Many people in British Columbia have some Ice-Skating, Snow Skiiing or Roller-skating experience & will take to IN-LINE SKATING very quickly!

However, in spite of the great similarities, there are significant differences in stopping & balancing that must be made to blade outdoors without being limited to your ice rink, roller rink or snow skills!

Learn basic IN-LINE SKATING SKILLS in a safe, flat area, in a private, semi-private or small group lesson. Then learn how to blade slight grades, rough surfaces, & pathways before you venture out to the Seawalls, Stanley Park, or Seymour Forest. (**Note: Even Stanley Park has 4 significant hills so make sure you’ve developed your braking & hill skills before you venture there!)

Lorne’s ‘Zen of Blading’ teaching method guides students to:

• expand their Balance Skills (initially on the grass) & their Perception Skills for each movement;
• increase their Confidence & Comfort Level;
• focus on ‘Rapid Learning Acquisition’;
• deal with undulations & other changes in outside surfaces (Pathways are not perfectly smooth like rinks);
• move to the point where blading becomes 2^nd nature & they experience the ‘Zen of Blading’;
• steadily increase their fitness;
• blade for transportation & recreation!

Lorne uses the most current safety techniques & instructional methods for ‘Fun, Positive, & Success-Based Learning’ (please see his extensive qualifications !)