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Well everyone, I won't be running any more classes at Showgrounds for this year. It officially closes in a couple of weeks anyway but those who know my dilemma will understand. Thanks to you all for a somewhat broken up year, but nonetheless heaps of fun and learning. Who knows what will be for 2009. Good Luck and stay tuned! Andrew Curran.
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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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