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Due to the gates being locked at Showgrounds I was unable to set up and run my classes today. My apologies to those who came along and found out the hard way. I called those I could. Hopefully this error will be rectified so that it doesn't happen again. Once again my aplogies. Andrew Curran
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The State Inline Hockey Championships will be held at the Claremont Showgrounds Inline Hockey Centre from May 30th to June 2nd. THIS MEANS NO SKATEABOUT CLASSES FOR SATURDAY 31ST MAY 2008. Sorry for the inconvenience but take the opportunity to come along and check our the players vying for a State Team selection. Andrew Curran.
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The Claremont Showgrounds Inline Hockey Centre is NOW OPEN for 2008. The venue has moved to the Tom Wilding Pavilion which is almost next door to the old pavllion. It's closer to the main gate and is right on Ashton Avenue (mud map pending shortly). The LEARN TO SKATE class runs from 9.00am-10.00am and is $12 per person including equipment (That's skates, pads and helmets if you need it). The BEGINNER INLINE HOCKEY CLASS runs from 10.30am-11.30am and is $15 per person including equipment (skates, pads, helmet, sticks and pucks). Anyone who does both the Learn To Skate Class and Beginner Inline Hockey Class back to back will only be charged $20. WE USE BIKE HELMETS SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BRING IT ALONG.) Classes are for ADULTS and CHILDREN and there is flexibility in the time slots to include extra classes to cater for more people and harder classes once numbers build up. At this stage there is NO NEED TO REGISTER ONLINE as this will be a facility to use if numbers get out of control. If you want any other information give Andrew a call on 0407 855 778.
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For those wising to come along to Social Skates they are FREE. The idea of the social skates was to post a meeting place from week to week on my website so anyone who wanted to meet other skaters or just get together with their skating friends could do so. There are no rules. You can come when you want, go when you want, skate as far as you want or just wait at the starting point for those who skate very well to come back and talk skating. Sometimes no-one will be there and other times maybe 20 or so but it doesn't really matter because the idea of the whole thing is just to use it as a meeting place. Note that we won't skate if the surface is wet, so sleep in if it is raining. Most of the venues I pick (unless otherwise stated) are suitable for beginners and advanced skaters in that their is usually a car park or easy aspect to the skate as well as the opportunity for the more advanced skaters to a 10km to 20km skate. Anyone under 18 should always be accompanied by an adult. ANDREW CURRAN
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Those people who are looking to do accredited skating courses and have noticed that none of the universities are running any at present, don't forget you can book your own with SkateAbout. Usually at least 6 people and as many as 40 can be catered for with all equipment including skates, pads and coaches. For these types of courses an indoor venue is booked so wet weather will not interfere with the program. Any time of the day or an evening can be booked subject a venue being available. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET INTO SKATING WITH YOUR FRIENDS OR WORKMATES! Give Andrew a call to discuss prices for private group courses.
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Rotating the wheels on your skates is a question often put to me. Many people simply follow the rotation instructions that come with the skates they purchase and leave it at that, but I don't believe this is the correct procedure in many cases. From my experience people wear there wheels down in all sorts of patterns. Left footers who do lots of slide stops will wear that skate down far greater than their right and vice versa. Some skates wear their front wheels down more because they keep their pressure applied to the front of their skate while skating around most of the time (very dangerous by the way!), while others carry their weight towards the back of the skate and wear those wheels down first. The simplest way to work out your own wearing pattern is to take note of the condition of your wheels when you think they need rotating. Providing you have owned the wheels since they were brand new then what you see will determine how to rotate your wheels from there. See which wheels are worn the most and simply swap them to where the least worn wheels are. It's that simple. Unless you take lessons or somehow change your skating habits in the mean time then you probably won't change from this pattern - be it good or bad! Don't forget to rotate them regularly especially if you do skate a lot. You can get a fantastic wear life from your wheels if you look after them, so good luck.
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The biggest killer of your bearings will be moisture or sand. As far as moisture is concerned don't skate in the rain, through puddles or over wet grass. Even storing your skates in a skate bag needs to be done correctly to prevent a humid enviroment building after a long or hot skating session. Always take your skates out of your skatebag when you get home, or at the very least, open out the bag so air can circulate freely.
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