Next Skate: None currently planned
Planned Skates:
The Saturday Social Skate & Bike is a relaxed lunch skate, traditionally in the "off-season" (fall and spring). We meet at Gallup Park in the parking lot just south of the big wooden (car) bridge. We will skate/bike the 8 mile Washtenaw Border-to-Border trail to Depot Town in Ypsilanti, have lunch, then return. Skaters: this is a "no drop" group skate open to anyone with basic braking and turning skills. We will make frequent stops to let everyone catch up. Cyclists are very welcome to join us. (Cyclists - please remember to bring a lock.) Saturday Skate Route Email regarding this and other local skating events is sent to the skating-social@yahoo.com list. Go to http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/skating-social/ to join. The Ann Arbor Friday Night Skate is "no drop" group skate open to anyone with basic braking and turning skills. We typically skate 8 to 12 miles, with frequent stops to let everyone catch up. We usually go out for dinner afterward. Cyclists are very welcome (remember to bring a lock if you're staying for dinner). Meet at the large flagpole on the North side of the UM Diag by 6:45ish, so that the skate can start by 7pm. Map showing the starting location: http://tinyurl.com/aafns-start Parking is generally available on the streets around UM Central Campus and most meters in Ann Arbor don't require feeding after 6pm. If you don't want to drive around looking for parking, here are some maps showing some lots/structures: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rhrose/a2skate.gif http://map.mapnetwork.com/destination/annarbor/ The Friday Night Route (the traditional route, but not necessarily the one we'll skate) The typical schedule is to skate the second Fridays of June, July and August, along with a few other Fridays. In 2009 we skated May 22, June 12, July 10, July 24, August 14. Subscribe to this web page or send email to the contact person listed below to receive notices about upcoming social skates.
Ann Arbor page at SkateDetroit.org Ann Arbor/SE Michigan skating-social email list at yahoo Inline Skating in Ann Arbor (old page) Questions? Contact: brian.renaud@gmail.com |
