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San Francisco may offer the biggest night skate event around. but fun-on-wheels goes beyond Northern California. Most skates listed on the weather and some are held in the summertime only. ure numerous stops and breaks. so slower skaters can catch up with the pack. The Los Angeles Friday Night Skate happens the first and third Fridays of each month. group meets at 8 PM at the comer of Ocean and Colorado. next to the big canon and the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier. For more information. call 31 0-57-SKATE. or go to http://members.aol.com/theSWAN19/FridayNightSkate.htm I SAN DIEGO > The San Diego Skate Coalition offers four different Friday night skates. divided difficulty. Routes range from the pedestrian path of Coronado Island to the hills and auto traffic of the Mission Bay to La Jolla route. Each skate leaves at 7,30 PM. A full schedule of locations can be found at the SDSC web site. www.pilot.com/sdsc. or by calling 619- 544-4553. FT LAUDERDALE > Ft Lauderdale presents a 12-mile skate through the Rio Vista neighborhood on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The group meets under the Andrews Avenue Bridge on south side of New River. Meeting times are 8 PM on Tuesdays and 7,30 PM Thursdays. For more information. go to www://Shadow.net/- nrr/ CHICAGO > Chicago's Londo Mondo offers two group skates each week, a beginners' skate at PM on Tuesdays. and an advanced skate at 6,30 PM on Wednesdays. Both events at 1100 N Dearbom. For more information. go to www.skaters.com/groupskates.html BOSTON > The Inline Club of Boston schedules night skates every Tuesday evening. from April through October. taking a different route each week. Skates typically last 2 and meet at the Hatch Shell on Boston's Esplanade. Skates begin at 7 PM. information can be found at http://sk8net.com/events/nightskates/index.html DETROIT > The Detroit Skate happens Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 PM. leaving from (Malaka's) Detroiter Bar at the comer of Fort and Beaubien. Skates range from 10 to 25 miles. often featuring several groups for those who don't want to go the entire route. For more information. go to http://cdsdetroit.com/detroitskates/basic.htm I NEW YORK CITY > The Empire Skate Club presents the Thursday Evening Roll. It meets at 6,45 PM at Columbus Circle and covers the lower loop of Central Park. after it is closed to automobile traffic for the night. For more information. call 212-774-1774. or go to www.empireskate.org/ter.htm > The Tuesday Night Skate leaves at 8 PM from the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop at 141 West 72 Street. between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. It chooses routes through various parts of Manhattan. with distances ranging between seven miles and 20 miles. For more information. call 212-774-1774 x5. or go to www.empireskate.org/tns.htm > Blade Night Manhattan meets on Wednesdays at 8 PM at Union Square (14th and Union Square South). traversing Manhattan with groups of up to 200 people. different routes offer a variety of nine-mile loops through Manhattan. For information. call 212-595-1683. PHILADELPHIA > The Philadelphia Landskaters offer three weekly night skates, the Monday covers South Jersey communities. meeting at 6,30 PM at the Lobster Trap at River Park in Pennsauken. from May through September. The Tuesday and skates ranges 10 to 12 miles through Center City Philadelphia. meeting at .7'fP,orM'ma;t.tinn t~:~:~.:ii\~. top of the stairs in front of the Art Museum. from April to October. For more ir call 609-988-9898. or go to www.landskaters.org/generaVcityskates.html LONDON > The Friday Night Skate (summer only) leaves from the entrance to Imperial near the South Kensington tube stop. People meet at 9,15 PM. and divide into faster and slower groups. which take various courses through London. For more information go to www.ucl.ac.uk/-uczxros/sk8whtgo.htm PARIS > The Pari Roller Association presents Friday Night Fever. a 25-kilometer skate leaving at 10 PM. from 40 Avenue d·italie. For more information (French speakers) call 01-43- 36-89-81 . or go to www.pari-roller.com/main.htm