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| June | July 2003 | August | |
Events in July
| Wed, 2 7:00pm | Intermediate/Advanced Tour | led by: Diane |
| Approximately 12 miles in 2 hours | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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| Fri, 4 8:00 AM | Formal 40 on the 4th | |
| We'll skate the Washington & Old Dominion Trail (W&OD), starting in Vienna. We'll meet between 7:30AM and 8:00AM, and leave at 8:00AM. All levels are welcome, but each person will be on his/her own as far as finding a pack/paceline consistent with their own ability. If you are concerned about being left alone, come with someone of similar skill/ability. We'll meet at the W&OD parking lot in Vienna, VA, by the Red Caboose. This will not be like our street skates. We won't be stopping every 3 to 5 miles to regroup. This is primarily a training skate, and every person has different goals. We'll all be on the trail at the same time, but we'll be broken up into smaller groups of similar ability/training goals. Those who would be interested in a shorter distance are welcome to join as well. The format is to skate 20 miles out then 20 miles back so all skaters can choose their own turn-around points and head back to Vienna sooner. Directions to the Red Caboose | ||
| Location: W & OD Trail, Vienna, Va (meet by the red caboose) | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Fri, 4 7:00pm | 4th of July Skate | led by: John <jjrossetti@yahoo.com> |
| Although the 4th falls on a Friday this year, the skate will NOT be the traditional Friday beginner loop. The skating level will be much closer to the Sunday Intermediate level than the beginner level. The distance will be about 10 miles. I'll work on a Patriot theme. REMEMBER TO WEAR RED, WHITE, and/or BLUE CLOTHING. AND DON'T FORGET YOUR BLINKING LIGHTS/REFLECTIVE GEAR! Last year we had prime viewing space at the Tidal Basin next to the FDR Memorial. We will try for that location again this year. After the Fireworks we will indeed end the skate at the Froggy Bottom Pub, as usual. It's a holiday, it's Friday, and we'll have just completed a skate!! | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: john | ||
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| Sat, 5 12:00 noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Joe Kramer <gpop@ioip.com> |
| Beginner-to-intermediate level lessons, followed by a short skate through Rock Creek Park. See the The Skate Clinic Page for more info. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sun, 6 11:00am | Toned-down Intermediate & Advanced Tours | led by: Chris & Jacques |
| Intermediate approximately 9 miles in 2 hours, Advanced approximately 12 miles in 2 hours. The first Sunday of each month will have shorter, less hilly routes than the other Sunday tours during the whole 2003 season. WAR is relaxing the difficulty of these skates in order to encourage skaters to try advancing up to a new skating group. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: danny | ||
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| Wed, 9 7:00pm | Intermediate/Advanced Tour | led by: Andrew |
| Approximately 12 miles in 2 hours | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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| Fri, 11 7:00 | Beginner Monument Loop Tour | led by: Bill Hicks & National Skate Patrol <sk8teacher@q-express.net > |
| An eight mile route including White House, Capitol, Air & Space Museum, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and the Froggy Bottom Pub. A high fitness level is not neccesary, but you will need stopping skills. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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| Sat, 12 12:00 noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Joe Kramer <gpop@ioip.com> |
| Beginner-to-intermediate level lessons, followed by a short skate through Rock Creek Park. See the The Skate Clinic Page for more info. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sat, 12 10:00 AM | CARAVAN RACE SERIES 2003 | led by: Caravan Skate Shop <teamcaravan@comcast.net> |
| 20K inline race. Race 4 of 9. Two categories, one for elite/advanced, one for fitness/recreational (plus a 2K inline race for children 12 & under). This is a great series, not only for experienced racers, but for novice racers as well since there is a fitness/recreational division. Take advantage of this local series to hone your skills or learn new ones. See http://mywebpages.comcast.net/teamcaravan for all details (including registration fee)or contact Don at Caravan Skate at 301-937-0066. Next race will be on July 26. | ||
| Location: Trade Zone Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sat, 12 4:00 pm | Landskaters Visit WAR | led by: Carl <ford@toad.net> |
| On Saturday, July 12, the Philadelphia Landskaters will arrive in DC for an afternoon and evening of skating, pizza, beer, and more skating. The skate will start at about 4 pm. We'll skate the Old Town route from Memorial Day Weekend that was rained out. Having worked up an appetite, we'll visit Froggy Bottom for pizza and drinks. Afterwards, we'll do a night skate around the Mall before seeing our guests off at around 9:30. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sun, 13 11:00 | Intermediate & Advanced Tours | led by: Emily & Marshall |
| Intermediate approximately 10 miles in 2 hours, Advanced approximately 17 miles in 3 hours. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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| Wed, 16 7:00pm | Wednesday Night Skate | led by: Kent |
| Approximately 15 miles in 2 hours | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: danny | ||
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| Fri, 18 7:00 | Beginner Monument Loop Tour | led by: Bill Hicks & National Skate Patrol <sk8teacher@q-express.net > |
| An eight mile route including White House, Capitol, Air & Space Museum, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and the Froggy Bottom Pub. A high fitness level is not neccesary, but you will need stopping skills. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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| Sat, 19 12:00 noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Joe Kramer <gpop@ioip.com> |
| Beginner-to-intermediate level lessons, followed by a short skate through Rock Creek Park. See the The Skate Clinic Page for more info. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sat, 19 7:30 AM | 50 (or 60?) Mile Skate | led by: Jubran <sm4sm@aol.com> |
