New Skaters to Skate Journeys Skate School Click on the navigation bar to the right and get ready to start rolling with confidence. New students to the skate school get the second class free!
Skate Journeys is an inline skate school which was built upon the belief, first and foremost, that learning to skate is a great way to create a fun and fit community. Secondly, we believe that learning to skate is a great way for all ages to expand the senses, push balance limits and learn to live life just a little differently. We endeavor to give skaters the tools they need to be successful. Our students claim that the school has helped them to increase their self esteem, increased their social community and made fitness fun.our students comprise of about 60% adults and 50% kids. Our instructors teach new skaters how to skate with confidence, and the experienced skaters new skills. Our classes are offered year round at Bellevue Skate King Roller Rink and outdoors in better weather in King County locales such as Seattle, Redmond, Issaquah & Woodinville.
For our Beginners we offer beginning skate classes every Saturday and Sunday 45 weeks a year at Bellevue Skate King Roller Rink (Driving Directions). We also offer them in other locales in the Spring and Summer. See the navigation buttons on the right for all the details.For those who may be confused about the difference between "inline skates" and "rollerblades," note that Rollerblade is a brand name, but the sport is actually called Inline Skating and rollerblades are actually called inline skates. As to our favorite brand, Skate Journeys is proud to be sponsored by K2 Skates.
What if you already know how to skate? Trust us on this one: self taught skaters will find our school challenging and exciting as we insure you have excellent foundation skills and then build on your talents. We offer a myriad of skating disciplines: Marathon Training; Roller Fitness; Ski Conditioning; Freestyle Slaloms; Artistic skating; Indoor Race and others. Try one class and you will see that with 10 levels of lessons, we can both challenge you and encourage you to skate beyond your current level. The most common comment from self taught skaters who come to the school: I could not have conceived of what was possible.
Camps for Kids and Grown Ups We are pleased to offer a variety of skate camps throughout the year for the beginner skater and for the more advanced. We have kids only, adult only and combined camps. Our skate camps have both indoor and outdoor locations. We also teach camps for several area schools. See our camps page to find the one which is just right for you!
BRAND New Students Always Welcome
What if you have never been on skates? Welcome to the school! Over 50% of our students are brand new to skating. Join them for a fun and exciting class.
What if you can skate but can't stop? Welcome to the school! An inability to stop with control is the number one reason why those who can already skate decide to take a lesson. Join us and learn how to stop and thus to skate anywhere with confidence. Caution: you might learn a few more skate moves!
At Skate Journeys we have a staff of 21 instructors who teach a variety of levels to meet the students needs. Our Beginner series B1, 2, 3, & 4 offers each student a chance to progress at his or her own rate. Once you have mastered those classes, join us for our Advanced series: Intermediates and Advanced 1, 2, & 3. For Kids we offer Kids B1, 2, 3, & 4. Some of our kids are so good they take our upper level advanced adult classes.
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July 17, 2008
Hi everyone, hope this finds you doing well and keeping cool.
Tomorrow is the last day for our Skate Journeys Skate Camp (for July) and I will be so sad to see it end. It has truly been extraordinary and I could honestly cry. This school is a place for extraordinary things to happen and sometimes I forget to look for those moments. Luckily I didn’t miss one this week. Not one.
You would think that after 9 straight days of camps and classes that another five days of full day camp and nearly 48 years old that lasting through camp would have been unthinkable but… when young skaters run up to you on Monday morning and grab on to your legs and jump up and down saying ‘yeahhhhhhhh we get to skate’ or ‘I almost couldn’t wait for camp,’ the energy flows in and keeps flowing in. I not only did better than I could have expected to do, I suspect I’ve done the best job I’ve ever done-(to date).
I love quotes and my second favorite quote is from Epictetus:
The key is to keep company only with people who
uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
It is clear that that the kids at camp call forth my best. The school provides me with an opportunity to keep company with people who call forth my best. Thanks for being a part of the school and skating.
Oh, regular classes this weekend, all month.
New trails class on Saturday at 9:15. Register by 9am, warm up in the rink and you will head out after that.
Eddy’s clinic on 8-10th
Naomi’s clinic 9-10th
Next Skate Journey’s Skate Camp August 11-15th (although most of the kids from this camp are signing up again, there are a few spots available.)
Live, love, skate.
Later, skaters,
Trish & the Staff at SkateJourneysSkateSchool
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For our Beginners we offer beginning skate classes every Saturday and Sunday 45 weeks a year at Bellevue Skate King Roller Rink (
What if you have never been on skates? Welcome to the school! Over 50% of our students are brand new to skating. Join them for a fun and exciting class. 
