Ordner

The skater are usually escorted by the police [G]. But there are a few other persons who help them.

The ordner are blocking the roads so the police can drive to the next one. That means that you have to be in a good condition because you

• start (usually) at the top of the crowd
• skate to the next street which is blocked by the police and take their place so they can drive to the next street.
• wait until the whole skate crowd passed you
• skate to the next street which should be blocked (or to the top of the crowd, whatever comes first)

But thats not the only work done by the ordner. They help the skater which have problems (e.g. when we are crossing tram rails) and try to explain the reasons for the event (if someone ask, e.g. a pedestrian or a car driver).

And sometimes you have to explain the other skater that there are some rules for night skating [E].

Coordination of the ordner activity:
Is currently done by Thomas Miglinci (from the Österreichischer Rollsport und Inline-Skate Verband [G]).

Requirements for ordner:

• You should be able to skate safe.
• You should be able to skate fast (required for most of the ordner).
• The combination of the two requirements above should not be a problem for you.
• You have to wear a helmet.
• You need a whistle.
• You have to arrive half an hour before the start time and tell the persons who are coordinating the ordner activity [E] that you would like to skate as ordner.