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Why aren't you skating?
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Useful Sites:
Washington Area Roadskaters
DC Skate Patrol (Free Lessons)
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Skaters Quest (a Skate School)
Skaters Refuge (Community Store)
Sites I Like:
Mocha Superman
Blake Lambert
Sites With People I Miss:
Wednesday Night Skate New York
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Why aren't you blogging??? At some point with doing this blog, I came up with an informal set of rules, one of which was to never write anything negative. It produced a big delay on my blogging as I sorted out what I was capable of saying about WAR, the Washington Area Roadskaters as a club, both positive and negative. I enjoyed discovering the club. I enjoyed joining and contributing my time and resources as a board member. It was great fun promoting the club and rebuilding the membership records from scratch. I also enjoyed leaving the club. It was very liberating. Now I can go skate and not have to worry about making all the people who kept placing their demands on me happy. My free time is finally my own again. |
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Sat, 30 Apr 2005
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Pictures from the Tiny Friday Night Skate |
wo pictures featuring the huge mob of 3 people who attended. The weather report listed an 80 percent chance of rain and it looked like it actually would rain in any second but fortunately it didn't.
Check out the gallery... Fri, 29 Apr 2005
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How Many Wheels do you Need? |
o I started the Wednedsay Skate with eight wheels. In Georgetown one blew out. Somewhere between Georgetown and American University another blew. I was fine. I could have done the A2A. Even when the third wheel blew, On MacArthur Boulevard on the way back to Georgetown, I was still going. I was among the first to finish the skate.
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Pictures from the Wednesday West of Georgetown Skate |
estinations included Macarthur Boulevard and Georgetown.
Check out the gallery... Mon, 25 Apr 2005
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Photos from the Sunday "Feels Like Winter Out There" Skate |
estinations included Union Station and L'Enfant Plaza.
Check out the gallery... Fri, 22 Apr 2005
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Skate Clinic Got Listed -- In Color |
just noticed -- the free Skate Patrol sponsored clinic got listed in the April issue of Metro Sports Washington. Plus there's a picture.
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Photos from the Wednesday "Feels Like Summer Out There" Skate |
estinations included Chinatown and the tunnel.
Check out the gallery... Tue, 19 Apr 2005
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We Were Featured on Channel 4 |
nless you live under a rock or aren't an active DC skater, by now you know that Channel 4 News did a segment on our group.
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Pictures from the Sunday Hills and Alleys Skate |
arl led a combined intermediate/advanced skate with a route he thought up on the fly.
Check out the gallery... Sun, 17 Apr 2005
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More Newspaper Listings |
ere is a sampling of how WAR is listed in the DC area papers.
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Pictures from The Friday Night News Skate |
ealth and Fitnesss reporters from Channel 4 came out to film WAR skaters in action.
Check out the gallery... Fri, 15 Apr 2005
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Staying Listed in the Washington Post |
he Post will list WAR in the Weekend section anytime we ask. You just have to ask properly.
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Photos from the Wednesday Night Cultural Skate |
estinations included Catholic University, The John Paul II Cultural Center, and Adams Morgan.
Check out the gallery... Wed, 13 Apr 2005
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Getting the Most from Craigslist |
read through the posting guidelines on Craigslist and took advantage of two features. First, you can add some basic HTML to the text so now we have some bling in our listing. The second feature is a bigger deal.
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Photos from the Sunday Smoothie Skate |
hese are photos from the intermediate skate; the advanced skate had just as many people.
Check out the gallery... Sun, 10 Apr 2005
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Photos from the First Friday Night Skate |
he air was cooler than Wednesday but the skaters were more laid back.
Check out the gallery... Thu, 07 Apr 2005
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Big Crowd for the Wednesday Night Skate |
nd the weather was just perfect.
Check out the gallery... Tue, 05 Apr 2005
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Photos from the Inaugural Party |
he start of the skating season could never be complete without a party to celebrate it.
Check out the gallery... Sun, 03 Apr 2005
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Photos from the Inaugural Skate |
t was a cold spring morning, but nothing could stop the inaugural skate.
Check out the gallery... Fri, 01 Apr 2005
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You Can Find WAR in the Papers Now |
he club is in the Washington Post and the City Paper. (Although not a newspaper, WAR is in craigslist too.)