Aug 2008 - Beach Bladers of South Florida

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Skate Clinic and Picnic August 17 at Birch Park
The people list ed
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ac t i v it i es .
Brenda Nagel
Dewi Spence
Gene Cook
Jim Dolan
Joel Epstein
Lenny Willcox
Robin Siegel
Roger Kurtz
Newsletter
Candice Richard
Gene Cook
Webmaster
Tim Roethele
Inside this issue:
Skate Clinic & Picnic
1
Skate Calendar
2
National Consolidated
Skate Event Schedule
3
Still Dieting?
4
Who’s That Under That
Helmet?
5
August Birthdays
5
Special Training Handout 6
Sign up now for the remaining Beach
Blader skate clinic at Birch State Park
on August 17th, and stay afterward for a
Beach Blader sponsored picnic. There is
no charge for the clinic. The picnic is
free for Beach Blader members and only
$5.00 for guests.
Start time for the clinic is 8:30 am. at pavilion 3 on the west side of the park.
Please plan to arrive early because the
clinic must start on time in order keep the
picnic schedule.
Skate instructors for these events are
Lenny Willcox; Bont skate distributor and
IISA Level One skate instructor. Assisting Lenny is Nino Rodriguez, coach for
the Broward County Derby Grrrls Roller
Derby team. Nino and Lenny point out
that skaters at every level will benefit
from the clinic.
The clinic is divided into three parts:
Basic: including Leg Strength Drills,
Stretching, Dry land (skates off) Skating
Drills, Proper Skating Position, Classic
Push, Weight Transfer, Arm Swing and
Crossovers.
Advanced: including Plyometrics, Double
Push, and Drafting
Racing; Pack Awareness, Race Starts,
Tactics and Training
Anaerobic vs.
Aerobic skills. Attendees should bring
water, a towel, sneakers and be prepared to have fun.
To sign up for the clinic please go to:
htt p://inli nesk ating.meetup.com/83/
calendar/ and RSVP. If you have not
joined the Beach Bladers Meetup site
please sign up to the Beach Bladers
Meetup site. You must do this even if you
are a current Beach Blader member after
you have signed up on the site then you
can RSVP to sign up for clinic.
Skate Clinic Dryland drills at Birch Park July 20
Coconut Grove Social
Skate Set For August 10
Don’t miss the new Coconut Grove social skate
planed for August 10. Nearly 20 skaters have already signed on to attend this joint meetup with other
area skate groups taking part in this social skate.
We’ll meet at Monty’s in Coconut Grove (2500 South
Biscayne Blvd) at 9:30 and start skating at 10.
There will be areas were faster skaters can speed up
and other spots where slower skaters will have short
cuts to enable them to remain with the group. The
total average distance of the skate is about 9 miles.
Our skate will take us through the tree lined streets of
Coconut Grove to Alice Wainwright Park for a brief
break then we’ll skate to downtown Coconut Grove
pausing again for a brief break before proceeding
to Peacock Park and returning to Monty’s for lunch
about 11:30 until about 2 or whenever people decide
they have had enough sun, cool ocean breezes and
Monty’s famous pain remover drinks.
Volume 18, Issue 8
SUN
MON
31st Sunday
4Deer Creek
Skate & Brunch
9:30 am
Downtowner
Muddy Waters
Deerfield Beach
7pm host Roger
10
11
Coconut
Grove Skate
9:30 meet, 10
Skate Monty’s
Coconut Grove
17Skate Clinic
August 2008
18
TUE
5
12 Pheasant
Walk Practice
Skate 7 pm
Host: Gene
19
24 Lake Park
26
25
6Pompano
THU
7
FRI
SAT
1st Friday Skate
meet @ Fritz’s
Skate & Bike
6:30 PM leave at
7:00 pm Miami
Beach
1
2
8
9
15
16
22
23
29
30 Marshall &
Air Park
7:00 PM
Host Gene
Deer Creek
Picnic 8:30 AM
Muddy
Waters
Birch State Park
Deerfield
Beach
Sunrise at A1A
7pm host Roger
Ft. Lauderdale
Trail Palm Beach
9:30 am
Host Jim
WED
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13Pompano 14
Air Park
7:00 PM
Host Gene
20Pompano 21
Air Park
7:00 PM
Host Gene
27Pompano 28
Air Park
7:00 PM
Host Gene
Lisa’s Labor Day
party see page 3
31Royal Palm
Skate 9:00AM
Boca Raton
For more directions go to www.beachbladers.com) our favorite skate locations include:
Deer Creek: I-95 to Hillsboro West exit in Deerfield Beach. Continue west 1.4 miles and just after Century Blvd turn
right into the Shops of Hillsboro Blvd Shopping Center. Park at the west end
Pheasant Walk: I-95 to Yamato west. Turn N on Military, cross Clint Moore and continue north to the 2nd light, turn right on Pheasant
Way. Follow Pheasant Way to end ( 1 mile) turn left at stop sign onto Spring Tree . Follow Spring Tree to 17341 ( left) and park.
