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Night Skates
Home » Inline Skating » Skating Tours & Travel » Night SkatesWhile it is generally not advised to go skating in the dark in a new and unfamiliar area, a wildly popular pastime in the inline skating world is “night skates”.
How popular? Some of these night skates boast thousands, even tens of thousands, of people.
These popular events — usually known as Friday night skates — started in San Francisco and are now found in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, New York, Miami, Seattle and Washington DC. The trend is worldwide. Some of the largest night skates are held in Zurich, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Berlin. These are not all necessarily held on Friday nights and of course, are all subject to cancellation because of bad weather.
Night skates are well-organized with extra precautions taken to insure safety. Police escorts are usually present and sometimes, entire roads are blocked off for the event. It is important to inquire about these events — especially in international cities — because some are designed for more advanced skaters.
Resources:
Inline Club of Boston
www.zephyradventures.com
www.caskating.com
www.traillink.com
Inline Skating Resource Center
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