The Cali 2007 World Championships
2004-07-07 14:54
Day 1 On the RoadToday was overcast, but the sun was shining brightly for two of MPC’s brightest stars. In the Senior Men’s 200 meter event, both Gregory Duggento of Italy and Wouter Hebbrecht of Belgium ran exact times in the qualifying heats tying them for 1st place entering the final round. While the first 8 contestants were finishing their final runs, the chronograph seemed to be stuck around 16.7 seconds. Then, the Venezuelan Juan Jardine posted a 16.6 and took the lead. All eyes were on Gregory Duggento, the man who had won this event for the past 9 years. The crowd began to yell, even Colombians as they appreciate the purity and power of Duggento’s explosive sprint. The chrono posted a time of 16.37, bettering Jardine’s time by over 2 tenths of a second and seemingly putting the competition away. Now, it was the Belgian Wouter Hebbrecht’s time to take a shot at fame. Hebbrecht exploded off the line and in a striking contrast to Duggento’s style, he began crossing through the turn almost continuously and lunged for the line. The crowd fell silent as again, the chrono showed a time of 16.37 -- the identical time to Duggento’s!After what seemed like an eternity, the announcer advised the crowd that they would be going to the thousands to determine the winner and Duggento’s final time of 16.373 was not enough to beat Hebbrecht’s final time of 16.366 giving Hebbrecht the win by a mere 7 one thousands of a second. Hebbrecht’s fiancée, USA’s own “Wonder Woman” Sara Sayasane ran through the crowd and the couple enjoyed a moment as a couple who just happen to both be World Champions! World’s 2007 Cali, Colombia News “Close competition between Colombia and Korea for rights to Inline Speed Skating Championship for 2007”Up until this year, Colombia has simply dominated inline speed skating championships for the past several years, winning bragging rights since 2004. Last year however, the South Korean Team served notice by placing second overall on their home turf that they would be a force to be reckoned with in the future. This year, with half of the competition completed, South Korea is knocking on Colombia’s front door in one of the closest competitions in memory. A mere 52 points separate the two teams with Colombia holding the lead with 1,423 points, South Korea second with 1,371 points, USA third with 1,248 points and Italy fourth with 1,203 points. MPC wheels have been on 9 Gold Medalists so far out of a possible 16 giving them the edge in Gold Medals throughout the competition thus far.With a rest day scheduled for Tuesday, the road competition begins Wednesday and the action is sure to heat up again. “Team USA’s Jessica Smith heads home”Jessica Smith is heading home to get a broken collarbone evaluated for possible surgery on Tuesday morning. Jessica suffered her injury during the Senior Ladies 15K elimination race during a crash involving multiple skaters and will be unable to skate the remainder of the competition.MPC wishes Jessica a speedy recovery and hopes to see her back on the road, track and/or ice very soon. World’s 2007 Cali, Colombia News2007 World Championships from Cali, ColombiaMPC powered South Korea strikes first Gold at the World Championships and takes the Silver too in the Junior Ladies 10,000 meter points/elimination Track Championship. The South Koreans were one of the big surprises last year and are proving they are no fluke as they struck gold in 3 of the 4 long distance events on the first day of the Championships in Cali, Colombia. The Koreans were not only impressive, they dominated during the track events with the notable exception of the Senior Men's 10,000 meter where Italy just edged out New Zealand for the victory in a close race to the finish.After the first day of competition, it is the South Koreans, powered by MPC wheels who are leading the World Championships i

Xsjado Skates Release
2007-10-15 12:23 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
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2007-10-15 12:59 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
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14 Ultimo etage
2007-10-15 15:19 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
The Hedonskate team did a small movie (non rollerblading related) featuring Ene Stefan & Mirek Ragan. The result is pretty nice! Download the video Right click / save as

Skating, Skating, Skating : Photo Sets
2007-10-15 17:12 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
up : Rocket, Photo by Sitoo. More photos here. up : Darko Raic > Royale 180 out. Photo by Filip Zrnzevic. More photos. elgrade, Genex One Nikon SB-80dx (1/2) from the rear, two Sunpacks 622 (both 1/2 power) from the side and one Sb-26 (1/4) front. Was testing 4 flashes, still experimenting though.

Piotr Combrzyński @ the end of the season
2007-10-15 17:38 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
Piotr Combrzyński (hedon PRO rider) won the “end of the season” competition at Kromeriz (czech republic). Thanks Xmordax. Download: KM2007.avi

Are Big Feet Better?
2007-10-16 01:38
Coach Begg answers your questions about foot size and protein supplements.

