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 Tricks Aren't Just for Kids - Kick up your heels (or toes!) by getting air, looking cool on curbs, or showing off with a toe-roll.
Why Get Rolling at Camp Rollerblade? - Four reasons why this is the best possible way to get started.
Not Everyone Can Skate (After all) - Despite years of encouraging words, I now admit this is not a sport for all.
Camp Rollerblade Survey Says!: - Our campers gained more than new skills. Favorite moments quoted. Teacher, mind your attitude! - When a sports instructor has a chip on her shoulder, everybody suffers.
Why do my legs and feet hurt? - Learn not just why, but what to do about this common complaint.
Am I too old to skate? - It depends on your answer to the question: Can I afford to fall down?
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Meet Staci Stance, Model - My new, improbably shaped model demonstrates proper (and improper) skating stances.
Surviving a Nighttime Group Skate Practice moves to save your skin when things get dicey.
Surviving a Nighttime Group Skate Practice moves to save your skin when things get dicey.
Camp Rollerblade News Join me in Hilton Head in May or in Sonoma in June, then try the Florida tour with me in December.
The Safe-T Saves Your Dignity - How to stand calmly in place without hugging the lamp post.
Pretend You're Relaxed! - Use a mind-body approach for instant coordination.
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Balance Your Stride - Two drills to help you equalize your balance and strength on both sides.
Why Do I Fall Down? - We all take a tumble now and then. Knowing why means less crashing.
Three's Company - Liz does the mileage for 3 or more, and tempts those willing to learn in Danville.
What
Level Beginner are You? - Identify your own learning potential before you
risk looking like a geek in public!
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Perfecting the A-Frame Turn - Written for Inline Planet, biomechanics any skater can use.
Know
Your Stances - Posture and foot positioning are everything
when it comes to learning the basics.
Mastering
Swizzles - Step by step, build up to the one skill
featured in all fitness skating programs (great for speed,
too!).
Inline
Mastery Ladder - Find your rung (physical capabilities) on
my new learning ladder and learn how to climb to the top.
 Scissors Coast - Proper respect for the skill every good skater takes for granted.
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Skating
with Nordic Poles - Triathlete Joshua Delucca Colon describes
his journey learning a new way to cross train for endurance events.
Leader
in Learning - Get Rolling.com earns an award of excellence; college
text book features Liz Miller’s Inline Skating chapter among
41 others.
When
the Going Gets Rough Lean forward, wide stance, get loose, stiffen
up? How to handle dicey surfaces with aplomb.
Camp
Rollerblade Success! - The first camp in June 2005 offered
ideal weather for 24 SF Bay Area campers.
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When
Skating is a Pain - Whether it's your legs, back or skates that
hurt enough to keep you from skating, here are common causes and
ways to fix them.
When
Skating is a Joy - When the planets align, nothing is better
than the pure joy of movement on skates. Here's what it takes to
make that happen.
180
Degree Transitions - Changing directions while on a roll from
forward to backward skating and from backward to forward skating.
Leftys,
it Does Matter! - Improve your chances for early success and
safety by figuring out which skate should have the brake on it.
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Camp
Rollerblade is Back! - June '05 in Danvile was a huge success!
Handling
Urban Obstacles - Master curbs, stairs, and more Three
Essential Lessons -
Get the best results by meeting an instructor at least 3 times. Smart
Skating - A free video featuring Kristi Yamaguchi. Get
Rolling - Get FIT - Clinics to make you fit for distance
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Basic Striding
-- Even new skaters can develop an efficient, elegant stride.
Increase Your Pushing Power --
Piece that dream stroke together one component at a time: 10 tips everybody
can use.
Master the Lunge
Turn with these
step-by-step instructions.
Mastering Swizzles A unique
drill to learn swizzles and much more.
Parallel Turns Made Easy The most
elegant way to swerve 'round a corner.
Basic Turning
(A-Frame) -- A stride-by-stride turorial covering the inline skater's
basic turn, empowering even first-time skaters to veer away from the jaws
of gravity.
Discover the Skater's Edge - Why
you really, really should learn how to use all of your wheel edges:
inside, outside and center.
Two Awesome Extended Weekends on Skates
- Liz describes the joys of an Eddy Matzger clinic and the inaugural Zephyr
Skate Camp.
A Typical Day at Zephyr Skate Camp
- Here's a story reflecting a camper's perspective and a camper's photos.
Hovering Over the Sweet Spot - How Liz
learned to safely slalom hills without a heelbrake and translate the technique
into magical mogul skiing.
Am I crazy to be taking up inline skating at
my age? - Is skating really for everyone?.
Tricks are for Kids - NOT! - Tricks even
adults can do.
What Goes Down Must Come Up - Climbing
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The Long and Winding Road - Training
for that loooong skate or race.
Street Savvy - How to safely skate
in the streets.
When It's Wet Out - Do a little skate
care when you're stuck indoors.
Pre-Flight - The Expert's
Attitude - Embrace the Expert's Attitude for safer skating
What Makes an Advanced Skater?
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