Pompano Air Park: I-95 to Copans. Go east to Federal, then south. Turn west on NE 10th St. Park in the golf course parking lot.
1st-Friday Skate: Meet at Fritz’s Skate & Bike Shop at 726 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.
Lake Trail in Palm Beach: I-95 to Okeechobee. Go east to Flagler Drive. Turn north and cross the 2nd bridge (Royal Poinciana) over
the Intracoastal. Turn left at Bradley St., go 1 block and park on Sunset St. across from the park.
Rio Vista in Fort Lauderdale: Take I-95 to Broward. Go east to Andrews and turn south. Cross the bridge and take the first right at the
bottom. Go 1 block and turn right. Park near the Downtowner Restaurant (metered parking) or 2 blocks south on Andrews and SW
6th Street (free parking) across from Publix. We leave from S New River Drive E and SE 1st Ave. across from the county jail.
West Boca Skate: I-95 or Turnpike to Glades. Go west one block past 441 to Cain Blvd. Make a right and go to the first
left, which is the entry to the park (about 1/2 mile). Follow the road around to Daggerwing Nature Preserve and park.
Delray Beach Skate: I-95 to Atlantic Exit in Delray. Go east to NE 1st Ave and turn north. Go 1 block and park in the public area
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park I-95 to Sunrise Exit East , cross the Intracoastal Bridge and turn left after 1st stop light into the park.
Royal Palm Skate: I-95 to Palmetto Exit. Go east to Federal and turn south. Turn east on Camino Blvd and then take an immediate
left into the Citibank parking lot
Volume 18, Issue 8
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August- November 2008 Skating Event Schedule
Event
Dates
Event Location
Event Name
Event
Type
Websites and/or contacts for more
details
Boston, MA Skate Boston
Social
Skate
Tour
http://www.skate-boston.net/
St. Paul MN St Paul Inline
Race
http://www.roller-dome.com/spim/
Hayward
Inline Marathon
Hayward WI
Race
http://www.haywardinlinemarathon.com/
line Series
Race
http://www.inlineplanet.com/forum/
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1772#p9775
Big Apple Roll
Social
Skate
Tour
http://www.empireskate.org/
EmpireSkate.asp?page=/bigappleroll/
St Michael
St Michael
MN
Half Marathon
Race
http://www.saintmichaelinline.com/
Trexlertown Eastern SeaPA
board Series
Race
http://www.easternseaboardseries.com/
index.html
Trexlertown Eastern SeaPA
board Series
Race
http://www.easternseaboardseries.com/
index.html
Duluth, Mn
Northshore
Inline Marathon
Race
http://www.northshoreinline.com/
New York,
NY
NY Skate
Marathon
Race
http://www.skatemarathon.com/2008/
Race
http://a2a.net/
1-3 Aug
3-Aug
9-Aug
10-Aug Indianapolis IndySpeed InIN
15-18 Aug New York
NY
16-Aug
23-Aug
6-Sep
13-Sep
27-Sep
5-Oct
11-Oct
25-Oct
1-2 Nov
16-Nov
21-23
Nov
27th Annual
Athens to Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Washington,DC
Camp Rollerblade
Skate
Clinic
http://www.camprollerblade.com/
Miami, FL
Camp Rollerblade
Skate
Clinic
http://www.camprollerblade.com/
Skate
Houston Inline Tour and http://www.active.com/page/
Race Event_Details.htm?event_id=1602785
Houston, TX Marathon
San Diego, Silver StrandCA
Half Marathon
Race
http://www.kozenterprises.com/Running/
halfdf84.htm
Bill Jackson
Pinellas Trail
Skate
Social
Skate
Tour
http://www.skatetampa.com/
trailskate.htm
Pinellas
Park, FL
Pag
Ultimately, the reason diets don’t work is because temporary changes yield temporary results. You’ll have better and lasting success by changing your eating
Volume 18, Issue 8
Dewi Spence,CPT:
STILL DIETING? SUBSTITUTING WORKS BETTER
habits in ways you can live with permanently.
So, rather than focusing on what you need to cut out of your diet (for instance, items in the left column) try focusing instead, on what you can include that will be a step up from what you have been doing (for instance, the items in the right
column).
Here are some examples to get you started…
1. White Rice
Brown Rice With Herbs
2. Mashed Potatoes
Cauliflower with Garlic, Rosemary and Olive Oil
3. Sweet Potato Souffle
Pumpkin or Squash
4. Cream Cheese
Hummus with Olives And Chives
5. Sweetened Cereal
Non-Instant Oatmeal with Raisins
6. Fried Plantains
Boiled Plantains
7. Whole Wheat Bread
*Sprouted Whole Grain Bread
8. Jelly Donut
Raw Nut Butter on *SWG Bread with Berries
9. Store Bought Fruit Juice
Fresh or Frozen, Home-Blended Fruit Smoothie
10. Butter
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Sea Salt
And one more for a Bonus:
French Fries
Sliced, Baked Sweet Potato
Another tip: Invest in a good cookbook. A truly great one is Jonny Bowden’s lastest: The Healthiest Meals on Earth. It’s
on sale now at Amazon.com.
For more articles on health and fitness, go here: http://fitphilosopher.blogspot.com
Save the dates
February 6-8, 2009,
Royal Palm Hotel Miami Beach
Volume 18, Issue 8
Beach Blader News
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Who is That Under That Helmet?
By Candice Richard: Too often we know each other by our skating gear and first names. This is a glimpse of the of
Beach Blader living under the helmet.
Meet Paola Estrada and Francisco Lopez of Fort
Lauderdale, gflopez@att.net
When did you start to skate?
Francisco: In 1998 I was recently divorced and out of
shape, and I
rented skates on
Ocean Drive. I
was terrible. I
started going to
clinics. I met Rita,
Donna, Larry. I
learned about the
First Friday skate,
got hooked up with
the South Beach
group and eventually with the first
Great EsSkate.
Paola: In 1999 my friend Sneh was taking skating classes
with Donna, and she got me and Corinne to join her. Sunday mornings in South Beach with Bob as the leader—that
was my first attempt. And I’ve been attempting ever since.
Six years ago, Francisco took me under his wing. I got to
be good for about six weeks. Lenny’s tried. Gene’s tried. I
paid Nino. I took the Eddie Metzger clinic—it was horrible!
Why are you a Beach Blader?
F: Over the years, it’s the only organized club of skaters
that’s always had a core of members, regular gatherings—
Marshall’s parties, Gene’s house. Some of us stray away,
but we always go back. This is my theory of skating: There
are three kinds: fitness, social and racing. I’ve done all
three, but 80 percent of my skating has been for fitness. I
used to skate 3 or 4 times a week. Now I skate once a
month, and I’m hurting afterward. So I’m trying to get back.
What do you do when you’re not skating?
P: We make babies! And we work a lot. I’m a licensed clinical social worker and the clinical director at a mental health
center. Francisco is an industrial engineer who works as a
safety consultant. We like to travel. With the baby coming, it
will be interesting to see what we have time for. But if I
have free time, I’d want to dance! That’s where my heart is.
Hip-hop, tap, jazz—I’ve even taken line dancing classes. I won’t
say I’ve hung up my skates—we skated in Birch Park together. I
even bought new skates!—but this is my skating theory: I cannot
skate in the dark, so no winter skating. And I cannot skate in the
heat, so no summer skating.
F: She takes the lessons, but she doesn’t practice.
BBOSF Birthdays
P: But we met on skates. It was 2000, and I’d been skating
with Corinne and Rita, and we stopped at a craft show and
were talking to Britto.
Best wishes to our August Babies!
F: It wasn’t Britto, it was the first artist who did a T-shirt for
the Great EsSkate. Anyway, a group of us were doing an
exploratory skate at Crandon Park in preparation for the
first Great EsSkate, and we ended up at the craft show. I
saw Corinne and Rita; I didn’t know who they were with.
And we were all on skates. In the next eight years a lot
happened, but Paola and I didn’t connect. We knew each
other through skating.
Member Name
Date
Tony de Campo
1
Kim Alvarez
2
Candice Richard
16
F: The Great EsSkate connected us. Year after year I did
registration and she did the Friday dinner and the picnic.
Our friendship grew, our interest in each other, and two
years ago we got together.
Damir Romic
22
Jose DeAndres
22
P: And now we’re expecting Andres Lopez Estrada at the
end of September or first of October.
