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Events in August
| Sun, 1 11 AM | Sunday Advanced Skate | led by: Jeffrey Dzieweczynski <jeffreydc@verizon.net> |
| This is an advanced, fast, long-distance, skate of 15-20+ miles, which often takes 3 hours. It is for skaters who enjoy a fast pace, big hills, and can navigate on hills and in traffic. You know who you are. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sun, 1 9 AM | Sunday Intermediate Skate | led by: Bill English <english60@yahoo.com> |
| It is an intermediate level street skate of about 8-10 miles which finishes around 11 AM. This skate maintains a pace designed to be a workout for an average street skater. The terrain includes some moderate hills such as Capitol Hill and may include high-traffic areas such as Georgetown. There are several stops to regroup and before tricky turns. Difficulty can vary widely depending on the route chosen by the leader. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Tue, 3 7:30 - 9:00 PM | Slalom Practice/Class | led by: Cliff Anckaitis <cliffanck2001@yahoo.com> |
| Learn to slalom, practice what you know, learn new tricks. | ||
| Location: The basketball court at Penrose Park (2200 6th St. South, Arlington, VA; a 3 block walk to Metro bus 16A/B/J to Pentagon City Metro). | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Wed, 4 7 PM | Wednesday Night Advanced Skate | led by: David Churchill <david@davidchurchill.com> |
| Fast pace, big hills, heavy traffic, 10-15 miles. Rest stops periodically. Lots of different routes. The most popular advanced skate. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Fri, 6 5:00 PM | BIG APPLE ROLL WEEKEND | led by: Empire Skate Club |
 New York, New York, the town so nice, you've got to skate it twice (or more). August 6, 7 & 8. Check back later for details. | ||
| Location: THE BIG APPLE - "That's New York City!" - "New York City??" | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Fri, 6 7 PM | Friday Night Beginner Skate | led by: Rodney Henderson <scautland@cox.net> |
| A beginner's social skate of 9 miles around the National Mall, passing by the Capitol, Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. An optional Hains Point loop adds 3 miles. This skate is geared to beginners who haven't skated with us before, but many experienced skaters like it so much we come back every week for more. We often get food and drink at Froggy Bottom Pub at the conclusion of the skate. Route without Hains Point (9 miles) Route with Hains Point (12 miles) | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sat, 7 2:00 PM | 24hrs Inline Montreal | |
 24 hour inline relay race, up to 10 skaters per team. See http://www.24inline.com/index.php for details. | ||
| Location: Montreal, Canada | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sat, 7 TBA | Minnesota Half Marathon | |
 See http://www.minnesotahalfmarathon.com for details. | ||
| Location: St. Paul, MN | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sat, 7 12:00 Noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Danny Donoghue <thecanadian@juno.com> |
| Free Skate Clinic Learn the basics - starting, stopping, turning etc. Please call Danny @ 202.617.7971 to confirm. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sun, 8 9 AM | Sunday Intermediate Skate | led by: George Marinkovich <skatewash@yahoo.com> |
| It is an intermediate level street skate of about 8-10 miles which finishes around 11 AM. This skate maintains a pace designed to be a workout for an average street skater. The terrain includes some moderate hills such as Capitol Hill and may include high-traffic areas such as Georgetown. There are several stops to regroup and before tricky turns. Difficulty can vary widely depending on the route chosen by the leader. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sun, 8 11 AM | Sunday Advanced Skate | led by: Kent Gunlicks <kentgunlicks@yahoo.com> |
| This is an advanced, fast, long-distance, skate of 15-20+ miles, which often takes 3 hours. It is for skaters who enjoy a fast pace, big hills, and can navigate on hills and in traffic. You know who you are. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Tue, 10 7:30 - 9:00 PM | Slalom Practice/Class | led by: Cliff Anckaitis <cliffanck2001@yahoo.com> |
| Learn to slalom, practice what you know, learn new tricks. | ||
| Location: The basketball court at Penrose Park (2200 6th St. South, Arlington, VA; a 3 block walk to Metro bus 16A/B/J to Pentagon City Metro). | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Wed, 11 7 PM | Wednesday Night Advanced Skate | led by: Jeffrey Dzieweczynski <jeffreydc@verizon.net> |
| Fast pace, big hills, heavy traffic, 10-15 miles. Rest stops periodically. Lots of different routes. The most popular advanced skate. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Fri, 13 7 PM | Friday Night Beginner Skate | led by: Jackeline Soto <skaterules1@hotmail.com> |
