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2008 : a

• where does the power get "wasted"? (April 2008)

2007 : a : b

• 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 : a : b

[ earlier 2006 : later 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

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2002

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public discussion groups

rec.sport.skating.inline

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2006: posts + discussion threads on rec.sport.skating.inline

• poles or sticks to help push in skating (06dec)  [ text ] 

• best residential street skating (PA, NJ)  [ text ] 

• southern France - Provence - Grenoble  [ text ] 

• Mont Ventoux (France) (06nov) [ text ] 

• Paris not on Friday night (06jly) [ text ] 

• Philadelphia to New York on skates (06jun)  [ text ] 

• Travel to European cities with skates (06jun)  [ text ] 

• skate Rhône-Alpes (France mostly) (06apr)  [ text ] 

2005: posts + discussion threads on rec.sport.skating.inline

• skating Italy around Rome region (05nov)  [ text ] 

• skating in northern Italy (05sep)  [ text ] 

• skating in Switzerland (05sep)  [ text ] 

2004: posts + discussion threads on rec.sport.skating.inline

• skating Cote d'Azur, France (04dec)  [ text ] 

• Who is Skating the Great Cols of Europe (04sep)  [ text ] 

• Who is Skating the Great Cols of Europe (04jun)  [ text ] 

2003: posts + discussion threads on rec.sport.skating.inline

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