TRIC - Wednesday Advanced Beginners Street Skate and Free Skate Lessons

Inline Skaters and (Quad) Roller Skaters are welcome to join on this skate. Cyclists are welcome by following the skate group.

Advanced Beginners Skate (6:30 pm) for those who can brake and skate with confidence and are ready to improve their skills. Ability to skate small hills and some street traffic. Skate lasts about 1 1/2 hours. Skate route is generally from Shadyside to Oakland, passing by Pitt and CMU campuses and other surrounding areas like Highland Park, East Liberty and Bloomfield.

Regular season weekly Wednesday Start and Stop Skate Lessons Clinic in Shadyside. This is for new and beginner level skaters and those wanting to improve their skating and braking abilities.

FREE Lessons will be conducted from 6:00 to 6:30 pm. All skaters taking lessons are required to provide their own skates and helmet, with wrist guards, knee and elbow pads recommended.

This skate is patrolled and will have an assigned skate leader and blockers.

Helmets and wrist guards are required as a minimum on all skates.

DISCLAIMER: Even if you do not join the club, please be advised that TRIC strongly recommends that all participants in TRIC sponsored events (including its weekly city skates) should carry medical and liability insurance and should wear protective gear (i.e., helmet, wrist guards, kneepads, elbow pads, and, at night, reflective clothing and blinking lights). Please also be advised that there are particular inherent risks of injury involved in city inline/roller skating, including, but not limited to: cars, bicycles, other skaters, pedestrians, potholes, manhole covers, chains, trolley tracks, cobblestones, bad pavement, water, oil, debris, gravel, curbs, stairs, hills and inclines. This list of possible risks is not comprehensive, because conditions on the street, including the weather, are constantly changing. TRIC cannot accept any liability for the existence of any such risks. Ultimately, each skater is responsible for staying alert to potential risks and obeying all traffic regulations. Finally, TRIC strongly recommends that all participants in TRIC sponsored events (including the city skates) possess and master a set of minimum skate skills before participating in its events: the ability to skate in control, especially on hills; to stop in traffic; to maneuver curbs; and to avoid obstacles.