Every week on Friday night since 1994, the Friday Night Fever Tour is around 15 000 skaters stand front of the Montparnasse Tour and go for 3 hours tour through Paris streets. A non profit group Pari Roller organize, promote this event and the most important has experienced volunteers who help for the safety of the riders.
Everybody can participate if you can control your speed. Start at 10pm. If you come by metro stop at the station Montparnasse Bienvenue. The route is different every week but always about 30km (18.6 miles) long.
To become a member you contribute to the safety of the tour and you get an adapted insurance more information on the websitewww.pari-roller.com (or by mail at Pari-Roller Adhesions 16 Bd Saint Germain 75005 PARIS FRANCE) and respect the safety rules.
Paris International open 2011 Inline Figure Skating & Dance on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 January 2011 at the Gymnase de la Plaine 13 Rue du Général Guillaumat Paris 15. www.skateparis.org
SHOPS IN PARIS
Rollers & Coquillages organize every Sunday between 2:30pm and 5:30pm a tour at the place de la Bastillearound 22,5km more info on the website www.rollers-coquillages.org
Nomades Roller Shop 37 Bourdon Boulevard 4th arrondissement Metro Bastille www.nomadeshop.com A shop where you will find almost everything for roller: roller skate rental required a deposit 150 Euros(half say, full day, all week), helmet, protection, PowerBocks echasses urbaines, scooter rentals, clothes...and lessons.
Les echasses urbaines Powerbocking is jumping and running. You wear special boots and give you the ability to jump to 3 to 5 ft off the ground and run up to 20 mph.