http://my.rinktime.com/rss/Blogs http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_156/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_156/ This rink is a dump! It is cold and moldy and you have to change in the bathrooms on scumy floors.OMG and the skating director so rude. Call several time never gets back to you and have nothing to offer to members. Spend the money skate in Newington they are assume there. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:09:23 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_155/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_155/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:09:58 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_154/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_154/ I had a cheap used pair of ccm skates which I got off ebay around six months back. I went for the skates as the seller promised top quality. It was written that the skates had been used only for a couple of months and were actually brand new. But obviously I was cheated. I did get the skates at a cheap rate of $50 but they were really uncomfortable.I often used to get blisters in my toe. But as I had invested some money I thought of carrying on with these skates and hope that regular use will aid break-in. But the break-in never happended!! I don't know what the reason was. I even tried heating the skates up but to no avail. I wonder what the reason could be. Was it because of the bad quality of padding or may be this is the case with all used skates? Or may be the issue was that the skates obviouly where very old and were used for more than a year before they were put up on ebay for sale.Anycase, I finally decided to do away with these skates for good. I ordered a pair of hockey skates online a week bfore. They are RBK pump and I got them delivered today. Infact I am wearing them right now as I am tying this post and it feels great. Even before the break-in I feel really comfortable and I love it!! I got an excellent tip from a friend of mine to reduce the break-in period of a skate and I used this technique to these skates. It really does work. It's all about heating the skates up with a blow dryer before wearing them. This helps the padding mould better to your leg shape.Alright, let me go a do some skating now!! Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:07:19 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_153/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_153/ It's really great to find a network dedicated to skating. I love ice hockey since I was a kid - both playing and watching it. Though I have never played in a league. Hope to make some great friends here!! Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:07:53 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_151/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_151/ My name is Frank from PA.  I own and operate CN Skate Palace in Aston for the last 28 years and have NewSkates.com on the internet for the last 10 years.  I am a wealth of skate information that I enjoy sharing with other skaters.  So lets blog away.  This is an excellent site that draws in skaters.  I want to help the first time skater as well as the skater who has been at it for years.  Lets talk.  We have several blogs.  Visit and read.  We give sound advise.  You know the most expensive skate is not always the best.  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:07:32 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_150/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_150/ I have been quad skating quite a bit since fall last year.    I been rink skating lately.  I used to do some outdoor inline.  I have started practicing roller derby with Midwest Mens Roller Derby league. Spring is here in INdy and the few skate parks with 1/2 pipes and stuff are opening up. I need ADVICE... I'd like to hear opinions on wheels to use.  I have a set of Carreras with probe plates.  I added some Bones Swiss and Speed Rays.. Good for derby... But what about the  1/2 pipe and stuff.  My inlines are low end and I woud just rather use my quads. Any other advice would be great to hear. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:04:15 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_149/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_149/ hey everyone~iam 46 years old and skated from 1971 up to today~i started out at deptford skating rink in deptford nj~as you can see in my profile i skated at alot of rinks~i belonged or was a club member at~deptford skating club, cherry hill skating club, christiana skating club, elsmere delaware skating club, blue bell pa skating club, vineland skating club no longer around, franklinville skating club nj, HOLIDAY SKATING CLUB EDGEWATER NJ BEST RINK EVER~my pros where marie and joe guidy, joe dunlap, billy graf, joe korbit, flip smalley~i skated almost everything but freestyle~i speed skated for awhile figure's for awhile~but was a true dance skater~to this day~ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:04:24 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_147/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_147/ Its so crazy! I cant wait until summer is here! 3weeks and counting! Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:04:07 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_146/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_146/ so finally one of my tests is tonight!!! eeek i hope i do weelll!!! Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:03:37 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_145/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_145/ Good Day Family! Just recovering from an absolutely wonderful weekend of skating and I'm still in need of rest. It was so good seeing all of you, if I started naming I'm sure I would leave someone out, but you all know who you are. There seems to be a lot of negativity surfacing about some of the things that went on this past weekend and I was going to comment on them, but decided against it. With so many people at this event there's no way each person will leave happy, but that doesn't mean that the effort wasn't there, because it was. All I know is that I had a GREAT time and my hat goes off to the hosts for another wonderful year. You ladies and gents were wonderful. Everybody who had a job to do did it well and that's all that matters. We all made it home safely and without harm and for those of us who happened to have some minor mishaps, you are in my prayers as well. I do want to shout out to my bro, Soul of DREAMTEAM, HE put it down Saturday. Thanks for the grub, it was the best meal I had all weekend. You and the DC/Maryland crew are awesome! Please count me as an honorary DREAMTEAM member, because ya'll got it going on. To the DJ's: Wiz, Spin, and KW Griff, you guys worked hard and deserve every bit of praise that comes to you. THREE THE HARD WAY is on the move!!! So until the next roll, peace and blessings to you all! KP "LIFT EVERY SKATE AND SING" Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:03:17 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_144/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_144/ Life has been so crazy this past week! I have been studying and trying to catch up... then sorority initiation for the newbies... and TZ... and a wedding this weekend!!! GEEZ way to much! and the next two weeks dont get any better! o well all i can do is =] Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:03:22 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_143/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_143/ is soooo crazy right now!   LOTS to study and LOTS to do! I mean I barely have time to go to the grocery storee!!!! lol Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:03:27 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_142/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_142/ Okay the contest is over... finally!!! And I will say that John made us work, but it was well worth it. The competition was VERY FIERCE, and it came down to the wire. I figured if I was going to participate to give it my all and that's what I did. I now owe Sweet Dreams lunch in Chicago :), but it's all good. We can get acquainted over our favorite meal, PIZZA! Thanks John for the contest and the opportunity. You know I am very proud at the way RinkTime has grown over the past year. I wish you much success in this endeavor and will continue to give my support. I'm not going to Disneyworld, but I'll be at the skating rink! Until next time, see ya'll on the battlefield :P Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:03:34 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_141/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_141/ O snap I just got back from an AWESOME workout!!!   =] how nice Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:03:32 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_140/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_140/ well now i actually have to do schoolwork that i am so behind on. =[and im wondering why it stopped uploading my pics at the end =/LOSER lol Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:03:17 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_139/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_139/ this contest is almost over!!! this is crazy!!   and im happy that i got some of my friends to actually join =] Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:03:22 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_138/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_138/ History of Rollerskating The first recorded use of roller skates was in a London stage performance in 1743. The inventor of this skate is lost to history. The first recorded skate inventor was Jean-Joseph Merlin, who demonstrated a primitive inline skate with metal wheels in 1760. The first patented roller skate design was patented in France by M. Petitbled, in 1819. These early skates were similar to today's inline skates, but they were not very maneuverable; it was very difficult with these skates to do anything but move in a straight line and perhaps make wide sweeping turns. During the rest of the 19th century, inventors continued to work on improving skate design.     