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Love's Amazing Mexico, WIC Women Of 2007, Briand Kolomna Update, Revotech's 2008 3x120, Custom Shoes, Waco Roundup Pics, HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics WIC Women Of 2007: The Inline Planet has just published an article by Bill Begg called Who Was Who and Who Did What ... in the 2007 World Inline Cup- WIC Women. Thanks IP & Bill Begg.  Chile's Catherine Penan behind New Zealand's Nicole Begg at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- about Penan, Bill Begg writes 'The 18-year-old Chilean champion had a solid rookie year in the WIC...any doubts about her ability were put to rest in Biel, where she showed her strength in the breakaway and tried to steal victory in the long sprint in the finish...' Briand Kolomna Update: Pascal Briand put up an update about last weekene'd long track world cup- see world cup in moscow.  France's Pascal Brian, , and Tristan Loy- photo from Pascal Briand Revotech's 2008 3x120: Looks like Revotech's frames are ready for 2008- check out the specs. Maybe Heyoo will carry their products? Hehhe, you like how I put Heyoo in there eh? Custom Shoes: Skate Podium has an article and video about custom skating shoes. Good stuff from an ever good site- lots of insight and inspirado for those emerging boot and skate shoe makers like EGCSkates- I know Eric Gee is taking a break from his site, but I wonder if he reads my site. Waco Roundup Pics: The thread Pictures from the Waco Roundup Meet?? has finally bore some fruit- Lemming came to the rescue and posted photos- see TT1, TT2, TT3, TT4, AM races, and PM races. HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has put up some photos from this past weekend's KNSB Cup #9 in Geleen- see men A and men B.  Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie
Love's Amazing Mexico, WIC Women Of 2007, Briand Kolomna Update, Revotech's 2008 3x120, Custom Shoes, Waco Roundup Pics, HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics WIC Women Of 2007: The Inline Planet has just published an article by Bill Begg called Who Was Who and Who Did What ... in the 2007 World Inline Cup- WIC Women. Thanks IP & Bill Begg. Chile's Catherine Penan behind New Zealand's Nicole Begg at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- about Penan, Bill Begg writes 'The 18-year-old Chilean champion had a solid rookie year in the WIC...any doubts about her ability were put to rest in Biel, where she showed her strength in the breakaway and tried to steal victory in the long sprint in the finish...' Briand Kolomna Update: Pascal Briand put up an update about last weekene'd long track world cup- see world cup in moscow. France's Pascal Brian, , and Tristan Loy- photo from Pascal Briand Revotech's 2008 3x120: Looks like Revotech's frames are ready for 2008- check out the specs. Maybe Heyoo will carry their products? Hehhe, you like how I put Heyoo in there eh? Custom Shoes: Skate Podium has an article and video about custom skating shoes. Good stuff from an ever good site- lots of insight and inspirado for those emerging boot and skate shoe makers like EGCSkates- I know Eric Gee is taking a break from his site, but I wonder if he reads my site. Waco Roundup Pics: The thread Pictures from the Waco Roundup Meet?? has finally bore some fruit- Lemming came to the rescue and posted photos- see TT1, TT2, TT3, TT4, AM races, and PM races. HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has put up some photos from this past weekend's KNSB Cup #9 in Geleen- see men A and men B. Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie
6 Heures De Montlucon, Kolomna Rink Picture, Rollerdome In The News, Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat, CAN Fund Plug, LT All Round, Ruud Aerts, WIC  Photo from Roller En Ligne Kolomna Rink Picture: I really like the picture below of the rink in Kolomna from last weekend's long track world cup- the photo is by German long track skater Joerg Dallmann.  Rollerdome In The News: Minneapolis' Rollerdome was featured in the news on KARE. Click here for more (FYI- I am linking to this thanks to the Inline Planet). Click here for the video. Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat: Modest Mouse has been one of my favourite bands for 5-some odd years now- I think the song Missed The Boat is fantastic- click here for one of the video versions of the song or check it out below. In case you want to get into the band, here's a video of Satin in a coffin performed on Letterman- see below. What I especially like about Modest Mouse is the connection with Johnny Marr who officially joined in 2006. In the early to mid 80's, Marr played guitar with the Smiths which were one of my absolute favourite bands starting in 1991. In high school, used to think I looked like Morrissey... I saw Morrissey perform a few times in Toronto. Here's a Johnny Marr video- Down On The Corner. CAN Fund Plug: Here's another plug for the Canadian Athlete's Now Fund (CAN Fund); they say 'This Holiday Season Donate & Find Out Which Canadian Athlete you Supported! A tax receipt will be issued for donations'.  LT All Round: The long track all round world championships will take place in Berlin on February 10th- Skate Podium is letting us know that tickets are on sale starting today. Click here if you'd like to buy some tickets.  Ruud Aerts: Here is a Skate Podium article about Ruud Aerts and the outdoor and marathon long track scene. Ruud Aerts- photo from Skate Podium WIC: Bill Begg updated the World Cup Topics for 2008 topic with some news from the men's site.
6 Heures De Montlucon, Kolomna Rink Picture, Rollerdome In The News, Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat, CAN Fund Plug, LT All Round, Ruud Aerts, WIC Photo from Roller En Ligne Kolomna Rink Picture: I really like the picture below of the rink in Kolomna from last weekend's long track world cup- the photo is by German long track skater Joerg Dallmann. Rollerdome In The News: Minneapolis' Rollerdome was featured in the news on KARE. Click here for more (FYI- I am linking to this thanks to the Inline Planet). Click here for the video. Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat: Modest Mouse has been one of my favourite bands for 5-some odd years now- I think the song Missed The Boat is fantastic- click here for one of the video versions of the song or check it out below. In case you want to get into the band, here's a video of Satin in a coffin performed on Letterman- see below. What I especially like about Modest Mouse is the connection with Johnny Marr who officially joined in 2006. In the early to mid 80's, Marr played guitar with the Smiths which were one of my absolute favourite bands starting in 1991. In high school, used to think I looked like Morrissey... I saw Morrissey perform a few times in Toronto. Here's a Johnny Marr video- Down On The Corner. CAN Fund Plug: Here's another plug for the Canadian Athlete's Now Fund (CAN Fund); they say 'This Holiday Season Donate & Find Out Which Canadian Athlete you Supported! A tax receipt will be issued for donations'. LT All Round: The long track all round world championships will take place in Berlin on February 10th- Skate Podium is letting us know that tickets are on sale starting today. Click here if you'd like to buy some tickets. Ruud Aerts: Here is a Skate Podium article about Ruud Aerts and the outdoor and marathon long track scene. Ruud Aerts- photo from Skate Podium WIC: Bill Begg updated the World Cup Topics for 2008 topic with some news from the men's site.
LT World Cup #4 Results, Speedy-Tanny, Montreal 24 Hour Date Change?, Love's SI Photos, MSI Marathon De Quebec Video, Spanish Translation  'Pat Meek is on the USA allaround world cup team, and he just sent me some images of the new indoor track in Kolomna, Russia. It looks simply amazing, check out the roof! can you look up & see yourself?'- caption from and photo posted on Andrew Love MSI Marathon De Quebec Video: Here's a video of last weekened's Marathon De Quebec- press play below. Spanish Translation: Alex Bont was recently looking for a Spanish Translation pls; well, it looks like he got it-  'Carlos Orlando Ferreira (IZQ - Izquirda - Left Side) receives the trophy from the President Colombian Olympic Committee Andres Botero (DER- Derecha - Right Side) not a relative of Jorge Botero's, as far as I know! For the number 1 Colombian team of the year,the World championship team. I hope they certainly never got the organization award'
LT World Cup #4 Results, Speedy-Tanny, Montreal 24 Hour Date Change?, Love's SI Photos, MSI Marathon De Quebec Video, Spanish Translation 'Pat Meek is on the USA allaround world cup team, and he just sent me some images of the new indoor track in Kolomna, Russia. It looks simply amazing, check out the roof! can you look up & see yourself?'- caption from and photo posted on Andrew Love MSI Marathon De Quebec Video: Here's a video of last weekened's Marathon De Quebec- press play below. Spanish Translation: Alex Bont was recently looking for a Spanish Translation pls; well, it looks like he got it- 'Carlos Orlando Ferreira (IZQ - Izquirda - Left Side) receives the trophy from the President Colombian Olympic Committee Andres Botero (DER- Derecha - Right Side) not a relative of Jorge Botero's, as far as I know! For the number 1 Colombian team of the year,the World championship team. I hope they certainly never got the organization award'
LT World Cup Results, Cheex Skating Blog, Trans-USA Record Attempt, SSR Plug, Medellin Clasica, Teun Breedijk Interview, IP Skate Tip- Rain, FB's Fire  Yuya Oikawa- photo from Meijco.nl  Denny Morrison- photo from Meijco.nl  Judith Hesse- photo from Meijco.nl Cheex Skating Blog: USA's Michael Cheeks has a blog. He put up a report on the Greensboro Meet. He says ' I remember being a kid and getting super nervous about this meet. Even though we were never really training for it, you always like to do well the first meet of the season' and 'First thing that really stick out in my mind about this meet Is the talent level of the younger kids. Wow, really impressed with all kids and just how fast they're going'. Definitely looking forward to reading more of his thoughts and perspectives.  Michael Cheeks (center) before the road relay finals at the 2007 world championsihps in Cali, Colombia Trans-USA Record Attempt: What will you be doing on January 1st 2008? Recovering from a New Year's party? Danny Dannels has other plans- very very nice. See Trans-USA Record Attempt. 'Hi! Danny Dannels here. I skate with the Texas Flyers. I have received authorization from Guinness World Records to make a Trans-USA record attempt on my speed skates. I will be skating up to 100 miles per day from Jacksonville, FL to San Diego, CA. I will be skating in the I-10 corridor (not on I-10). I am projecting a 30+ day journey rife with human struggle and accomplishments. I will also be blogging my account on my MySpace page during the trip. I begin January 1, 2008'. Best of luck Danny! SSR Plug: This is a plug for Speedskating Results; it's the place to go when you're looking for long track ice results. It's in the links on the right hand side of this section under 'A FEW GOOD LINKS'.  Medellin Clasica: You can find Spanish language reports and results from Colombia's Medellin Clasica here and here. Teun Breedijk Interview: Skate Podium has a video interview with Teun Breedijk about the Essent Cup. There are lots of cool shots of the media and motorbike that rides on the inside of the peloton. IP Skate Tip- Rain: The latest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is Skating in the Rain. Ugh, rain. Remember my video of tips on how to skate in the snow? How cool was that?  2006 world championships marathon in the rain in Korea FB's Fire: Flyin Brian put up a good entry about the 2006 Winter Olympic opening ceremony- it's called Light the Fire Within. He says 'So the Friday night real show at the Opening Ceremonies seemed like a crap shoot. 60,000 fans and a few billion on live TV. I know the choregrapher Sara Karahara and the producers were stressed the last week. Amazingly, everything went off without a hitch'.
LT World Cup Results, Cheex Skating Blog, Trans-USA Record Attempt, SSR Plug, Medellin Clasica, Teun Breedijk Interview, IP Skate Tip- Rain, FB's Fire Yuya Oikawa- photo from Meijco.nl Denny Morrison- photo from Meijco.nl Judith Hesse- photo from Meijco.nl Cheex Skating Blog: USA's Michael Cheeks has a blog. He put up a report on the Greensboro Meet. He says ' I remember being a kid and getting super nervous about this meet. Even though we were never really training for it, you always like to do well the first meet of the season' and 'First thing that really stick out in my mind about this meet Is the talent level of the younger kids. Wow, really impressed with all kids and just how fast they're going'. Definitely looking forward to reading more of his thoughts and perspectives. Michael Cheeks (center) before the road relay finals at the 2007 world championsihps in Cali, Colombia Trans-USA Record Attempt: What will you be doing on January 1st 2008? Recovering from a New Year's party? Danny Dannels has other plans- very very nice. See Trans-USA Record Attempt. 'Hi! Danny Dannels here. I skate with the Texas Flyers. I have received authorization from Guinness World Records to make a Trans-USA record attempt on my speed skates. I will be skating up to 100 miles per day from Jacksonville, FL to San Diego, CA. I will be skating in the I-10 corridor (not on I-10). I am projecting a 30+ day journey rife with human struggle and accomplishments. I will also be blogging my account on my MySpace page during the trip. I begin January 1, 2008'. Best of luck Danny! SSR Plug: This is a plug for Speedskating Results; it's the place to go when you're looking for long track ice results. It's in the links on the right hand side of this section under 'A FEW GOOD LINKS'. Medellin Clasica: You can find Spanish language reports and results from Colombia's Medellin Clasica here and here. Teun Breedijk Interview: Skate Podium has a video interview with Teun Breedijk about the Essent Cup. There are lots of cool shots of the media and motorbike that rides on the inside of the peloton. IP Skate Tip- Rain: The latest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is Skating in the Rain. Ugh, rain. Remember my video of tips on how to skate in the snow? How cool was that? 2006 world championships marathon in the rain in Korea FB's Fire: Flyin Brian put up a good entry about the 2006 Winter Olympic opening ceremony- it's called Light the Fire Within. He says 'So the Friday night real show at the Opening Ceremonies seemed like a crap shoot. 60,000 fans and a few billion on live TV. I know the choregrapher Sara Karahara and the producers were stressed the last week. Amazingly, everything went off without a hitch'.
Charles Whalig Passes, LT WC, KNSB #10 & Essent #8 , SZ's Excerpt From A Journal, AM Wing Blue, AH's Flashback, Godfather's 100k Video, MISC Videos  USA's Shani Davis' 5k- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl  Finland's Mika Poutala's 500- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl  Women's 1500 A podium (Kristina Groves- Canada, Anni Friesinger- Germany, and Christine Nesbitt- Canada)- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl KNSB #10 & Essent #8: Skate Podium has put up live updates from yesterday's KNSB Cup #10 in Deventer. Interesting to note that KC Boutiette placed 6th in the A catergory. You can find a couple of articles with videos about the men (click for article and click for video) and the women's (click for article and click for video) races- you can also view the videos below. Harm de Boer Fotografie has posted pictures not only of the KNSB Cup #10 in Deveter but also of the Essent Cup #8 in Assen- use the following links; KNSB Cup #10 men A, KNSB Cup #10 men B, KNSB Cup #10 women, Essent Cup #8 women, and Essent Cup #8 men.  Essent Cup 8 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Essent Cup 8 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  KNSB Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  KNSB Cup #10 men A- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie SZ's Excerpt From A Journal: I thought Sigriz Ziegler's latest entry was pretty cool; Excerpt from a journal (aka 'I still post on this site'). She talks about her initial experiences in skating and her first impressions of the Toronto Inline Skating Club. AM Wing Blue: Roller En Ligne has posted a review of the AM Wing Blue wheel.  AH's Flashback: Andrew Hegarty writes about two 'Travis Shaw' flashbacks in his most recent entry Flashback. He vividly describes a couple of falls, saying 'I tried to save myself and twisted myself so that I would be turning left but all it did was seal my fate. The next thing I knew I was sliding on my back, spinning, and looking up at the semi-shocked faces of the other skaters as I went plowing through the corner in front of them. Somehow they all managed to avoid hitting me and no one else fell'. He goes on to point out that 'Falling always makes me appreciate the fragile, yet renewable, resource that is the human body'. Godfather's 100k Video: Click here to check out the video from the Godfather's 100k Challenge. MISC Videos: Call it silly, call it what you will; I watch very little television. I do take in my share of documentaries, informercials, and sports news, but that's about it. I recently became addicted to an online show called Quaterlife. I wonder what's going to happen between Debra and Danny. And there's this tension starting to build between Lisa and Jed. I have a hard time with Dylan- there's something about her that I just don't like. And what's the deal with Andy? Why does he take so muvh guff!  I know there are Modest Mouse fan out there, and here are a few more videos for you- amazing! The Dashboard video is genuis. Stiff Animal Fantasy is pretty nifty. You might think this guy is funny or you might think he's an idiot- Apauled.
Charles Whalig Passes, LT WC, KNSB #10 & Essent #8 , SZ's Excerpt From A Journal, AM Wing Blue, AH's Flashback, Godfather's 100k Video, MISC Videos USA's Shani Davis' 5k- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl Finland's Mika Poutala's 500- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl Women's 1500 A podium (Kristina Groves- Canada, Anni Friesinger- Germany, and Christine Nesbitt- Canada)- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl KNSB #10 & Essent #8: Skate Podium has put up live updates from yesterday's KNSB Cup #10 in Deventer. Interesting to note that KC Boutiette placed 6th in the A catergory. You can find a couple of articles with videos about the men (click for article and click for video) and the women's (click for article and click for video) races- you can also view the videos below. Harm de Boer Fotografie has posted pictures not only of the KNSB Cup #10 in Deveter but also of the Essent Cup #8 in Assen- use the following links; KNSB Cup #10 men A, KNSB Cup #10 men B, KNSB Cup #10 women, Essent Cup #8 women, and Essent Cup #8 men. Essent Cup 8 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Essent Cup 8 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #10 men A- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie SZ's Excerpt From A Journal: I thought Sigriz Ziegler's latest entry was pretty cool; Excerpt from a journal (aka 'I still post on this site'). She talks about her initial experiences in skating and her first impressions of the Toronto Inline Skating Club. AM Wing Blue: Roller En Ligne has posted a review of the AM Wing Blue wheel. AH's Flashback: Andrew Hegarty writes about two 'Travis Shaw' flashbacks in his most recent entry Flashback. He vividly describes a couple of falls, saying 'I tried to save myself and twisted myself so that I would be turning left but all it did was seal my fate. The next thing I knew I was sliding on my back, spinning, and looking up at the semi-shocked faces of the other skaters as I went plowing through the corner in front of them. Somehow they all managed to avoid hitting me and no one else fell'. He goes on to point out that 'Falling always makes me appreciate the fragile, yet renewable, resource that is the human body'. Godfather's 100k Video: Click here to check out the video from the Godfather's 100k Challenge. MISC Videos: Call it silly, call it what you will; I watch very little television. I do take in my share of documentaries, informercials, and sports news, but that's about it. I recently became addicted to an online show called Quaterlife. I wonder what's going to happen between Debra and Danny. And there's this tension starting to build between Lisa and Jed. I have a hard time with Dylan- there's something about her that I just don't like. And what's the deal with Andy? Why does he take so muvh guff! I know there are Modest Mouse fan out there, and here are a few more videos for you- amazing! The Dashboard video is genuis. Stiff Animal Fantasy is pretty nifty. You might think this guy is funny or you might think he's an idiot- Apauled.
