Philly Landskaters
Love City Skate
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Overview
Landskaters’ Love City Skate is an open invitation to curious club first timers who want to ease into street skating. We meet up at the iconic Art Museum steps near the Rocky Statue. It’s like a rink skate, but outdoors!
We hang at the Art Museum a while, then skate down the flat, smooth Parkway to Love Park. Chill with some music, or learn to cone skate, it’s very laid back and ends back to the Art Museum. Some of us grab a drink after.
When
Thursdays at 7:00 PM TO 9:00 PM.
We leave for Love Park at 7:45 PM.
We head back to the Art Museum at 8:30 PM.
Where
Where We Meet
Where To Park
Where We Skate
The Love Skate spends time at the base of the Rocky steps, travels down the parkway to Love Park, and skates back up the Parkway back to the Rocky steps.
Abilities & Skills You Need To City Street Inline Skate
Skate Ability
The Love City Skate is an open invitation to curious club first timers who want to ease into street skating.
Lung Stamina
You won’t get winded.
Leg Stamina
Basic leg and ankle skate stamina to handle short distances.
Post Skate
Sometimes members meet up after skates for a drink within a few blocks of the Art Museum. Past hang-outs include: Bishop’s Collar, Kite and Key, or other local skater-friendly bar/restaurants in the area.
City Street Skating FAQs
Do I need a helmet?
Do you skate year round?
What if I can't finish?
What is the age limit?
What's the youngest age to finish?
Do you have beginner skates?
Sort of! In September of 2023, we introduced the Love City Skate on Thursdays. It's a chill skate; however, a key ability is stopping with control. You must be ready to try skating in the street.
Can bikes join along?
What's the culture of the group?
Landskaters are from every age group. Many are legacy skaters who have skated 20+ years. They are fun loving but serious about skating. Don't get us wrong, we are definitely social, and everyone is easy to talk to. Many talk while skating, while others talk at stop lights or breaks. The group welcomes you to take photos and videos.
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Street Talk
Winter Street Inline Skating Tips
Do you skate in the winter? Not on ice, but on the streets. It’s not easy. In fact, you have to ease into it. You need to adapt to more than the cold air cutting through your skin. It takes time to build up lung stamina with the thin air.
Skating in winter seems backwards to most inline skaters because, let’s face it, inline skating was created for ice-skaters who wanted to skate in the summer.
How To Skate On Wet Surfaces
It happens. Sometimes we get caught in the rain, or happen upon wet pavement with no other choice but to skate across it. When this happens you have to change your skate form.
The solution is simple. Shorten your strides. While this seems only common sense, the issue is that many will start with short, compact strides, they eventually begin to kick out.
Mike Zosa
Long Time Member