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We got this email yesterday from Donn Calvano, the owner of Northeastern Skate Supply. He's looking for two or three female skaters for his speed skating team. If you are interested, send him your resume at the address listed below.

INLINE PLANET:



COULD YOU PUT THIS INFORMATION ON YOUR INLINE PLANET WEB SITE.



I AM LOOKING FOR TWO OR THREE MORE INLINE SPEED SKATERS TO SPONSOR FOR ME INLINE RACING TEAM. I AM SET ON MALE SKATERS, BUT NEED TWO OR THREE…

Looking to buy an Echelon Mogema  5 wheel 84mm 13.5 inline frame set. Email me at skatefirst@aol.com and we can work out a price.

Great news, skaters.

The 24h Roller Montreal has once again signed on to be a part of the National Roller…

I don’t know, maybe it was the colorful flysheet—Skate Farm Thailand—on the bare table at the skate expo that captured better than the gray Duluth sky the exhilaration I felt at having just completed my first North Shore Inline Marathon in September 2010. Maybe I wanted more of Eddy Matzger's skate coaching, now that I was less of a novice than when I'd gone at the start of the summer to his Skate Farm in Floyd, Virginia. It had been fun to meet other skaters there,…

For those that are not aware, we have added a half marathon run to our event for 2012.

The schedule of events will be as follows:

6:45am-Half Marathon Skate

7:00am-Wheels Off Half Marathon-Run

9:30am-Full Marathon Skate

10:25am-Classic Rollerski

10:50am-Rollserki Skate

4:00pm-Awards Ceremony

There is some concern that the full marathon skaters will catch and over run the half marathon runners. This is not true, there will be…

HI FRIENDS GOOD EVENING

We've got 10 great events on the NROC schedule this year. It's possible we may add one or two more. But we are very happy with where we are right now.

These are we've got right now:

We received great news today from Nistevo's Julie Glass.

One of the company's brands, Bionic Bearings, will provide the 2012 National Roller Cup with 60 sets of Bionic Swiss Bearings.

These are terrific bearings, packed with super-hard titanium balls and shielded to keep out road gunk and water.

Regularly priced at $69 a set,…

Introducing the Phantom Race (www.phantomrace.com). It's free to sign up and you could win a few prizes.

Another way to have fun racing your friends!

You can sign up and find out more information about the series on the website. Hope to have a great first year!

Hi, Skaters.

The Chicagoland Inline Marathon and Tour will again be a mega (double points) event in the National Roller Cup.

This year, we are planning to base NROC points for both pro and advanced skaters on their finish in the tour.

The tour is three events: a 10K and 2-mile time trial on Saturday and the full marathon on Sunday.

Let us know what your thoughts are about this.

The Chicagoland Inline Marathon is July 21 and 22 in Hoffman Estates,…

Hi, Skaters.

The Texas Road Rash will once again be the first outdoor event of the National Roller Cup.

The two-day event is on the weekend of April 21 in Round Rock, Texas. It features elimination races on Saturday and a marathon and half marathon on Sunday. The NROC points race will be the marathon.

Racers in the full marathon skate 6 laps of the…

Hi, Skaters!

Here we are in February of a new year. And that means it's time to get the new NROC season rolling.

The pieces are starting to come together. As I announced a few months ago, we are reorganizing the age divisions this year. Each division will cover 10 years, starting at age 30. We haven't decided whether to retain the old naming convention: master, veteran and grand veteran. If we do, we will…

LONGEST RAMP JUMP ON ROLLERBLADES BY CHRIS HAFFEY VALIDATED BY THE GUINESS WORLD RECORDS…

Soooooo I have lived in south FL my whole life and LOVE taking visitors for a day of skating through several different parts of Miami :) I thought I would share a rough schedule of the day with all of you! BE WARNED! This is for the advanced skater who doesn't mind…

I just bought a used pair of Riedell rs1000 skates with sure grip plates and cannibal wheels (orange).

I have no idea what type of bearings, is there a way to tell?

There are a few scuffs on the boots, but fine other than that.  I may polish the boots.

However, I don't know how to go about cleaning the wheels/bearings and if this is even necessary.

Also, do I need to re-grease the bearings or do any maintenance?

Any pointers would be helpful.

Oh, do…

rollersway.com

learn more about this type of blading

that started by salomon in the 2000 and used

to be called fsk

powerblading

A Review of the Second Addition of the ‘Kids-Cross’ 2011 Contest

sliding is the hardest part in inline skating

especially on wet surfaces .

here is a new video from some brave

france downhill skaters