More On Charlie Whalig, Love's Mexico The Video, PB's Training Photos, Speed Skating Alpine Cup, Watch-Dog Timing System Video, PC's WIC Calendar PB's Training Photos: Pattinaggio Bellusco has photos of a training session & food eating.  Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco Speed Skating Alpine Cup: Here's a sweet video from mauriziolollo of the Speed Skating Italian National Team Alpine Cup- you can view below- Watch-Dog Timing System Video: This is pretty cool- I've been reading about the Watch-Dog Timing System and noticed a recent post with links to 3 different videos of the timming system in action- check out the videos below (you'll have to tilt your head towards the left... or your computer towards the right for the 1st and 3rd videos)- PC's WIC Calendar: Patin Carrera has published a 2008 calendar with dates for the 2008 World Inline Cup races.
More On Charlie Whalig, Love's Mexico The Video, PB's Training Photos, Speed Skating Alpine Cup, Watch-Dog Timing System Video, PC's WIC Calendar PB's Training Photos: Pattinaggio Bellusco has photos of a training session & food eating. Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco Speed Skating Alpine Cup: Here's a sweet video from mauriziolollo of the Speed Skating Italian National Team Alpine Cup- you can view below- Watch-Dog Timing System Video: This is pretty cool- I've been reading about the Watch-Dog Timing System and noticed a recent post with links to 3 different videos of the timming system in action- check out the videos below (you'll have to tilt your head towards the left... or your computer towards the right for the 1st and 3rd videos)- PC's WIC Calendar: Patin Carrera has published a 2008 calendar with dates for the 2008 World Inline Cup races.
Links, Dessert By Candy Holiday Cookies Fundraiser, Heerenveen World Cup Pics, Short Track World Cup Videos,  Maybe you remember my post from about this time last year about the cookies that I bought from Candy... and how my cat attacked them... see King Koss and Hazel, Desert By Candy  From 2006-12-12- My cookies post-Presti- in the process of being destroyed and therefore non-edible Speaking of Candy Wong, she recently received her new Simmons boots- you can drool over her nice boots by checking out Mystery Solved!.  Heerenveen World Cup Pics: Click here for some very nice photos from last weekend's long track world cup in Heerenveen.  The Netherlands' men during the team pursuit- photo from Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen Short Track World Cup Videos: We're supposed to be able to view videos from the most recent short track world cup competition that took place in Torino, Italy. The videos aren't working for me, but I'll keep checking. You can browse for the videos from the other world cup meets by clicking here.
Links, Dessert By Candy Holiday Cookies Fundraiser, Heerenveen World Cup Pics, Short Track World Cup Videos, Maybe you remember my post from about this time last year about the cookies that I bought from Candy... and how my cat attacked them... see King Koss and Hazel, Desert By Candy From 2006-12-12- My cookies post-Presti- in the process of being destroyed and therefore non-edible Speaking of Candy Wong, she recently received her new Simmons boots- you can drool over her nice boots by checking out Mystery Solved!. Heerenveen World Cup Pics: Click here for some very nice photos from last weekend's long track world cup in Heerenveen. The Netherlands' men during the team pursuit- photo from Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen Short Track World Cup Videos: We're supposed to be able to view videos from the most recent short track world cup competition that took place in Torino, Italy. The videos aren't working for me, but I'll keep checking. You can browse for the videos from the other world cup meets by clicking here.
Godspeed Lee Martin, Mexico Yucatan Training Camp In March, Training with Bill Begg 2, Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results, NROC Revealed, Jens Zwitser Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results: This is a straighforward post- Pensacola NTF Meet Pictures and Results. In case you don't feel like clicking your way to the post, you can lazily use the following links; novice results, standard results, and photos.  Photo from Emerald Coast Speed Team NROC Revealed: The Inline Planet's NROC's details have been revealed. Jens Zwitser: Click here for a Skate Podium article on Jens Zwitser. Jens Zwitser- photo from Skate Podium
Godspeed Lee Martin, Mexico Yucatan Training Camp In March, Training with Bill Begg 2, Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results, NROC Revealed, Jens Zwitser Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results: This is a straighforward post- Pensacola NTF Meet Pictures and Results. In case you don't feel like clicking your way to the post, you can lazily use the following links; novice results, standard results, and photos. Photo from Emerald Coast Speed Team NROC Revealed: The Inline Planet's NROC's details have been revealed. Jens Zwitser: Click here for a Skate Podium article on Jens Zwitser. Jens Zwitser- photo from Skate Podium
Cheex's Joey Mantia Interview PT 1, ZATAOSS' Growing Blades, USA Marathons Comming Alive, More On Trans USA Record Attempt, ISU Sprint LT World Cup  Joey Mantia at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Korea ZATAOSS' Growing Blades: This is to alert you that there is another entry on Zen And The Art Of Speedskating; this one is called Growing Blades. USA Marathons Comming Alive: I hope the title of this thread is a sign of things to come- USA Marathons Comming Alive- it's in response to yesterday's NROC announcement. More On Trans USA Record Attempt: You can read more information on Danny Dannels' upcoming Trans USA record attempt. You can find his MySpace here. ISU Sprint LT World Cup: The ISU long track sprint world cup will make a stop in Erfurt, Germany this weekend. You can read who is starting for the women and for the men. You should be able to find some results thanks to KNSB once the racing begins tomorrow. I'll link to the ISU results once I find the page.
Cheex's Joey Mantia Interview PT 1, ZATAOSS' Growing Blades, USA Marathons Comming Alive, More On Trans USA Record Attempt, ISU Sprint LT World Cup Joey Mantia at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Korea ZATAOSS' Growing Blades: This is to alert you that there is another entry on Zen And The Art Of Speedskating; this one is called Growing Blades. USA Marathons Comming Alive: I hope the title of this thread is a sign of things to come- USA Marathons Comming Alive- it's in response to yesterday's NROC announcement. More On Trans USA Record Attempt: You can read more information on Danny Dannels' upcoming Trans USA record attempt. You can find his MySpace here. ISU Sprint LT World Cup: The ISU long track sprint world cup will make a stop in Erfurt, Germany this weekend. You can read who is starting for the women and for the men. You should be able to find some results thanks to KNSB once the racing begins tomorrow. I'll link to the ISU results once I find the page.
FlevOnIce Opens, ISU World Cup Erfurt, Sandra & Kepa In The Nude, Scooter's Practice Photos, Amazing Awaits, Interzones PBM Dinan Results  Sandra Caballero- photo from SpeedSK8rs.com Scooter's Practice Photos: Click here for photo from last Wednesday's Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice.  Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice- photo from l3xh2k Amazing Awaits: How's this for inspiration and pumping-up- Amazing Awaits. I can't wait until the day roller speed skating is seen in a video like this one. Interzones PBM Dinan Results: Roller En Ligne has posted Interzones PBM Dinan results-
FlevOnIce Opens, ISU World Cup Erfurt, Sandra & Kepa In The Nude, Scooter's Practice Photos, Amazing Awaits, Interzones PBM Dinan Results Sandra Caballero- photo from SpeedSK8rs.com Scooter's Practice Photos: Click here for photo from last Wednesday's Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice. Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice- photo from l3xh2k Amazing Awaits: How's this for inspiration and pumping-up- Amazing Awaits. I can't wait until the day roller speed skating is seen in a video like this one. Interzones PBM Dinan Results: Roller En Ligne has posted Interzones PBM Dinan results-
IP Skate Tip- Low Down, KNSB #11 Den Haag & More, Indoors, ISU LT WC Erfurt, Road Rash Chronicles, Hegarty's The Floor  Is this skater low enough? ... Take the High-Low Photo Quiz! KNSB #11 Den Haag: You can read Skate Podium's live udpates from the KNSB Cup #11 Den Haag. To catch up on the results from all the other long track speedskating races, make sure you check out SpeedskatingResults.com. Indoors: The indoor racing at the Canadian Championships has been scrapped, but that's not stopped a few clubs from still operating an indoor program. Andrew Hegarty is laying down The Challenge. He writes 'In my last post I suggested a friendly competition between the big 3 indoor clubs in Canada. I thought about it some more and I figured that it might actually be fun to do...What do the winners get? Bragging rights and that’s it. This would simply be for the fun of it'. The thread French indoor inline championships has a lot of potential for developing ideas and discussion. I think it's one to watch. Jim White writes 'France will soon (this winter) have an indoor championships... I've heard that Italy and Switzerland have had indoor national championships, perhaps others, so hopefully there's movement to an European indoor championship, then perhaps worlds!' ISU LT WC Erfurt: The ISU long track world cup kicked off today in Erfurt- you can find all the results here. You should be able to find pictures here a little bit later. As always, Speed Skating World Online Magazine is giving us some insight on the racing action- here are a few links of interest from today's racing; ladies 500m B, men 500m B, ladies 500m A, men 500m A, ladies 1000m A, men 1000m A, ladies 1000m B, and men 1000m B. Road Rash Chronicles: Here's a fun link for you to read with lots of good stuff and a voice from Ottawa; Road Rash Chronicles. This site has regular updates- here's one of the recent videos; Inline Interval Training- Hegarty's The Floor: Andrew Hegarty's latest post is called The Floor. About the floor that the Scooter's Indoor Speed Club uses, Andrew says 'When skating indoors the quality of the floor is imperative. The better the surface, the more grip and the faster you can enter the corners. We have to spend 30 minutes ++ each practice cleaning the dust off of Scooters just so that the floor is acceptable; even then we rarely dip into the sub 10s laps and we tend to avg mid to low 10’s in our rolling fast laps. I wonder whether we’d be faster or slower on the floor that Ottawa uses'. Wayne Burrett, Aaron Arndt, Andrew Hegarty, and I met last night for a few hours to discuss plans re. the SISC and we made a plan to 'teach' others how to clean the floor properly. There's a real science- a method and technique but also an art behind cleaning the floor at Scooter's. We've got to dry mop the floor 3 or 4 times, and then vinegar the floor in the correct places a few times, digging away at the dirt and dust and sparkles from the ornaments that hang from the ceilings, making sure we cover the track patterns (entry and exit lines) used in the corners.
IP Skate Tip- Low Down, KNSB #11 Den Haag & More, Indoors, ISU LT WC Erfurt, Road Rash Chronicles, Hegarty's The Floor Is this skater low enough? ... Take the High-Low Photo Quiz! KNSB #11 Den Haag: You can read Skate Podium's live udpates from the KNSB Cup #11 Den Haag. To catch up on the results from all the other long track speedskating races, make sure you check out SpeedskatingResults.com. Indoors: The indoor racing at the Canadian Championships has been scrapped, but that's not stopped a few clubs from still operating an indoor program. Andrew Hegarty is laying down The Challenge. He writes 'In my last post I suggested a friendly competition between the big 3 indoor clubs in Canada. I thought about it some more and I figured that it might actually be fun to do...What do the winners get? Bragging rights and that’s it. This would simply be for the fun of it'. The thread French indoor inline championships has a lot of potential for developing ideas and discussion. I think it's one to watch. Jim White writes 'France will soon (this winter) have an indoor championships... I've heard that Italy and Switzerland have had indoor national championships, perhaps others, so hopefully there's movement to an European indoor championship, then perhaps worlds!' ISU LT WC Erfurt: The ISU long track world cup kicked off today in Erfurt- you can find all the results here. You should be able to find pictures here a little bit later. As always, Speed Skating World Online Magazine is giving us some insight on the racing action- here are a few links of interest from today's racing; ladies 500m B, men 500m B, ladies 500m A, men 500m A, ladies 1000m A, men 1000m A, ladies 1000m B, and men 1000m B. Road Rash Chronicles: Here's a fun link for you to read with lots of good stuff and a voice from Ottawa; Road Rash Chronicles. This site has regular updates- here's one of the recent videos; Inline Interval Training- Hegarty's The Floor: Andrew Hegarty's latest post is called The Floor. About the floor that the Scooter's Indoor Speed Club uses, Andrew says 'When skating indoors the quality of the floor is imperative. The better the surface, the more grip and the faster you can enter the corners. We have to spend 30 minutes ++ each practice cleaning the dust off of Scooters just so that the floor is acceptable; even then we rarely dip into the sub 10s laps and we tend to avg mid to low 10’s in our rolling fast laps. I wonder whether we’d be faster or slower on the floor that Ottawa uses'. Wayne Burrett, Aaron Arndt, Andrew Hegarty, and I met last night for a few hours to discuss plans re. the SISC and we made a plan to 'teach' others how to clean the floor properly. There's a real science- a method and technique but also an art behind cleaning the floor at Scooter's. We've got to dry mop the floor 3 or 4 times, and then vinegar the floor in the correct places a few times, digging away at the dirt and dust and sparkles from the ornaments that hang from the ceilings, making sure we cover the track patterns (entry and exit lines) used in the corners.
Rink Roof Collapses, Links, Kalon Dobbin Got Robbed, Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce), OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach  Kalon's eys after 5 days- photo and caption from Powerslide Racing I got into a pretty nasty fight with a couple of guys some 16 years ago when I used to sell be a Dickie Dee, selling ice cream on a bike. Some guys wanted to rob a friend and I. Punches were thrown, knives were pulled out, and the police was involved. Getting robbed is no fun. Actually, I've seen a few videos on the internet of people getting beat up. Since my knee is injured, I've started beating on a defensless boxing bag, sharpenning up my punching skills in case someone tries to mug me, especially here in dangerous Mississauga... I hope you don't think I'm serious about my fear of getting mugged or that Mississauga is dangerous. Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce): Skate Podium has a couple of article of interest; see the one about Casper Helling; Casper Helling: 100% natuurijsspecialist. Casper Helling- photo from Skate Podium You can check out a provisional calendar of Netherland races- see Concept wedstrijdkalender zomer 2008- the calendar includes many dates for the World On Wheels series. Here is a sweet video of the FlevOnIce- check it out- oh and by the way, droooooooool!!! OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach: If ever you're in the Ottawa area and you want to skate indoors, check out the Ottawa Inline Skating Club's indoor program.  The Minto Run For Reach is one of the first Canadian events to take place in 2008. The 21.1km event will take place in Ottawa on April 13th in Ottawa- click here for more information. 
Rink Roof Collapses, Links, Kalon Dobbin Got Robbed, Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce), OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach Kalon's eys after 5 days- photo and caption from Powerslide Racing I got into a pretty nasty fight with a couple of guys some 16 years ago when I used to sell be a Dickie Dee, selling ice cream on a bike. Some guys wanted to rob a friend and I. Punches were thrown, knives were pulled out, and the police was involved. Getting robbed is no fun. Actually, I've seen a few videos on the internet of people getting beat up. Since my knee is injured, I've started beating on a defensless boxing bag, sharpenning up my punching skills in case someone tries to mug me, especially here in dangerous Mississauga... I hope you don't think I'm serious about my fear of getting mugged or that Mississauga is dangerous. Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce): Skate Podium has a couple of article of interest; see the one about Casper Helling; Casper Helling: 100% natuurijsspecialist. Casper Helling- photo from Skate Podium You can check out a provisional calendar of Netherland races- see Concept wedstrijdkalender zomer 2008- the calendar includes many dates for the World On Wheels series. Here is a sweet video of the FlevOnIce- check it out- oh and by the way, droooooooool!!! OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach: If ever you're in the Ottawa area and you want to skate indoors, check out the Ottawa Inline Skating Club's indoor program. The Minto Run For Reach is one of the first Canadian events to take place in 2008. The 21.1km event will take place in Ottawa on April 13th in Ottawa- click here for more information.
Design Canada, Matthew Whitty's 2008 A2A, IP Articles, Beautiful Ice Video, Lots Of Blog News, Canadian ST Juniors Lots Of Blog News: Many of the internet blogs have seen interesting updates go up in the last few days. There is plenty of good reading and many diverse perspectives for speed skating fans to immerse themselves in as we head into the winter holidays. Aaron Arndt's site has seen a few posts in the last few days. Check out hmmmmm…. email response string and Wait a minute, maybe I am an asshole.... Andrew Love's website Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating has a few recent entries as well. See Outdoor Tough Guys about the Dimon Sports Marathon and All things excellent–.  Photo from ZATAOSS Flyin Brian's site has an interesting entry with a video of a man doing squats. Here's the SSW challenge; try to calculate how much weight the guy is squatting- see Tapering & High Altitude training & Best Burger in SLC for the video and more. Michael Cheeks' skating site Cheex Skating Blog has a cool entry called GIMMI, EQUIPMENT, SPONSOR. Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a few entries that will give you lots of information on the German skating scene including information on teams- see More News: Täubrecht, Wilking, Cuncu, Rehse... and Rumors. Canadian ST Juniors: Patinage Vitesse Courte Piste has a picture of the junior team that will represent Canada at the 2008 short track world junior championships. 
Design Canada, Matthew Whitty's 2008 A2A, IP Articles, Beautiful Ice Video, Lots Of Blog News, Canadian ST Juniors Lots Of Blog News: Many of the internet blogs have seen interesting updates go up in the last few days. There is plenty of good reading and many diverse perspectives for speed skating fans to immerse themselves in as we head into the winter holidays. Aaron Arndt's site has seen a few posts in the last few days. Check out hmmmmm…. email response string and Wait a minute, maybe I am an asshole.... Andrew Love's website Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating has a few recent entries as well. See Outdoor Tough Guys about the Dimon Sports Marathon and All things excellent–. Photo from ZATAOSS Flyin Brian's site has an interesting entry with a video of a man doing squats. Here's the SSW challenge; try to calculate how much weight the guy is squatting- see Tapering & High Altitude training & Best Burger in SLC for the video and more. Michael Cheeks' skating site Cheex Skating Blog has a cool entry called GIMMI, EQUIPMENT, SPONSOR. Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a few entries that will give you lots of information on the German skating scene including information on teams- see More News: Täubrecht, Wilking, Cuncu, Rehse... and Rumors. Canadian ST Juniors: Patinage Vitesse Courte Piste has a picture of the junior team that will represent Canada at the 2008 short track world junior championships.
Trapped In Thunder Bay, Dimon Sports Marathon, KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent, LT World Cup Erfurt, Canada JR ST, Skating Low Vid, REL Article  Blue skies on Sunday in Thunder Bay meant no good news for my flight to Toronto- the flight was still cancelled thanks to a snow storm in Toronto Apart from missing two days of work, I do get to spend more time with my family and my nephew Sebastien. His first birthday was yesterday.  Papa Olivier, Sebastien, and Mama Marlene Along with spending time with my family (ie sleeping in very late), I got to reinforce my new found obsession with Cream of Wheat. That cereal is fantastic! I think it's the next big thing. On my way to the grocery store today, I picked up a newspaper called Thunder Bay Sports Scene and noticed a picture of speedskaters on the front page. According to an article in the paper the Thunder Blades Speed Skating Club will have an open house tomorrow. Maybe if there's another snow storm and my flights are cancelled, I can go check it out! Dimon Sports Marathon: MSI's Dimon Sports Marathon took place this past weekend. Use the following links for results - 10km results - 25km results - 1-hour (blizzard race) results KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent: Let's get you started with some results- click here to plow through the KNSB Cup #11 results. You can find all the Essent Cup #9 results by clicking here. While we've been stuck in Thunder Bay, Skate Podium has been kind enough to put up some videos from this past weekend's KNSB #11 (The Hague) for Morgane Echardour and I to watch- click here for the women's and here for the men's A. You can find some very nice photos from the Essent Cup #9 (men's photos and women's photos) and KNSB Cup #11 (women's photos, men's B photos, and men's A photos) thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie.  Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  The Hague KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  The Hague KNSB Cup #11 men's sprint- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie LT World Cup Erfurt: All the results are in (since yesterday) from the essent long track sprint World Cup in Erfurt, Germany- view all the results here. Here are a couple of articles; Morrison and Klassen earn medals at speed skating World Cup and Canada concludes successful first half to long track speed skating World Cup season Canada JR ST: The Canadian junior short track championships took place this past weekend in Ottawa. You can find all the results here. Check out the SSC article for more- Mendes-Campeau and Blais-Dufour Become National Junior Champions. Skating Low Vid: Following my Inline Planet article The Lowdown, check out Skating Low - Video- you can view the video here. REL Article: Roller En Ligne has a good article in French called Le mariage de la technique et du matériel 
Trapped In Thunder Bay, Dimon Sports Marathon, KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent, LT World Cup Erfurt, Canada JR ST, Skating Low Vid, REL Article Blue skies on Sunday in Thunder Bay meant no good news for my flight to Toronto- the flight was still cancelled thanks to a snow storm in Toronto Apart from missing two days of work, I do get to spend more time with my family and my nephew Sebastien. His first birthday was yesterday. Papa Olivier, Sebastien, and Mama Marlene Along with spending time with my family (ie sleeping in very late), I got to reinforce my new found obsession with Cream of Wheat. That cereal is fantastic! I think it's the next big thing. On my way to the grocery store today, I picked up a newspaper called Thunder Bay Sports Scene and noticed a picture of speedskaters on the front page. According to an article in the paper the Thunder Blades Speed Skating Club will have an open house tomorrow. Maybe if there's another snow storm and my flights are cancelled, I can go check it out! Dimon Sports Marathon: MSI's Dimon Sports Marathon took place this past weekend. Use the following links for results - 10km results - 25km results - 1-hour (blizzard race) results KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent: Let's get you started with some results- click here to plow through the KNSB Cup #11 results. You can find all the Essent Cup #9 results by clicking here. While we've been stuck in Thunder Bay, Skate Podium has been kind enough to put up some videos from this past weekend's KNSB #11 (The Hague) for Morgane Echardour and I to watch- click here for the women's and here for the men's A. You can find some very nice photos from the Essent Cup #9 (men's photos and women's photos) and KNSB Cup #11 (women's photos, men's B photos, and men's A photos) thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie. Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie The Hague KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie The Hague KNSB Cup #11 men's sprint- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie LT World Cup Erfurt: All the results are in (since yesterday) from the essent long track sprint World Cup in Erfurt, Germany- view all the results here. Here are a couple of articles; Morrison and Klassen earn medals at speed skating World Cup and Canada concludes successful first half to long track speed skating World Cup season Canada JR ST: The Canadian junior short track championships took place this past weekend in Ottawa. You can find all the results here. Check out the SSC article for more- Mendes-Campeau and Blais-Dufour Become National Junior Champions. Skating Low Vid: Following my Inline Planet article The Lowdown, check out Skating Low - Video- you can view the video here. REL Article: Roller En Ligne has a good article in French called Le mariage de la technique et du matériel
Plyometrics For Speedskaters, South American Racing News, SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon  South American Racing News: Patin Carrera has posted some reports and results from recent races in South America. Use the following links for the Copa America event in Panama; photos, report, and results.  Gladys Stranges, Diana Platero, Silvana Stocco and Sandra Gomez- photo from Patin Carrera You can find a report with results and a 2nd report with results from the Venezuela Games. SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon: Speedskating-Online has some articles and information that you might like to have. The first is an article called Wotherspoon happy about first World Cup results. If you're interested in checking out the speedskating schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games taking place in Vanouver, click here. Better yet, I'll take a screen shot and put it below- even better, you can go straight to the source; see the long track schedule and the short track schedule. 
Plyometrics For Speedskaters, South American Racing News, SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon South American Racing News: Patin Carrera has posted some reports and results from recent races in South America. Use the following links for the Copa America event in Panama; photos, report, and results. Gladys Stranges, Diana Platero, Silvana Stocco and Sandra Gomez- photo from Patin Carrera You can find a report with results and a 2nd report with results from the Venezuela Games. SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon: Speedskating-Online has some articles and information that you might like to have. The first is an article called Wotherspoon happy about first World Cup results. If you're interested in checking out the speedskating schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games taking place in Vanouver, click here. Better yet, I'll take a screen shot and put it below- even better, you can go straight to the source; see the long track schedule and the short track schedule.
USA Short Track Speedskating Championships Webcast, Japan Allround LT Champs, A Kiwi Year, Venezuela Games Marathon, Arndt- Pics & Holidays  A screen shot of Chris Creveling during his first race earlier on Friday Japan Allround LT Champs: You can find a non-English report with results from Japan's allround long track championships. You can find all the results here. A Kiwi Year: Here's an article from New Zealand- Kiwis hope there's always next year.  The New Zealand skaters were competitive at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- Scott Alridge and Reyon Kay in New Zealand's black uniform during the 10km points elimination final Venezuela Games Marathon: Patin Carrera has a Spanish language report with results from the Venezuela Games marathon. Arndt- Pics & Holidays: Aaron Arndt is posting more and more material- see his most recent entries including Pics and moving forward... and Holiday Clarity...- he writes '...indoors will make you a more skilled, stronger, fitter, more efficient, more proficient, and simply better skater. But this is the product of a full season of hard work and effort. Those that attend regularly showcase these improvements made....The group as a whole learns, improves, grows, matures, and finally, moves on. This process is of a long term course and can even be held back by those that attend intermittently. Please, don’t allow the gap to become any larger. From here, the process of joining or rejoining the group or closing the gap quickly gets harder and longer, then finally impossible. So, get up and join us...’'  'Tuggen 100m Sprints'- 'For the record, I made it out of the first round.... (to the crowd’s amazment)'- photo and caption from Aaron Arndt Here's Aaron's video of Argentina's Ruben Martinez skating- see Ruben Martinez (Argentina) training.
USA Short Track Speedskating Championships Webcast, Japan Allround LT Champs, A Kiwi Year, Venezuela Games Marathon, Arndt- Pics & Holidays A screen shot of Chris Creveling during his first race earlier on Friday Japan Allround LT Champs: You can find a non-English report with results from Japan's allround long track championships. You can find all the results here. A Kiwi Year: Here's an article from New Zealand- Kiwis hope there's always next year. The New Zealand skaters were competitive at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- Scott Alridge and Reyon Kay in New Zealand's black uniform during the 10km points elimination final Venezuela Games Marathon: Patin Carrera has a Spanish language report with results from the Venezuela Games marathon. Arndt- Pics & Holidays: Aaron Arndt is posting more and more material- see his most recent entries including Pics and moving forward... and Holiday Clarity...- he writes '...indoors will make you a more skilled, stronger, fitter, more efficient, more proficient, and simply better skater. But this is the product of a full season of hard work and effort. Those that attend regularly showcase these improvements made....The group as a whole learns, improves, grows, matures, and finally, moves on. This process is of a long term course and can even be held back by those that attend intermittently. Please, don’t allow the gap to become any larger. From here, the process of joining or rejoining the group or closing the gap quickly gets harder and longer, then finally impossible. So, get up and join us...’' 'Tuggen 100m Sprints'- 'For the record, I made it out of the first round.... (to the crowd’s amazment)'- photo and caption from Aaron Arndt Here's Aaron's video of Argentina's Ruben Martinez skating- see Ruben Martinez (Argentina) training.
KNSB Cup 12 Breda Updates & Video, RRC's Low & Pics, IP Skate Tip, Challenge Update, CW's Dare I Say It?, Trans-USA Record Update, Santa & Hong Kong RRC's Low & Pics: The people who work for an write at the Road Rash Chronicles updated their website with a positive review of my Inline Planet article The Low Down- see SpeedSkateWorld.com and the Down Low for more. I think they are applying some of the ideas in their training; see A true Road Rash Chronicle. The post that got my attention though was Last pics of Indoor until the new year.  A bearded skater- photo from Road Rash Chronicles IP Skate Tip: The newest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is written by none other than Nicole Begg- it's called Warm-ups and Cool-downs.  Nicole Begg (in black) in the thick of the action at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia Challenge Update: Andrew Hegarty has posted an update on The Challenge- see The Challenge - Update #1 for more. CW's Dare I Say It?: Here's a good read from Candy Wong; Dare I Say It?. Trans-USA Record Update: There is a new post in the Trans-USA Record Attempt thread. How about getting involved if he's skating near you? Danny Dannels says 'Guinness has decided that I am allowed to pace with people. I will try to keep as current an update as possible of my route and location. I would be honored to share the road with other skaters. If you care to, call your local media and see if they are interested in carrying the story, even if you don't live near the route. We can use this to raise awareness for our sport and teams. I could honestly use the help in getting the word out. Maybe we could get some face time for the local teams on the news. It's current events, health, and sports'. Santa & Hong Kong: This one seems like jolly 'old fun; SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong. Bill Begg says '... have also been fitted with a Complete Santa Uniform'. Heheheheh, I would love to see that!!
KNSB Cup 12 Breda Updates & Video, RRC's Low & Pics, IP Skate Tip, Challenge Update, CW's Dare I Say It?, Trans-USA Record Update, Santa & Hong Kong RRC's Low & Pics: The people who work for an write at the Road Rash Chronicles updated their website with a positive review of my Inline Planet article The Low Down- see SpeedSkateWorld.com and the Down Low for more. I think they are applying some of the ideas in their training; see A true Road Rash Chronicle. The post that got my attention though was Last pics of Indoor until the new year. A bearded skater- photo from Road Rash Chronicles IP Skate Tip: The newest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is written by none other than Nicole Begg- it's called Warm-ups and Cool-downs. Nicole Begg (in black) in the thick of the action at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia Challenge Update: Andrew Hegarty has posted an update on The Challenge- see The Challenge - Update #1 for more. CW's Dare I Say It?: Here's a good read from Candy Wong; Dare I Say It?. Trans-USA Record Update: There is a new post in the Trans-USA Record Attempt thread. How about getting involved if he's skating near you? Danny Dannels says 'Guinness has decided that I am allowed to pace with people. I will try to keep as current an update as possible of my route and location. I would be honored to share the road with other skaters. If you care to, call your local media and see if they are interested in carrying the story, even if you don't live near the route. We can use this to raise awareness for our sport and teams. I could honestly use the help in getting the word out. Maybe we could get some face time for the local teams on the news. It's current events, health, and sports'. Santa & Hong Kong: This one seems like jolly 'old fun; SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong. Bill Begg says '... have also been fitted with a Complete Santa Uniform'. Heheheheh, I would love to see that!!
Scooter's Pics, USA ST Champs, Cat, FlevOnIce Video, Denny Morrison Site, More On Hong Kong's Santas, '04 ST WC #1 Pics  Coming out of the corner 2007-12-23 Mississauga Scooter’s Practice USA ST Champs: You want details and reports and photos and more from the USA short track championships? You can find some details here. You can find all sorts of coverage thanks to Ohno Zone- see Final standings at Nationals, Nationals day 3 - 3000m & 1000m finals, Video clips: 500m A finals at Nationals which includes 3 videos, Overall standings after day 2, Nationals day 2 - 500m finals, Nationals Day 1 photos, 1500m finals (videos and news links now up!), Top 16 men and women after 9-lap time trials, and Photos from Thursday in Kearns. Also you can check out some day 1 photos here.  Anthony Lobello & Jordan Malone at the front- photo from Ohno Zone Cat: Below is a picture of my dumbface (Presti) that I took on Saturday night. Presti's hobby is to pounce on and attack Zoe the elderly white cat. Zoe's hobby is to freak out when Presti the young orange cat jumps on her.  Presti FlevOnIce Video: I don't remember if I linked to the Flevonice 16 dec 2007 video. One of my friends sent the link in an e-mail. I have NO idea what they're talking about in the video as it all sounds like jibberish to me, but I do understand and also love the crunching and clapping sounds. Denny Morrison Site: Check it out; Denny Morrison- all about Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison. More On Hong Kong's Santas: The thread SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong has comment from Bill Begg that I like; he says 'Don't anyone ever tell me that they cant promote & develope speed skating as they do not have the facilities... The Indoor rink Choca this morning 20 meters by 16 meters, with two poles in the middle... The outdoor rink a 75 meter slippery concrete one with the end slopping the wrong way at the ends, to allow the water to drain off, go more than 10 kmph & you have to be a magican to get around the corners.... The worlds least facilities, but the organization & enthusiasm shown by checker sport Officials & skaters, is 2nd to none' and he goes on to write 'Well I nearly chocked on the fluff from the wiskers getting down my throat... this ring in Santa Claus job, was really tough stuff, with dishing out a sackfull of goodies 3 times over, with more than 100 plus little Santa Claus rushing for their gifts'. Hehehehehe.  Which of these guys is Bill Begg? Let me give you a hint; he's not the one not holding the mic- photo from Checker Sport '04 ST WC #1 Pics: These pictures from the 2004 short track world cup in Saguenay are pretty sweet.  'Tightly-bunched skaters: Apolo Ohno, Junji Ito and Steve Robillard, 1500m heat'- photo & caption from ozannex.typepad.com/
Scooter's Pics, USA ST Champs, Cat, FlevOnIce Video, Denny Morrison Site, More On Hong Kong's Santas, '04 ST WC #1 Pics Coming out of the corner 2007-12-23 Mississauga Scooter’s Practice USA ST Champs: You want details and reports and photos and more from the USA short track championships? You can find some details here. You can find all sorts of coverage thanks to Ohno Zone- see Final standings at Nationals, Nationals day 3 - 3000m & 1000m finals, Video clips: 500m A finals at Nationals which includes 3 videos, Overall standings after day 2, Nationals day 2 - 500m finals, Nationals Day 1 photos, 1500m finals (videos and news links now up!), Top 16 men and women after 9-lap time trials, and Photos from Thursday in Kearns. Also you can check out some day 1 photos here. Anthony Lobello & Jordan Malone at the front- photo from Ohno Zone Cat: Below is a picture of my dumbface (Presti) that I took on Saturday night. Presti's hobby is to pounce on and attack Zoe the elderly white cat. Zoe's hobby is to freak out when Presti the young orange cat jumps on her. Presti FlevOnIce Video: I don't remember if I linked to the Flevonice 16 dec 2007 video. One of my friends sent the link in an e-mail. I have NO idea what they're talking about in the video as it all sounds like jibberish to me, but I do understand and also love the crunching and clapping sounds. Denny Morrison Site: Check it out; Denny Morrison- all about Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison. More On Hong Kong's Santas: The thread SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong has comment from Bill Begg that I like; he says 'Don't anyone ever tell me that they cant promote & develope speed skating as they do not have the facilities... The Indoor rink Choca this morning 20 meters by 16 meters, with two poles in the middle... The outdoor rink a 75 meter slippery concrete one with the end slopping the wrong way at the ends, to allow the water to drain off, go more than 10 kmph & you have to be a magican to get around the corners.... The worlds least facilities, but the organization & enthusiasm shown by checker sport Officials & skaters, is 2nd to none' and he goes on to write 'Well I nearly chocked on the fluff from the wiskers getting down my throat... this ring in Santa Claus job, was really tough stuff, with dishing out a sackfull of goodies 3 times over, with more than 100 plus little Santa Claus rushing for their gifts'. Hehehehehe. Which of these guys is Bill Begg? Let me give you a hint; he's not the one not holding the mic- photo from Checker Sport '04 ST WC #1 Pics: These pictures from the 2004 short track world cup in Saguenay are pretty sweet. 'Tightly-bunched skaters: Apolo Ohno, Junji Ito and Steve Robillard, 1500m heat'- photo & caption from ozannex.typepad.com/
SSW Off For The Holidays & Design Canada, Links, ZATAOSS USA ST Updates, Arndt Photos, HDB's LT Pics, Olympic Candidates Trophy  'I do want to call attention to one moment of perfection in this race, just as Apollo passes J.P., check out this extension & incredible compression'- caption and photo from Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating Flyin Brian has posted some commentary about the USA short track nationals- check out US Short Track Champs and Day 2 - 'That's Short Track'. Arndt Photos: Another entry by Aaron Arndt- this one's called Just a few pics....  'Yep, that's Bill Begg, following us on his famous cruiser scooter...'- caption and photo from Aaron Arndt HDB's LT Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has quite a few photo albums of recent Dutch races that I haven't linked to yet, so here they are- Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men, Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women, Breda KNSB Cup #12, Haaksbergen women, and Haaksbergen men A.  Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Breda KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Haaksbergen women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Haaksbergen men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Olympic Candidates Trophy: Here are some links that will take you to photos, results, and reports from short track's Olympic Candidates Trophy; day 1 results, heat results , picutres, Skating Sisters report, another Skating Sisters report, and again another Skating Sisters update.  OCT- photo from Slovak Skating Union
SSW Off For The Holidays & Design Canada, Links, ZATAOSS USA ST Updates, Arndt Photos, HDB's LT Pics, Olympic Candidates Trophy 'I do want to call attention to one moment of perfection in this race, just as Apollo passes J.P., check out this extension & incredible compression'- caption and photo from Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating Flyin Brian has posted some commentary about the USA short track nationals- check out US Short Track Champs and Day 2 - 'That's Short Track'. Arndt Photos: Another entry by Aaron Arndt- this one's called Just a few pics.... 'Yep, that's Bill Begg, following us on his famous cruiser scooter...'- caption and photo from Aaron Arndt HDB's LT Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has quite a few photo albums of recent Dutch races that I haven't linked to yet, so here they are- Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men, Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women, Breda KNSB Cup #12, Haaksbergen women, and Haaksbergen men A. Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Breda KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Haaksbergen women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Haaksbergen men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Olympic Candidates Trophy: Here are some links that will take you to photos, results, and reports from short track's Olympic Candidates Trophy; day 1 results, heat results , picutres, Skating Sisters report, another Skating Sisters report, and again another Skating Sisters update. OCT- photo from Slovak Skating Union
Merry X-Mas, Veterans On Ice, ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?, Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice  'Italian Masters: the real deal '- photo and caption from SpeedSK8ers.com ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?: Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a recent entry called Team Speedlager 2008?.  Photo from Andrew's Speed Skating Blog Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice: You can find an entry from a few days ago on Speed Skater's Blog called Great Practice Tonight. I really like how many skaters are writing about their skating experiences, what they want out of their practices, what they get from them, what they understand, what works well in a practice setting, and what they like. Someone who shares many of her skating experiences is Candy Wong- see her most recent site post called Dare I Say It?.
Merry X-Mas, Veterans On Ice, ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?, Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice 'Italian Masters: the real deal '- photo and caption from SpeedSK8ers.com ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?: Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a recent entry called Team Speedlager 2008?. Photo from Andrew's Speed Skating Blog Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice: You can find an entry from a few days ago on Speed Skater's Blog called Great Practice Tonight. I really like how many skaters are writing about their skating experiences, what they want out of their practices, what they get from them, what they understand, what works well in a practice setting, and what they like. Someone who shares many of her skating experiences is Candy Wong- see her most recent site post called Dare I Say It?.
Heart Rate Monitor, Snow, & Dog  Yummy holiday cookings and eatings- eating time in the heart of Quebec for about 25 people in my family! My training partners for the last few days have been a brand new heart rate monitor, fresh coats of fallen snow, and a friendly dog who loves to run with me.  As much as I love dogs, I have to admit that this one is really stupid. While I run on the country roads where cars fly by at over 90 km/h, he runs beside me on the wrong side of the road, just begging to get clocked by a car As much as try to I shoo him away to send him home and as much as I yell at him to get to the right side of the road, he keeps doing what he does best; marking his territory, catching up to me & running into my legs, and running to the next farm to mark his territory.  My training partners- the dog, the snow, and my heart rate monitor He repeats this cycle over and over. The cycle is sometimes interrupted by the odd car that I waved to slow down so that it doesn’t plow into the unsuspecting and clueless dog that runs in a zigzag pattern across the road. The best way to get rid of a dog that won’t stop playing with you and running with you is to throw some snow balls into a field that is 2 feet deep in snow. At some point, the dog will focus on trying to find the un-findable snowball while you sneak away behind the snow-banks and out of sight over the rolling hills.  This is Léo, my cousin Isabelle's dog  A few of my cousins and I  One of my many winning hands of cards- I usually destroy all who dare step in my path in a game of cards
Heart Rate Monitor, Snow, & Dog Yummy holiday cookings and eatings- eating time in the heart of Quebec for about 25 people in my family! My training partners for the last few days have been a brand new heart rate monitor, fresh coats of fallen snow, and a friendly dog who loves to run with me. As much as I love dogs, I have to admit that this one is really stupid. While I run on the country roads where cars fly by at over 90 km/h, he runs beside me on the wrong side of the road, just begging to get clocked by a car As much as try to I shoo him away to send him home and as much as I yell at him to get to the right side of the road, he keeps doing what he does best; marking his territory, catching up to me & running into my legs, and running to the next farm to mark his territory. My training partners- the dog, the snow, and my heart rate monitor He repeats this cycle over and over. The cycle is sometimes interrupted by the odd car that I waved to slow down so that it doesn’t plow into the unsuspecting and clueless dog that runs in a zigzag pattern across the road. The best way to get rid of a dog that won’t stop playing with you and running with you is to throw some snow balls into a field that is 2 feet deep in snow. At some point, the dog will focus on trying to find the un-findable snowball while you sneak away behind the snow-banks and out of sight over the rolling hills. This is Léo, my cousin Isabelle's dog A few of my cousins and I One of my many winning hands of cards- I usually destroy all who dare step in my path in a game of cards
Quick Winter Holiday Catch Up  How about Bill Begg spending some of the winter holidays in China? See Zhu Hai China Skating Mecca for more. Click here for results from the Canadian long track single distance championships. Patin Carrera has published an article that looks at the 2008 WIC teams. Speaking of the 2008 World Inline Cup, you can find information on the upcoming season here in the most recent newsletter which has the 2008 WIC calendar.  I love getting all sorts of site statistics from other websites who check their visitors that come from my site- see here to see what I mean. You see, thanks to my site's sitemeter thingy, I can discover where some of my site's visitors come from and find some content and links that I would otherwise miss- case and point, I saw that some people visited my site from the interesting discussion Would you be interested in a new online inline speedskating magazine?. KNBB results- click here for KNSB Cup #11 and here for KNSB Cup #12 results. You can find the results from the KNSB Cup #13 and the Dutch LT trials here. You can find pictures of the KNSB events thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie- use these links; KNSB Cup #11 men A pics, KNSB #11 women pics, KNSB Cup #12 women pics and KNSB Cup #12 men A pics.  KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie And now for a long track ice video from Italy- Christmas Baselga di Pinè 2007. I like the song- Last Christmas; I like the Manic Street Preachers' version. I used to play it a few years ago when I played guitar in a bubble tea shop. USA long track championships are under-way. You can find results here and here. Here's a video from Skate Podium-
Quick Winter Holiday Catch Up How about Bill Begg spending some of the winter holidays in China? See Zhu Hai China Skating Mecca for more. Click here for results from the Canadian long track single distance championships. Patin Carrera has published an article that looks at the 2008 WIC teams. Speaking of the 2008 World Inline Cup, you can find information on the upcoming season here in the most recent newsletter which has the 2008 WIC calendar. I love getting all sorts of site statistics from other websites who check their visitors that come from my site- see here to see what I mean. You see, thanks to my site's sitemeter thingy, I can discover where some of my site's visitors come from and find some content and links that I would otherwise miss- case and point, I saw that some people visited my site from the interesting discussion Would you be interested in a new online inline speedskating magazine?. KNBB results- click here for KNSB Cup #11 and here for KNSB Cup #12 results. You can find the results from the KNSB Cup #13 and the Dutch LT trials here. You can find pictures of the KNSB events thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie- use these links; KNSB Cup #11 men A pics, KNSB #11 women pics, KNSB Cup #12 women pics and KNSB Cup #12 men A pics. KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie And now for a long track ice video from Italy- Christmas Baselga di Pinè 2007. I like the song- Last Christmas; I like the Manic Street Preachers' version. I used to play it a few years ago when I played guitar in a bubble tea shop. USA long track championships are under-way. You can find results here and here. Here's a video from Skate Podium-
Now That's A Lot Of Races, Ho Ho Ho, Skate Mexico 2008 Update, Skating Lower, Blog News, Schwierz Hospitalized  Mathias Schwierz in his 500-meter heat on the road at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Anyang, Korea
Now That's A Lot Of Races, Ho Ho Ho, Skate Mexico 2008 Update, Skating Lower, Blog News, Schwierz Hospitalized Mathias Schwierz in his 500-meter heat on the road at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Anyang, Korea
Happy New Year!, USA LT Champs, NZ Road Champs,  I'm in Moncton, New Brunswick fighting off an intense winter storm. My strategy to avoid cabin fever is to eat plenty of good food, buy new shoes, drink plenty of cheer in a few hours, play with a cat named Angel, play drums, play guitar, scour the internet for skating related news, and shovel some snow. My home for the last couple of days has been Moncton's YMCA. From the window in the cardio and weight room on the 2nd floor, I can see a big billboard for the Codiac Cyclones Speed Skating. I've seen a couple of these billboards scattered around Moncton.  It's motivating to look at that billboard while I am working out. So do you see the snow in the picture? As much as I like snow, I am NOT liking this particular snowfall. You see, this year I failed to get winter tires put on my car. With over 2000km logged in snowy-slushy conditions, I am filled with anger that my snow tires are sitting in my garage in Toronto. Snow tires a like sharpenned blades or new wheels, winter boots with tread or flip flops on a pool deck; they're important! USA LT Champs: Before you click away from my website, make sure you check out Andrew Love's report on day 1 and day 2 of the US single distance championships- US LT Champs, Day 1 & 2-there's lots of pics, stories, and reporting.  About the picture and results above, Andrew Love writes 'National allaround team member Ron Macky & I have had a running joke this year. When he beats me in the 500m, he takes away my “sprinter card.” When I beat him, I get my “sprinter card” back. We have been within .1 or .2 of each other every weekend. Look what happened in the final results from the allaround 500m! What do Ron & I do? Do we both have sprinters cards now? Or do we have to split it?' Now here are a couple of press releases announcing US Speedskating's long track single distance and allround teams. NZ Road Champs: New Zealand's 2008 road nationals are under way. Click here for the results.
Happy New Year!, USA LT Champs, NZ Road Champs, I'm in Moncton, New Brunswick fighting off an intense winter storm. My strategy to avoid cabin fever is to eat plenty of good food, buy new shoes, drink plenty of cheer in a few hours, play with a cat named Angel, play drums, play guitar, scour the internet for skating related news, and shovel some snow. My home for the last couple of days has been Moncton's YMCA. From the window in the cardio and weight room on the 2nd floor, I can see a big billboard for the Codiac Cyclones Speed Skating. I've seen a couple of these billboards scattered around Moncton. It's motivating to look at that billboard while I am working out. So do you see the snow in the picture? As much as I like snow, I am NOT liking this particular snowfall. You see, this year I failed to get winter tires put on my car. With over 2000km logged in snowy-slushy conditions, I am filled with anger that my snow tires are sitting in my garage in Toronto. Snow tires a like sharpenned blades or new wheels, winter boots with tread or flip flops on a pool deck; they're important! USA LT Champs: Before you click away from my website, make sure you check out Andrew Love's report on day 1 and day 2 of the US single distance championships- US LT Champs, Day 1 & 2-there's lots of pics, stories, and reporting. About the picture and results above, Andrew Love writes 'National allaround team member Ron Macky & I have had a running joke this year. When he beats me in the 500m, he takes away my “sprinter card.” When I beat him, I get my “sprinter card” back. We have been within .1 or .2 of each other every weekend. Look what happened in the final results from the allaround 500m! What do Ron & I do? Do we both have sprinters cards now? Or do we have to split it?' Now here are a couple of press releases announcing US Speedskating's long track single distance and allround teams. NZ Road Champs: New Zealand's 2008 road nationals are under way. Click here for the results.
Happy 2008, Love's US LT Vid, Matthias Schwierz, Skatelog- Corners & Magazine, Flyin Brian Entries, Marathon Manager, Shave Or Not?, Quote Of The Day  Love's US LT Vid: Andrew Love made a really good video from the US long track champs- go see US LT Allaround Champs, video to check it out- you'll see all sorts of great footage including racing action, people standing around watching and cheering, coaches, post race puking?, pre race low walks?, crashes, the lap counter, and the score-board- and all this from many different angles. Matthias Schwierz: Click here for an article about German speedskater Matthias Schwierz who was recently injured in a long track event.  Jana Gegner with Matthias Schwierz- photo from www.bz-berlin.de Skatelog- Corners & Magazine: Here are a couple of threads from Skatelog's Forum- So if there were this new magazine, what would you name it? and Why can't I stay stuck in the corners?. Flyin Brian Entries: Flyin Brian has a couple of entries that you'll probably enjoy reading- see Back to training, US Long Track Championships Day 4, and US LT Trials Day 3. Marathon Manager: Have you checked out the Marathon Manager rankings recently? Well, I am proud to say that since I've stated paying attention to the game and managing my team, I've been slowly but surely climbing up the standings. I am now in 283rd place, closing in on the top 250.  Shave Or Not?: Pixelmech's entry To Shave, or Not to Shave, That is the Question is a nice little read that raises a good question for many skaters who have not yet shaved their legs. I raced in sprint canoeing between 1991 and 1993. At a regatta in between races, I was talking with a friend of mine. My friend, who was a cyclist, was answering questions about his masculinity vis-a-vis his leg shaving habits. He said 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'. Quote Of The Day: 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'- Marc Campbell- Mississauga- June 1993
Happy 2008, Love's US LT Vid, Matthias Schwierz, Skatelog- Corners & Magazine, Flyin Brian Entries, Marathon Manager, Shave Or Not?, Quote Of The Day Love's US LT Vid: Andrew Love made a really good video from the US long track champs- go see US LT Allaround Champs, video to check it out- you'll see all sorts of great footage including racing action, people standing around watching and cheering, coaches, post race puking?, pre race low walks?, crashes, the lap counter, and the score-board- and all this from many different angles. Matthias Schwierz: Click here for an article about German speedskater Matthias Schwierz who was recently injured in a long track event. Jana Gegner with Matthias Schwierz- photo from www.bz-berlin.de Skatelog- Corners & Magazine: Here are a couple of threads from Skatelog's Forum- So if there were this new magazine, what would you name it? and Why can't I stay stuck in the corners?. Flyin Brian Entries: Flyin Brian has a couple of entries that you'll probably enjoy reading- see Back to training, US Long Track Championships Day 4, and US LT Trials Day 3. Marathon Manager: Have you checked out the Marathon Manager rankings recently? Well, I am proud to say that since I've stated paying attention to the game and managing my team, I've been slowly but surely climbing up the standings. I am now in 283rd place, closing in on the top 250. Shave Or Not?: Pixelmech's entry To Shave, or Not to Shave, That is the Question is a nice little read that raises a good question for many skaters who have not yet shaved their legs. I raced in sprint canoeing between 1991 and 1993. At a regatta in between races, I was talking with a friend of mine. My friend, who was a cyclist, was answering questions about his masculinity vis-a-vis his leg shaving habits. He said 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'. Quote Of The Day: 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'- Marc Campbell- Mississauga- June 1993
Powerslide Makes History Again
Razors Box Contest
Slamm Jamm 07 edit : By Stew Game
Sixwonsix : Wednesday Night Skate
Razors box contest : Guillaume legentil (france)
The Other Holland
Zima 2004
Long Track Videos, Essent #15 Pics, EGC's Happy New Year, 2008 FIC, NZ Champs, France's Roller Spots, San Silvestre Pics, WIC 2008 2007-12 Italy Allround Champs Here is a video featuring Jan Blokhuisen (front) and Koen Verweij (behind) during their first 10k long track ever. Both skaters were members of the Netherlands' silver medal junior world roller relay team 2006 alonb with Pieter-jan van Eck. Essent #15 Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has a couple of photo albums from the December 31st Amsterdam Essent Cup race that I didn't link to- see the women's pictures and the men's A pictures.  Amsterdam Essent Cup #15 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie  Amsterdam Essent Cup #15 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie EGC's Happy New Year: Eric Gee wishes us a happy new year in his most recent entry Happy New Year - 2008- he writes 'EGCSkates is still alive. I just thought I’d mention that'. 2008 FIC: You can view a calendar with provisional dates for the 2008 French Inline Cup.  NZ Champs: You can read an update about the New Zealand's road champs in New Zealand News- scroll down to the January 2nd post. Again, you can find the results here. France's Roller Spots: Roller En Ligne has published a map with all the spots in France where inline or roller skating takes place. San Silvestre Pics: Mundo Patin has published photos from the San Silvestre event.  San Silvestre- photo from Mundo Patin WIC 2008: You'll find a recent 2008 World Inline Cup updates in World Cup Topics for 2008. How about this news from Bill Begg; 'Well the rumour millis alive & well, the latest to flow past my eyes & ears is this one. Lugino, possibly with Answer Wheels, we know Joey is in there & Max Presti, but a few more Fill ins, we hear the names Naselli, Vogel & Cheek'.
Winterclash 2008 - 08.02-10.02 Mühlhausen, Germany
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Love's Amazing Mexico, WIC Women Of 2007, Briand Kolomna Update, Revotech's 2008 3x120, Custom Shoes, Waco Roundup Pics, HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics WIC Women Of 2007: The Inline Planet has just published an article by Bill Begg called Who Was Who and Who Did What ... in the 2007 World Inline Cup- WIC Women. Thanks IP & Bill Begg. Chile's Catherine Penan behind New Zealand's Nicole Begg at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- about Penan, Bill Begg writes 'The 18-year-old Chilean champion had a solid rookie year in the WIC...any doubts about her ability were put to rest in Biel, where she showed her strength in the breakaway and tried to steal victory in the long sprint in the finish...' Briand Kolomna Update: Pascal Briand put up an update about last weekene'd long track world cup- see world cup in moscow. France's Pascal Brian, , and Tristan Loy- photo from Pascal Briand Revotech's 2008 3x120: Looks like Revotech's frames are ready for 2008- check out the specs. Maybe Heyoo will carry their products? Hehhe, you like how I put Heyoo in there eh? Custom Shoes: Skate Podium has an article and video about custom skating shoes. Good stuff from an ever good site- lots of insight and inspirado for those emerging boot and skate shoe makers like EGCSkates- I know Eric Gee is taking a break from his site, but I wonder if he reads my site. Waco Roundup Pics: The thread Pictures from the Waco Roundup Meet?? has finally bore some fruit- Lemming came to the rescue and posted photos- see TT1, TT2, TT3, TT4, AM races, and PM races. HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has put up some photos from this past weekend's KNSB Cup #9 in Geleen- see men A and men B. Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie
Love's Amazing Mexico, WIC Women Of 2007, Briand Kolomna Update, Revotech's 2008 3x120, Custom Shoes, Waco Roundup Pics, HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics WIC Women Of 2007: The Inline Planet has just published an article by Bill Begg called Who Was Who and Who Did What ... in the 2007 World Inline Cup- WIC Women. Thanks IP & Bill Begg. Chile's Catherine Penan behind New Zealand's Nicole Begg at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- about Penan, Bill Begg writes 'The 18-year-old Chilean champion had a solid rookie year in the WIC...any doubts about her ability were put to rest in Biel, where she showed her strength in the breakaway and tried to steal victory in the long sprint in the finish...' Briand Kolomna Update: Pascal Briand put up an update about last weekene'd long track world cup- see world cup in moscow. France's Pascal Brian, , and Tristan Loy- photo from Pascal Briand Revotech's 2008 3x120: Looks like Revotech's frames are ready for 2008- check out the specs. Maybe Heyoo will carry their products? Hehhe, you like how I put Heyoo in there eh? Custom Shoes: Skate Podium has an article and video about custom skating shoes. Good stuff from an ever good site- lots of insight and inspirado for those emerging boot and skate shoe makers like EGCSkates- I know Eric Gee is taking a break from his site, but I wonder if he reads my site. Waco Roundup Pics: The thread Pictures from the Waco Roundup Meet?? has finally bore some fruit- Lemming came to the rescue and posted photos- see TT1, TT2, TT3, TT4, AM races, and PM races. HDB's Geleen KNSB #9 Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has put up some photos from this past weekend's KNSB Cup #9 in Geleen- see men A and men B. Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Geleen KNSB #9- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie
6 Heures De Montlucon, Kolomna Rink Picture, Rollerdome In The News, Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat, CAN Fund Plug, LT All Round, Ruud Aerts, WIC Photo from Roller En Ligne Kolomna Rink Picture: I really like the picture below of the rink in Kolomna from last weekend's long track world cup- the photo is by German long track skater Joerg Dallmann. Rollerdome In The News: Minneapolis' Rollerdome was featured in the news on KARE. Click here for more (FYI- I am linking to this thanks to the Inline Planet). Click here for the video. Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat: Modest Mouse has been one of my favourite bands for 5-some odd years now- I think the song Missed The Boat is fantastic- click here for one of the video versions of the song or check it out below. In case you want to get into the band, here's a video of Satin in a coffin performed on Letterman- see below. What I especially like about Modest Mouse is the connection with Johnny Marr who officially joined in 2006. In the early to mid 80's, Marr played guitar with the Smiths which were one of my absolute favourite bands starting in 1991. In high school, used to think I looked like Morrissey... I saw Morrissey perform a few times in Toronto. Here's a Johnny Marr video- Down On The Corner. CAN Fund Plug: Here's another plug for the Canadian Athlete's Now Fund (CAN Fund); they say 'This Holiday Season Donate & Find Out Which Canadian Athlete you Supported! A tax receipt will be issued for donations'. LT All Round: The long track all round world championships will take place in Berlin on February 10th- Skate Podium is letting us know that tickets are on sale starting today. Click here if you'd like to buy some tickets. Ruud Aerts: Here is a Skate Podium article about Ruud Aerts and the outdoor and marathon long track scene. Ruud Aerts- photo from Skate Podium WIC: Bill Begg updated the World Cup Topics for 2008 topic with some news from the men's site.
6 Heures De Montlucon, Kolomna Rink Picture, Rollerdome In The News, Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat, CAN Fund Plug, LT All Round, Ruud Aerts, WIC Photo from Roller En Ligne Kolomna Rink Picture: I really like the picture below of the rink in Kolomna from last weekend's long track world cup- the photo is by German long track skater Joerg Dallmann. Rollerdome In The News: Minneapolis' Rollerdome was featured in the news on KARE. Click here for more (FYI- I am linking to this thanks to the Inline Planet). Click here for the video. Modest Mouse's Missed The Boat: Modest Mouse has been one of my favourite bands for 5-some odd years now- I think the song Missed The Boat is fantastic- click here for one of the video versions of the song or check it out below. In case you want to get into the band, here's a video of Satin in a coffin performed on Letterman- see below. What I especially like about Modest Mouse is the connection with Johnny Marr who officially joined in 2006. In the early to mid 80's, Marr played guitar with the Smiths which were one of my absolute favourite bands starting in 1991. In high school, used to think I looked like Morrissey... I saw Morrissey perform a few times in Toronto. Here's a Johnny Marr video- Down On The Corner. CAN Fund Plug: Here's another plug for the Canadian Athlete's Now Fund (CAN Fund); they say 'This Holiday Season Donate & Find Out Which Canadian Athlete you Supported! A tax receipt will be issued for donations'. LT All Round: The long track all round world championships will take place in Berlin on February 10th- Skate Podium is letting us know that tickets are on sale starting today. Click here if you'd like to buy some tickets. Ruud Aerts: Here is a Skate Podium article about Ruud Aerts and the outdoor and marathon long track scene. Ruud Aerts- photo from Skate Podium WIC: Bill Begg updated the World Cup Topics for 2008 topic with some news from the men's site.
LT World Cup #4 Results, Speedy-Tanny, Montreal 24 Hour Date Change?, Love's SI Photos, MSI Marathon De Quebec Video, Spanish Translation 'Pat Meek is on the USA allaround world cup team, and he just sent me some images of the new indoor track in Kolomna, Russia. It looks simply amazing, check out the roof! can you look up & see yourself?'- caption from and photo posted on Andrew Love MSI Marathon De Quebec Video: Here's a video of last weekened's Marathon De Quebec- press play below. Spanish Translation: Alex Bont was recently looking for a Spanish Translation pls; well, it looks like he got it- 'Carlos Orlando Ferreira (IZQ - Izquirda - Left Side) receives the trophy from the President Colombian Olympic Committee Andres Botero (DER- Derecha - Right Side) not a relative of Jorge Botero's, as far as I know! For the number 1 Colombian team of the year,the World championship team. I hope they certainly never got the organization award'
LT World Cup #4 Results, Speedy-Tanny, Montreal 24 Hour Date Change?, Love's SI Photos, MSI Marathon De Quebec Video, Spanish Translation 'Pat Meek is on the USA allaround world cup team, and he just sent me some images of the new indoor track in Kolomna, Russia. It looks simply amazing, check out the roof! can you look up & see yourself?'- caption from and photo posted on Andrew Love MSI Marathon De Quebec Video: Here's a video of last weekened's Marathon De Quebec- press play below. Spanish Translation: Alex Bont was recently looking for a Spanish Translation pls; well, it looks like he got it- 'Carlos Orlando Ferreira (IZQ - Izquirda - Left Side) receives the trophy from the President Colombian Olympic Committee Andres Botero (DER- Derecha - Right Side) not a relative of Jorge Botero's, as far as I know! For the number 1 Colombian team of the year,the World championship team. I hope they certainly never got the organization award'
LT World Cup Results, Cheex Skating Blog, Trans-USA Record Attempt, SSR Plug, Medellin Clasica, Teun Breedijk Interview, IP Skate Tip- Rain, FB's Fire Yuya Oikawa- photo from Meijco.nl Denny Morrison- photo from Meijco.nl Judith Hesse- photo from Meijco.nl Cheex Skating Blog: USA's Michael Cheeks has a blog. He put up a report on the Greensboro Meet. He says ' I remember being a kid and getting super nervous about this meet. Even though we were never really training for it, you always like to do well the first meet of the season' and 'First thing that really stick out in my mind about this meet Is the talent level of the younger kids. Wow, really impressed with all kids and just how fast they're going'. Definitely looking forward to reading more of his thoughts and perspectives. Michael Cheeks (center) before the road relay finals at the 2007 world championsihps in Cali, Colombia Trans-USA Record Attempt: What will you be doing on January 1st 2008? Recovering from a New Year's party? Danny Dannels has other plans- very very nice. See Trans-USA Record Attempt. 'Hi! Danny Dannels here. I skate with the Texas Flyers. I have received authorization from Guinness World Records to make a Trans-USA record attempt on my speed skates. I will be skating up to 100 miles per day from Jacksonville, FL to San Diego, CA. I will be skating in the I-10 corridor (not on I-10). I am projecting a 30+ day journey rife with human struggle and accomplishments. I will also be blogging my account on my MySpace page during the trip. I begin January 1, 2008'. Best of luck Danny! SSR Plug: This is a plug for Speedskating Results; it's the place to go when you're looking for long track ice results. It's in the links on the right hand side of this section under 'A FEW GOOD LINKS'. Medellin Clasica: You can find Spanish language reports and results from Colombia's Medellin Clasica here and here. Teun Breedijk Interview: Skate Podium has a video interview with Teun Breedijk about the Essent Cup. There are lots of cool shots of the media and motorbike that rides on the inside of the peloton. IP Skate Tip- Rain: The latest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is Skating in the Rain. Ugh, rain. Remember my video of tips on how to skate in the snow? How cool was that? 2006 world championships marathon in the rain in Korea FB's Fire: Flyin Brian put up a good entry about the 2006 Winter Olympic opening ceremony- it's called Light the Fire Within. He says 'So the Friday night real show at the Opening Ceremonies seemed like a crap shoot. 60,000 fans and a few billion on live TV. I know the choregrapher Sara Karahara and the producers were stressed the last week. Amazingly, everything went off without a hitch'.
LT World Cup Results, Cheex Skating Blog, Trans-USA Record Attempt, SSR Plug, Medellin Clasica, Teun Breedijk Interview, IP Skate Tip- Rain, FB's Fire Yuya Oikawa- photo from Meijco.nl Denny Morrison- photo from Meijco.nl Judith Hesse- photo from Meijco.nl Cheex Skating Blog: USA's Michael Cheeks has a blog. He put up a report on the Greensboro Meet. He says ' I remember being a kid and getting super nervous about this meet. Even though we were never really training for it, you always like to do well the first meet of the season' and 'First thing that really stick out in my mind about this meet Is the talent level of the younger kids. Wow, really impressed with all kids and just how fast they're going'. Definitely looking forward to reading more of his thoughts and perspectives. Michael Cheeks (center) before the road relay finals at the 2007 world championsihps in Cali, Colombia Trans-USA Record Attempt: What will you be doing on January 1st 2008? Recovering from a New Year's party? Danny Dannels has other plans- very very nice. See Trans-USA Record Attempt. 'Hi! Danny Dannels here. I skate with the Texas Flyers. I have received authorization from Guinness World Records to make a Trans-USA record attempt on my speed skates. I will be skating up to 100 miles per day from Jacksonville, FL to San Diego, CA. I will be skating in the I-10 corridor (not on I-10). I am projecting a 30+ day journey rife with human struggle and accomplishments. I will also be blogging my account on my MySpace page during the trip. I begin January 1, 2008'. Best of luck Danny! SSR Plug: This is a plug for Speedskating Results; it's the place to go when you're looking for long track ice results. It's in the links on the right hand side of this section under 'A FEW GOOD LINKS'. Medellin Clasica: You can find Spanish language reports and results from Colombia's Medellin Clasica here and here. Teun Breedijk Interview: Skate Podium has a video interview with Teun Breedijk about the Essent Cup. There are lots of cool shots of the media and motorbike that rides on the inside of the peloton. IP Skate Tip- Rain: The latest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is Skating in the Rain. Ugh, rain. Remember my video of tips on how to skate in the snow? How cool was that? 2006 world championships marathon in the rain in Korea FB's Fire: Flyin Brian put up a good entry about the 2006 Winter Olympic opening ceremony- it's called Light the Fire Within. He says 'So the Friday night real show at the Opening Ceremonies seemed like a crap shoot. 60,000 fans and a few billion on live TV. I know the choregrapher Sara Karahara and the producers were stressed the last week. Amazingly, everything went off without a hitch'.
Charles Whalig Passes, LT WC, KNSB #10 & Essent #8 , SZ's Excerpt From A Journal, AM Wing Blue, AH's Flashback, Godfather's 100k Video, MISC Videos USA's Shani Davis' 5k- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl Finland's Mika Poutala's 500- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl Women's 1500 A podium (Kristina Groves- Canada, Anni Friesinger- Germany, and Christine Nesbitt- Canada)- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl KNSB #10 & Essent #8: Skate Podium has put up live updates from yesterday's KNSB Cup #10 in Deventer. Interesting to note that KC Boutiette placed 6th in the A catergory. You can find a couple of articles with videos about the men (click for article and click for video) and the women's (click for article and click for video) races- you can also view the videos below. Harm de Boer Fotografie has posted pictures not only of the KNSB Cup #10 in Deveter but also of the Essent Cup #8 in Assen- use the following links; KNSB Cup #10 men A, KNSB Cup #10 men B, KNSB Cup #10 women, Essent Cup #8 women, and Essent Cup #8 men. Essent Cup 8 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Essent Cup 8 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #10 men A- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie SZ's Excerpt From A Journal: I thought Sigriz Ziegler's latest entry was pretty cool; Excerpt from a journal (aka 'I still post on this site'). She talks about her initial experiences in skating and her first impressions of the Toronto Inline Skating Club. AM Wing Blue: Roller En Ligne has posted a review of the AM Wing Blue wheel. AH's Flashback: Andrew Hegarty writes about two 'Travis Shaw' flashbacks in his most recent entry Flashback. He vividly describes a couple of falls, saying 'I tried to save myself and twisted myself so that I would be turning left but all it did was seal my fate. The next thing I knew I was sliding on my back, spinning, and looking up at the semi-shocked faces of the other skaters as I went plowing through the corner in front of them. Somehow they all managed to avoid hitting me and no one else fell'. He goes on to point out that 'Falling always makes me appreciate the fragile, yet renewable, resource that is the human body'. Godfather's 100k Video: Click here to check out the video from the Godfather's 100k Challenge. MISC Videos: Call it silly, call it what you will; I watch very little television. I do take in my share of documentaries, informercials, and sports news, but that's about it. I recently became addicted to an online show called Quaterlife. I wonder what's going to happen between Debra and Danny. And there's this tension starting to build between Lisa and Jed. I have a hard time with Dylan- there's something about her that I just don't like. And what's the deal with Andy? Why does he take so muvh guff! I know there are Modest Mouse fan out there, and here are a few more videos for you- amazing! The Dashboard video is genuis. Stiff Animal Fantasy is pretty nifty. You might think this guy is funny or you might think he's an idiot- Apauled.
Charles Whalig Passes, LT WC, KNSB #10 & Essent #8 , SZ's Excerpt From A Journal, AM Wing Blue, AH's Flashback, Godfather's 100k Video, MISC Videos USA's Shani Davis' 5k- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl Finland's Mika Poutala's 500- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl Women's 1500 A podium (Kristina Groves- Canada, Anni Friesinger- Germany, and Christine Nesbitt- Canada)- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl KNSB #10 & Essent #8: Skate Podium has put up live updates from yesterday's KNSB Cup #10 in Deventer. Interesting to note that KC Boutiette placed 6th in the A catergory. You can find a couple of articles with videos about the men (click for article and click for video) and the women's (click for article and click for video) races- you can also view the videos below. Harm de Boer Fotografie has posted pictures not only of the KNSB Cup #10 in Deveter but also of the Essent Cup #8 in Assen- use the following links; KNSB Cup #10 men A, KNSB Cup #10 men B, KNSB Cup #10 women, Essent Cup #8 women, and Essent Cup #8 men. Essent Cup 8 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Essent Cup 8 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #10 men A- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie SZ's Excerpt From A Journal: I thought Sigriz Ziegler's latest entry was pretty cool; Excerpt from a journal (aka 'I still post on this site'). She talks about her initial experiences in skating and her first impressions of the Toronto Inline Skating Club. AM Wing Blue: Roller En Ligne has posted a review of the AM Wing Blue wheel. AH's Flashback: Andrew Hegarty writes about two 'Travis Shaw' flashbacks in his most recent entry Flashback. He vividly describes a couple of falls, saying 'I tried to save myself and twisted myself so that I would be turning left but all it did was seal my fate. The next thing I knew I was sliding on my back, spinning, and looking up at the semi-shocked faces of the other skaters as I went plowing through the corner in front of them. Somehow they all managed to avoid hitting me and no one else fell'. He goes on to point out that 'Falling always makes me appreciate the fragile, yet renewable, resource that is the human body'. Godfather's 100k Video: Click here to check out the video from the Godfather's 100k Challenge. MISC Videos: Call it silly, call it what you will; I watch very little television. I do take in my share of documentaries, informercials, and sports news, but that's about it. I recently became addicted to an online show called Quaterlife. I wonder what's going to happen between Debra and Danny. And there's this tension starting to build between Lisa and Jed. I have a hard time with Dylan- there's something about her that I just don't like. And what's the deal with Andy? Why does he take so muvh guff! I know there are Modest Mouse fan out there, and here are a few more videos for you- amazing! The Dashboard video is genuis. Stiff Animal Fantasy is pretty nifty. You might think this guy is funny or you might think he's an idiot- Apauled.
More On Charlie Whalig, Love's Mexico The Video, PB's Training Photos, Speed Skating Alpine Cup, Watch-Dog Timing System Video, PC's WIC Calendar PB's Training Photos: Pattinaggio Bellusco has photos of a training session & food eating. Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco Speed Skating Alpine Cup: Here's a sweet video from mauriziolollo of the Speed Skating Italian National Team Alpine Cup- you can view below- Watch-Dog Timing System Video: This is pretty cool- I've been reading about the Watch-Dog Timing System and noticed a recent post with links to 3 different videos of the timming system in action- check out the videos below (you'll have to tilt your head towards the left... or your computer towards the right for the 1st and 3rd videos)- PC's WIC Calendar: Patin Carrera has published a 2008 calendar with dates for the 2008 World Inline Cup races.
More On Charlie Whalig, Love's Mexico The Video, PB's Training Photos, Speed Skating Alpine Cup, Watch-Dog Timing System Video, PC's WIC Calendar PB's Training Photos: Pattinaggio Bellusco has photos of a training session & food eating. Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco Speed Skating Alpine Cup: Here's a sweet video from mauriziolollo of the Speed Skating Italian National Team Alpine Cup- you can view below- Watch-Dog Timing System Video: This is pretty cool- I've been reading about the Watch-Dog Timing System and noticed a recent post with links to 3 different videos of the timming system in action- check out the videos below (you'll have to tilt your head towards the left... or your computer towards the right for the 1st and 3rd videos)- PC's WIC Calendar: Patin Carrera has published a 2008 calendar with dates for the 2008 World Inline Cup races.
Links, Dessert By Candy Holiday Cookies Fundraiser, Heerenveen World Cup Pics, Short Track World Cup Videos, Maybe you remember my post from about this time last year about the cookies that I bought from Candy... and how my cat attacked them... see King Koss and Hazel, Desert By Candy From 2006-12-12- My cookies post-Presti- in the process of being destroyed and therefore non-edible Speaking of Candy Wong, she recently received her new Simmons boots- you can drool over her nice boots by checking out Mystery Solved!. Heerenveen World Cup Pics: Click here for some very nice photos from last weekend's long track world cup in Heerenveen. The Netherlands' men during the team pursuit- photo from Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen Short Track World Cup Videos: We're supposed to be able to view videos from the most recent short track world cup competition that took place in Torino, Italy. The videos aren't working for me, but I'll keep checking. You can browse for the videos from the other world cup meets by clicking here.
Links, Dessert By Candy Holiday Cookies Fundraiser, Heerenveen World Cup Pics, Short Track World Cup Videos, Maybe you remember my post from about this time last year about the cookies that I bought from Candy... and how my cat attacked them... see King Koss and Hazel, Desert By Candy From 2006-12-12- My cookies post-Presti- in the process of being destroyed and therefore non-edible Speaking of Candy Wong, she recently received her new Simmons boots- you can drool over her nice boots by checking out Mystery Solved!. Heerenveen World Cup Pics: Click here for some very nice photos from last weekend's long track world cup in Heerenveen. The Netherlands' men during the team pursuit- photo from Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen Short Track World Cup Videos: We're supposed to be able to view videos from the most recent short track world cup competition that took place in Torino, Italy. The videos aren't working for me, but I'll keep checking. You can browse for the videos from the other world cup meets by clicking here.
Godspeed Lee Martin, Mexico Yucatan Training Camp In March, Training with Bill Begg 2, Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results, NROC Revealed, Jens Zwitser Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results: This is a straighforward post- Pensacola NTF Meet Pictures and Results. In case you don't feel like clicking your way to the post, you can lazily use the following links; novice results, standard results, and photos. Photo from Emerald Coast Speed Team NROC Revealed: The Inline Planet's NROC's details have been revealed. Jens Zwitser: Click here for a Skate Podium article on Jens Zwitser. Jens Zwitser- photo from Skate Podium
Godspeed Lee Martin, Mexico Yucatan Training Camp In March, Training with Bill Begg 2, Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results, NROC Revealed, Jens Zwitser Pensacola NTF Meet Pics & Results: This is a straighforward post- Pensacola NTF Meet Pictures and Results. In case you don't feel like clicking your way to the post, you can lazily use the following links; novice results, standard results, and photos. Photo from Emerald Coast Speed Team NROC Revealed: The Inline Planet's NROC's details have been revealed. Jens Zwitser: Click here for a Skate Podium article on Jens Zwitser. Jens Zwitser- photo from Skate Podium
Cheex's Joey Mantia Interview PT 1, ZATAOSS' Growing Blades, USA Marathons Comming Alive, More On Trans USA Record Attempt, ISU Sprint LT World Cup Joey Mantia at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Korea ZATAOSS' Growing Blades: This is to alert you that there is another entry on Zen And The Art Of Speedskating; this one is called Growing Blades. USA Marathons Comming Alive: I hope the title of this thread is a sign of things to come- USA Marathons Comming Alive- it's in response to yesterday's NROC announcement. More On Trans USA Record Attempt: You can read more information on Danny Dannels' upcoming Trans USA record attempt. You can find his MySpace here. ISU Sprint LT World Cup: The ISU long track sprint world cup will make a stop in Erfurt, Germany this weekend. You can read who is starting for the women and for the men. You should be able to find some results thanks to KNSB once the racing begins tomorrow. I'll link to the ISU results once I find the page.
Cheex's Joey Mantia Interview PT 1, ZATAOSS' Growing Blades, USA Marathons Comming Alive, More On Trans USA Record Attempt, ISU Sprint LT World Cup Joey Mantia at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Korea ZATAOSS' Growing Blades: This is to alert you that there is another entry on Zen And The Art Of Speedskating; this one is called Growing Blades. USA Marathons Comming Alive: I hope the title of this thread is a sign of things to come- USA Marathons Comming Alive- it's in response to yesterday's NROC announcement. More On Trans USA Record Attempt: You can read more information on Danny Dannels' upcoming Trans USA record attempt. You can find his MySpace here. ISU Sprint LT World Cup: The ISU long track sprint world cup will make a stop in Erfurt, Germany this weekend. You can read who is starting for the women and for the men. You should be able to find some results thanks to KNSB once the racing begins tomorrow. I'll link to the ISU results once I find the page.
FlevOnIce Opens, ISU World Cup Erfurt, Sandra & Kepa In The Nude, Scooter's Practice Photos, Amazing Awaits, Interzones PBM Dinan Results Sandra Caballero- photo from SpeedSK8rs.com Scooter's Practice Photos: Click here for photo from last Wednesday's Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice. Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice- photo from l3xh2k Amazing Awaits: How's this for inspiration and pumping-up- Amazing Awaits. I can't wait until the day roller speed skating is seen in a video like this one. Interzones PBM Dinan Results: Roller En Ligne has posted Interzones PBM Dinan results-
FlevOnIce Opens, ISU World Cup Erfurt, Sandra & Kepa In The Nude, Scooter's Practice Photos, Amazing Awaits, Interzones PBM Dinan Results Sandra Caballero- photo from SpeedSK8rs.com Scooter's Practice Photos: Click here for photo from last Wednesday's Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice. Scooter's Indoor Speed Club practice- photo from l3xh2k Amazing Awaits: How's this for inspiration and pumping-up- Amazing Awaits. I can't wait until the day roller speed skating is seen in a video like this one. Interzones PBM Dinan Results: Roller En Ligne has posted Interzones PBM Dinan results-
IP Skate Tip- Low Down, KNSB #11 Den Haag & More, Indoors, ISU LT WC Erfurt, Road Rash Chronicles, Hegarty's The Floor Is this skater low enough? ... Take the High-Low Photo Quiz! KNSB #11 Den Haag: You can read Skate Podium's live udpates from the KNSB Cup #11 Den Haag. To catch up on the results from all the other long track speedskating races, make sure you check out SpeedskatingResults.com. Indoors: The indoor racing at the Canadian Championships has been scrapped, but that's not stopped a few clubs from still operating an indoor program. Andrew Hegarty is laying down The Challenge. He writes 'In my last post I suggested a friendly competition between the big 3 indoor clubs in Canada. I thought about it some more and I figured that it might actually be fun to do...What do the winners get? Bragging rights and that’s it. This would simply be for the fun of it'. The thread French indoor inline championships has a lot of potential for developing ideas and discussion. I think it's one to watch. Jim White writes 'France will soon (this winter) have an indoor championships... I've heard that Italy and Switzerland have had indoor national championships, perhaps others, so hopefully there's movement to an European indoor championship, then perhaps worlds!' ISU LT WC Erfurt: The ISU long track world cup kicked off today in Erfurt- you can find all the results here. You should be able to find pictures here a little bit later. As always, Speed Skating World Online Magazine is giving us some insight on the racing action- here are a few links of interest from today's racing; ladies 500m B, men 500m B, ladies 500m A, men 500m A, ladies 1000m A, men 1000m A, ladies 1000m B, and men 1000m B. Road Rash Chronicles: Here's a fun link for you to read with lots of good stuff and a voice from Ottawa; Road Rash Chronicles. This site has regular updates- here's one of the recent videos; Inline Interval Training- Hegarty's The Floor: Andrew Hegarty's latest post is called The Floor. About the floor that the Scooter's Indoor Speed Club uses, Andrew says 'When skating indoors the quality of the floor is imperative. The better the surface, the more grip and the faster you can enter the corners. We have to spend 30 minutes ++ each practice cleaning the dust off of Scooters just so that the floor is acceptable; even then we rarely dip into the sub 10s laps and we tend to avg mid to low 10’s in our rolling fast laps. I wonder whether we’d be faster or slower on the floor that Ottawa uses'. Wayne Burrett, Aaron Arndt, Andrew Hegarty, and I met last night for a few hours to discuss plans re. the SISC and we made a plan to 'teach' others how to clean the floor properly. There's a real science- a method and technique but also an art behind cleaning the floor at Scooter's. We've got to dry mop the floor 3 or 4 times, and then vinegar the floor in the correct places a few times, digging away at the dirt and dust and sparkles from the ornaments that hang from the ceilings, making sure we cover the track patterns (entry and exit lines) used in the corners.
IP Skate Tip- Low Down, KNSB #11 Den Haag & More, Indoors, ISU LT WC Erfurt, Road Rash Chronicles, Hegarty's The Floor Is this skater low enough? ... Take the High-Low Photo Quiz! KNSB #11 Den Haag: You can read Skate Podium's live udpates from the KNSB Cup #11 Den Haag. To catch up on the results from all the other long track speedskating races, make sure you check out SpeedskatingResults.com. Indoors: The indoor racing at the Canadian Championships has been scrapped, but that's not stopped a few clubs from still operating an indoor program. Andrew Hegarty is laying down The Challenge. He writes 'In my last post I suggested a friendly competition between the big 3 indoor clubs in Canada. I thought about it some more and I figured that it might actually be fun to do...What do the winners get? Bragging rights and that’s it. This would simply be for the fun of it'. The thread French indoor inline championships has a lot of potential for developing ideas and discussion. I think it's one to watch. Jim White writes 'France will soon (this winter) have an indoor championships... I've heard that Italy and Switzerland have had indoor national championships, perhaps others, so hopefully there's movement to an European indoor championship, then perhaps worlds!' ISU LT WC Erfurt: The ISU long track world cup kicked off today in Erfurt- you can find all the results here. You should be able to find pictures here a little bit later. As always, Speed Skating World Online Magazine is giving us some insight on the racing action- here are a few links of interest from today's racing; ladies 500m B, men 500m B, ladies 500m A, men 500m A, ladies 1000m A, men 1000m A, ladies 1000m B, and men 1000m B. Road Rash Chronicles: Here's a fun link for you to read with lots of good stuff and a voice from Ottawa; Road Rash Chronicles. This site has regular updates- here's one of the recent videos; Inline Interval Training- Hegarty's The Floor: Andrew Hegarty's latest post is called The Floor. About the floor that the Scooter's Indoor Speed Club uses, Andrew says 'When skating indoors the quality of the floor is imperative. The better the surface, the more grip and the faster you can enter the corners. We have to spend 30 minutes ++ each practice cleaning the dust off of Scooters just so that the floor is acceptable; even then we rarely dip into the sub 10s laps and we tend to avg mid to low 10’s in our rolling fast laps. I wonder whether we’d be faster or slower on the floor that Ottawa uses'. Wayne Burrett, Aaron Arndt, Andrew Hegarty, and I met last night for a few hours to discuss plans re. the SISC and we made a plan to 'teach' others how to clean the floor properly. There's a real science- a method and technique but also an art behind cleaning the floor at Scooter's. We've got to dry mop the floor 3 or 4 times, and then vinegar the floor in the correct places a few times, digging away at the dirt and dust and sparkles from the ornaments that hang from the ceilings, making sure we cover the track patterns (entry and exit lines) used in the corners.
Rink Roof Collapses, Links, Kalon Dobbin Got Robbed, Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce), OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach Kalon's eys after 5 days- photo and caption from Powerslide Racing I got into a pretty nasty fight with a couple of guys some 16 years ago when I used to sell be a Dickie Dee, selling ice cream on a bike. Some guys wanted to rob a friend and I. Punches were thrown, knives were pulled out, and the police was involved. Getting robbed is no fun. Actually, I've seen a few videos on the internet of people getting beat up. Since my knee is injured, I've started beating on a defensless boxing bag, sharpenning up my punching skills in case someone tries to mug me, especially here in dangerous Mississauga... I hope you don't think I'm serious about my fear of getting mugged or that Mississauga is dangerous. Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce): Skate Podium has a couple of article of interest; see the one about Casper Helling; Casper Helling: 100% natuurijsspecialist. Casper Helling- photo from Skate Podium You can check out a provisional calendar of Netherland races- see Concept wedstrijdkalender zomer 2008- the calendar includes many dates for the World On Wheels series. Here is a sweet video of the FlevOnIce- check it out- oh and by the way, droooooooool!!! OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach: If ever you're in the Ottawa area and you want to skate indoors, check out the Ottawa Inline Skating Club's indoor program. The Minto Run For Reach is one of the first Canadian events to take place in 2008. The 21.1km event will take place in Ottawa on April 13th in Ottawa- click here for more information.
Rink Roof Collapses, Links, Kalon Dobbin Got Robbed, Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce), OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach Kalon's eys after 5 days- photo and caption from Powerslide Racing I got into a pretty nasty fight with a couple of guys some 16 years ago when I used to sell be a Dickie Dee, selling ice cream on a bike. Some guys wanted to rob a friend and I. Punches were thrown, knives were pulled out, and the police was involved. Getting robbed is no fun. Actually, I've seen a few videos on the internet of people getting beat up. Since my knee is injured, I've started beating on a defensless boxing bag, sharpenning up my punching skills in case someone tries to mug me, especially here in dangerous Mississauga... I hope you don't think I'm serious about my fear of getting mugged or that Mississauga is dangerous. Skate Podium Articles (Helling, WOW, FlevOnIce): Skate Podium has a couple of article of interest; see the one about Casper Helling; Casper Helling: 100% natuurijsspecialist. Casper Helling- photo from Skate Podium You can check out a provisional calendar of Netherland races- see Concept wedstrijdkalender zomer 2008- the calendar includes many dates for the World On Wheels series. Here is a sweet video of the FlevOnIce- check it out- oh and by the way, droooooooool!!! OISC Indoor & Minto Run For Reach: If ever you're in the Ottawa area and you want to skate indoors, check out the Ottawa Inline Skating Club's indoor program. The Minto Run For Reach is one of the first Canadian events to take place in 2008. The 21.1km event will take place in Ottawa on April 13th in Ottawa- click here for more information.
Design Canada, Matthew Whitty's 2008 A2A, IP Articles, Beautiful Ice Video, Lots Of Blog News, Canadian ST Juniors Lots Of Blog News: Many of the internet blogs have seen interesting updates go up in the last few days. There is plenty of good reading and many diverse perspectives for speed skating fans to immerse themselves in as we head into the winter holidays. Aaron Arndt's site has seen a few posts in the last few days. Check out hmmmmm…. email response string and Wait a minute, maybe I am an asshole.... Andrew Love's website Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating has a few recent entries as well. See Outdoor Tough Guys about the Dimon Sports Marathon and All things excellent–. Photo from ZATAOSS Flyin Brian's site has an interesting entry with a video of a man doing squats. Here's the SSW challenge; try to calculate how much weight the guy is squatting- see Tapering & High Altitude training & Best Burger in SLC for the video and more. Michael Cheeks' skating site Cheex Skating Blog has a cool entry called GIMMI, EQUIPMENT, SPONSOR. Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a few entries that will give you lots of information on the German skating scene including information on teams- see More News: Täubrecht, Wilking, Cuncu, Rehse... and Rumors. Canadian ST Juniors: Patinage Vitesse Courte Piste has a picture of the junior team that will represent Canada at the 2008 short track world junior championships.
Design Canada, Matthew Whitty's 2008 A2A, IP Articles, Beautiful Ice Video, Lots Of Blog News, Canadian ST Juniors Lots Of Blog News: Many of the internet blogs have seen interesting updates go up in the last few days. There is plenty of good reading and many diverse perspectives for speed skating fans to immerse themselves in as we head into the winter holidays. Aaron Arndt's site has seen a few posts in the last few days. Check out hmmmmm…. email response string and Wait a minute, maybe I am an asshole.... Andrew Love's website Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating has a few recent entries as well. See Outdoor Tough Guys about the Dimon Sports Marathon and All things excellent–. Photo from ZATAOSS Flyin Brian's site has an interesting entry with a video of a man doing squats. Here's the SSW challenge; try to calculate how much weight the guy is squatting- see Tapering & High Altitude training & Best Burger in SLC for the video and more. Michael Cheeks' skating site Cheex Skating Blog has a cool entry called GIMMI, EQUIPMENT, SPONSOR. Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a few entries that will give you lots of information on the German skating scene including information on teams- see More News: Täubrecht, Wilking, Cuncu, Rehse... and Rumors. Canadian ST Juniors: Patinage Vitesse Courte Piste has a picture of the junior team that will represent Canada at the 2008 short track world junior championships.
