Our club was formed around 25 years ago, first as the Golden Bears, then as Rohnert Park Express. We have recently changed our name to North Coast Inline Racing to reflect the wide area our members come from.

On the short track side, our home rink is Cal Skate of Rohnert Park, located at 6100 Commerce Blvd. in Rohnert Park. We compete in the Southwest Pacific Inline Speed League, which currently has 14 member clubs from California, Nevada and Arizona. Our league holds a series of contests each year for the Southwest Pacific League Challenge Cup Trophies. At the end of each season, we compete in the Southwest Pacific Regional Championships, which is our qualifier for the USA Roller Sports National Championships.

Many of our skaters also enjoy outdoor skating, both locally and at a national level. Our club has produced world class skaters that have competed internationally with great success.

Since its inception, our club has had several coaches, including Bob Houston, Ray Gregson, Jim and Joann Jolman and Dale Carr. Jeff Joseph, coached from 1992 to 2005. Jeff was asked to take over the coaching duties in 1992. That was the same year the inline skates were introduced to roller speed skating, so this became an even bigger challenge.

For ten years Jeff served on the Board of Directors of the Nor-Cal Speed League, including three years as Vice-President and 8 years as President. He also served on the national level as our Regional Coaches Representative. Jeff enjoyed the opportunity of coaching banked track clinics at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Many of our skaters have skated the clinics and brought back great experiences to share. Jeff retired in 2005 and left some very large skates to fill. He was a great coach and mentor to all of us.

Our current coaching staff consists of Mark Nelson Sr., Head Coach, Melody Scahill, Beginner Coach, Karin Koelle, Asst. Coach. We also receive special help from Debra Alpers, the Milpitas coach and a retired world class skater. Debra comes to our practices on Wednesdays and her expertise has been invaluable to our new coaching staff and our skaters.

We have had many members over the years and hope they will always consider themselves part of our club. Throughout the years we've tried to remain focused on the most important reasons for our club - Fun, Fitness, Family and Friends.