Nordic Walking /Urban Walking with Nordic Poles :     Lorne Milne is a graduate of the Leki ‘Nordic Walking’ Instructor program (also an Outdoor Instruction specialist in many other recreational activities) & provides group or  personal instruction & coaching in Vancouver, British Columbia (Leki Nordic Poles rentals provided with class).  Look up his outdoor sports instruction school ( LM Bladeskool) at  inlineskatingvancouver.com  or e-mail  LMBladeskool@shaw.ca;  ph: 604-708-1055; cell: 604-805-4810; fx. 604-708-1062

    Interested in a cross training activity after a day of Inline Skating?; …Looking to improve your posture after spending too much time on the computer?; … Bored with aerobics & wanting to get back outdoors?;  …has Jogging just causing you too many aches & pains?; looking for a cheaper activity than buying a gym membership?; … Boot camp just ain’t your thing??,……then Nordic Walking is probably the new activity that you should try!!! Plan your Urban Safari now!     

   Nordic walking  (an Urban walking activity) has caught on in Europe & is the newest recreational activity taking place in North America. Nordic Poles look similar to Trekking Poles (using by off-road hikers & climbers) with significantly different features. Noric Walking poles are amazing light, shock-absorbent devices.  With unique technique (similar to contemporary Inline Skating Arm Swings & utilizing pole ‘set-down’ techniques that are similar to the new Downhill Skiing Pole training actions) Nordic Walking can reduce your ‘Heel Strike’ elongate your stride by approx. 25%, while having similar levels of benefits for upper body involvement, cardio-vascular activity. &  generally improved posture & just feeling ‘real darn good’!

Leki Pole Information:  Leki is well-known in the Vancouver & Whistler areas as one of the top downhill skiing poles in the world.   Leki’s motto  ‘Live to walk, …Walk to live’ is supported by the benefits they report on their web-site:.

1.) 'North Shore News' Article on Seymour Forest Blading Path (by Lorne Milne):

www.nsnews.com/issues00/w100200/opinion/mailbox/letter-13.html

2.) 'Vancouver Courier' Article on the 2006 Re-Surfacing of Stanley park Inline Skating Path (Interview with Lorne Milne):

Lorne Milne, an instructor and member of the International Inline Skating Association, calls the newly resurfaced seawall "wonderful." ...
www.vancourier.com/issues06/063106/news/063106nn2.html

Buying Inline Skating Safety Gear:  If don’t wear protective gear, you have no protection when you fall!  You may only you only go down once every few years,..but it’s like air bags,..you only need them that one time!

Wrist Guards /Hand Protectors / Sliders:                                                                

7 Future Inline Skating Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia:

BY Lorne Milne (LM Bladeskool, www.inlineskatingvancouver.com; LMBladeskool@shaw.ca; 604-708-1055)

    Eager to expand your rolls to new sites?  Here’s a list below of plans & proposals for upcoming new blading sites.  If you can contribute to letter writing to your local politicians to see these sites developed (earlier than later) please do.  Inline Skaters are notoriously busy being active & traditionally have poor turn-out at open-houses on new developments (where new facilities like inline skate paths are discussed).  If you know of any new pathways on the horizon please let us know:

HOW TO’ DESIGN INLINE SKATING PATHWAYS (& Other Features):

By Lorne Milne (LM Bladeskool owner/Inline Skating instructor;   www.inlineskatingvancouver.com ;604-708-1055; LMBladeskool@shaw.ca )

Inline Skating Destination: Vancouver (FaSST magazine article): By Lorne Milne (www.inlineskatingvancouver.com; 604-708-1055);    As published in Florida’s ‘Fitness & Speed Skating Times’ magazine Spring 1999.

 ‘Inline Destination: Vancouver Spring’  

                 Top 17 Cities to Inline Skate in North America:

By Lorne Milne (LM BladeSkool; 604-708-1055; www.inlineskatingvancouver.com)

As published in ‘Fitness & Speed Skating Times’ Magazine Vol.11 #4, Winter 2000

Buying the Right ‘Roller-Blades’

By Lorne Milne (LM Bladeskool, 604-708-1055, www.inlineskatingvancouver.com )

   The first thing for a ‘newbie’ shopper to know is that the formal name is ‘Inline Skates’, & that Roller-Blade is the name of a brand!  They are by far the most famous as: they’ve been around since the emergence of the sport; they are an extremely popular brand known for how darn well they work & how tough they are (which one of the reasons they are the most popular brand for rental skates in North America).

‘STROLLER-BLADING’ SAFELY!: (as published in Florida’s ‘Fitness & Speed Skating Times’ & Vancouver’s ‘Momentum Magazine’) By Lorne Milne, LM BLADESKOOL, www.inlineskatingvancouver.com ,604-708-1055

      When  my wife & fellow LM BLADESKOOL Instructor Jennifer Harvey Milne & I were expecting our son Dax, I researched jogging strollers  so that he could safely join us on our inline skating activities & trips.   ‘Stroller-Blading’ is a great family event  (& beats transporting in a mini-van) as well as being a good training activity (with the added weight & wind resistance) but here are 17 safety points to keep in mind:  

 ‘Inline Skating Vancouver &  ‘The Law' : By Lorne Milne (LM Bladeskool- 604-708-1055, www.inlineskatingvancouver.com)

“……Once upon a time (during the early 90’s) amidst the infancy of  Inline Skating a Great Fear grew through the Land,…..BLADE-A-PHOBIA!!!!   Anxiety bloomed as ‘Newbie Bladers’ (lesson-free) rolled upon the pavement.  Dismay grew with many town officials who feared collisions and injuries on public lands!”  This resulted in: