In today's abundant warmth and fair skies, has anyone even the
slightest inclination to hop in the car and get ourselves to Liverpool
and Onondaga Lake Park, maybe about 2pm, skate one loop or so during
daylight, get some refreshments or a small bite, then join up with Mike
for Lights on the Lake?

It sounds fun. I've got some ISO 800 film I'd like to shoot. Carpool
from Mid-town Athletic?

John

*****ATTENTION SK8ERS*****

The "Lights on the Lake Skate" has been changed to Sunday, November
23rd, from 5:00-6:00pm!!!!!!!!!

Helmets, wrist pads, and flashlights are required. Meet in the parking
lot @ the new SkatePark just off of Rte. 370 @ 4:45pm. Departure will
be @ 5:00pm sharp. One hour leisurely cruise through the Park and back.
Call me on my cell phone if you can't find us. 317-5032 This is a
"weather permitting" event. Cold is ok. Wet pavement is not.

This will be the last event planned by SK8-CNY and Mike Halliday...hope
you can make it. If not, thanx for your past patronage.

Spread the word.

Questions? Comments? Let me know.

“It's not the pace of life that scares me, just the sudden stop at the
end”

Thanx,
Mike Halliday
Director: SK8-CNY

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Somebody mentioned today (Sunday) should be warmer than yesterday.
Andrew and I need either to brace ourselves before moving to Nunavut to
escape New York taxes, or to prepare for a winter of skiing by skating
cold but sunny days, thus… 3pm from here in the Wedge.
	 http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=0He7OOp_0Tp.GwT053FEnBzChFzWHQ--
&csz=Rochester+NY+14620&country=us

Unadvertised deals! Saturday, November 22, 9am-1pm, the Honeoye
Falls-Lima Schools Nordic ski teams host their annual fund-raising swap
& sale. Last year brought major catalogue dealers Reliable Racing
(www.ReliableRacing.com/wintersportscatalog/retail.cfm ) from Glens
Falls and High Peaks (http://hpmac.com ) from Lake Placid, in addition
to Snow Country. Their coach even mounts your bindings for you,
seriously. Last year I replaced 15 year old skis and boots with the
newest gear, but at season close-out prices.
	 http://nordicyouthskiinghoneoyefallsbksl.20m.com/whats_new.html

John

If any of the Syracuse or Rochester skaters would like to do the Disney
Marathon May 2nd, 2004, I am putting together a group discount. It
saves you $7 off the registration fee. Simply click on the following
link to print the form and mail it with your check to me at the address
shown at the bottom of this e-mail:

http://azinline.org/diswrldregformpage.html

The "group" or "team" you should put down on the form is "Arizona
Inline Skating Association." The Disney Marathon is expected to sell
out once again, so to prevent our group registrants from being closed
out, all forms must be received by Thanksgiving when they will all be
mailed together to Disney.

There is more information available at the event website which can be
accessed from: http://azinline.org/disneymarathon04.html

Kathy McSparran
1059 W. Sandy Banks Dr.
Gilbert, AZ 85233

E-mail: Katimac@...
Phone: 480-664-6779

***********ATTENTION SK8ERS***********
*****LATE SEASON SK8 NEWS******

Friday, October 31  Syracuse      City/Halloween Skate-Meet in Clinton
Square @ 8:30pm for an hour or so of city skating.  We'll check out the
party @ the Landmark and all of the parties in Armory Square.  Costumes
and lights suggested.  Helmets and pads recommended.  Call me if you're
late or can't find us.  Cell 317-5032.

Friday, October 31  New York City     If you happen to be going to the
City for the weekend, check out http://halloween-nyc.com for a monster
skating event.

Saturday, Novemeber 1  Onondaga Lake Park  SkatePark grand
opening ceremony is @ 10:00am.  Open to the general public for skating
@ 12:00 noon.  Bring helmets and lots of pads.

Monday, November 24    Onondaga Lake Park    "Lights on the Lake
Skate".   Meet @ the new parking lot in Griffin Field @ 8:00pm for a
leisurely cruise through the Lights on the Lake before the cars are
allowed in. Weather permitting.  Cold-ok, wet-not ok.

February 6-8, 2004      Great EsSkate  Miami Beach FL  See
http://skatemiami.com for more info.

May 28-30, 2004   National Capital Race Weekend   Ottawa, Canada    
See http://ncm.ca for more info.

Questions? Ideas?  Drop me a note.

Mike Halliday       SK8-CNY

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FYI:




>Skating.com Relaunches
>
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>interesting news stories and interviews from throughout the skating
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>stories and interviews including an article on World Champion Julie Glass'
>sweep of three September races and an interview with Sutton Atkins,
>Eng        lish coach of the Danish national speedskating team.
>
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>not only runs inline skating tours and learn-to-skate camps but also such
>diverse trips as teaching snowboarding in Montana and trekking in Tibet.
>Check out their 2004 schedule on their brand new website.
>
>We believe the new Skating.com plays an important part in the strength of
>the skating industry. You can help us by doing the following:
>Spread the word! Please forward this email to any skaters you know. Update
>your listings! If you participate in a club, run an event, or know of a
>great trail please update your listing on our new databases. Most of our
>current information is several years out of date. Contribute content! We
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Don't miss what may be one of the few remaining skating days this
year.  If it's not a wash out, we'll meet at our normal spot, the
east ave garage at 5:00.

Hey Risc skaters,

Are there any group skates planned for this weekend?

I am going to be back in my hometown and would love to go for a Rochester
skate.

Please let me know or whom to contact. I already spoke with John Lam and he
didn't know of any planned skate but said because of the beautiful weather
that there may be some impromptu skates happening.

Please e-mail me at:  krcouch@...

Thanks!

LAST MOONLITE SK8 OF THE SEASON:
This coming Friday night, October 10th, 9:00pm.
Meet in the concession stand parking lot off Longbranch Road in
Onondaga Lake Park. One hour skate. Helmets, wrist pads, and
flashlights are required. All pads and blinking lights recommended.
 
Sk8 news update: Miami 2004 skate:
http://active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1091661

See you there,
Mike Halliday

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Their website indicates it is still Tuesday from 8-11pm...  I will
call and verify that they are not changing the day/time...  I am
going to get my skates refit and start doing Tuesday nights again
soon... Let me know if any of yo want to ride together...

On another related note...  My old skate instructor used to teach
indoor speed skating.   She was starting to work with me a little on
the techniques before I stopped in the spring (well a 1/4 lesson!;).
She had a group training for regional races (I think) a few years
ago. I wonder if we can do something as a group like that this year?
Basically it is a skate, that would maskerade as one of her
lessons...  We probably would need a certain number of people to
probably to make it cost effective.  I was paying 30$ for lessons for
both boys and myself for a 30 minute lesson and the ability to skate
an hour and a half, prior to the open skates on Sunday.  So
basically, 2 hours of floor time for the three of us Sundays at 11am.
If she did not have to really teach us and she charged us about the
same, we could do it for pretty cheap with 8-10 people...  When I did
it, we shared the floor with figure skaters in the middle...

Anyway, just a thought to keep the legs a-pumpin and the wheels
a-spinin, in the snow...  No promises, but let me know if there is
any interest and I can talk to her and/or the mgmnt about the idea if
there is...    If it does work out maybe we can enlist some of the
quad skaters and Spinner's regulars too...

    -Rick

At 1:43 PM -0400 9/28/03, Orlando C. Fernando wrote:
>I'm eventually making my transition to indoor skating at Spinner's
>as well (though not today) as the outside weather is becoming cooler
>and more unpredictable. I'll look out for your posts, Rick. Can you
>also find out there when the adult nights are this fall/winter? It
>typically shifts between summer and off-season. thx.
>
>Rick Bettencourt wrote:
>
>>Hey,
>>
>>    If any of you guys were serious about an indoor alternative to a
>>wet skate, Spinner's has an open skate from 1-4...  Lots of kids,
>>but still a good, albeit only one way round, time...  At least it
>>is smooth and kid friendly.  Anyway, I need to catch a flight late
>>tomorrow, so I'd be interested in an early activity.
>>
>>    Though I have not had my skates on for a while, I'd be
>>interested...  If you want to see some good spills and me
>>complaining of blisters!;)  Hmmm... Maybe they'd let me ride my
>>bike?;)
>>
>>    -Rick


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Mail and replies to jlam@... since early this week have
disappeared into a sinkhole. If you've sent me mail there then, when
you can please redirect it here again. Redirect preserves formatting of
the message body and several useful headers from your original, in this
case, the In-Reply-To and References message IDs. You can find it
usually in your menus near Reply in your mail app.

