A biweekly newsletter entitled On The Trail for the adult, recreational trail skating community. Ten issues of the e-zine will be publsihed and delivered to subscribers from June to October 2005. Each issue will contain an inline skating tip and/or tactic that skaters can put to use when they're out rolling on the trails this season. http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/newsletterarchives.html en-us Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:45:00 GMT Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) webmaster@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue10.html Sometimes you may encounter wide curves or sweeping bends in the trail. Most inline skaters would simply keep their skates together and coast around the bend until the trail straightens out again. The problem with this approach is that you lose your momentum and speed. Fortunately, there is a better way to handle such a change in direction and it’s called the Crossover Turn. jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:45:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue9.html Surface cracks, like road snakes, can run either horizontally or vertically to your direction of travel. You can consider a crack in the road as an inverted road snake in terms of the application of the maneuvers contained in this issue. Issue #9 introduces a couple of tactics you can use to avoid hitting cracks when you're out trail skating. jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:15:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue8.html Cyclists on the trails can be a problem because of the limited space available on most trails for both cyclists and skaters. The faster they pedal, the greater is the potential risk. This issue introduces a safety tip and a skating tactic you can use to avoid cyclists when you're out trail skating. jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Fri, 29 Sep 2005 18:00:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue7.html Some trails contain metal gates that act as safety barriers to reduce the speed of cyclists and skaters when they approach cross walks that are accessible to automobile traffic. This issue shows you how to skate safety through a gate in the trail. jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:00:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue6.html Sometimes you may be skating on a road and you need to go from the road to the sidewalk in a hurry. In this case, you need to step up and over the curbing that runs between the road and the sidewalk. Here's how to do it safely! jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Thu, 8 Sep 2005 21:00:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue5.html Sooner or later on the trails, you'll encounter tree veins. The roots of nearby trees can cause the pavement on some trails to heave upward, which leaves a series of sharp, horizontal bumps in your path. Sometimes, you can skate around the tree veins if they don’t run along the full width of the trail. Other times you will meeet up with veins that cover the entire width of the path. In addition, the veins can consist of three, four, five, or more rows of bumps. In these situations, you need to adjust your skating to compensate. Here's how! jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:00:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue4.html Sooner or later on the trails, you'll encounter manways and potholes, especially on roads in residential and/or industrial areas that you need to pass through to get from one section of the trail to the next. In these situations, you need to adjust your skating to compensate. Here's how! jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:00:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue3.html Let us borrow a maneuver from alpine skiing called the short radius parallel turn and adapt it to inline skating. A tight, turn radius is ideal for skating on steeper hills. You can use the short turn as a means of controlling your speed, if and when you need to on steeper, narrower trails. Specifically, you need to be able to link several, short-radius, parallel turns together in a controlled, rhythmic manner. jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:30:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue2.html When you are out trail skating, the terrain can change and become steeper at a moments notice. You need to relax and not tense up or the slope may get the better of you. One approach is to get centered in the mind and then it's best to apply the Pumping-the-Brake technique right after you start down the hill. jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:00:00 GMT http://www.inlineskatingcenter.com/Newsletters2005/Newsletter.Volume2.Issue1.html It's always a good idea when you're out trail skating, especially in the spring and fall, to look ahead at all times for debris in your path. You may encounter both wet and dry clumps of leaves and branches. Let's look at each one in turn. jims@inlineskatingcenter.com (Jim Safianuk) Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:00:00 GMT