Re: My new K2 Mod Lts

> There it is again, that "your skate shop."  Must be a strange critter that
> inhabits northern climes. I look around and don't see any such critters!
> Only Oshman's and Galyan's and Sports Authority and Academy Sports.  Sigh.
> I wish there WERE skate shops to be found in North Texas!

Actually, I was referring to the Oshman's that you got your skates at.
Another place to look would be skate board shops.  Some carry skates also.

We (Minneapolis / St Paul) have many skate shops here but most of them have
ice skates without inlines, lots of hockey and some figure.

We have two traditional shops that carry higher end inlines.  One is
primarily a skateboard shop and the other also carries skis and ice skates.
That shop even carries some Bont ice skates but asked me who they should
send people who wanted custom Bonts.
There are a couple other shops that are primarily ice skate shops but carry
some hockey and mid level rec inlines.

We have two skaters who have gone into the mail order business locally.
Adam (www.adamsinline.com/) is a racer who specializes in speed skates,
including customs.
Roller Bob (www.rollerbob.com/) is a fast fitness skater who started out
selling wheels and bearings much cheaper than the stores but has now
branched out by carrying the better lines from Rollerblade.

If I wasn't connected to the local skating scene, I probably would only know
of one of the traditional shops and be missing out on most of the variety
that is hiding around here.

Besides pointing you to people who can help you learn to skate, other local
skaters may be able to point you to good shops that are hard to find.

--
Bill Fuhrmann
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