Trapped In Thunder Bay, Dimon Sports Marathon, KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent, LT World Cup Erfurt, Canada JR ST, Skating Low Vid, REL Article Blue skies on Sunday in Thunder Bay meant no good news for my flight to Toronto- the flight was still cancelled thanks to a snow storm in Toronto Apart from missing two days of work, I do get to spend more time with my family and my nephew Sebastien. His first birthday was yesterday. Papa Olivier, Sebastien, and Mama Marlene Along with spending time with my family (ie sleeping in very late), I got to reinforce my new found obsession with Cream of Wheat. That cereal is fantastic! I think it's the next big thing. On my way to the grocery store today, I picked up a newspaper called Thunder Bay Sports Scene and noticed a picture of speedskaters on the front page. According to an article in the paper the Thunder Blades Speed Skating Club will have an open house tomorrow. Maybe if there's another snow storm and my flights are cancelled, I can go check it out! Dimon Sports Marathon: MSI's Dimon Sports Marathon took place this past weekend. Use the following links for results - 10km results - 25km results - 1-hour (blizzard race) results KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent: Let's get you started with some results- click here to plow through the KNSB Cup #11 results. You can find all the Essent Cup #9 results by clicking here. While we've been stuck in Thunder Bay, Skate Podium has been kind enough to put up some videos from this past weekend's KNSB #11 (The Hague) for Morgane Echardour and I to watch- click here for the women's and here for the men's A. You can find some very nice photos from the Essent Cup #9 (men's photos and women's photos) and KNSB Cup #11 (women's photos, men's B photos, and men's A photos) thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie. Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie The Hague KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie The Hague KNSB Cup #11 men's sprint- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie LT World Cup Erfurt: All the results are in (since yesterday) from the essent long track sprint World Cup in Erfurt, Germany- view all the results here. Here are a couple of articles; Morrison and Klassen earn medals at speed skating World Cup and Canada concludes successful first half to long track speed skating World Cup season Canada JR ST: The Canadian junior short track championships took place this past weekend in Ottawa. You can find all the results here. Check out the SSC article for more- Mendes-Campeau and Blais-Dufour Become National Junior Champions. Skating Low Vid: Following my Inline Planet article The Lowdown, check out Skating Low - Video- you can view the video here. REL Article: Roller En Ligne has a good article in French called Le mariage de la technique et du matériel
Trapped In Thunder Bay, Dimon Sports Marathon, KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent, LT World Cup Erfurt, Canada JR ST, Skating Low Vid, REL Article Blue skies on Sunday in Thunder Bay meant no good news for my flight to Toronto- the flight was still cancelled thanks to a snow storm in Toronto Apart from missing two days of work, I do get to spend more time with my family and my nephew Sebastien. His first birthday was yesterday. Papa Olivier, Sebastien, and Mama Marlene Along with spending time with my family (ie sleeping in very late), I got to reinforce my new found obsession with Cream of Wheat. That cereal is fantastic! I think it's the next big thing. On my way to the grocery store today, I picked up a newspaper called Thunder Bay Sports Scene and noticed a picture of speedskaters on the front page. According to an article in the paper the Thunder Blades Speed Skating Club will have an open house tomorrow. Maybe if there's another snow storm and my flights are cancelled, I can go check it out! Dimon Sports Marathon: MSI's Dimon Sports Marathon took place this past weekend. Use the following links for results - 10km results - 25km results - 1-hour (blizzard race) results KNSB #11 Videos & Pics + Essent: Let's get you started with some results- click here to plow through the KNSB Cup #11 results. You can find all the Essent Cup #9 results by clicking here. While we've been stuck in Thunder Bay, Skate Podium has been kind enough to put up some videos from this past weekend's KNSB #11 (The Hague) for Morgane Echardour and I to watch- click here for the women's and here for the men's A. You can find some very nice photos from the Essent Cup #9 (men's photos and women's photos) and KNSB Cup #11 (women's photos, men's B photos, and men's A photos) thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie. Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Essent Cup #9 Amsterdam men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie The Hague KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie The Hague KNSB Cup #11 men's sprint- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie LT World Cup Erfurt: All the results are in (since yesterday) from the essent long track sprint World Cup in Erfurt, Germany- view all the results here. Here are a couple of articles; Morrison and Klassen earn medals at speed skating World Cup and Canada concludes successful first half to long track speed skating World Cup season Canada JR ST: The Canadian junior short track championships took place this past weekend in Ottawa. You can find all the results here. Check out the SSC article for more- Mendes-Campeau and Blais-Dufour Become National Junior Champions. Skating Low Vid: Following my Inline Planet article The Lowdown, check out Skating Low - Video- you can view the video here. REL Article: Roller En Ligne has a good article in French called Le mariage de la technique et du matériel
Plyometrics For Speedskaters, South American Racing News, SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon South American Racing News: Patin Carrera has posted some reports and results from recent races in South America. Use the following links for the Copa America event in Panama; photos, report, and results. Gladys Stranges, Diana Platero, Silvana Stocco and Sandra Gomez- photo from Patin Carrera You can find a report with results and a 2nd report with results from the Venezuela Games. SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon: Speedskating-Online has some articles and information that you might like to have. The first is an article called Wotherspoon happy about first World Cup results. If you're interested in checking out the speedskating schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games taking place in Vanouver, click here. Better yet, I'll take a screen shot and put it below- even better, you can go straight to the source; see the long track schedule and the short track schedule.
Plyometrics For Speedskaters, South American Racing News, SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon South American Racing News: Patin Carrera has posted some reports and results from recent races in South America. Use the following links for the Copa America event in Panama; photos, report, and results. Gladys Stranges, Diana Platero, Silvana Stocco and Sandra Gomez- photo from Patin Carrera You can find a report with results and a 2nd report with results from the Venezuela Games. SSO- Olympics and Wotherspoon: Speedskating-Online has some articles and information that you might like to have. The first is an article called Wotherspoon happy about first World Cup results. If you're interested in checking out the speedskating schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games taking place in Vanouver, click here. Better yet, I'll take a screen shot and put it below- even better, you can go straight to the source; see the long track schedule and the short track schedule.
USA Short Track Speedskating Championships Webcast, Japan Allround LT Champs, A Kiwi Year, Venezuela Games Marathon, Arndt- Pics & Holidays A screen shot of Chris Creveling during his first race earlier on Friday Japan Allround LT Champs: You can find a non-English report with results from Japan's allround long track championships. You can find all the results here. A Kiwi Year: Here's an article from New Zealand- Kiwis hope there's always next year. The New Zealand skaters were competitive at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- Scott Alridge and Reyon Kay in New Zealand's black uniform during the 10km points elimination final Venezuela Games Marathon: Patin Carrera has a Spanish language report with results from the Venezuela Games marathon. Arndt- Pics & Holidays: Aaron Arndt is posting more and more material- see his most recent entries including Pics and moving forward... and Holiday Clarity...- he writes '...indoors will make you a more skilled, stronger, fitter, more efficient, more proficient, and simply better skater. But this is the product of a full season of hard work and effort. Those that attend regularly showcase these improvements made....The group as a whole learns, improves, grows, matures, and finally, moves on. This process is of a long term course and can even be held back by those that attend intermittently. Please, don’t allow the gap to become any larger. From here, the process of joining or rejoining the group or closing the gap quickly gets harder and longer, then finally impossible. So, get up and join us...’' 'Tuggen 100m Sprints'- 'For the record, I made it out of the first round.... (to the crowd’s amazment)'- photo and caption from Aaron Arndt Here's Aaron's video of Argentina's Ruben Martinez skating- see Ruben Martinez (Argentina) training.
USA Short Track Speedskating Championships Webcast, Japan Allround LT Champs, A Kiwi Year, Venezuela Games Marathon, Arndt- Pics & Holidays A screen shot of Chris Creveling during his first race earlier on Friday Japan Allround LT Champs: You can find a non-English report with results from Japan's allround long track championships. You can find all the results here. A Kiwi Year: Here's an article from New Zealand- Kiwis hope there's always next year. The New Zealand skaters were competitive at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia- Scott Alridge and Reyon Kay in New Zealand's black uniform during the 10km points elimination final Venezuela Games Marathon: Patin Carrera has a Spanish language report with results from the Venezuela Games marathon. Arndt- Pics & Holidays: Aaron Arndt is posting more and more material- see his most recent entries including Pics and moving forward... and Holiday Clarity...- he writes '...indoors will make you a more skilled, stronger, fitter, more efficient, more proficient, and simply better skater. But this is the product of a full season of hard work and effort. Those that attend regularly showcase these improvements made....The group as a whole learns, improves, grows, matures, and finally, moves on. This process is of a long term course and can even be held back by those that attend intermittently. Please, don’t allow the gap to become any larger. From here, the process of joining or rejoining the group or closing the gap quickly gets harder and longer, then finally impossible. So, get up and join us...’' 'Tuggen 100m Sprints'- 'For the record, I made it out of the first round.... (to the crowd’s amazment)'- photo and caption from Aaron Arndt Here's Aaron's video of Argentina's Ruben Martinez skating- see Ruben Martinez (Argentina) training.
KNSB Cup 12 Breda Updates & Video, RRC's Low & Pics, IP Skate Tip, Challenge Update, CW's Dare I Say It?, Trans-USA Record Update, Santa & Hong Kong RRC's Low & Pics: The people who work for an write at the Road Rash Chronicles updated their website with a positive review of my Inline Planet article The Low Down- see SpeedSkateWorld.com and the Down Low for more. I think they are applying some of the ideas in their training; see A true Road Rash Chronicle. The post that got my attention though was Last pics of Indoor until the new year. A bearded skater- photo from Road Rash Chronicles IP Skate Tip: The newest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is written by none other than Nicole Begg- it's called Warm-ups and Cool-downs. Nicole Begg (in black) in the thick of the action at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia Challenge Update: Andrew Hegarty has posted an update on The Challenge- see The Challenge - Update #1 for more. CW's Dare I Say It?: Here's a good read from Candy Wong; Dare I Say It?. Trans-USA Record Update: There is a new post in the Trans-USA Record Attempt thread. How about getting involved if he's skating near you? Danny Dannels says 'Guinness has decided that I am allowed to pace with people. I will try to keep as current an update as possible of my route and location. I would be honored to share the road with other skaters. If you care to, call your local media and see if they are interested in carrying the story, even if you don't live near the route. We can use this to raise awareness for our sport and teams. I could honestly use the help in getting the word out. Maybe we could get some face time for the local teams on the news. It's current events, health, and sports'. Santa & Hong Kong: This one seems like jolly 'old fun; SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong. Bill Begg says '... have also been fitted with a Complete Santa Uniform'. Heheheheh, I would love to see that!!
KNSB Cup 12 Breda Updates & Video, RRC's Low & Pics, IP Skate Tip, Challenge Update, CW's Dare I Say It?, Trans-USA Record Update, Santa & Hong Kong RRC's Low & Pics: The people who work for an write at the Road Rash Chronicles updated their website with a positive review of my Inline Planet article The Low Down- see SpeedSkateWorld.com and the Down Low for more. I think they are applying some of the ideas in their training; see A true Road Rash Chronicle. The post that got my attention though was Last pics of Indoor until the new year. A bearded skater- photo from Road Rash Chronicles IP Skate Tip: The newest of the Inline Planet's skate tips is written by none other than Nicole Begg- it's called Warm-ups and Cool-downs. Nicole Begg (in black) in the thick of the action at the 2007 world roller speed skating championships in Cali, Colombia Challenge Update: Andrew Hegarty has posted an update on The Challenge- see The Challenge - Update #1 for more. CW's Dare I Say It?: Here's a good read from Candy Wong; Dare I Say It?. Trans-USA Record Update: There is a new post in the Trans-USA Record Attempt thread. How about getting involved if he's skating near you? Danny Dannels says 'Guinness has decided that I am allowed to pace with people. I will try to keep as current an update as possible of my route and location. I would be honored to share the road with other skaters. If you care to, call your local media and see if they are interested in carrying the story, even if you don't live near the route. We can use this to raise awareness for our sport and teams. I could honestly use the help in getting the word out. Maybe we could get some face time for the local teams on the news. It's current events, health, and sports'. Santa & Hong Kong: This one seems like jolly 'old fun; SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong. Bill Begg says '... have also been fitted with a Complete Santa Uniform'. Heheheheh, I would love to see that!!
Scooter's Pics, USA ST Champs, Cat, FlevOnIce Video, Denny Morrison Site, More On Hong Kong's Santas, '04 ST WC #1 Pics Coming out of the corner 2007-12-23 Mississauga Scooter’s Practice USA ST Champs: You want details and reports and photos and more from the USA short track championships? You can find some details here. You can find all sorts of coverage thanks to Ohno Zone- see Final standings at Nationals, Nationals day 3 - 3000m & 1000m finals, Video clips: 500m A finals at Nationals which includes 3 videos, Overall standings after day 2, Nationals day 2 - 500m finals, Nationals Day 1 photos, 1500m finals (videos and news links now up!), Top 16 men and women after 9-lap time trials, and Photos from Thursday in Kearns. Also you can check out some day 1 photos here. Anthony Lobello & Jordan Malone at the front- photo from Ohno Zone Cat: Below is a picture of my dumbface (Presti) that I took on Saturday night. Presti's hobby is to pounce on and attack Zoe the elderly white cat. Zoe's hobby is to freak out when Presti the young orange cat jumps on her. Presti FlevOnIce Video: I don't remember if I linked to the Flevonice 16 dec 2007 video. One of my friends sent the link in an e-mail. I have NO idea what they're talking about in the video as it all sounds like jibberish to me, but I do understand and also love the crunching and clapping sounds. Denny Morrison Site: Check it out; Denny Morrison- all about Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison. More On Hong Kong's Santas: The thread SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong has comment from Bill Begg that I like; he says 'Don't anyone ever tell me that they cant promote & develope speed skating as they do not have the facilities... The Indoor rink Choca this morning 20 meters by 16 meters, with two poles in the middle... The outdoor rink a 75 meter slippery concrete one with the end slopping the wrong way at the ends, to allow the water to drain off, go more than 10 kmph & you have to be a magican to get around the corners.... The worlds least facilities, but the organization & enthusiasm shown by checker sport Officials & skaters, is 2nd to none' and he goes on to write 'Well I nearly chocked on the fluff from the wiskers getting down my throat... this ring in Santa Claus job, was really tough stuff, with dishing out a sackfull of goodies 3 times over, with more than 100 plus little Santa Claus rushing for their gifts'. Hehehehehe. Which of these guys is Bill Begg? Let me give you a hint; he's not the one not holding the mic- photo from Checker Sport '04 ST WC #1 Pics: These pictures from the 2004 short track world cup in Saguenay are pretty sweet. 'Tightly-bunched skaters: Apolo Ohno, Junji Ito and Steve Robillard, 1500m heat'- photo & caption from ozannex.typepad.com/
Scooter's Pics, USA ST Champs, Cat, FlevOnIce Video, Denny Morrison Site, More On Hong Kong's Santas, '04 ST WC #1 Pics Coming out of the corner 2007-12-23 Mississauga Scooter’s Practice USA ST Champs: You want details and reports and photos and more from the USA short track championships? You can find some details here. You can find all sorts of coverage thanks to Ohno Zone- see Final standings at Nationals, Nationals day 3 - 3000m & 1000m finals, Video clips: 500m A finals at Nationals which includes 3 videos, Overall standings after day 2, Nationals day 2 - 500m finals, Nationals Day 1 photos, 1500m finals (videos and news links now up!), Top 16 men and women after 9-lap time trials, and Photos from Thursday in Kearns. Also you can check out some day 1 photos here. Anthony Lobello & Jordan Malone at the front- photo from Ohno Zone Cat: Below is a picture of my dumbface (Presti) that I took on Saturday night. Presti's hobby is to pounce on and attack Zoe the elderly white cat. Zoe's hobby is to freak out when Presti the young orange cat jumps on her. Presti FlevOnIce Video: I don't remember if I linked to the Flevonice 16 dec 2007 video. One of my friends sent the link in an e-mail. I have NO idea what they're talking about in the video as it all sounds like jibberish to me, but I do understand and also love the crunching and clapping sounds. Denny Morrison Site: Check it out; Denny Morrison- all about Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison. More On Hong Kong's Santas: The thread SANTA CLAUS SKATE Hong Kong has comment from Bill Begg that I like; he says 'Don't anyone ever tell me that they cant promote & develope speed skating as they do not have the facilities... The Indoor rink Choca this morning 20 meters by 16 meters, with two poles in the middle... The outdoor rink a 75 meter slippery concrete one with the end slopping the wrong way at the ends, to allow the water to drain off, go more than 10 kmph & you have to be a magican to get around the corners.... The worlds least facilities, but the organization & enthusiasm shown by checker sport Officials & skaters, is 2nd to none' and he goes on to write 'Well I nearly chocked on the fluff from the wiskers getting down my throat... this ring in Santa Claus job, was really tough stuff, with dishing out a sackfull of goodies 3 times over, with more than 100 plus little Santa Claus rushing for their gifts'. Hehehehehe. Which of these guys is Bill Begg? Let me give you a hint; he's not the one not holding the mic- photo from Checker Sport '04 ST WC #1 Pics: These pictures from the 2004 short track world cup in Saguenay are pretty sweet. 'Tightly-bunched skaters: Apolo Ohno, Junji Ito and Steve Robillard, 1500m heat'- photo & caption from ozannex.typepad.com/
SSW Off For The Holidays & Design Canada, Links, ZATAOSS USA ST Updates, Arndt Photos, HDB's LT Pics, Olympic Candidates Trophy 'I do want to call attention to one moment of perfection in this race, just as Apollo passes J.P., check out this extension & incredible compression'- caption and photo from Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating Flyin Brian has posted some commentary about the USA short track nationals- check out US Short Track Champs and Day 2 - 'That's Short Track'. Arndt Photos: Another entry by Aaron Arndt- this one's called Just a few pics.... 'Yep, that's Bill Begg, following us on his famous cruiser scooter...'- caption and photo from Aaron Arndt HDB's LT Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has quite a few photo albums of recent Dutch races that I haven't linked to yet, so here they are- Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men, Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women, Breda KNSB Cup #12, Haaksbergen women, and Haaksbergen men A. Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Breda KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Haaksbergen women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Haaksbergen men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Olympic Candidates Trophy: Here are some links that will take you to photos, results, and reports from short track's Olympic Candidates Trophy; day 1 results, heat results , picutres, Skating Sisters report, another Skating Sisters report, and again another Skating Sisters update. OCT- photo from Slovak Skating Union
SSW Off For The Holidays & Design Canada, Links, ZATAOSS USA ST Updates, Arndt Photos, HDB's LT Pics, Olympic Candidates Trophy 'I do want to call attention to one moment of perfection in this race, just as Apollo passes J.P., check out this extension & incredible compression'- caption and photo from Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating Flyin Brian has posted some commentary about the USA short track nationals- check out US Short Track Champs and Day 2 - 'That's Short Track'. Arndt Photos: Another entry by Aaron Arndt- this one's called Just a few pics.... 'Yep, that's Bill Begg, following us on his famous cruiser scooter...'- caption and photo from Aaron Arndt HDB's LT Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has quite a few photo albums of recent Dutch races that I haven't linked to yet, so here they are- Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men, Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women, Breda KNSB Cup #12, Haaksbergen women, and Haaksbergen men A. Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Amsterdam Essent Cup #10 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Breda KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Haaksbergen women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Haaksbergen men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Olympic Candidates Trophy: Here are some links that will take you to photos, results, and reports from short track's Olympic Candidates Trophy; day 1 results, heat results , picutres, Skating Sisters report, another Skating Sisters report, and again another Skating Sisters update. OCT- photo from Slovak Skating Union
Merry X-Mas, Veterans On Ice, ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?, Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice 'Italian Masters: the real deal '- photo and caption from SpeedSK8ers.com ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?: Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a recent entry called Team Speedlager 2008?. Photo from Andrew's Speed Skating Blog Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice: You can find an entry from a few days ago on Speed Skater's Blog called Great Practice Tonight. I really like how many skaters are writing about their skating experiences, what they want out of their practices, what they get from them, what they understand, what works well in a practice setting, and what they like. Someone who shares many of her skating experiences is Candy Wong- see her most recent site post called Dare I Say It?.
