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ABOUT INLINE SKATING
Newsletter for http://inlineskating.about.com
Issue #2001-07
February 19, 2001
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CONTENTS:
* A Note From Kathie
* New Feature: A Covered Winter Bike Path
* Recent Features: Dangerous Skating Activities
* Types of Skating
* Events in the next 2 weeks - Belgium, Denmark, S.Africa, USA
* Chat Schedule - Chat with me every Sunday and Wednesday
* Something Fun - Skater Alex Cartoon Strip!

--------------------- A Note From Kathie -------------------

Hello Everybody!

I'M PUTTING SOMETHING NEW IN "SPOTLIGHT #3"
I'm going to try something different on my home page, so you
can have something new to look at every day. I am going
to start changing the article in "Spotlight #3" every day,
rotating through all of my old articles. The first article
will be my article about Eddy Matzger and Dave Cooper climbing
Mount Kilimanjaro on inline skates.
http://inlineskating.about.com

I UPDATED MY MANUFACTURER LINKS
This week I updated my skate, wheel, and bearing
manufacturer pages, checking all links, and making
sure I was linking to all the newest Web sites.
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-skates-makers.htm
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-wheels-makers.htm
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-bearings-makers.htm

A NEW SITE IN ARGENTINA
http://www.PatinEnLinea.com.ar
(the webmaster is looking for skating articles in Spanish)

----------------------- New Features -----------------------

A PROPOSAL FOR A COVERED BICYCLE PATH
The town of Orebro, Sweden has made a proposal to build a
covered bicycle path, that will allow residents to use
non-motorized transportation 365 days a year, including the
coldest and snowiest winter days.
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/weekly/aa010218.htm

2001 RACING SCHEDULES FOR PIRS AND THE U.S. CUP
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-series-usa-2001.htm

Articles coming soon...

- An Artistic Skating Workshop in Italy
- The Spectacular Massimo Bavieri Extreme Sports Show
- Rubber wheels and a "dual action" brake from Yugoslavia
- The West Orange Trail near Orlando Florida (photos)
- How to audition for Robin Cousins' new "Rolling Thunder"
- A director of underground roller skating movies

--------------------- From My Bulletin Board ---------------

THE NEW MINI-BEARINGS
"How is the performance of the so called mini bearing?
How well do they hold up? I heard once that they wear
out fast. How hard is it to find wheels for them?
Is there a "fit kit" to make them fit all wheels?"
http://forums.about.com/ab-inlineskate/messages/?msg=572.1

HAVE YOU TRIED SELLING SKATES ON EBAY?
"I have sold a few pairs of skates on Ebay. It is at least
an interesting process as most of the time you get side
bids for considerably less than your asking price."
http://forums.about.com/ab-inlineskate/messages/?msg=580.1

FROM THE LOS ANGELES MARATHON ORGANIZERS
"...we tried an inline event (10k) four years ago, and I
believe it was most successful. Unfortunately, we already
have three events that day, and we made the decision not
to continue (inline skating) due to the lack of available
time and space on City streets due to the other events"
http://forums.about.com/ab-inlineskate/messages/?msg=579.1

BULLETIN BOARD HOME PAGE:
http://forums.about.com/ab-inlineskate/start

---------------------- Recent Features ---------------------

DANGEROUS SKATING ACTIVITIES
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/weekly/aa010213.htm

ROMANTIC GIFTS FOR SKATERS
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/weekly/aa010201.htm

THE SOUTHERN CROSS MARATHON IN SOUTH AFRICA
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/weekly/aa010128a.htm

ALL OF MY ARTICLES (CHRONOLOGICAL)
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/weekly/mpreviss.htm

ALL OF MY ARTICLES (BY TOPIC)
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/weekly/mpreviss.htm

HOW TO SEND ME STUFF
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-sendmestuff.htm

HOW TO ADVERTISE AT ABOUT.COM (your questions answered)
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-ads.htm

-------------------------- Newsletters ---------------------

FIRS NEWSLETTERS
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-nl-firs.htm

INLINE DOWNHILL NEWSLETTERS
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-nl-inlinedownhill.htm

NRpatin NEWSLETTERS
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-nl-nrpatin.htm

ALL OF MY NEWSLETTERS
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-newsletters.htm

-------------------- Types of Skating ----------------------

AGGRESSIVE SKATING
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-aggro.htm

ARTISTIC SKATING
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-artistic.htm

FITNESS SKATING
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-fitness.htm

ROLLER HOCKEY
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-hockey.htm

RECREATIONAL SKATING
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-rec.htm

SCOOTERS
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-scooters.htm

SPEEDSKATING
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-speed.htm

------------------ Upcoming Events ------------------

EVENTS IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS:
Feb 23-25: USA - Citrus Clash/Quad Speed Nationals Florida
Feb 24-25: BELGIUM - Flanders Int'l Inline Indoor Evergem
Feb 25: USA - Deer Creek 1/2 Marathon Ohio
Mar 03: DENMARK - Danish Indoor Grand Prix - Århus
Mar 03-04 SOUTH AFRICA - Red Bull DHX Downhill Extreme
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-calendar.htm
(links to the above events and many more)

PAST EVENTS - 2000
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-calendar-past2000.htm

--------------------- Chat Sessions ------------------------

SCHEDULED CHAT SESSIONS IN CHAT ROOM #1 EVERY WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY FROM 7 TO 8 P.M. PACIFIC TIME.

CHAT ROOM PHOTO ALBUM
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-chatters.htm

ADULT CHAT ROOM
http://inlineskating.about.com/mpchat.htm

TEEN CHAT ROOM
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-chat-teen.htm

------------------ Elsewhere at About -----------------

MEN'S HEALTH
(this new site is hosted by a Philadelphia Landskater!!!)
http://menshealth.about.com

WOMEN'S HEALTH
http://womenshealth.about.com

SENIOR HEALTH
http://seniorhealth.about.com

------------------- Something Fun ---------------------

"SKATER ALEX" CARTOON STRIP BY ALEX KRENTZIN
(select "click here" on the left to see another cartoon)
http://www.geocities.com/cartoonmeister/skateralex.html

FUN LINKS FROM PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS
http://inlineskating.about.com/library/bl-something-fun.htm

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Kathie Fry
Inline Skating Guide, About.com
URL: http://inlineskating.about.com


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