London and Eastbourne Skaters News and Events for March 2008
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In this months edition we have news on:
- Skating in "The Last Enemy" Drama on BBC
- Flow Grace and Tricks Course
- Sk8 Street Wise Course
- Wheals On Blog
- Eastbourne Carnival Procession
- Sk8 2 Ski trip
- Kids Club
- Looking Ahead to April
- Paris Skate coming soon!
- Rebecca's Skate Park Trip
- Mark and Matts London Courses
- Links and interesting Skate happenings
- Shops News
Last Enemy
The skating for the TV drama we worked so hard on last year is finally being aired. It's a 5 part drama about what happens when England goes CCTV crazy and links everything to a central database.
Click here to find out more about the programme
Flow Grace and Tricks
Firstly well done to Fred and his forward powerslide! Here's a picture of Fred executing said stop at the February "mastering 10 ways to stop course".
The Flow, Grace and Tricks course! Many more of you than we expected are booked for this course. Its the toughest course we run and requires solid edge control (on one leg) before you can even hope to start. Worthy of just watching - we already have a few spectators booked!
Survivors wil be impressive! This is scheduled for Sunday Afternoon March 16th, so if your already doing the open skate, you'll have an excuse to hang around and see whats going on with the experts!
Sk8 street wise
Lots of interest already in this course, which will get you skating the streets, kerbs , steps and hills of Eastbourne "in amongst the traffic". Deal with dogs, blind man bumps at crossings -we even cover going to the loo on skates! (hows that for attention to detail!) the course takes 4 hours and has several rest stops and a break for lunch. Places wil be limited so book with Tim now - as it is outside please ensure you are able to attend BOTH dates as the second is a reserve in case the first choice is rained off.
Attendees should be able to heal brake stop with confidence and be comfortable with Stride 2 and parallel turns. (10 miles round Eastbourne, just doing stride 1 is no fun!) If you need more information about the First Sk8streetwise of the year click here!
Cost is £40 per person and the dates are Saturday 5th AND 12th April (beginning at 11am at the Turning Circle). Payment in advance, payable to Tim Wheals, 32 Lawns Avenue, Eastbourne, East Sussex. 10 people maximum, first come first served!
Wheals On!
I've started a little blog (with a play on words based on my name) called WHEALS ON! and you can register your comments! All the instructors will be writing up their lessons and tips. Get all the insider thoughts and information as they happen...
As you know we're experimenting with several "interactive" mediums at the moment to see which ones you like most. Have a look at the RSS feeds and Facebook club as well!
Eastbourne Carnival Procession
As you no doubt remember Sk8school is sponsoring the "Lark in the Park" charity event this year and organising the skate helpers at this event. If you want to assist with bucket collections and marshalling at the event please let us know. The usual suspects of course have already volunteered.
Skate to Ski
Do you ski? Do you want to give it a go?
Kids Club
The last one INDOORS is nearly here. We will be issuing bring a friend tickets at the last indoor one at Shinewater on March 16th (12 midday). Then its all change!
Because in April, firstly Kids Club is going outside AT THE TURNING CIRCLE, second it will be 11am not 12 and finally it will be EVERY WEEK!
We fully expect the Kids Club to grow every week and intend ot run it right through the Summer and if plans allow, the Winter too.
Looking ahead
Once we get outside, we will resume our regular group lessons and shop intro's 11am Sunday mornings at the TURNING CIRCLE. Private lessons will of course be available anytime. Every month (and more frequently if demand dictates) we will run our half day intensive courses on Mastering stopping, turning, backwards, street and for the brave "flow grace and tricks". Additionally the breakfast skates and skate n chips sessions will begin again (some of you will have already have noticed the Sk8 M8's page on the website). The dates for the First Sk8 Streetwise of the year have already been announced (with reserve dates for rain), watch this space for the treasure hunt...
Paris Skate
Our colleagues in SkateInstructor.com and SkateFresh are organising a trip to Paris to include skating in the Friday night skate, lessons if you want them and various tours. Totally fantastic skating fun! See here for details or contact Tim.
Rebecca's Skate Park Trip
It's not every day you get invited to a "Private Skate Park Party" and this one is on Friday, March 7 at 8:00pm.
Here's the details of the Event: Private Skate Park Party
"Let's Injure Ourselves"
What: Sports Practice
Host: Skaterham
When: Friday, March 7 at 8:00pm
Where: Caterham
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=8348277435
While you're there - join the Facebook Sk8school group too!
Mark and Matts London Lessons Program
Beginner: I've never skated before
Saturday, March 1 at 11:00am
Beginner+: I can go, turn and stop, but need some help!
Saturday, March 1 at 1:30pm
Beginners Backwards: Going from forwards to backwards
Sunday, March 2 at 10:30am
Links
Here's an interesting one - when its done on wheels its called skatercross, basically an assault course race track to skate round as fast as possible. This article shows it on ice!
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/article.html?in_article_id=87097&in_page_id=46
And the here's something I am far less convinced by, a bouncy skate thing...
Half well thought out then!
Shops...
Here is Loco news March '08 -
All the new Rollerblade and K2 skates have just arrived. Not only does this mean that there is loads of new skates for you to choose from but it means that last years stock is being cleared and will be available at heavily reduced prices. Get there quick before the reduced stuff runs out!
Also Rollerblade have released a skate this year that will retail at £59.99 meaning you no longer have to buy a budget brand in order to get a cheap skate! Rollerblades whole range is looking great and will give all our K2 stuff a run for it's money but at a lower price!
RE-AL have a massive collection of skates now, so check out the pictures and pop your feet into a few of them!