And if you haven't already seen…

* After a season of building and growing comes autumn and our annual
dinner.  Leave the skates at home, and please come and share in the
stories and memories of a season past and hopes for a season hence!
http://evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=JRSDYPTGQEIIECWSKKLP

John

The end of season Dinner will be Saturday Oct 11 at 7:00 pm.  We'll
meet at Brio Bistro on Monroe Ave and bid farwell to Summer Skating.

An evite has been sent to those who responded to my original post.
If you'd like to be added, send me mail, and I'll see to it.

Please let me know somehow if you will be coming so I can let them
know how many to expect.  If your plans change at the last minute,
come Anyway!

See you all there,

Bob

Forgot to cc the group...

   -------
Hey,

    If any of you guys were serious about an indoor alternative to a wet skate,
Spinner's
has an open skate from 1-4...  Lots of kids, but still a good, albeit only one
way
round, time...  At least it is smooth and kid friendly.  Anyway, I need to catch
a flight
late tomorrow, so I'd be interested in an early activity.

    Though I have not had my skates on for a while, I'd be interested...  If you
want to
see some good spills and me complaining of blisters!;)  Hmmm... Maybe they'd let
me
ride my bike?;)

    -Rick

maybe i'm in one of those sinistral funks, but feedback tells me i have
been misunderstood. i also have a strong sense i should shut up and not
disturb the gathering peace. therein lies my agony. in the shadows of
the gathering peace lurk murmurs of darkness, of ignorance, not voices
of light, of reason.

http://imf.org/external/pubs/ft/seminar/1999/reforms/fukuyama.htm

“Social capital” sounds nice and cozy, better than soul and spirit
grinding “economic capital.” Thinking that would be a mistake. Social
capital has different properties. For example, it cannot be saved,
invested, nor transferred. Reasoning about social capital for us is
more than academic. If we choose to ignore it, unlike religion or the
realm of ideas, it still exists, and our poor choices have negative
externalities on others.

The essence why skaters try us (or clubs in general) but not stay is
because they perceive themselves as outsiders relative to us. They feel
no connection with anyone, nor meaningfully participate. I cannot
always connect with everyone who visits, and sometimes it's even a
chore, but surely someone can.

Mainly, the processes I've tried to institute have been inclusive,
transparent, and collaborative; for example, suggesting certain
messages go onto our discussion list instead of solely amongst
ourselves, which at the archive allows latecomers to the discussion; or
creating *open registration* Evites to coordinate every dinner, lesson,
trip, race, or major event instead of making myself or designating
someone else coordinator, so participants can make arrangements for
themselves among themselves without multiple round-robins of mail.

“Before you make things inclusive and transparent, why don't you ask
the others,” voiced one insider. It's part human nature to protect our
influence, which for some with great rapport among themselves,
inclusiveness and transparency dilute. As an insider trying to check
those tendencies, sometimes I have succeeded and sometimes I have not.

Friends forging the greatest of friendships via skating meets no
objection at all; don't get me wrong. As the center of organized
skating in Rochester, we have a role beyond our personal friendships
and to our skating community. When we miss an opportunity, no others
have that opportunity either, and skating is worse for it. If we choose
to skate only for ourselves and current friends, we deny others the
opportunity to build something greater. Nor need we the recognition and
goodwill invested into our name.

these past days i have reread many of our old messages. little of my
gist here seems new. i've invested more social capital here than i
maybe ought have smartly or shrewdly done, and thus have more to lose.
although the maths linked above may seem opaque, they just echo and
amplify what you know in your heart.

John


please… no need to quote my message in reply, thanks.

Sorry if you get this message twice, I'm trying to get to everyone.

We're looking at changing the date of the end of year dinner so that
most people can come.  If you will be coming, please read on.