| A beginner's social skate of 9 miles around the National Mall, passing by the Capitol, Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. An optional Hains Point loop adds 3 miles. This skate is geared to beginners who haven't skated with us before, but many experienced skaters like it so much we come back every week for more. We often get food and drink at Froggy Bottom Pub at the conclusion of the skate. Route without Hains Point (9 miles) Route with Hains Point (12 miles) | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sat, 14 12:00 Noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Danny Donoghue <thecanadian@juno.com> |
| Free Skate Clinic Learn the basics - starting, stopping, turning etc. Please call Danny @ 202.617.7971 to confirm. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sat, 14 10 AM | Havre de Grace Skate | led by: Dhana Clark <skatewash@yahoo.com> |
| We plan to skate the city and end up at a seafood festival after the skate. Details about the skate are here. It should be a pretty easy skate in the sense that it will probably be neither long nor fast. However, from what I've seen of Havre de Grace I wouldn't be surprised if there were some hills. The seafood festival looks like it should be good. There are 10 RSVPs so far on meetup (6 Yes, 4 Maybe). Havre de Grace is about 1 hour and 15 minutes north of the beltway on I-95. Metro and Carpool Options (let me know before Saturday if you're interested in either option): I'm willing to pick up people (up to 3) from the Forest Glen Metro Station (Red Line) at 8:20 am. For carpooling we can meet at the commuter parking lot at the juncture of I-495 and I-95, leaving there at 8:30 am. This parking lot is only accessible from I-495 and I-95. The parking lot is shown as location B on the following maps. Directions for those coming from the inner loop of I-495 Directions for those coming from the outer loop of I-495 The weather promises to be nearly perfect on Saturday in Havre de Grace (partly cloudy, temps in the 70s). | ||
| Location: 800 Giles St, Havre de Grace, MD 21078 | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sun, 15 9 AM | Sunday Intermediate Skate | led by: Bill English <english60@yahoo.com> |
| It is an intermediate level street skate of about 8-10 miles which finishes around 11 AM. This skate maintains a pace designed to be a workout for an average street skater. The terrain includes some moderate hills such as Capitol Hill and may include high-traffic areas such as Georgetown. There are several stops to regroup and before tricky turns. Difficulty can vary widely depending on the route chosen by the leader. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Sun, 15 11 AM | Sunday Advanced Skate | led by: Carl Ford <ford@dcaccess.net> |
| This is an advanced, fast, long-distance, skate of 15-20+ miles, which often takes 3 hours. It is for skaters who enjoy a fast pace, big hills, and can navigate on hills and in traffic. You know who you are. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Tue, 17 7:30 - 9:00 PM | Slalom Practice/Class | led by: Cliff Anckaitis <cliffanck2001@yahoo.com> |
| Learn to slalom, practice what you know, learn new tricks. | ||
| Location: The basketball court at Penrose Park (2200 6th St. South, Arlington, VA; a 3 block walk to Metro bus 16A/B/J to Pentagon City Metro). | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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| Wed, 18 7 PM | Wednesday Night Advanced Skate | led by: David Churchill <david@davidchurchill.com> |
| Fast pace, big hills, heavy traffic, 10-15 miles. Rest stops periodically. Lots of different routes. The most popular advanced skate. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Fri, 20 7 PM | Friday Night Beginner Skate | led by: Shawn Brown <03sjbrown+subscriptions@gmail.com> |
| A beginner's social skate of 9 miles around the National Mall, passing by the Capitol, Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. An optional Hains Point loop adds 3 miles. This skate is geared to beginners who haven't skated with us before, but many experienced skaters like it so much we come back every week for more. We often get food and drink at Froggy Bottom Pub at the conclusion of the skate. Route without Hains Point (9 miles) Route with Hains Point (12 miles) | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Sat, 21 12:00 Noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Danny Donoghue <thecanadian@juno.com> |
| Free Skate Clinic Learn the basics - starting, stopping, turning etc. Please call Danny @ 202.617.7971 to confirm. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
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| Sat, 21 9 AM | West Embassy Loop Skate | led by: George Marinkovich <skatewash@yahoo.com> |
| Everyone is invited on this intermediate skate of 12.8 miles I will be leading. It leaves from the White House on this Saturday (8/21/10) at 9 AM. I say an intermediate skate, but what it actually is an advanced skate route led at a rather slow (beginner's) pace, especially when we go uphill ;-) And yes, there are hills on this route. My guess is the skate will take about 2 and a half hours to complete, so we would be returning to the White House around 11:30. We pass by the embassies of 53 countries on this skate, starting with Bosnia and Herzegovina and ending with Portugal. I won't be obsessive this year about pointing out the embassies; this year it will be just a skate that happens to pass by a lot of embassies. If you're curious about which embassies we will be passing by, I encourage you to print out the cue sheet which has the embassy addresses and country flags to help the compulsive spot all 53. Route Map | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Sun, 22 11 AM | Sunday Advanced Skate | led by: Jackeline Soto <skaterules1@hotmail.com> |