Erik Hulzebosch Flashback
2007-10-16 07:09 CadoMotus News
A couple of classic photographs taken of an 'antique' inline speed skating poster were sent in to Pure Skating News. They feature a young Erik Hulzebosch staring down the camera while skating, in a promotional poster for the Wildkamp Ploeg (or Team). The inset to the poster features Hulzebosch and Jenita Smit (who would later become Jenita Hulzebosch). These are some great pictures, images

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The Cali 2007 World Championships
2004-07-07 14:54
Day 1 On the RoadToday was overcast, but the sun was shining brightly for two of MPC’s brightest stars. In the Senior Men’s 200 meter event, both Gregory Duggento of Italy and Wouter Hebbrecht of Belgium ran exact times in the qualifying heats tying them for 1st place entering the final round. While the first 8 contestants were finishing their final runs, the chronograph seemed to be stuck around 16.7 seconds. Then, the Venezuelan Juan Jardine posted a 16.6 and took the lead. All eyes were on Gregory Duggento, the man who had won this event for the past 9 years. The crowd began to yell, even Colombians as they appreciate the purity and power of Duggento’s explosive sprint. The chrono posted a time of 16.37, bettering Jardine’s time by over 2 tenths of a second and seemingly putting the competition away. Now, it was the Belgian Wouter Hebbrecht’s time to take a shot at fame. Hebbrecht exploded off the line and in a striking contrast to Duggento’s style, he began crossing through the turn almost continuously and lunged for the line. The crowd fell silent as again, the chrono showed a time of 16.37 -- the identical time to Duggento’s!After what seemed like an eternity, the announcer advised the crowd that they would be going to the thousands to determine the winner and Duggento’s final time of 16.373 was not enough to beat Hebbrecht’s final time of 16.366 giving Hebbrecht the win by a mere 7 one thousands of a second. Hebbrecht’s fiancée, USA’s own “Wonder Woman” Sara Sayasane ran through the crowd and the couple enjoyed a moment as a couple who just happen to both be World Champions! World’s 2007 Cali, Colombia News “Close competition between Colombia and Korea for rights to Inline Speed Skating Championship for 2007”Up until this year, Colombia has simply dominated inline speed skating championships for the past several years, winning bragging rights since 2004. Last year however, the South Korean Team served notice by placing second overall on their home turf that they would be a force to be reckoned with in the future. This year, with half of the competition completed, South Korea is knocking on Colombia’s front door in one of the closest competitions in memory. A mere 52 points separate the two teams with Colombia holding the lead with 1,423 points, South Korea second with 1,371 points, USA third with 1,248 points and Italy fourth with 1,203 points. MPC wheels have been on 9 Gold Medalists so far out of a possible 16 giving them the edge in Gold Medals throughout the competition thus far.With a rest day scheduled for Tuesday, the road competition begins Wednesday and the action is sure to heat up again. “Team USA’s Jessica Smith heads home”Jessica Smith is heading home to get a broken collarbone evaluated for possible surgery on Tuesday morning. Jessica suffered her injury during the Senior Ladies 15K elimination race during a crash involving multiple skaters and will be unable to skate the remainder of the competition.MPC wishes Jessica a speedy recovery and hopes to see her back on the road, track and/or ice very soon. World’s 2007 Cali, Colombia News2007 World Championships from Cali, ColombiaMPC powered South Korea strikes first Gold at the World Championships and takes the Silver too in the Junior Ladies 10,000 meter points/elimination Track Championship. The South Koreans were one of the big surprises last year and are proving they are no fluke as they struck gold in 3 of the 4 long distance events on the first day of the Championships in Cali, Colombia. The Koreans were not only impressive, they dominated during the track events with the notable exception of the Senior Men's 10,000 meter where Italy just edged out New Zealand for the victory in a close race to the finish.After the first day of competition, it is the South Koreans, powered by MPC wheels who are leading the World Championships i

Xsjado Skates Release
2007-10-15 12:23 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
Quoting Oli Benet: We expected to get the samples last week and then go ahead with production, we were promised that they were sent out but then they never arrived, production and sending takes 2 months… Thats about as much information as i can get right now…so minimum 2 months…but as i say we are still [...]

Edit by Delroca
2007-10-15 12:59 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
Featuring Tim Taylor, Montre Livingston, Adam Mcmanus, Nate McGregor, Emmett Pope, Thomas Martin, Johnny Ray, Dustin Hinson, Rory Marret, Jeremy Lister and more. Thanks Delroca.

14 Ultimo etage
2007-10-15 15:19 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
The Hedonskate team did a small movie (non rollerblading related) featuring Ene Stefan & Mirek Ragan. The result is pretty nice! Download the video Right click / save as

Skating, Skating, Skating : Photo Sets
2007-10-15 17:12 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
up : Rocket, Photo by Sitoo. More photos here. up : Darko Raic > Royale 180 out. Photo by Filip Zrnzevic. More photos. elgrade, Genex One Nikon SB-80dx (1/2) from the rear, two Sunpacks 622 (both 1/2 power) from the side and one Sb-26 (1/4) front. Was testing 4 flashes, still experimenting though.

Piotr Combrzyński @ the end of the season
2007-10-15 17:38 durrenbe@yahoo.com (David Durrenberger)
Piotr Combrzyński (hedon PRO rider) won the “end of the season” competition at Kromeriz (czech republic). Thanks Xmordax. Download: KM2007.avi

Are Big Feet Better?
2007-10-16 01:38
Coach Begg answers your questions about foot size and protein supplements.

Erik Hulzebosch Flashback
2007-10-16 07:09 CadoMotus News
A couple of classic photographs taken of an 'antique' inline speed skating poster were sent in to Pure Skating News. They feature a young Erik Hulzebosch staring down the camera while skating, in a promotional poster for the Wildkamp Ploeg (or Team). The inset to the poster features Hulzebosch and Jenita Smit (who would later become Jenita Hulzebosch). These are some great pictures, images

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