Please respond (just to me, no need to fill everyone's mail) with
your choices of the following dates.  It is ok, infact is best, to
vote for more than one (please rank them).   Feel free to include
suggestions for the restaurant.  I will tally the votes and send the
results to the list.

__TUE OCT 7  (the originally scheduled date)
__FRI OCT 10
__SAT OCT 11
__Tue OCT 14
__FRI OCT 17
__SAT OCT 18

Also,  Since the weekend looks like a washout, I'll be skating from
GVP at 6:00 tonight if anyone is interested.

Bob

Online registration for the 22nd Annual Athens-to-Atlanta Roadskate
closes at midnight on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Costs are $80 for the 38-
mile event, $90 for 52 miles, and $95 for the full 87 miles. You can
also register noon-9 p.m. the day before the race at the Expo in the
Classic Center in Athens, Ga. -- paying by check or cash only -- with
an additional $10 late registration fee.

To register online, click on http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?
event_id=1072396. For details and scheduling on this year`s event,
visit the A2A website, http://www.a2a.net.

###

A great thanks to all those who made the trip to New York from far and near to
make the Big Apple Roll a tremendous success.  We did our best to offer a wide
variety of New York City skating and from the responses we have received, I
think everyone was more than satisfied.

During the event we traveled over the most of the bridges in NYC including the
George Washington (GW), Queens Borough (59th Street), Poluski, Williamsberg,
Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges.  We traveled to the very northern point of NYC
to Fort Tryon Park and the very southern tip to Battery Park.  We skated in
Queens and Brooklyn and touched New Jersey.  In all from Friday through Sunday
we offered almost 100 miles of NYC street skating with the most ideal weather
mother nature could have blessed us with.

We are collecting pictures for our photo album of the event.  I will post every
appropriate picture sent to us of the event.  Please email me any pictures you
would like to include in our photo album.  You may include an optional textual
description along with each picture that will be displayed with it.  Please mail
pictures in the highest resolution you can to mailto:robert@...

The Big Apple Roll photo album may be viewed at:
http://www.bigappleroll.org/photos.htm

The Big Apple Roll committee of the Empire Skate Club is enjoying a short
respite from the organizational responsibilities, but we will soon be back in
action planning the Big Apple Roll 2004.

We hope to see all of you and new friends next year.

Happy skating and Be well,
Robert Kaskel
Chairman, Big Apple Roll 2003 http://www.bigappleroll.org
President, Empire Skate Club http://www.empireskate.org

I must apologize for John Lam airing his dirty laundry to the entire list.

John used the "redirect" function of his email program to send this email
to make it look like I sent it, and I did, but directly to John.

If anyone wishes to discuss this email and the nature in which it was
addressed directly to John, please do not hesitate to contact me directly
for clarifications.

Thank You
Greg


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Hi Mary. Yes that hill is really something. I couldn't manage that hill
without a brake, but the branch between the legs sounds hilarious as I
try to picture how he pulled it off! It probably didn't look too
flattering. ;)

Sorry you showed up at Niagara on the Lake w/ no one there.

We were trying to find out earlier who was going and only 3 of us said
we were. And we gather at GVP parking lot then carpool from there. But
Saturday there was questionable weather reported for Niagara at the
time, so we thought it was best to just make it a regular local skate
instead. We skated the canal & back and also did Scottsville Rd. (Green
Beltway) - doing about the equivalent distance of the Niagara skate (20
miles).

The next skate's tomorrow weather permitting. Check out skaterisc.com
for location & details.

-Orlando

willettm2002 wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I went to Niag Falls and tried to meet up with anyone - but I didn't
>see anyone around the floral clock or on the path at 9:45.  I did
>skate out to Niag on the Lake and back with my boyfriend.  It was
>his first time skating and he took his dog, too!  Plus, he was using
>my son's skates and the brake was gone.  We had a great time -
>beautiful day.  Sorry I missed you!
>
>We skipped the big long hill just north of the Lewiston Bridge and
>parked by the ice cream place along the path.  We talked to another
>skater with a little dog.  He said the first time he went down that
>long hill, he used a branch from a tree and put it between his legs
>and used it for a break!  What a hill!
>
>Did anyone else skate?
>
>Mary
>
>
>
>
>
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Hi,

I went to Niag Falls and tried to meet up with anyone - but I didn't
see anyone around the floral clock or on the path at 9:45.  I did
skate out to Niag on the Lake and back with my boyfriend.  It was
his first time skating and he took his dog, too!  Plus, he was using
my son's skates and the brake was gone.  We had a great time -
beautiful day.  Sorry I missed you!

