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Welcome to SkateNW.com!

The Pacific Northwest offers incredible and diverse skating opportunities. This site was created to be an informational hub to pull together all of the great resources that we have and to be a sounding board to help create new events and ideas.

Please take the time to explore the skating links. The websites were created by people who are passionate about skating and who are often instigators of local events. Keep in mind that this website is a work in progress. If there is something that you would like to see posted here, don't hesitate to contact us.

What's happening... 

Announcements

Check out a cool video about skating in Paris

http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/paris-on-skates/

Thanks Elizabeth at streetfilms.org!

USARS Indoor Inline Speed Skating Nationals will be held in Lincoln, NE July 13th to July 19.

Good luck to all of the Northwest skaters!

Great job at Outdoor Nationals Northwest skaters!

We would love to hear your stories.  Let's get some posted on the board.

2008 Rockin' Summer Classic hosted by the San Diego Street Elite (August 30th San Diego, CA)

The 2008 Rockin' Summer Classic, an exciting day of skate racing at the San Diego Velodrome will be held on August 30th.

Racing will take place on the flat, level apron at the bottom of the 333m oval banked cycling track. Come by to compete or watch. There will be food concessions and music on-site.

http://www.sk8.org/events/2008/RSC/RSCannc.html

Results from USARS Indoor Inline Speed Regional Championships on May 10th and 11th can be found here
Donations needed!

Have you seen all of the great speed meet photographs taken by Mark Virtue?  Do you love that he provides them free of charge?  If so, it's time to give back.  Mark needs to buy a new server to store the new photos and could use some financial help.  You can donate and view photos here.

Spokane Centennial Trail Marathon and 10K

The Spokane Marathon has been cancelled this year due to construction on the trail.

Ever wish that you had an easier way to announce yourself on the trail while approaching or passing? 

One of our skatenw members has a great deal for you.  Skater bells are on sale for $3.95 each.  These are the same bells that you can buy to put on bicycles, but are made to fit comfortably on your finger for skating.  These are a great way to improve safety while skating on public trails.  Visit http://skatersbell.com/ to purchase.  Best of all, shipping to US addresses is free!

Fast Girl Skates opens in Wallingford

If you are looking for quad boots, wheels or hardware, roller derby stuff, official Rat City merchandise, or some hip new practice clothes, this is the place to go.

Fast Girl Skates
252 NE 45th St.
Seattle, WA 98105
206-274-8250
www.fastgirlskates.com

Adventure Skate Team

A group of skate enthusiasts is going cross country next summer to look for some great downhill racing.  Check out their website http://www.adventuresk8team.com.

Check out the Road Rash Gallery!

Sorry, our Road Rash Gallery seems to have disappeared in the server move.  We will hopefully be able to recover all of your bumps, bruises, scrapes, burns, and blood soon!  Just remember that SkateNW.com recommends wearing all safety equipment while skating.

Weekly Roller Hockey

I represent a loose-knit group of roller-hockey enthusiasts (about 
100 currently on our e-mail list). We play a weekly outdoor pick-up 
game when the pavement is dry (and have been since at least 2000), 
and think it would be a great service to the Seattle-area roller-
hockey crowd if we could get a link to our website from yours:

http://students.washington.edu/~jaross/OVERT/

Thanks in advance for your consideration,

Joe Ross

Hurricane Katrina Gulf Disaster Relief

As many of you know, SkateNW.com was born in New Orleans.  Please consider supporting a relief charity.  A list of suggestions and links can be found here.

Check out the SkateNW.com training log!

SkateNW.com would like to thank David Burch and elibra - The New ebook Solution for providing us with this online training log.  It's a great way keep track of your training and to help you reach your training goals.  Please read the instructions on the skatelog page before registering and check out www.elibrabooks.com to support our sponsors.  Click the Training Log link in the "Quick Links" box on the left.

Thanks to our donors!

Stephen Payeur
David Burch
Ken Longley
Michael Jackson
Jim Schultz
Michael Skaggs
Jan Nekolny - Vancouver's Inline Skate School
Ken Longley
Steve Gardner
Judy Nakatsu
Get Your Bearings Inline Skate School
Skate Journeys Inline Skate School
Ken Russell
Stephen Rusk
Moceansoft Consulting

Coming Events

Napa Inline Marathon

Date: July 13, 2008
Type: Race and Recreational

Registration for the 2008 Napa Valley Inline Marathon and Half Marathon
is now open. Check out the information at
http://www.cora.org/NAPA2004.html This promises to be
the best year ever as the race is already drawing skaters from
everywhere.

USARS Indoor Inline Speed National Championships (Omaha, NE)

Date: July 13-19, 2008
Type: Indoor race

To be held in Lincoln, NE.

Skate Boston Marathon (Boston, Ma)

Date: Aug 1-3, 2008

Hayward Inline Marathon (Hayward, WI)

Date: August 9, 2008

Spokane Centennial Trail Skate Marathon and 10K (Spokane, WA)

Date: This event has been cancelled for 2008 due to construction on the trail.
Type: Race and Recreational

www.SPOKANEINLINEMARATHON.COM

St. Paul Inline Marathon (St. Paul, Mn)

Date: August 3, 2008
Type: Race and Recreational

Big Apple Roll (New York, NY)

Date: August 17, 2008

2008 Rockin' Summer Classic hosted by the San Diego Street Elite (San Diego, CA)

Date: August 30

Type: Race

The 2008 Rockin' Summer Classic, an exciting day of skate racing at the San Diego Velodrome will be held on August 30th.

Racing will take place on the flat, level apron at the bottom of the 333m oval banked cycling track. Come by to compete or watch. There will be food concessions and music on-site.

http://www.sk8.org/events/2008/RSC/RSCannc.html

Ottawa Inline Skate Festival

Date: August 31, 2008

The Ottawa Inline Skate Festival is a great opportunity to participate in
races from a full marathon to a 2 km kids race. Organized by skaters for
skaters, the whole day is about celebrating and enjoying inline skating on
one of the most scenic routes anywhere: Colonel By Drive along the beautiful
Rideau Canal in downtown Ottawa. Events will begin immediately following
NCC/Alcatel Sunday Bikedays.
 
For complete race information, http://www.inlineottawa.com/festival/register.htm

For online registration, visit https://media6.magma.ca/www.inlineottawa.com/shop/fest_reg.php

Northshore Inline Marathon (Duluth, Mn)

Date: Sept 13, 2008
Type: Race and Recreational

This is one of the largest inline marathons in the country.

For more events check out the Events page.

Results

These results have been provided by the event organizers.  SkateNW.com bears no responsibility for them.

Results from this season's indoor meets will be posted as soon as I receive them.

For more results check out the Results page.