You can work in or near inline or roller skates even if coaching or turning pro is not an option, by finding a full-time job or a supplemental income source that makes use of your inline or roller skating experience:

Inquire at skate parks, skating rinks and centers, local skate shops and sporting goods retail stores to find skating related job opportunities. Many skate manufacturers and distributors have entry level jobs or career openings, too. If you don't have a company or organization in mind, sometimes job search engines like Monster.com, Simplyhired.com or Indeed.com have information on jobs in skating or related sports.

Have you ever worked in an inline skating or roller sports related job? Share your skating employment story and tell us about the job you found, how you found it, what your job responsibilities were and whether you would recommend this type of employment to another skater.

Get An Inline Skating Job originally appeared on About.com Inline Skating on Thursday, July 8th, 2010 at 08:44:16.

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Singapore's Quadthlon endurance race was conceived by SAFRA Tampines in 2008 and has become an annual event that is organized by the club. This race uses four demanding sports disciplines to make athletes travel a total distance of 38.5km and push their abilities to the max:

This season's Quadthlon 2010 race has four categories for endurance sports enthusiasts and young athletes looking for a challenge. Past participants are eligible to win prizes for the most improved timing. Any participant whose birthday falls on October 10, 2010 - the race date - can race free. Early bird registration is from now until August 8th, and regular registration dates are from August 9th through September 9th. Sign up online at the SAFRA site.

What's a Quadthlon? originally appeared on About.com Inline Skating on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 15:21:21.

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The Eastbourne Extreme Sports Festival is being promoted as one of the biggest free extreme events in the UK. It will take place from July 17-18, 2010 on Eastbourne's Eastern seafront from 11.00 to 19.00 on Saturday and 11.00 to 17.00 Sunday. A variety of air, land and water based outdoor sports are scheduled including inline skating displays provided by Sk8school. This event is an opportunity for a family skating outing with live music on the Extreme stage, shops, food and even children's rides.

<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://inlineskating.about.com/b/2010/07/07/eastbourne-gets-extreme.htm">Eastbourne Gets Extreme originally appeared on About.com Inline Skating on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 08:59:52.

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Citiskate in the UK has introduced a great incentive to encourage newbies in their efforts to become safe skaters. Just buy a pair of skates (you'll need them soon anyway) with a participating skate shop and sign up for a free skating lesson within three weeks. Get more information on the new Free Skate Lesson Program, and find out which London skate shops are participating when you sign up on online.

If you don't live in the UK, just visit your local skating facilities or skating groups for lessons or equipment recommendations.

Lesson Freebies for Skating Newbies originally appeared on About.com Inline Skating on Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at 19:21:29.

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1000 inline speed skaters will participate in the 2010 National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska. If you can't make it to Lincoln from July 4, 2010 through July 10, 2010 - you don't have to miss a thing.

Beginning on Sunday, July 4 at 2:30 pm central time, Television Mobile Resources will provide live streaming coverage of each and every lap of the Inline and Quad Speed Events at skatersplace.com.

If you are there and have photos or videos to share, you can send them to Television Mobile Resources for review and posting.

Nationals - Be There or Stream Here originally appeared on About.com Inline Skating on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 11:13:58.

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