorial Day weekend. For details see  the web site or contact me off list (patchc@mindspring.com)

9th Annual Tour de Lions, Gray's Chapel, NC 2008 Bike Ride Inline Skate

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Submitted by eebee on May 1, 2008 - 4:19pm.
May 17 2008 - 7:30am
May 17 2008 - 2:00pm
US/Eastern

Location(s)

Grays Chapel United Methodist Church
5056 NC Highway 22 N
Franklinville, NC
United States
See map: Google Maps

This year's wonderful Tour de Lions event has 'new' mileage options: 10, 20, 40 & 75.

http://tourdelions.org/

You can sign up via the above webpage.

This is one of my favorite events each year, and here's my report from 2007. If we do this event, we will of course, be skating it, as the organizers and cyclists have always given us such a warm welcome in the past.


Win Free Stuff with Skateylove in Roadskater.net May 2008 Contest Drawing (plus Previous Results)

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Submitted by roadskater on May 1, 2008 - 2:39am.

Location(s)

United States
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Hey! Here's something I hope will be fun. We're going to have a monthly Skateylove contest with a prize winner selected by drawing (or computer simulation thereof). Were I rich, we'd have amazing prizes. I'm not, so we'll do what we can!

Here's how it'll work:


Good times - Great people - Fun skating on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham NC.

Submitted by MikeB on April 29, 2008 - 9:05am.

Why oh why didn't I choose to inline skate sooner?  After much internal deliberation on gear (skates, wheels, bearings, helmets, gloves, apparrel, hydration source, brake, yada yada yada) it's become apparent that I was putting up roadblocks to perpetuate my procrastination.  All the while, local skaters of the Triangle Skating Club were out there doing their thing and having a great time!  (http://www.triangletrails.org/ATT.HTM)

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Tour de Georgia: Biggest Loser Food-Stained Jersey for Acts of Embarrassing Spectatorism

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Submitted by roadskater on April 27, 2008 - 8:38pm.

No, it's not my award to the one who lost the most weight in the Tour de Georgia. It's for the lamest spectator or other non-cyclist in the tour. There were so many, for such a small audience.