We skipped the big long hill just north of the Lewiston Bridge and
parked by the ice cream place along the path.  We talked to another
skater with a little dog.  He said the first time he went down that
long hill, he used a branch from a tree and put it between his legs
and used it for a break!  What a hill!

Did anyone else skate?

Mary

Forwarding to the group so we can all share the info.

As of now, we meet at Genessee Valley Park. You can refer to:

http://www.tikcuf.com/skaterisc/modules.php?name=Calendar&file=index&type=view&e\
id=32

Are you familiar with getting there? And mind if I ask your name, aandoryu?

-Orlando
-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  Re: [RISC] Getting to Niagara-on-the-Lake?
Date:  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 01:14:48 +0000
From:  aandoryu <aandoryu@...>
To:  Orlando C. Fernando <ocfernan@...>



--- In skateRISC@yahoogroups.com, "Orlando C. Fernando"
<ocfernan@r...> wrote:
> i can ride 2 passengers comfortably as well and return them. any
takers?
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

If I get my car inspected (changed CA plates for NY)in time I will go
and drive. I'll be happy to carry up to 3 others. I'll know tomorrow.
In addition, I don't know where you meet. Any address near by so I
can look it up?





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18 days and counting! Registration is limited to 1000 participants,
so register today! To register online, click on
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1072396.

Here's the full schedule of events for the 22nd Annual Athens-to-
Atlanta Roadskate, held Sept. 28, 2003:

Atlanta Finish Line Sponsor: TWINCAM ILQ-9

Skate Daze Sponsors:
Pinnacle Skates * Hypno Skates * K2 Skates * Bohemian Skate School *
Rollerblade * Bont Skates * Elite Racing Wheels * Willy's Mexicana
Grill * Park Tavern * Blimpie Sandwiches

Additional Sponsors:
Zephyr Inline Adventures  * Transpack * Eddy Matzger Workshop * Skate
Escape * Team-in-Training

Exhibitors:
Weber Sports * SWAT Skates * Salomon * Inline Board Adventures *
TWINCAM * Eddy Matzger Workshop * Pinnacle Skates * Hypno Skates * K2
* Rollerblade * Bont

FRIDAY -- ATLANTA
6:15 - 7 p.m. - Pre-Skate Social Hour
Gather up for the Friday Night Skate, sponsored by Willy's Mexicana
Grill. Meeting spot: Skate Escape, located next to Piedmont Park at
12th Street & Piedmont. Skate Escape will stay open until 7 p.m. for
any last-minute equipment purchases. You can leave your bags on the
luggage truck parked outside the store and pick them up after the
skate.

You'll be hungry, so take advantage of the special A2A menu and
prices from Willy's, located directly across from Skate Escape. There
will be an outside table set up for skater orders. Choose from 4
yummy items with special A2A prices, including burritos and salads
with vegan and vegetarian options. Order and pay for your food before
the skate and it will be ready for pickup when you return at 8:45.
Eat at the casual inside and outside tables or take it with you on
the bus to Athens.

  7-8:45 p.m. - Friday Night Skate
This fun roll through Atlanta goes at a social pace with police
escort, and lets you preview the last few miles of the course. We
roll out at 7 p.m. from Skate Escape at 12th Street & Piedmont and
return at 8:45.

9 p.m. - Bus to Athens leaves from Skate Escape.

SATURDAY -- ATHENS
Noon-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Packet Pickup and Late Registration
You must pick up your packet TODAY from the Expo at the Classic
Center at 300 N. Thomas Street in Athens. NO PACKET PICKUP on
Sunday.  Here you can also register or make last-minute changes to
your preferred distance (this may incur a change fee.) Be sure to
consult your A2A program inside your packet for times and locations
of different happenings.

Noon-6p.m.- A2A Expo at the Athens Classic Center
Meet your friends and check out the latest skater products and
services.