An advert for an early 20th century model which fit over regular shoes. The four-wheeled turning roller skate, or quad skate, with four wheels set in two side-by-side pairs, was first designed in 1863 in New York City by James Leonard Plimpton in an attempt to improve upon previous designs, The skate contained a pivoting action using a rubber cushion that allowed the skater to skate a curve just by leaning to one side. It was a huge success, so much that the first public skating rink was opened in 1866 in Newport, Rhode Island with the support of Plimpton. The design of the quad skate allowed easier turns and maneuverability, and the quad skate came to dominate the industry for more than a century. Arguably, the most important advance in the realistic use of roller skates as a pleasurable pastime took place in Birmingham, England in 1876 when William Bown patented a design for the wheels of roller skates. Bown's design embodied his effort to keep the two bearing surfaces of an axle, fixed and moving, apart. Bown worked closely with Joseph Henry Hughes, who drew up the patent for a ball or roller bearing race for bicycle and carriage wheels in 1877. Hughes' patent included all the elements of an adjustable system. These two men are thus responsible for modern day roller skate and skateboard wheels, as well as the ball bearing race inclusion in velocipedes -- later to become motorbikes and automobiles. Another improvement came in 1876, when the toe stop was first patented. This provided skaters with the ability to stop promptly upon tipping the skate onto the toe. Toe stops are still used today on most quad skates and on some types of inline skates.     The classic (pre-inline) "quad" roller skate design of four wheels in a rectangular pattern. Roller skates were being mass produced in America as early as the 1880s, the sport's first of several boom periods. Micajah C. Henley of Richmond, Indiana produced thousands of skates every week during peak sales. Henley skates were the first skate with adjustable tension via a screw, the ancestor of the kingbolt mechanism on modern quad skates. In 1884 Levant M. Richardson received a patent for the use of steel ball bearings in skate wheels to reduce friction, allowing skaters to increase speed with minimum effort. In 1898, Richardson started the Richardson Ball Bearing and Skate Company, which provided skates to most professional skate racers of the time, including Harley Davidson (no relation to the Harley-Davidson motorcycle brand). (Turner and Zaidman, 1997). The design of the quad skate has remained essentially unchanged since then, and remained as the dominant roller skate design until nearly the end of the 20th century. The quad skate has begun to make a comeback recently due to the popularity of roller derby and jam skating. In 1979 Scott Olson and Brennan Olson of Minneapolis, Minnesota came across a pair of inline skates created in the 1960s by the Chicago Roller Skate Company and, seeing the potential for off-ice hockey training, set about redesigning the skates using modern materials and attaching ice hockey boots. A few years later Scott Olson began heavily promoting the skates and launched the company Rollerblade, Inc.. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Rollerblade-branded skates became so successful that they inspired many other companies to create similar inline skates, and the inline design became more popular than the traditional quads. The Rollerblade skates became synonymous in the minds of many with "inline skates" and skating, so much so that many people came to call any form of skating "Rollerblading," thus becoming a genericized trademark. For much of the 1980s and into the 1990s, inline skate models typically sold for general public use employed a hard plastic boot, similar to ski boots. In or about 1995, "soft boot" designs were introduced to the market, primarily by the sporting goods firm K2 Inc., and promoted for use as fitness skates. Other companies quickly followed, and by the early 2000s the use of hard shell skates became primarily limited to the aggressive skating discipline. The single-wheel "quintessence skate" [1] was made in 1988 by Miyshael F. Gailson of Caples Lake Resort, California, for the purpose of cross-country ski skating and telemark skiing training. Other skate designs have been experimented with over the years, including two wheeled (heel and toe) inline skates, but the vast majority of skates on the market today are either quad or standard inline design. Info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hope you enjoyed reading and learning about Rollerskating SweetDreams Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:03:37 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_137/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_137/ back in gville and already mad. people are REALLY stupid. but w.e. cant wait to do my hw right now and THEN go to class tomorrow uh uh uh. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:03:09 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_136/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_136/ I went skating tonight at our local rink and I am surprised to see how many new skaters there are.  Every week there seems to be different new skaters.  They had over 300 skaters at the rink tonight. Last Wed night was the same with the adult skate.  There were lots of new adults coming out to skate.  I overheard many saying they hadn't skated for 10 - 20 years and just decided to come on out to the rink. I hope these new skaters keep coming on out skating as it will be great for skating in Ontario.  Just think, the City of London wasn't sure if it would be worthwhile to renovate the building. Now look at how many skaters are turning up.   Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:03:27 -0700 http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_135/ http://my.rinktime.com/rss/link_blogs/id_135/ tired it crazy!   going to get ready for bed and SLEEEEEEEP Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:03:03 -0700