| We'll skate the Washington & Old Dominion Trail (W&OD), starting in Vienna. We'll meet between 7:00AM and 7:30AM, and leave at 7:30AM. All levels are welcome, but each person will be on his/her own as far as finding a pack/paceline consistent with their own ability. If you are concerned about being left alone, come with someone of similar skill/ability. We'll meet at the W&OD parking lot in Vienna, VA, by the Red Caboose. This will not be like our street skates. We won't be stopping every 3 to 5 miles to regroup. This is primarily a training skate, and every person has different goals. We'll all be on the trail at the same time, but we'll be broken up into smaller groups of similar ability/training goals. Those who would be interested in a shorter distance are welcome to join as well. Bicycles are also welcome. NOTE: as of 7/4/03, there is still a section of trail near MM28 that is under repair and unskatable. Updates will be posted as they become available. Afterwards, we might convene at the Vienna Inn for food, drink and resuscitation. Check with skate leaders before departure on skate day. Directions to the Red Caboose | ||
| Location: W & OD Trail, Vienna, Va (meet by the red caboose) | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sun, 20 11:00 | Intermediate Tour | led by: John |
| Intermediate approximately 10 miles in 2 hours, Advanced approximately 17 miles in 3 hours. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sun, 20 11:00 | Advanced Tour | led by: Jubran <sm4sm@aol.com> |
| This advanced skate will return to the White House by approximately 1PM to allow people to get to the BBQ in Arlington by 1:30. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sun, 20 1:30 - 5:00PM | WAR Summer BBQ | led by: The WAR Board <warballot@yahoo.com> |
| After the skates on Sunday, July 20, relax and have a cold one at the WAR Summer BBQ. We'll be grilling hamburgers, chicken breasts, hot dogs, and veggie burgers. Of course, we'll have fixins and sides to go with your meat. We'll have beer (maybe even homebrew), soda, and wine to drink. What do you need to bring? Just yourself and $10 if a member, $15 if not a member. you can join at the BBQ and get the member price. Please RSVP to ford@toad.net OR warballot@yahoo.com if you know you're coming. See y'all there! | ||
| Location: American Legion Post 139 3445 Washington Blvd Arlington, VA 22201 Metro Accessible from the Virginia Square-GMU Station on the Orange Line. | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Wed, 23 7:00pm | Wednesday Night Skate | led by: Carl |
| Approximately 15 miles in 2 hours | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: danny | ||
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| Fri, 25 7:00 | Beginner Monument Loop Tour | led by: Bill Hicks & National Skate Patrol <sk8teacher@q-express.net > |
| An eight mile route including White House, Capitol, Air & Space Museum, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and the Froggy Bottom Pub. A high fitness level is not neccesary, but you will need stopping skills. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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| Sat, 26 12:00 noon | Skate Clinic | led by: Joe Kramer <gpop@ioip.com> |
| Beginner-to-intermediate level lessons, followed by a short skate through Rock Creek Park. See the The Skate Clinic Page for more info. | ||
| Location: Rock Creek Park, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sat, 26 10:00 AM | CARAVAN RACE SERIES 2003 | led by: Caravan Skate Shop <teamcaravan@comcast.net> |
| 20K inline race. Race 5 of 9. Two categories, one for elite/advanced, one for fitness/recreational (plus a 2K inline race for children 12 & under). This is a great series, not only for experienced racers, but for novice racers as well since there is a fitness/recreational division. Take advantage of this local series to hone your skills or learn new ones. See http://mywebpages.comcast.net/teamcaravan for all details (including registration fee)or contact Don at Caravan Skate at 301-937-0066. Next race will be on August 9. | ||
| Location: Trade Zone Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sat, 26 4:00 pm | Empire Visits Lanskaters, WAR Invited to Join | led by: Landskaters <info@landskaters.org> |
| Skate with NY skaters in Philly on Sat., 7/26--anyone from WAR care to participate? After years of hosting Landskater trips to NY, Empire Skate is taking them up on their invitation to join them in Philly for an afternoon and evening of street skating. They are really pumped and have put together a new route just for this event, which includes a long expert level skate followed by cheese steaks.* Then regroup at 7pm for a patrolled intermediate-level skate at a moderate clip before heading home (approx. 10pm). Those arriving by train will be met by Landskaters at 3:30 and escorted on skates from the 30th Street Train Station to the Art Museum. For those driving up, meet at the Art Museum (BenFranklin Pkwy & 26th St.) at 4:00 (meet at the top of the steps). *The first to find the red stone buried in the South Philly sidewalk bearing the inscription 'On this spot stood Sylvester Stallone filming the great motion picture, Rocky in 1976' gets free steak! NOTE: Helmets are required--they don't want us participating w/o them. | ||
| Location: Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Posted by: jubran | ||
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| Sun, 27 11:00 | Intermediate & Advanced Tours | led by: Marshall & Kent |
| Intermediate approximately 10 miles in 2 hours, Advanced approximately 17 miles in 3 hours. | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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| Wed, 30 7:00pm | Wednesday Night Skate | led by: Andrew |
| Approximately 15 miles in 2 hours | ||
| Location: The White House, Click for details | ||
| Posted by: danny | ||
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| Thu, 31 7:00 | Easy Ski Club Park Skate With Concert | led by: Terry Brotherton <tbroton@hotmail.com> |
| http://www.scwdc.org/recreationMisc.asp Blade N Breaks -- Take a Break Summer concerts in Reston Dates: July 31, 2003/7:00 PM Cost: Free. Location: Reston Town Center After a Blading down the W&OD, and having a Beer (or two) at a Reston Pub, join us for a free concert by Kathy King Band - Honky Tonk, Rhythm & Blues. For more information contact Terry Brotherton at (703) 861-5703, tbroton@hotmail.com | ||
| Location: Reston, VA Town Center | ||
| Posted by: bill | ||
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