Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-01 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 07:38:13AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > "Andy" == Andy Wardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andy> Are there any skateboarders or inline skaters out there who are > Andy> going to TPC6 and fancy getting together for a skate jam? > > Hmm. Leaving out the qua

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-01 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Andy" == Andy Wardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andy> Are there any skateboarders or inline skaters out there who are Andy> going to TPC6 and fancy getting together for a skate jam? Hmm. Leaving out the quad skaters again, I see! I spent 10 hours a week for 10 years on "real" skates,

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-01 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Paul" == Paul Makepeace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> I bought some quads recently after being inspired by some serious disco Paul> moves at the Bagley's rollerdisco (RIP, or not who can tell) and they're Paul> great fun. Ahh, the place that invented rollerdisco, Roxy's in Manhattan,

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Andy Wardley
On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 07:38:13AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > I spent 10 hours a week for 10 years on "real" skates, where 8 wheels > is all you ever needed. This inline fad will pass. :) I started my rolling life on quads, too. Must have been late 70's when skateboarding was just taki

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Simon Wistow
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 11:36:34AM +0100, Andy Wardley said: > I started up again when the inline thing happened in the late 80's. This > coincided with the second era of skateboarding and we got a local skatepark > with a 10' vert ramp. I thought inlines were really neat compared to quads, > b

RE: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Harper, Gareth
> -Original Message- > From: Simon Wistow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On a similar note ... I used to ski (and hated snowboarders > for getting > in the way) but switched to snowboarding when there was some > particulalr > good poweder one easter and never looked back. Something about d

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Andy Wardley
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 11:51:20AM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: > On a similar note ... I used to ski (and hated snowboarders for getting > in the way) but switched to snowboarding when there was some particulalr > good poweder one easter and never looked back. I've got a brand new pair of skis in

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 12:13:25PM +0100, Harper, Gareth wrote: > to TPC6 (costs **mutter**), but if anyone knows of any reasonable skate > parks in and around central london I might be persuaded. (I brought my Ice Vert's where it's at, people. The Playstation Skate Park looks good, I just have

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Leon Brocard
Andy Wardley sent the following bits through the ether: > I see gnat is talking about organising a YAPC::Skiing for a weekend > in North America next January. Anyone tempted to go and make a > week/10 days out of it? Apart from that being in America, yes. Hmmm, thinking about it, it'll probably

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Struan Donald
* at 02/07 12:51 +0100 Paul Makepeace said: > On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 12:13:25PM +0100, Harper, Gareth wrote: > > Other than that London skaters should know about the Wednesday and > Friday Night Skates, > > WNS: http://www.londonskate.com/ > FNS: http://www.citiskate.com/fnsfaq.htm > Both depa

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Simon" == Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon> On a similar note ... I used to ski (and hated snowboarders for getting Simon> in the way) but switched to snowboarding when there was some particulalr Simon> good poweder one easter and never looked back. Something about doing a Si

RE: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-02 Thread Pierre Denis
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Wardley > Sent: 01 July 2002 14:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam? > > > Are there any skateboarders or inline skaters out there who are > going to TPC6 > and f

Re: Anyone up for a TPC6 skate jam?

2002-07-07 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 12:51:08PM +0100, Paul Makepeace wrote: > Those after some lessons should talk to Asha of > http://www.skatefresh.com/ and say I sent you. Or indeed me since as of today I'm a qualified inline skate instructor with the IISA (http://www.iisa.org/ ). Paul [.. this generall