Inline Planet Skate News For the week of:
October 8 -14, 2006 Monday
Oct. 9, 2006
Planet Debut!
Freestyle in the USA: It's Growing
 In the debut of her Planet column, UK freestyle champ Naomi Grigg talks about what she discovered during her recent misadventures in the New World.
• Go to Naomi's Column. Skate Bytes
Rollerblade Founder - 27 Years Later
One of Scott Olson's newest inventions is the Skybike — half bike, half roller-coaster. It's one of many things that keeps the inventor busy these days, as Darlene Prois reveals in her profile.
• Go to Star Trib story.
• Go to Skaters in the News. Tuesday
Oct. 10, 2006
Skate Bytes
Skaters Added to SoCal Bike Criterium
Organizers have added a 60-minute skate race to the daylong Ride It Like You Stole It cycling event in January.
• Go to more info. Skaters Dropped From Redondo 10K
But organizers of the Southern California event say they would be happy to restore the skate race ... for $5000. (Don't hold your breath.)
• Go to more info. Forum
Cold Weather Strategies
What to do when short days and cold temps eat into your skate time. Roasting the Forum
Chucky performs a digital roast of the denizens of the Planet Forum (which celebrates its second anniversary this week.) Wednesday
Oct. 11, 2006
Free Lesson Program to Try One-Day Format
Sponsors hope Free Skate Lesson Day (May 12, 2007) will attract more attention from the media and more support from inline instructors.
• Go to Planet story. Skate Bytes
Pave the MKT!
The MKT is an 8.9-mile rail-trail in Columbia, Mo. Only problem: It's not paved. But that may change. City planner Ted Curtis is pushing a plan to pave the trail, despite some resistance from runners.
• Go to Missourian story.
• Get involved: Send an email to City Hall. Forum:
Inline Academy Awards?
Hollywood has the Oscars; television, the Emmys; music, the Grammys. Even the Internet has its own awards: the Webbys. So isn't it time skaters had awards of their own. ... We think so. Maybe we could call them the Eddys.
• What do you think? ... Sound off in the Forum. Thursday
Oct. 12, 2006
Skate Bytes
Hedrick: Taking a Swing at the Good Life
We know what Chad hasn't been doing since the Olympics: inline racing. The former inline champ didn't lace up for a single race this season. ... So what has he been doing? For one thing, golfing. He's no Tiger Woods, but he did shoot a hole-in-one.
• Go to Chron story.
• Go to Skaters in the News. Paved Trails Planned for Pittsburgh Park
As part of a $25 million renovation, paved trails for cycling and inline skating will be added to Point State Park. The 36-acre park in downtown Pittsburgh overlooks the confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
• Go to more info Friday
Oct. 13, 2006
Skate Bytes
Learning to Sprint
 Just because you weren't born a sprinter doesn't mean you can't become one. Former World Team coach Gypsy Tidwell outlines sprint training in this week's skate tip.
• Go to Skate Tip of the Week. 
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