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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Wheels on Wotnobrakes, plus Horseferry Road and Covent Garden Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:05:20 +0100 This week, on wheels * This week: Horseferry Road and Covent Garden * Last week: Moorgate and mysterious Maida Vale * Goodwood Roller Marathon * In profile: Simon (Wotnobrakes) == THIS WEEK == The LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE we're going for a romp through Belgravia and Chelsea, with a stop on Horseferry Road for half time and a Soho second half. There may be cobbles ahead, but while there's moonlight and music ... http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070803 The SUNDAY STROLL heads to Covent Garden and Coram's Fields: half time at that shopping center thing round the back of Russell Square. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20070805 And the LONDONSKATE tonight is 'Shopper's Delight', which means Oxford St, Regent Street and Chelsea; half time (more of a 4/5ths time) at Parsons Green. http://tinyurl.com/yvzztp == LAST WEEK == The LONDON FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE was rained off about a third of the way in. The SUNDAY STROLL meandered North to Maida Vale, through what has been described as the smoothest road in London (Randolph Avenue, just before half time). Sorry no photos: our photographer was away at the Goodwood Marathon along with 26 of our regular marshals and first aiders. If you took any, send them in. http://www.flickr.com/groups/335076@N20/discuss/ We didn't have the FireBrox sound system out on Friday or Sunday either - it's not ill, but we ran out of legs. Goodwood Marathon on Sunday meant that the usual suspects (all keen racers) were resting or racing. We may get this problem again for the next few events in the oh so cool London-in-Lycra calendar. (August 31st, September 2nd, 28th and 30th. So if you want a buzz that is very different from skating, happy faces all around, then please come and have a try. As long as you have an awareness of traffic around you so won't crash into skaters, and we get to know you and trust you with our baby, then you should be fine. If you're interested, come and say hello after the Sunday Stroll, and bring shoes so you can have a go. == IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY ANY GOODWOOD == "If you need to stop for any reason, stay OFF the inside of the circuit. This is a live airport" Over 220 skaters were present at the Goodwood Motor Circuit near Chichester on Sunday. This is the longest-running long-distance roller event in the UK, and probably the most inclusive. Ages ranged from 10 to 71 this year, and participants were variously using inline skates, "traditional" quad skates and even longboards. The full marathon is 11 laps of the course: the tarmac is smooth and wide, but the headwind all the way down the start/finish straight caused more than a few recreational skaters to learn the value of drafting. The marathon winner was 16-year old James Ashby in 1:15, and the determined 10-year old completed her first marathon in just under 4 hours. LFNS marshals took a clean sweep of the Ladies prizes, bagging first through fourth places. Congratulations to the Camberley Skaters, marathon organisers, for the superb day out in aid of the NSPCC, for whom they hope to top last year's effort of £2,700 raised. And for making sure the ice cream van turned up. http://www.goodwoodmarathon.co.uk/07-results.shtml And if that's whetted your appetite, next UK date is the London INline Marathon, August 2nd. http://www.londoninlinemarathon.com/ == PROFILE VIEW: SIMON (WOTNOBRAKES) == This week we profile Simon R, one of the skate's designated first aiders, who provides vital encouragement at the back of the skate as well as patching up minor injuries and referring more serious ones to the professionals. Growing up in Ibiza in the 1970's, Simon worked as a DJ in one of the most famous clubs on the island at the time and also worked as a dive guide. These days, Simon has a "real job" in IT, but also runs a freediving club in South London, teaches the sport at various UK sites including the Submarine Escape Training Tank in Gosport, and takes students abroad for advanced freediver training. When he volunteered to help out on the LFNS we couldn't think how to make use of his freediving skills, but his first aid skills are much in demand. He reckons he's done more first aid in his first 3 weeks on the skates than in a whole year at work, where he also has that role. Simon's been skating for 15 months and finds it a great contrast to diving, where things tend to be (or, as he notes, "should be") slow, relaxed and very anti-adrenalin. Several recent LFNS and Sunday Strolls have featured a "Wotnomix". "It's strange making up a mix in advance for something other than dancing", he tells us. "Whereas in a club you get instant feedback if your music's rubbish, on the skate people won't walk out on you (I imagine) no matter how strange your taste in music." Comments on the music are always welcome through the usual web site feedback form. == END OF == Feedback, comments, complaints, suggestions, please drop us a line through the feedback form on the site. To unsubscribe, see the link that says "unsubscribe" in the footer. Don't send us email, it bounces. http://www.lfns.co.uk/feedback.php#contactus "The [petrol-powered] skates are so dangerous we are too worried about putting them on to test them." - a Bournemouth Council trading standard officer. http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/gadgets/story/0,,2138939,00.html Material in this email is protected by copyright; it may be reproduced unchanged in full provided that credit is given. All trademarks acknowledged. The LFNS is not responsible for the content of external web sites. -- Sent from the London Friday Night Skate - http://www.lfns.co.uk/ Check out any time - see http://www.lfns.co.uk/unsubscribe.php?list=wow |
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