L.A. Justice
22
Nick Colletti
25
P: He was in love with me, even if he doesn’t want to say it.
F: We are contributing to the future of the skating community.
Volume 18, Issue 8
Beach Blader News
Meetup groups.. What’s up with that?
Last November, Beach Blader member While we offer several skates during
Anna Schafer suggested using
meetup as an additional way for local
skaters to find the skate club and join
area skates. She signed up as an
organizer with Meetup.com and got
other local skaters to do the same.
Now there are 67 members enrolled.
Beach Blader members can create
their own profile and communicate
(“give a shout”) to other members to
arrange their own skate or sign up for
a scheduled Beach Blader skates.
Recently Anna turned over her organizer duties to Jim Dolan.
the week, based participation of indiv i d u a l
s k a t e
events we
know that
more local
skates on
different
schedul e s
would draw
more skaters. So now would be a
good time for other Beach Blader
members to sign on as an assistant
organizer and host skates in their
local area or favorite location. If you
are interested please give Jim,
Dewi, Gene, or Rob a “shout.”
We are considering using meetup for
all Beach Blader communications, so
we urge you to join meetup even if Check it all
out at:
http://
you are already a Beach Blader meminlineskating.meetup.com
ber. It’s easy to sign up to meetup
just
go
to
:
http://
inlineskating.meetup.com/83/ and fol- Birch CSO Picnic Aug 16
low the easy instructions.
Once you sign up, you’ll see
a m em b e r ’ s di r e c t o ry i n c l u d ing individual photos and profiles. You
can create your own profile (just write a
few words about yourself) and you can
select how you want to receive reminders about upcoming skates.
Another benefit of meetup is the ability
to have joint meetups. This can bring
even more skaters together and give
every a chance to meet new people
and more social opportunities within
the company of old friends.
The leaders of the area skate meetup
groups will be working together to bring
more skating and social opportunities
to all area skaters.
At times you will see the same event
on more than one group and other
times there will be different events and
skate locations on the same day and/or
time. The local inline skate community
is diverse in interests, skate ability, and
desirable locations.
The various
meetup groups will reflect that as we
plan to attend to the needs of our
members and the skating community to
make inline skating a fun and social
sport for everyone.
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Marshall & Lisa’s
Frozen Margarita
Labor Day Weekend SK8/BBQ
Pool Party…It’s August, so Labor Day is closing in
a n d wi t h i t c om e s M a r sh a l l
& Lisa’s Frozen Margarita Aura VI Labor Day Weekend SK8/BBQ Pool
Party. The annual party for area skaters and bikers comes early this year
and is scheduled for Saturday, August
30. We’ll meet at 5pm and depart for a
Delray Beach area skate/bike at 5:30
pm. The route is about 10 miles
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is a favorite skating venue for many of us.
It’s also been the scene for several
Beach Blader picnics, in line skate
races and even an overnight party.
The park has many hiking trails and
has great beach access.
Now some exciting things will be happening at Birch State Park that will be
of special interest to everyone who
uses the park. A number of Florida
state parks including Birch have a
group of local citizens who volunteer to
support the park by various tasks including creating programs that are in
the park systems overall plan but fall
outside of the budget. Called Citizens
Support Organizations (CSO) these
volunteers work with park officials to
enhance park programs and may
even raise money to fund special projects.
The Birch Park Citizens Support Organization invites you to a picnic at
11:00 am on August 16, 2008 in the
park to tell you all about a new program
called Trestles to Trails and urge you to
become a member of the park program.. We are certain that you will be
just as excited about the new project as
we are, so please take a moment to
read the attached flyer and come out
and see for yourself how much this new
project will enhance the park.
through the historic downtown and
beach area and includes 2 bridges
over the Intracoastal Waterway
The BBQ starts at 7:30pm with
BBQ chicken, Rack of Lamb,
Shrimp, Frozen Margaritas, door prizes
, a raffle, and music. Marshall and Lisa
are also resuming their Ultimate Dessert Challenge.
So if
you think you can make a great desser
t, then bring it. Otherwise, please bring
your favorite side dish and beverage too if you pref er something other than Marshall’s & Lisa’s
World Famous Frozen Margaritas
For more details and directions please
refer to the attached flyer in this newsletter. Please remember if you plan to
attend you must RSVP directly to Marshal l or Li sa by em ai l or
phone to mtackpma@aol.com or lisa
ns64@aol.com or phone: 561-2651886
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