Merry X-Mas, Veterans On Ice, ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?, Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice 'Italian Masters: the real deal '- photo and caption from SpeedSK8ers.com ASSB Team Speedlager 2008?: Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has a recent entry called Team Speedlager 2008?. Photo from Andrew's Speed Skating Blog Speed Skater’s Blog's Great Practice: You can find an entry from a few days ago on Speed Skater's Blog called Great Practice Tonight. I really like how many skaters are writing about their skating experiences, what they want out of their practices, what they get from them, what they understand, what works well in a practice setting, and what they like. Someone who shares many of her skating experiences is Candy Wong- see her most recent site post called Dare I Say It?.
Heart Rate Monitor, Snow, & Dog Yummy holiday cookings and eatings- eating time in the heart of Quebec for about 25 people in my family! My training partners for the last few days have been a brand new heart rate monitor, fresh coats of fallen snow, and a friendly dog who loves to run with me. As much as I love dogs, I have to admit that this one is really stupid. While I run on the country roads where cars fly by at over 90 km/h, he runs beside me on the wrong side of the road, just begging to get clocked by a car As much as try to I shoo him away to send him home and as much as I yell at him to get to the right side of the road, he keeps doing what he does best; marking his territory, catching up to me & running into my legs, and running to the next farm to mark his territory. My training partners- the dog, the snow, and my heart rate monitor He repeats this cycle over and over. The cycle is sometimes interrupted by the odd car that I waved to slow down so that it doesn’t plow into the unsuspecting and clueless dog that runs in a zigzag pattern across the road. The best way to get rid of a dog that won’t stop playing with you and running with you is to throw some snow balls into a field that is 2 feet deep in snow. At some point, the dog will focus on trying to find the un-findable snowball while you sneak away behind the snow-banks and out of sight over the rolling hills. This is Léo, my cousin Isabelle's dog A few of my cousins and I One of my many winning hands of cards- I usually destroy all who dare step in my path in a game of cards
Heart Rate Monitor, Snow, & Dog Yummy holiday cookings and eatings- eating time in the heart of Quebec for about 25 people in my family! My training partners for the last few days have been a brand new heart rate monitor, fresh coats of fallen snow, and a friendly dog who loves to run with me. As much as I love dogs, I have to admit that this one is really stupid. While I run on the country roads where cars fly by at over 90 km/h, he runs beside me on the wrong side of the road, just begging to get clocked by a car As much as try to I shoo him away to send him home and as much as I yell at him to get to the right side of the road, he keeps doing what he does best; marking his territory, catching up to me & running into my legs, and running to the next farm to mark his territory. My training partners- the dog, the snow, and my heart rate monitor He repeats this cycle over and over. The cycle is sometimes interrupted by the odd car that I waved to slow down so that it doesn’t plow into the unsuspecting and clueless dog that runs in a zigzag pattern across the road. The best way to get rid of a dog that won’t stop playing with you and running with you is to throw some snow balls into a field that is 2 feet deep in snow. At some point, the dog will focus on trying to find the un-findable snowball while you sneak away behind the snow-banks and out of sight over the rolling hills. This is Léo, my cousin Isabelle's dog A few of my cousins and I One of my many winning hands of cards- I usually destroy all who dare step in my path in a game of cards
Quick Winter Holiday Catch Up How about Bill Begg spending some of the winter holidays in China? See Zhu Hai China Skating Mecca for more. Click here for results from the Canadian long track single distance championships. Patin Carrera has published an article that looks at the 2008 WIC teams. Speaking of the 2008 World Inline Cup, you can find information on the upcoming season here in the most recent newsletter which has the 2008 WIC calendar. I love getting all sorts of site statistics from other websites who check their visitors that come from my site- see here to see what I mean. You see, thanks to my site's sitemeter thingy, I can discover where some of my site's visitors come from and find some content and links that I would otherwise miss- case and point, I saw that some people visited my site from the interesting discussion Would you be interested in a new online inline speedskating magazine?. KNBB results- click here for KNSB Cup #11 and here for KNSB Cup #12 results. You can find the results from the KNSB Cup #13 and the Dutch LT trials here. You can find pictures of the KNSB events thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie- use these links; KNSB Cup #11 men A pics, KNSB #11 women pics, KNSB Cup #12 women pics and KNSB Cup #12 men A pics. KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie And now for a long track ice video from Italy- Christmas Baselga di Pinè 2007. I like the song- Last Christmas; I like the Manic Street Preachers' version. I used to play it a few years ago when I played guitar in a bubble tea shop. USA long track championships are under-way. You can find results here and here. Here's a video from Skate Podium-
Quick Winter Holiday Catch Up How about Bill Begg spending some of the winter holidays in China? See Zhu Hai China Skating Mecca for more. Click here for results from the Canadian long track single distance championships. Patin Carrera has published an article that looks at the 2008 WIC teams. Speaking of the 2008 World Inline Cup, you can find information on the upcoming season here in the most recent newsletter which has the 2008 WIC calendar. I love getting all sorts of site statistics from other websites who check their visitors that come from my site- see here to see what I mean. You see, thanks to my site's sitemeter thingy, I can discover where some of my site's visitors come from and find some content and links that I would otherwise miss- case and point, I saw that some people visited my site from the interesting discussion Would you be interested in a new online inline speedskating magazine?. KNBB results- click here for KNSB Cup #11 and here for KNSB Cup #12 results. You can find the results from the KNSB Cup #13 and the Dutch LT trials here. You can find pictures of the KNSB events thanks to Harm de Boer Fotografie- use these links; KNSB Cup #11 men A pics, KNSB #11 women pics, KNSB Cup #12 women pics and KNSB Cup #12 men A pics. KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #12 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie KNSB Cup #11 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie And now for a long track ice video from Italy- Christmas Baselga di Pinè 2007. I like the song- Last Christmas; I like the Manic Street Preachers' version. I used to play it a few years ago when I played guitar in a bubble tea shop. USA long track championships are under-way. You can find results here and here. Here's a video from Skate Podium-
Now That's A Lot Of Races, Ho Ho Ho, Skate Mexico 2008 Update, Skating Lower, Blog News, Schwierz Hospitalized Mathias Schwierz in his 500-meter heat on the road at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Anyang, Korea
Now That's A Lot Of Races, Ho Ho Ho, Skate Mexico 2008 Update, Skating Lower, Blog News, Schwierz Hospitalized Mathias Schwierz in his 500-meter heat on the road at the 2006 world roller speed skating championships in Anyang, Korea
Happy New Year!, USA LT Champs, NZ Road Champs, I'm in Moncton, New Brunswick fighting off an intense winter storm. My strategy to avoid cabin fever is to eat plenty of good food, buy new shoes, drink plenty of cheer in a few hours, play with a cat named Angel, play drums, play guitar, scour the internet for skating related news, and shovel some snow. My home for the last couple of days has been Moncton's YMCA. From the window in the cardio and weight room on the 2nd floor, I can see a big billboard for the Codiac Cyclones Speed Skating. I've seen a couple of these billboards scattered around Moncton. It's motivating to look at that billboard while I am working out. So do you see the snow in the picture? As much as I like snow, I am NOT liking this particular snowfall. You see, this year I failed to get winter tires put on my car. With over 2000km logged in snowy-slushy conditions, I am filled with anger that my snow tires are sitting in my garage in Toronto. Snow tires a like sharpenned blades or new wheels, winter boots with tread or flip flops on a pool deck; they're important! USA LT Champs: Before you click away from my website, make sure you check out Andrew Love's report on day 1 and day 2 of the US single distance championships- US LT Champs, Day 1 & 2-there's lots of pics, stories, and reporting. About the picture and results above, Andrew Love writes 'National allaround team member Ron Macky & I have had a running joke this year. When he beats me in the 500m, he takes away my “sprinter card.” When I beat him, I get my “sprinter card” back. We have been within .1 or .2 of each other every weekend. Look what happened in the final results from the allaround 500m! What do Ron & I do? Do we both have sprinters cards now? Or do we have to split it?' Now here are a couple of press releases announcing US Speedskating's long track single distance and allround teams. NZ Road Champs: New Zealand's 2008 road nationals are under way. Click here for the results.
Happy New Year!, USA LT Champs, NZ Road Champs, I'm in Moncton, New Brunswick fighting off an intense winter storm. My strategy to avoid cabin fever is to eat plenty of good food, buy new shoes, drink plenty of cheer in a few hours, play with a cat named Angel, play drums, play guitar, scour the internet for skating related news, and shovel some snow. My home for the last couple of days has been Moncton's YMCA. From the window in the cardio and weight room on the 2nd floor, I can see a big billboard for the Codiac Cyclones Speed Skating. I've seen a couple of these billboards scattered around Moncton. It's motivating to look at that billboard while I am working out. So do you see the snow in the picture? As much as I like snow, I am NOT liking this particular snowfall. You see, this year I failed to get winter tires put on my car. With over 2000km logged in snowy-slushy conditions, I am filled with anger that my snow tires are sitting in my garage in Toronto. Snow tires a like sharpenned blades or new wheels, winter boots with tread or flip flops on a pool deck; they're important! USA LT Champs: Before you click away from my website, make sure you check out Andrew Love's report on day 1 and day 2 of the US single distance championships- US LT Champs, Day 1 & 2-there's lots of pics, stories, and reporting. About the picture and results above, Andrew Love writes 'National allaround team member Ron Macky & I have had a running joke this year. When he beats me in the 500m, he takes away my “sprinter card.” When I beat him, I get my “sprinter card” back. We have been within .1 or .2 of each other every weekend. Look what happened in the final results from the allaround 500m! What do Ron & I do? Do we both have sprinters cards now? Or do we have to split it?' Now here are a couple of press releases announcing US Speedskating's long track single distance and allround teams. NZ Road Champs: New Zealand's 2008 road nationals are under way. Click here for the results.
Happy 2008, Love's US LT Vid, Matthias Schwierz, Skatelog- Corners & Magazine, Flyin Brian Entries, Marathon Manager, Shave Or Not?, Quote Of The Day Love's US LT Vid: Andrew Love made a really good video from the US long track champs- go see US LT Allaround Champs, video to check it out- you'll see all sorts of great footage including racing action, people standing around watching and cheering, coaches, post race puking?, pre race low walks?, crashes, the lap counter, and the score-board- and all this from many different angles. Matthias Schwierz: Click here for an article about German speedskater Matthias Schwierz who was recently injured in a long track event. Jana Gegner with Matthias Schwierz- photo from www.bz-berlin.de Skatelog- Corners & Magazine: Here are a couple of threads from Skatelog's Forum- So if there were this new magazine, what would you name it? and Why can't I stay stuck in the corners?. Flyin Brian Entries: Flyin Brian has a couple of entries that you'll probably enjoy reading- see Back to training, US Long Track Championships Day 4, and US LT Trials Day 3. Marathon Manager: Have you checked out the Marathon Manager rankings recently? Well, I am proud to say that since I've stated paying attention to the game and managing my team, I've been slowly but surely climbing up the standings. I am now in 283rd place, closing in on the top 250. Shave Or Not?: Pixelmech's entry To Shave, or Not to Shave, That is the Question is a nice little read that raises a good question for many skaters who have not yet shaved their legs. I raced in sprint canoeing between 1991 and 1993. At a regatta in between races, I was talking with a friend of mine. My friend, who was a cyclist, was answering questions about his masculinity vis-a-vis his leg shaving habits. He said 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'. Quote Of The Day: 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'- Marc Campbell- Mississauga- June 1993
Happy 2008, Love's US LT Vid, Matthias Schwierz, Skatelog- Corners & Magazine, Flyin Brian Entries, Marathon Manager, Shave Or Not?, Quote Of The Day Love's US LT Vid: Andrew Love made a really good video from the US long track champs- go see US LT Allaround Champs, video to check it out- you'll see all sorts of great footage including racing action, people standing around watching and cheering, coaches, post race puking?, pre race low walks?, crashes, the lap counter, and the score-board- and all this from many different angles. Matthias Schwierz: Click here for an article about German speedskater Matthias Schwierz who was recently injured in a long track event. Jana Gegner with Matthias Schwierz- photo from www.bz-berlin.de Skatelog- Corners & Magazine: Here are a couple of threads from Skatelog's Forum- So if there were this new magazine, what would you name it? and Why can't I stay stuck in the corners?. Flyin Brian Entries: Flyin Brian has a couple of entries that you'll probably enjoy reading- see Back to training, US Long Track Championships Day 4, and US LT Trials Day 3. Marathon Manager: Have you checked out the Marathon Manager rankings recently? Well, I am proud to say that since I've stated paying attention to the game and managing my team, I've been slowly but surely climbing up the standings. I am now in 283rd place, closing in on the top 250. Shave Or Not?: Pixelmech's entry To Shave, or Not to Shave, That is the Question is a nice little read that raises a good question for many skaters who have not yet shaved their legs. I raced in sprint canoeing between 1991 and 1993. At a regatta in between races, I was talking with a friend of mine. My friend, who was a cyclist, was answering questions about his masculinity vis-a-vis his leg shaving habits. He said 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'. Quote Of The Day: 'I don't need hair to assert my masculinity. As long as I have hair in my heart, that's what matters'- Marc Campbell- Mississauga- June 1993
Powerslide Makes History Again
Razors Box Contest
Slamm Jamm 07 edit : By Stew Game
Sixwonsix : Wednesday Night Skate
Razors box contest : Guillaume legentil (france)
The Other Holland
Zima 2004
Long Track Videos, Essent #15 Pics, EGC's Happy New Year, 2008 FIC, NZ Champs, France's Roller Spots, San Silvestre Pics, WIC 2008 2007-12 Italy Allround Champs Here is a video featuring Jan Blokhuisen (front) and Koen Verweij (behind) during their first 10k long track ever. Both skaters were members of the Netherlands' silver medal junior world roller relay team 2006 alonb with Pieter-jan van Eck. Essent #15 Pics: Harm de Boer Fotografie has a couple of photo albums from the December 31st Amsterdam Essent Cup race that I didn't link to- see the women's pictures and the men's A pictures. Amsterdam Essent Cup #15 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie Amsterdam Essent Cup #15 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie EGC's Happy New Year: Eric Gee wishes us a happy new year in his most recent entry Happy New Year - 2008- he writes 'EGCSkates is still alive. I just thought I’d mention that'. 2008 FIC: You can view a calendar with provisional dates for the 2008 French Inline Cup. NZ Champs: You can read an update about the New Zealand's road champs in New Zealand News- scroll down to the January 2nd post. Again, you can find the results here. France's Roller Spots: Roller En Ligne has published a map with all the spots in France where inline or roller skating takes place. San Silvestre Pics: Mundo Patin has published photos from the San Silvestre event. San Silvestre- photo from Mundo Patin WIC 2008: You'll find a recent 2008 World Inline Cup updates in World Cup Topics for 2008. How about this news from Bill Begg; 'Well the rumour millis alive & well, the latest to flow past my eyes & ears is this one. Lugino, possibly with Answer Wheels, we know Joey is in there & Max Presti, but a few more Fill ins, we hear the names Naselli, Vogel & Cheek'.
Winterclash 2008 - 08.02-10.02 Mühlhausen, Germany
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