News and Articles
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Do you bend your knees enough, and is your posture correct?
http://www.londonskaters.com/how-to-bend-your-knees.htm

Work on your balance on skates for grace and speed:
http://www.londonskaters.com/how-to-balance-on-skates.htm

Muscle memory and skating
Practice makes perfect….or does it?
This article, by Erika Kennington, delves into how we learn,
improve,
and perfect motor skills such as those used in the speed skating
stride.
http://www.londonskaters.com/article-muscle-memory.htm


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Events
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Skatefresh Holland Tour 2008
This yearly event is highly regarded and is a brilliant way to get
in
lots of skating, beautiful countryside, and have a great social.
http://www.londonskaters.com/article-skatefresh-holland-tour-2008.htm

Milton Keynes Skate Jam
Gary tells me this is on 29th Feb at Bletchley Leisure Centre, 20.15-
22:30

London Freewheel - 21st September 2008
is to be repeated this year, with organisers aiming for 100,000
cyclists
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23433887-details/100%
2C000+to+Freewheel+in+London%27s+streets/article.do


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Lessons and Commercial
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Skate Fitness Lessons (through till end-March)
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Saturdays, 14.30-15.30 in Hyde Park
Thursdays, 18.30-19.30 in Battersea Park
Designed to work both your base fitness and your technique, these
are
hour long lessons covering a long slow skate, technique drills and
some skate-specific stretches. You do need to be able to skate
forwards, stop and turn, but it doesn't matter how fast (or slow)
you
are, as the lessons are designed to cater for people of any speed
and
ability.

This is how to get fitter and faster with grace and effective
technique.


Other people's lessons:
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Taehong Slalom Academy
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The LondonSkaters Freestyle Club is starting up a new Slalom Academy
run by the Korean coach of the Slalom Academy in Korea's Olympic
Park, who is conveniently living in London for another 6 months. The
Slalom Academy sessions are suitable for all levels, from `what is a
cone?' to `I hate repeatedly coming 2nd place'. So, if you want to
learn how to get your feet around cones, develop what you're already
learning, or just enjoy learning with others, see the full article
here.

http://www.londonskaters.com/article-taehong-slalom-academy-2008.htm

Bill Begg's video review service
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Bill Begg is one of the world's foremost speedskating coaches.
Whilst he's taught many of the world's fastest inline speedskaters,
he also regularly works with skaters of all levels. You provide
video footage of your skating, and he will edit this up at the front
of a Bill Begg coaching and technique DVD, together with written
comments on what you need to fix, and how to fix it.
Reply to this email if you would like him to review your skating.

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Videos
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Escaping some rollerskating Ninjas!
http://jalopnik.com/340827/how-to-escape-when-roller-skating-ninjas-
attack-your-microcar

Rollerskating Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8QBXp17YwY

195miles in 24 hours on a skateboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmK6jGT-eYg

And just to bring on the feeling of summer, here's some great quad
skating footage:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IsvNskyPO2U