Australian Rollerblading Newsletter (sent only a few times a year - honest)
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Greetings from Rollerblading.com.au!

Alot has been happening in Australian rollerblading in the 1st half of the year 2001 so here is a quick recap.
 
July saw the Last Man Standing street competition in Brisbane being won by Blake Dennis with the Best Trick awarded to Lachlan Burke.
 
June saw the following rollerbladers securing spots to the Planet X Xtreme Games eliminators:
- James Abdoo and Brendan Bloomfield (Street - Kuraby, QLD)
- Brad Watson and Kent Hodgson (Street - Geelong, VIC)
- Paul McGreal and Luke Savill (Street - Wollongong, NSW)
Sydney was also announced as the venue for the 2001 Planet X Summer Games December 8 & 9, 2001 for the main event (beforehand for the eliminators!)
May saw the following rollerbladers securing spots to the Planet X Xtreme Games eliminators:
- Brad Watson, Scott Sanders and Tim Hui (Vert - Vermont, VIC)
- Nick Jackson and Barry Marsh (Street - Perth, WA)
- Ross Daly and Brad Timmins (Street - Vert X Padstow, Sydney - NSW)
Also in May....
World Teams Challenge: Ian Brown won the World Teams Challenge! The doubles were taken out by Blake Dennis and Ian Brown. Other members of the Australian team included Josh Clarke, Matt Salerno, Sam Fogarty and Shane Yost. The Aussies came 2nd just after Europe!

April saw the following rollerbladers securing spots to the Planet X Xtreme Games eliminators:
- Adam McIlhatton and Philip Walz (Vert - Morayfield, QLD)
- Heathen Anderson, CJ Wellsmore and Shane Onus (Street - Tuggeranong, ACT)
- Andrew O'Brien and Scott Sanders (Street - Healesville, VIC)

And of course in April the 2001 ROCES Australian Inline Skating Championships went off and was won by Brad Watson (Vert) and David Wilcock (Street)! Click here for all the juicy coverage including video clips. Special mention and thanks goes out to Manuel Billiris for organising another excellent Nationals!

A note on what's happening with the website....
Over the past six months traffic to ROLLERBLADING.com.au has dramatically increased because we're committed to continually improving the site by adding new profiles / content, keeping you up to date on upcoming competitions and showcasing Australian athletes in the sport to the skating world. So if you're interested in contributing any photos or small video clips of Australian rollerbladers (or visiting pro-skaters downunder) feel free to send them in. If you really impress us we'll even send you one of 32#1#6 Productions' videos. 

If you have a skater profile and wish to update it with pics, results, sponsors or any other details just send your friendly ROLLERBLADING.com.au webmaster James O'Connor an email with all the details. Another thing - lets get some more women into competitive rollerblading in this country!

We hope you like the site and don't forget to check out the product review area, new speed section, press release area (bookmark this one) and videos area where you can check out reviews for great rollerblading videos.

Thanks for your words of support and keep on skating!

James O'Connor
Founder and Webmaster
http://www.rollerblading.com.au (don't forget the .au)
Level 2 IISA Instructor

PS Thanks goes to Karen Stibbard, Delly Carr, Matt Raimondo 32#1#6 Productions, Christian Van der Plaat - IT3, Manuel Billiris, Tim Dennis, Radah Moufarrege - Pacific Leisure (Rollerblade), Kramar Sportz, Pam & CJ Wellsmore, SBS, Nigel McBride - Pivotal, Bluemanna.com.au, Bettina Bigelow (IISA Examiner), Adam Diakowsky, Linden Mitchell, Gordon Patrech, Ben Granero, James Abdoo, Gerard Ahrens, Greg Davison, Justin Buchanan, Scott Crawford, Cesar Mora, Dale Travers, Fabiola da Silva, Rhonda Paton - ROCES, Ralph Magazine, BONT skates, Kathie Fry - About Inline Skating, Yahoo!, Bill Vertucci - Manly Blades, Sydney Bladers, Kramar Sportz, Andrew "Garfield" Cavanagh, Jim Trail - Triple J, VERTX, SKATE PIT & THE SHED skate facilities plus especially Planet X! (And anyone we've forgotten to mention).

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