http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/ Inline Skating Instructors Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:33:49 GMT Sk8GodFather@... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4721 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4721 Hi Skaters, Don't forget to check out "Roadtrip Nation" tomorrow night I will be featured in an interview helping Su-Yin, Camilla, and Mariana to find their Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:18:06 GMT Stephen Fisher http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4720 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4720 Geocities is shutting down Monday and I'm forced to move my web site.  Those of you who were kind enough to add my link to your site will now have a dead Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:08:43 GMT Sk8GodFather@... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4719 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4719 Check out the video of the San Francisco Halloween Skate http://www.skatinplace.com/Halloween%20BB.wmv Sat. Oct. 31 - 9PM - Take Back Halloween - Ferry Plaza - Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:15:05 GMT Sk8GodFather@... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4718 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4718 Hi Skaters, Last summer I was skating in the park on a beautiful Sunday afternoon when I was asked to do an interview by three young women that was with a TV Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:52:12 GMT Liz Miller http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4717 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4717 Gene, thanks for the reassuring advice. I'll forward your suggestion to folks at Planet Inline and hope they have a group of organized cyclists to join. --Liz Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:09:51 GMT Liz Miller http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4716 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4716 Bad news in this 8/31/09 news story. "The State Government has declared war on skateboarders, roller bladers and people who ride foot scooters after dark, Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:04:14 GMT Asha Kirkby http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4715 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4715 Hi All, I agree with Tim. We should lead by example. In our own skating we can take responsibility for what we wear (I don't wear knee pads for skate dance for Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:28:51 GMT Tim http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4714 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4714 Instructors - my thoughts on this. We are all instructors - we should practice what we preach. All Pads and Helmet ALL the time - on duty or off. Simple! Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:00:46 GMT Stephen Fisher http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4713 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4713 There was a posting years ago in this group telling of a young girl whose fingers were broken by an ill-fitting wristguard.  Break was near the fingertips Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:15:11 GMT Bill Fuhrmann http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4712 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4712 ... I like the open discussion that is happening on this. I have been using some that look like beefed up bicycle gloves, with leather farther up and a Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:00:06 GMT Oliver Klozoff http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4711 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4711 Bob, the guy that got me started a long while back used to wear those shorts with the pads. Worked well for him! The sliders were developed because of the Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:21:44 GMT inlineclass@... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4710 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4710 The only serious injury any of my students has ever had was an arm fracture that occurred right above the wrist guard. Is that better than the wrist? Not Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:09:05 GMT Oliver Klozoff http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4709 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4709 I'll chime in. Living in So Fl, elbow pads were not required for the lessons Donna Momma and I gave for years due to the high heat. Little kids we were a Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:55:06 GMT Stephen Fisher http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4708 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4708 I enjoyed reading your response, and your points are well taken. Still, I would flip elbow and knee on your priority list.  We come down hard on elbows from Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:11:48 GMT Liz Miller http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4707 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/inline-instruction/message/4707 No Bernie, not wearing elbow pads for filming the video was a calculated decision to increase my credibility to a broader more global audience. I still wear