Robert O. Naegele, Jr. Former Charman of the Board, Rollerblade, Inc.
"Get Rolling is a masterpiece!"


Henry Berry, Editor/Publisher The Smal Press Book Review
"Clear, simple illustrations and other user-friendly touches make this instructional and safety manual readily digestible."


Jim Fink, now a member of Seattle Skate Patrol
"Get Rolling goes into instructional detail that works. I read and skate until I get it."


Book Description
Get Rolling is your guide to the safest, easiest way to start (and stop!) rolling on in-line skates. Author Liz Miller is a nationally-known certified instructor who wrote Get Rolling for nervous novices seeking a comprehensive in-line how-to guide. With an easy, encouraging format and tons of empathy for your fears, Liz will turn you into a confident, competent skater with dozens of step-by-step lessons, plenty of photos, and her own lively drawings. Then you, too, can benefit from the most fun form of low-impact exercise around! You will learn: How to avoid injury and conquer the debilitating fear of falling Beginning to advanced techniques for stopping, turning and striding Where to find the true bargains for skates and protective gear Building blocks for in-line hockey, racing, ski cross training, and more Where to skate, what to wear, and how to stay fit with "roll-aerobics" Acclaimed worldwide, Get Rolling is the only in-line skating book you'll need to go safely stride-by-stride from beginner to expert skating!


From the Author
This is the book I so desperately needed the year I took up in-line skating! I finally had to write it myself so I could share the fun and fitness of skating with other nervous novices.


About the Author
A fourth-generation native of California, Liz Miller is an in-line skating instructor living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been teaching beginners and experienced skaters alike since she published the first edition of Get Rolling in 1992. Besides "liberating" first-time skaters with braking skills, her other favorite forms of skating are ski-style downhill slaloms and skating for fitness and adventure on California’s many paved routes. Liz also works as a writer and communications consultant specializing in information technology. Liz's lifestyle has always embraced movement and nature's outdoor bounties. Besides in-line skating year-round, her summers are filled with hiking and backpacking, either in the nearby coastal hills or as high and far into the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges as free time allows. An expert alpine skier, she reserves most winter weekends for visits to the ski areas near Lake Tahoe. Entering the millennium, she adopted two new skate-enhancing passions, Yoga and Pilates. When Ragged Mountain Press decided to discontinue the second edition of Get Rolling in 2002, Liz went back to her original self-publisher role because "I couldn’t bear to think Get Rolling would no longer be available to help new skaters around the world!" Other books by Liz Miller: California In-Line Skating, The Complete Guide to the Best Places to Skate. 1995, Foghorn Press Advanced In-Line Skating, Ragged Mountain Press, 2000. Sports and Recreational Activities, 13th edition, by Mood, Musker and Rink, published by McGraw-Hill’s text book division.