Dear All,

Hope you had a good Easter holiday. Skiing's now behind most of us for the year
but - as we always say - skiers are made in the summer, and now we're getting
ready for evening training, cross-training, having fun and rollerski racing...

Hope you can join us for our Spring programme and keep your skiing going into
the summer and beyond.

1-DAY COURSE, 26TH APRIL

On Sunday 26th April our usual Dorney course will move to Hillingdon Cycle
Track. This promises to be one of our most interesting 1-day courses - we have
our full lineup of coaches available, and use of one of the best rollerski
tracks in the country.

ALAN EASON will be leading the Level 2 coaching. This will be his last day of
coaching before heading off to Australia and, as one of GB's leading
cross-country skiers and coaches, he has lots of useful insights.

The track itself is situated in the heart of the Minet Country Park (near J3 of
the M4) and is the venue for the majority of London's rollerski races. The
surface is not quite as immaculately smooth as Dorney, but for any skier who has
the basics, it is actually a much more challenging and interesting circuit.

To book this course, go to - www.rollerski.co.uk/events3.html
To book just the morning and afternoon session, go to -
www.rollerski.co.uk/class.html
For more information on the track, go to - www.rollerski.co.uk/nr071.html

We always have a great turnout for our end-of-April course, and we'd encourage
and welcome all returning skiers. Hope you can make this one.


BEGINNERS' SKATING COURSES

We will be holding 2 skating courses in Hyde Park this Spring -
* Saturday mornings, starting 18th April, 11.30
* Tuesday evenings, starting 5th May, 18.15

Please tell your friends all about this excellent way into rollerskiing /
cross-country skiing! Your or they can book at www.rollerski.co.uk/events2.html
Our first evening courses of the year began last Tuesday, and it's a really good
time of the year to be exercising outdoors.


ROLLERSKIS

We have a full range of rollerskis for sale - classic, skate, racing - and will
soon be introducing offroad rollerskis. For our shop, see
www.rollerski.co.uk/buy.html


ROLLERSKI RACING SEASON BEGINS

Need a new challenge for the summer? The first rollerski race of the year
begins within a month, the first race is on 10th May. This will be a 15k Free
Technique race, with a 7.5k option. Free Technique means you can do any style
you like - classic or skating - on any rollerski. Most of the faster racers
will compete on fast racing rollerskis, but anyone can take part, on whatever
skis you like, and it is great fun.

This first race takes place at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. For more information
on this and all the races, see www.rollerski.co.uk/ns033.html


GB TEAM SUCCESS AND VIDEO

On Saturday, another British skier achieved under 120 FIS points in a XC ski
race, meaning he can compete on the World Cup Circuit next season. Scottish
skier Alex Standen will be joining Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young in this
elite group.

For some highlights of the GB Team's incredible year, some videos have been
produced, and are well worth a look - see www.rollerski.co.uk/nr072.html


NEW PICTURES

I have posted some pictures of our recent XC ski trip to Seefeld, Austria
online, which you can see at www.rollerski.co.uk/gallery23.html Plans are well
underway for next year's trip, which will be in another village in Austria.


ROLLERSKI CLUB

Our Rollerski Club in Hyde Park now has around 40 members, and we've welcomed
half a dozen new members in the last few weeks. This Saturday we will be doing
our annual trip from Bristol-Bath, and coming up we have a racing rollerski
masterclass with (FIS Rollerski World Cup skier) Karolina Bicova, Ski Ganging at
Turville in the Chilterns, and racing on 10th May. We will be getting new club
kit soon, and welcome new skiers interested in either recreational skiing or
performance training. For more information, see www.rollerski.co.uk/club.html


OTHER PEOPLES' NEWS

'Spenst' - training for explosiveness on skis -
http://www.masterskier.com/article.asp?aid=202

YouTube review of Petter Northug's success this season -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyEPXXd53eU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F

ACR report - last year, the BBC Ski Sunday presenter Graham Bell did the Arctic
Circle Race. Here's a report on this year's race -
http://www.nordicskiracer.com/cgi-bin/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=3765

Interview with Philip Boit, Kenya's cross-country skier -
http://www.nordicskiracer.com/cgi-bin/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=3764


Hope to see you soon at a course or race - get in touch if you have any
questions,

Good skiing,
Iain





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Iain Ballentine
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Buy rollerskis - online shop -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/buyrollerskis.html

Rollerski Club - action pictures -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/gallery21.html

Rollerski courses coming up -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events.html


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