Ken Roberts - - Skating

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2007

• low hip in main push 2 (2007)

• Kim Perkins article on climbing hills

• low pushing-side hip in main push

• stepping forward in normal-push

• why pushing back works

• Lausanne, Switzerland

• ankle twist + errors in In-push in Double-push

• Germany skating visit (2007)

• what makes for good city skating

• Netherlands skating visit

• Europe cities ranking on skate tourism

• skating with cars: How to?

• Providence RI -- skate Rhode Island (2007)

• speed of Double-push versus Normal-push (2007)

• forward-backward reactive force

• set-down timing subtleties 3 points

• low hip position

• how much upper body falling down helps or hurts?

• speed boots versus fitness boots

• why bicycling is faster than skating

• heel-brake with speedskates

• ankle pronation

• toe push

• skate Italy: Torino + Milano

• "gear-shift" with skates

• skate with poles + videos (2007)

2006

• road-skate New Jersey - New York City (2006)

• poles to help push in skating

• best residential street skating (PA, NJ)

• southern France - Provence - Grenoble | Mont Ventoux

• Paris not on Friday night

• Philadelphia to New York on skates

• Travel to European cities with skates

• skate Rhône-Alpes (France mostly) (2006)

2005

• skating Italy around Rome region (2005)

• skating in northern Italy

• skating in Switzerland

2004

• skating Cote d'Azur, France (2004)

• Who is Skating the Great Cols of Europe: Croix de Fer | Granier

2003

[ more to be added ]

by topic

places - USA

• Providence RI -- skate Rhode Island (07jun)

• road-skate New Jersey - New York City (2006)

• best residential street skating (PA, NJ)

• Philadelphia to New York on skates

places - Europe

• Europe cities ranking on skate tourism (2007)

• Germany skating visit

• Netherlands skating

• Lausanne, Switzerland

• skate Italy: Torino + Milano

• southern France - Provence - Grenoble | Mont Ventoux (2006)

• Paris not on Friday night

• Travel to European cities with skates

• France: Rhône-Alpes skating (also Switzerland)

• Italy skating around Rome region (2005)

• northern Italy skating

• Switzerland skating

• skating Cote d'Azur, France (2004)

• Who is Skating the Great Cols of Europe: Croix de Fer | Granier

technique

• low hip in main push 2 (07nov)

• Kim Perkins article on climbing hills (07nov)

• low pushing-side hip in main push (07nov)

• stepping forward in normal-push (07nov)

• why pushing back works (07nov)

• ankle twist + errors in In-push in Double-push (07aug)

• speed of Double-push versus Normal-push (07may)

• forward-backward reactive force (07may)

• set-down timing subtleties 3 points (07may)

• low hip position (07may)

• how much upper body falling down helps or hurts? (07may)

• speed boots versus fitness boots (07may)

• why bicycling is faster than skating (07may)

• ankle pronation (07may)

• toe push (07apr-may)

• "gear-shift" with skates (07jan)

• skate with poles + videos (07jan)

• poles to help push in skating (06dec)

public discussion groups

• SkateLog forum
• rec.sport.skating.inline newsgroup

more . . .

see also

• public discussion groups
• XCski Roberts home
• Ski Backcountry Roberts | ideas + reports
• Roberts Cross Country Skiing | ideas + reports

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