Times TBA - Course Check Skates
Rolling out from the Classic Center, check out the beginning of the
course.  One skate will be fast-paced, another leisurely/social.
Please stay within sight of your skate leader(s) as there is much
construction on the UGA campus.

6-7 p.m. - MANDATORY! Henry's Skaters' & Drivers' Meeting.
Get updates on bag transfer and bus transportation, and hear about
course changes / road issues.

7:15-7:45 - Optional - GIRSA/A2A Regular Members' Meeting
If you have registered for or sponsored A2A or another GIRSA event in
the past year, you're a Regular Member! Join us to discuss the future
of Athens-to-Atlanta, including our plans to incorporate a Triple
Crown and announce the officers for year 2004. This will be your
opportunity to show your support and hear what's in store for the
future.

SUNDAY -- ATHENS-TO-ATLANTA
  5:15a.m. - Team-in-Training Bus, Atlanta
TNT skaters board the bus from Atlanta to Athens. This is for TNT-ers
ONLY. Arrival time: 7 a.m.

7:30 a.m. SHARP! - 87-mile and 38-mile Start from Classic Center in
Athens
The 38 & 87 mile distance events roll out from the Athens Classic
Center. Don't be late, we won't wait!

8a.m.- 52-Mile Event Bus
Skaters doing the 52-mile event board bus from the Athens Classic
Center to start line near Dacula.

10a.m.- 52-Mile Event Start from Dacula

All Day - Skate Daze and Finish, Dacula and Piedmont Park
Skaters happily finish their 38-mile distance in Dacula and their 52-
and 87-mile events in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. Piedmont Park plays
host to the Skate Daze Expo, with fun stuff to watch and do all day
long. Blimpie sandwiches await all participants at the Atlanta finish
line. Course closes at 5 p.m.

6-8 p.m. - Awards Ceremony
The beautiful Park Tavern, located near Piedmont Park at 10th Street
and Monroe, hosts the awards ceremony. Please plan to stay in Atlanta
for it! You must be present to claim your prize, or have someone
receive your prize for you. Skaters who use the sweep vehicle will
not be eligible for prizes.

8 p.m.-Midnight - Party at the Park Tavern!
Bring your dancing shoes! We have the entire upstairs of the Park
Tavern reserved for us, with a band on tap! Downstairs, a local radio
station is sponsoring a Brewfest with live music. Plan to spend the
evening in Atlanta -- refer to the a2a website for hotels near
Piedmont Park.

For more information, visit the A2A website, http://www.a2a.net. The
event is produced by the Georgia Inline Road Skating Association and
hosted by the Atlanta Peachtree Road Rollers (APRR),
http://www.aprr.org.
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i can ride 2 passengers comfortably as well and return them. any takers?



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I'm definitely going. I can bring one in relative comfort  , and two more in
relative discomfort  (unless they're really short).

I'm also happy to catch a ride with someone else.


Since I didn't make it last time, and have always wanted to go, any chance on
hitting mighty taco again?

Bob

P.S.  Thursday looks pretty nice.  I'm going to skate the loop at the bottom of
the hill in seneca park (right at 6:00) and possibly head down lake ave (closer
to 6:15 or so) after if anyone is interested.

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Who is planning on attending the skate?

I am on the fence since I have only skated like 2 times in the last month
and I have been a drive-thru whore for the last 2 weeks of chasing (and did
I mention meeting Dave himself?) the Dave Matthews Band.

Greg

I've posted a new discussion on my RISC Chat bulletin board as to how we
are going to gather to do the Niagara-on-the-Lake skate this Saturday.
How are people planning to get to Niagara for this Saturday's skate?
GVP? Carpools? Go to this post and please feel free to reply and discuss:

http://orlandofernando.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28

If you wish to reply, remember to set up a (free) account on the board
by registering (also on the page). It's simply for use of the board and
is not connected with any advertising nor spam.  And of course please
feel free to post other discussions on this (or the other boards) on my
bulletin board.

General address: http://www.orlandofernando.com/phpBB2

NOTE: Soon, the RISC Chat forum will become private to only RISC
members. I'll inform when the time arrives.


