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Hello all, I'm new to skating and am looking for advice on how to become better at it--right now I only skate in rinks because I need walls to stop.  :P  Any advice or suggestions would be helpful, including where I should be posting questions like this.  Thanks!

Melanie recently asked on InlineNC yahoogroup. I think:

• K2 inline skates (rollerblades) are a great option,
• probably bigger wheels (90 or 100) for smoother roll over rough stuff, and/or
• a longer frame for point to point roadskating, or
• for tricks of course, shorter frame length makes arcs and spins easier.
• Salomon makes great inline skates and has seemed to support them well, but there were some frames a few years back with problems and I think the company has been sold so it may be wait and see time.
• Rollerblade is making some interesting inline skates but I note they still liked heavy kits when last I looked. The Problade boot looks pretty good if you get the kit with the box frame that's Mogema-ish rather than the earlier, thinner model we've seen bashed.

Those are my quick thoughts on that. i'll post this to rsn2 also.

Here's a book to collect what we remember about Inline Speed Skating drills from Eddy Matzger workshops and other places (Barry Publow workshops, elsewhere). Please contribute! Feel free to ask questions.

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I've been using a Garmin 305 for the last couple of months.  Whenever I place my hands behind my back the heart rate data is lost.  It seems odd that the chest unit can't transmit to the rec

Over on InlineNC there was a question from one of our team members about ankle pain with Powerslide R4 boots. Here are some links in case you're a member of InlineNC. I won't quote from others, but will start a discussion here so it's Googable: