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Unsafe at ANY speed
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: HELL(Lansing MI.)
Posts: 822
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Winters killing me and I'm terminally bored with my one local rink so I'm looking for a nice, skater friendly, place to move to.
So here's your chance to tell everyone how great your favorite skate city is!!! Please include any reasons why you feel yours is the ultimate skater nirvana. Some categories to think about. Rinks and parks nearby? Outdoor skate-friendly trails and other terrain? Typical weather? Skater friendly laws? Skate clubs/races and other events? Local economy? Local music/art scene? Public transportation? (for those of us who despise being reliant on automobiles) Fun things to do other than skating? Any other great selling points? Thanks for the info!!! Be seeing you SOON!!
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"DRUMMING FOR JESUS"
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Elk Grove/Sacramento /Lemoore Calif (native Texan)
Posts: 173
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Sacramento Calif has about 6 rinks still.
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Unsafe at ANY speed
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: HELL(Lansing MI.)
Posts: 822
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hmmm.... sactown
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Pro Bike Chaser
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 3,378
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I was lucky until this winter. Have the clubs, trails, indoor rinks, speed teams, derby teams, artistic, and all.
But truth be told, S. Florida is a nice place to skate, with a heck of a lot of nice skaters. |
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Loops, love the loops!
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Rancho Cordova, CA
Posts: 1,672
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Sacramento is a great place to live. The summers are hot which I love. I know, I've lived quite a bit of my life here but also Georgia, Oregon, Utah, and Washington state.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Nor★Cal
Posts: 2,044
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Ya skating is definitely alive in SacTown. A great place to live, you have the ocean an hour west, and the mountains an hour east. Cost of living is a bit high, but not as high as some places.
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Queen of the Mile
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tampa
Posts: 2,103
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Tampa
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Not Low Enough
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Posts: 6,033
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Plus you can get an awesome Cuban sandwich for your "recovery meal". |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,272
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An outdoor banked track that the owner would almost certainly let you skate on with a phone call and a vague suggestion that you're at least thinking about joining their "pro team." It snows maybe once every five years. It's rainy maybe five days a year. It gets a bit balmy in the summer (everyone has AC, so who cares unless you work outside). In the winter it's generally quite nice, sometimes you'll want to layer at night. If there are any anti-skating laws, the police have better things to do than enforce them. I have never heard of any such laws though. The local WFTDA league is always recruiting skaters and skating referees (dues are cheap because they practice in a park). There's a local co-ed banked track group. RollerCon, the annual RSA convention and I think the USARS meeting are held there. Las Vegas Roller Hockey has some inline hockey leagues. It's been better. It WILL BE better once the economy recovers. Right now there are some great deals on real-estate there. Lots of foreclosures on the market. If you're not after a McMansion you can get a nice deal there nowadays. And it will likely appreciate in value once the economy picks back up and bartenders can afford to get mortgages again. Californians who sell their million dollar homes either move here, or Phoenix, or to Texas. Vegas is far more fun. First Friday is fun, and there's an arts district near downtown. Locals who are in the know (and/or well-connected) can score good deals on tix to shows on The Strip. I took my mom to see "Producers" for free a year or two ago. In one year I managed to see Frank Sinatra Jr, Social Distortion (twice?), the Smothers Brothers, the Buzzcocks, a 300lb naked Elvis impersonator and a midget porn star fronting a metal band. I probably could have seen every band that should have died off in the 80s/90s AND Tony Orlando and Dawn and Peter Frampton, had the desire to do so ever gripped me. Quote:
Any other great selling points?[/QUOTE] Vegas, baby. Vegas.
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Discovered SEDS on 1/1/08
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 4,390
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I am within an hours drive of at least 12 rinks & we have dedicated bike/skate (road) lanes all over Greensboro. We also have an extensive paved trail system. Our typically mild climate makes for some great outdoor skating as well.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Portland, OR.
Posts: 6
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Falcon Heavy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: CoS, CO.
Posts: 1,242
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East SF Bay, CA wasn't too bad - fair number of trails, SF Friday Night skate, couple good events not too far away. Good speed club in Milpitas.
Burbank/SFV, CA area I'm not too happy with. Gotta drive hundreds of miles a week to train with a team, virtually nobody to skate with outdoors on a regular basis ![]() Beaches are within striking distance, though I almost always end up with some cyclists since skaters are relatively uncommon. |
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Ninja Naked Mole Rat
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: L.A., Ca
Posts: 6,140
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Venice Beach California. It has a great boardwalk, plus a variety of skating rinks around LA and OC I used to skate in Venice in the mid 80's. Now I rink skate. This offer valid only if you are serious about public transportation. We got WAY too many cars already.
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Unsafe at ANY speed
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: HELL(Lansing MI.)
Posts: 822
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+1 LOL
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Secret Location If I told ya...I'd have to kill ya
Posts: 1,183
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You live in "Hell" wouldn't anything be an improvement?
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: G-Town, Texas
Posts: 252
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Austin, TX. is pretty good.
Only one roller rink worth mentioning (imho), but it's not bad. We have the Veloway which totally rocks for outdoor speed training. Lots of hills in the area make both cycling and skating a lot more fun than flatland. Skate scene is good. We have a great indoor speed club(Texas Speed Club), excellent derby program(Texas Roller Girls), a great outdoor inline club (Hill Country Inline Club), and a great skate marathon (Texas Road Rash Skate). The road and mountain bike scene are both off the charts excellent here. Lots of rowing, and river activities. Two Ice rinks. Big hiking, adventure race, and triathlon followings as well. Music, art, and theatre scenes are fantastic. And it's a really clean city, at least as far as Texas cities go. Great public bus system, or so I've been told. Whenever I don't drive, I ride my bike, as do many Austinites. The only place in Texas I ever want to live from now on. Wouldn't mind a move myself though, but if I have to stay in Texas a while longer, let it be Austin. |
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Still Learning...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 3,794
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Looks like Houston has just over 35 skating rinks in and around the city.
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SWM So Cal
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lancaster, CA
Posts: 766
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Always wished I lived in San Diego. One rink, two clubs and miles of beach trails.
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Senior Grand PooPah
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Posts: 678
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I live about 500 feet from a 15 mile trail that connects to other trails that lead throughout Albuquerque. It is a matter of waking up, putting on the gear and slipping out the door for a car free 15 mile skate
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Tailbone healing slowly..
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Jacksonville, NC
Posts: 154
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It's definitely not Jacksonville, North Carolina, I can tell you that!
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