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ATTENTION  ALL  LAST-MINUTE  FENCE-SITTERS…  PROCRASTINATORS…  AND  COUCH 
POTATOES…

Register TODAY before the DISCOUNTED Internet rate expires!

This is the FINAL CALL to get off your duffs and join all of us for one of the
nation’s MOST EXHILARATING SKATE WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR!!!   (Whew… I’m getting
winded just thinking about it…)

The block of rooms at our official hotel ( www.skylinehotel.com ) has SOLD OUT… 
with skaters coming from as far away as…  New Jersey… and Connecticut!   (Oh
yeah… also Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Florida, etc.)

The WEEKEND WEATHER forecast is nothing short of SUPERB…  how does SUNNY &
CLEAR, with HIGHS IN THE MID-70’s sound ???   We couldn’t have asked for more
perfect skate conditions (it kinda almost makes up for all those OTHER weekends
this year).

As for the SKATES…  Well…

Ever roll across the BROOKLYN BRIDGE???

Okay…  how about the GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE???

Yes, that’s right…  we’re offering TWO BRIDGES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!!!  (Lots of
New Yorkers will offer to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge… but only we go ALL OUT
to ensure that you get MORE than your fair share of great photo-ops...)

And did I mention the Saturday HUDSON RIVER skate to the CLOISTERS, complete
with PICNIC LUNCH???  What the #@*%! are the Cloisters?  Well… you’ll just have
to skate there to find out!

Not to mention yet an entirely different PICNIC SKATE on Sunday…   I’m
salivating just thinking about it…  (Oooh… GROSS…  let me wipe off this
keyboard…)

But what about APRÈS-SKATE?

Well… bring your bathing suits for the ROOFTOP POOL…

As well as your appetite for unquestionably the TASTIEST 3-course dinner served
by drag queens in the Tri-State area ( www.stingylulus.com )…  Are YOU in for a
TREAT!!!  (Sorry gents… absolutely NO lapdances allowed.)

Then…  PARTY nonstop to the wee hours at LE BAR BAT ( www.lebarbat.com )...  one
of NYC's most (in)famous nightspots, featuring a slate of NYC's hottest dance
bands… including STEVE MARSHALL AND THE DEPUTIES -- dubbed "NYC's WILDEST
Rock-n-Roll Band" by the N.Y. Post! ( www.stevemarshallband.com )  (Wait ‘til
you see those deputies…)

The above is just a small sampling of this weekend’s ENDORPHIN-FILLED
FESTIVITIES…  so stop feeling sorry for yourself…  drag those musty skates out
of the closet…  and log onto www.bigappleroll.org/registration.htm  to take the
BIG PLUNGE (for you commitment-phobes, don’t worry…  it’s only for the weekend).

Walk-in registrations will be accepted this Friday evening and Saturday morning,
but increase to $80 to help defray all the last-minute scrambling of meals,
logistics, etc. on our part.

Thanks for reading down this far (that stamina will come in handy on the
skates)…  and…

  SEE  Y’ALL  TOMORROW!!!

E. Gish
Big Apple Roll
Hotel Subcommittee Chair

If it's as nice as predicted, I shall skate from GVP at 6:00 if
anyone is interested...

Only a few days left before New York City’s Big Apple Roll

Please be kind enough to pass this along to anyone who may be interested in
attending, we still have a little room to accommodate and all are always
welcome.

The weather forecast is looking perfect and dry with daytime temperatures in the
mid-upper 70’s and upper 60’s at night.

Be sure to make your menu selection for Friday night’s dinner, you will receive
an email notice to a form for this after you register.

Let us know if you have any availability problems booking with the hotel and try
not to wait to the last minute to make your reservations or register.  Remember
that walk-in registration goes up in price (and slows down the registration
process for everyone)

We are doing our best to answer all of the email coming in, so please do not
hesitate to contact us with questions and be sure to check out the FAQ page
where many questions and responses have been posted at:
http://www.bigappleroll.org/faqs.htm

Register at: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1045285

Event website: http://www.bigappleroll.org

Empire Skate website: http://www.empireskate.org

Be well,
Robert Kaskel :~)
President, Empire Skate Club
Chairman, Big Apple Roll