| This is an advanced, fast, long-distance, skate of 15-20+ miles, which often takes 3 hours. It is for skaters who enjoy a fast pace, big hills, and can navigate on hills and in traffic. You know who you are. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Sun, 22 9 AM | Sunday Intermediate Skate CANCELED | led by: George Marinkovich <skatewash@yahoo.com> |
| Regretfully, I'm CANCELING the Sunday (8/22/10) Intermediate Skate due to wet conditions. The trafficland dot com camera at 17th and Pennsylvania Ave shows wet streets at 7:53 and and given the cloudy and cool conditions it doesn't seem likely that the streets will dry by 9 am. In fact it seems likely to me that there might be even more rain during the skate, around 10:15 am. Regards, George It is an intermediate level street skate of about 8-10 miles which finishes around 11 AM. This skate maintains a pace designed to be a workout for an average street skater. The terrain includes some moderate hills such as Capitol Hill and may include high-traffic areas such as Georgetown. There are several stops to regroup and before tricky turns. Difficulty can vary widely depending on the route chosen by the leader. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Tue, 24 7:30 - 9:00 PM | Slalom Practice/Class | led by: Cliff Anckaitis <cliffanck2001@yahoo.com> |
| Learn to slalom, practice what you know, learn new tricks. | ||
| Location: The basketball court at Penrose Park (2200 6th St. South, Arlington, VA; a 3 block walk to Metro bus 16A/B/J to Pentagon City Metro). | ||
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| Wed, 25 7 PM | Wednesday Night Advanced Skate | led by: Jackeline Soto <skaterules1@hotmail.com> |
| Fast pace, big hills, heavy traffic, 10-15 miles. Rest stops periodically. Lots of different routes. The most popular advanced skate. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Fri, 27 7 PM | Friday Night Beginner Skate | led by: Tom Plesko & MyeongHee Elgibali <pleskobali@hotmail.com> |
| A beginner's social skate of 9 miles around the National Mall, passing by the Capitol, Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. An optional Hains Point loop adds 3 miles. This skate is geared to beginners who haven't skated with us before, but many experienced skaters like it so much we come back every week for more. We often get food and drink at Froggy Bottom Pub at the conclusion of the skate. Route without Hains Point (9 miles) Route with Hains Point (12 miles) | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Sat, 28 12:00 Noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Danny Donoghue <thecanadian@juno.com> |
| Free Skate Clinic Learn the basics - starting, stopping, turning etc. Please call Danny @ 202.617.7971 to confirm. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
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| Sat, 28 11:30 AM | Philly Landskaters DC Skate | led by: K O Miller <kom@snip.net> |
| The skate will be 15-20 miles, led at an intermediate/advanced pace. We will gather at Froggy Bottom Pub at 4 PM for food and drink following the skate. The Landskaters have chartered a bus to bring their 20-plus skaters down from Philly. WAR skaters are highly encouraged to come out in force for this event. We don't want to be outnumbered on our own turf, do we? KO has led skates for many years in addition to having lived in DC for a time, so this should be a most interesting skate. Don't miss it! | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Sun, 29 11 AM | Sunday Advanced Skate | led by: Jeffrey Dzieweczynski <jeffreydc@verizon.net> |
| This is an advanced, fast, long-distance, skate of 15-20+ miles, which often takes 3 hours. It is for skaters who enjoy a fast pace, big hills, and can navigate on hills and in traffic. You know who you are. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Sun, 29 9 AM | Sunday Intermediate Skate | led by: Bill English <english60@yahoo.com> |
| It is an intermediate level street skate of about 8-10 miles which finishes around 11 AM. This skate maintains a pace designed to be a workout for an average street skater. The terrain includes some moderate hills such as Capitol Hill and may include high-traffic areas such as Georgetown. There are several stops to regroup and before tricky turns. Difficulty can vary widely depending on the route chosen by the leader. Please see the description under Regular Skates for further details. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
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| Tue, 31 7:30 - 9:00 PM | Slalom Practice/Class | led by: Cliff Anckaitis <cliffanck2001@yahoo.com> |
| Learn to slalom, practice what you know, learn new tricks. | ||
| Location: The basketball court at Penrose Park (2200 6th St. South, Arlington, VA; a 3 block walk to Metro bus 16A/B/J to Pentagon City Metro). | ||
| Posted by: george | ||
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