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Why aren't you skating?
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Useful Sites:
Washington Area Roadskaters
DC Skate Patrol (Free Lessons)
Rollerquest (Baltimore Skaters)
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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Fri, 30 Sep 2005
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Bruges on Skates |
he plan was to skate from Bruges to somewhere where we could see lots of water. Some dark clouds proved that we didn't need to go anywhere for a view like that.
Check out the gallery...
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Bruges on a Bike |
ome brave non skaters went for a rainy tour in Bruges.
Check out the gallery... Thu, 29 Sep 2005
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Info on the Skate to Annapols |
k Todd, here's the info. Hope you join us.
f you're not Todd, hope you join us too. Everyone is welcome. (Bring skates.)
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Bringing Up the Rear on the Eastern Shore |
don't know how it happened but I became the slowest skater in the group! The temperature was perfect -- the infamous DC humidity was gone -- and the wind didn't kick up until long after we had sat down for a post skate lunch.
t was also a lot of fun to skate with Rollerquest (the Baltimore Skaters).
Check out the gallery... Wed, 21 Sep 2005
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The Baltimore Annapolis Trail |
here is a skateable trail that runs between Annapolis and BWI Airport (contrary to its name, it doesn't go to Baltimore.) I've spoken to several people who have done it who tell me that it's skater friendly. In terms of support there are a lot of places on the way to stop and get snacks and water and even some pleasant neighborhoods with potentially skater friendly restaraunts to stop at as well.
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The Campus Skate Route |
avid came up with the idea to skate through all the college campuses now that all the students are back. I think its a great way to promote the club -- even if we don't hand out flyers.
e worked out a few bugs in David's route on Wednesday and Carl is adopting it as a route that he wants to do for Sunday so this whole skate to campus thing is getting a lot of mileage right now. Here is my take on skating the college campuses.
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A Couple of Photos From a Sunday Skate |
t was one of those days in September where the temperature was perfect.
Check out the gallery... Mon, 12 Sep 2005
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So Long to Argyle |
o you meet downtown to go for a skate in the city, find yourself at Dupont Circle, make your way to Adams Morgan, do some more climbing and find yourself in Mount Pleasant. Naturally, you want to pop in somewhere for something to drink...
he Argyle convenience store was a prominent stop as a recognizable landmark for many a skate and a place that let skaters in on wheels. It's closed and gone now, for reasons unknown, but the Washington Area Roadskaters will always remember it as a setting for plenty of skating stories.
here are skater freindly convenience stores nearby but none have the character that Argyle did.
Check out the gallery... Wed, 07 Sep 2005
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A Skate Through Times Square |
he lights; the cars; the skaters!
Check out the gallery... Mon, 05 Sep 2005
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Friday Night at the Big Apple Roll |
riday Night at the Big Apple Roll began with a skate through Manhattan. First stop: Central Park.
Check out the gallery...