Kingdom Rollerblade Magazine Premiere Print Issue!
2008-01-11 09:58
Serious Conference coverage across the board for Kingdom's premiere print issue! Big up to Kola and Short for representing tough with this one! Watch this space!
Violence Night At The Airliner LA 01/07/08
2008-01-11 15:45
Sometimes a little drum and bass does just the trick. Hive, Upbeats, Vicious Circle, Gridlok, and Tech Itch crushing it 2 nights ago.
Complete party photo set available at: http://junglescene.com/forums/topic-122-17836-Violence_Recordings_Night_The_Low_End_Theory_1_9_2008.html
Usd Realm white dyed light blue, Realm (psirus) liner dyed purple, deshi buckle dyed purple, USD laces dark blue and light blue, Sifika shock absorber, Usd VII soulplate without back wing, Kizer elements frame Sean kelso, UC abec 7 bearigns, UC wheels samples dyed purple.
I hope you enjoyed Knet's customs and the last season which was the harder because we didn't receive new skates for months also all the old skates were out of stock... Anyways thanks to all the people who supported knet custom's during each week.
Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 2- 500's
2008-01-20 10:49 Peter Doucet Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 2- 500's: I'm in Montreal right now. I was lucky enough to watch the hot short track action today at Maurice Richard Arena- Canadian short track speed skaters were trying to qualify for the national team. I was told that the rankings for the national team will consist of 30% points from the last trials in Calgary and 70% of the points from this weekend's trials.
There are tons and tons of other skating news items that I want to link up to and I've got a ton of video which will make a super good presentation once I have time to put it all together. I'll link up to all sorts of articles, results, and photos from other competitions that are taking place this weekend later. Until the next update, enjoy the pictures I took.
Steve Robillard (in 3rd) make an amazing pass a couple of laps after I took this picture- and he qualified for the semi-final and eventually made his way to a 4th place finish in the A final
Mathieu Turcotte went down in one of his 500's
Cori Rasmussen leading one of his 500's
500-meter
Pete Dykstra was amongst the fans and supporters taking in the racing action
Olivier Jean and I- he's back skating after a nasty fall last August where his blade ended up cutting through his heel to the bone... eek
I played a game of FRENCH scrabble vs Brian Jalbert and his partner Maude as well as Morgane Echardour- they all thought that my 'inferior' Ontario-French would keep me from being a threat in the game, but I am please to report that I easily won the game!
Badger State Marathon Joins NROC
2008-01-20 17:40
The event (June 29) is part of the American Family Insurance-Badger State Games, a multi-sport festival modeled after the Olympics and run by the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation
Stygma line, out now!!
2008-01-20 23:24
As I dont have the new catalogue pics yet, I just thought I would let you know that in the most infamous shops in Europe you can NOW purchase the new Stygma line, and its hott so snapit up even before its OFFICIAL release.
Including full zip hoodies, among other full print items, theres something for everyone, girls, guys...
Snap it up from the main EU retailers, you know who they are!
Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 3- 1000's & Relays
2008-01-21 03:35 Peter Doucet Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 3- 1000's & Relays: I spent a good part of today catching the Canadian Short Track Team Trials action at arena Maurice Richard in Montreal. The arena is located right beside the infamous Stade Olympique- one of the venues for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games.
The racing action was superb! From what I can tell, Canada has a lot of short track speed skating talent and depth to boast. Each race- from battle for the win in the the A final down to the 36th place skater provided fast racing and great excitement.
You don't believe me? Well check out Simon Clement's video (500m Selection nationale courte piste) from yesterday's 500's- his video is full of 500m sprints including a couple of cool falls at 4:37 and 4:43.
Make sure you go and see my video from yesterday's 500's- click play below. Yesterday's video includes all sorts of footagge including an interview with Olivier Jean, with Pete Dykstra, Youri Juteau and Olivier Jean talking about video software (Darkfish) while I kindly translate, 500m race footage including 500-meter A finals (women and men) at the end of the video, Zamboni and cafeteria footage, and skaters warming up. I think my video's from yesterday's racing (and more stuff) is pretty good so I hope you view it and enjoy it!!
The video from today's 1000's and relays will feature some awesome footage because I was able to get to ice level and get some super good footage. I'll post that video once I've edited it- maybe tomorrow or Tuesday.
While I was hanging around at ice level, I had the opportunity to speak with a few people and get a lot of insight on the politics of short track, the support and work that goes into building a strong Canadian team, and I got a glimpse into the world of how skaters react to their success and failures.
I think that how skaters react to and deal with their respective performances is an indication or assessment of the ammount work, spirit, energy, time, sacrifice, team effort, knowledge, development, and risk goes into preparing for events of this calibre and beyond- and this one was just for skaters from within the borders of Canada...
The media was on hand to cover the racing action. These guys with long lenses were taking pictures that I would like to put on Speed Skate World
Men's 1000-meter final action- one of the many finals
The guy slamming into the Cheerios sign was pretty mad and started fighting with the skater who, I think, caused the crash. After some pushing and words, tempers cooled quickly- there's a lot riding on these races from what I've been told; funding, training opportunities, travel, support, sponsorship, pride; results
Smiles early on in the women's relay- but the action got fast and serious real quick, or got quick and serious real faaaaast- skaters were placed in relays teams based on their rankings; the top-16 female and male skaters were placed on as even as possible teams. The outcome was a couple of really exciting relay races
Kingdom Rollerblade Magazine Premiere Print Issue!
2008-01-11 09:58
Serious Conference coverage across the board for Kingdom's premiere print issue! Big up to Kola and Short for representing tough with this one! Watch this space!
Violence Night At The Airliner LA 01/07/08
2008-01-11 15:45
Sometimes a little drum and bass does just the trick. Hive, Upbeats, Vicious Circle, Gridlok, and Tech Itch crushing it 2 nights ago.
Complete party photo set available at: http://junglescene.com/forums/topic-122-17836-Violence_Recordings_Night_The_Low_End_Theory_1_9_2008.html
Usd Realm white dyed light blue, Realm (psirus) liner dyed purple, deshi buckle dyed purple, USD laces dark blue and light blue, Sifika shock absorber, Usd VII soulplate without back wing, Kizer elements frame Sean kelso, UC abec 7 bearigns, UC wheels samples dyed purple.
I hope you enjoyed Knet's customs and the last season which was the harder because we didn't receive new skates for months also all the old skates were out of stock... Anyways thanks to all the people who supported knet custom's during each week.
Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 2- 500's
2008-01-20 10:49 Peter Doucet Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 2- 500's: I'm in Montreal right now. I was lucky enough to watch the hot short track action today at Maurice Richard Arena- Canadian short track speed skaters were trying to qualify for the national team. I was told that the rankings for the national team will consist of 30% points from the last trials in Calgary and 70% of the points from this weekend's trials.
There are tons and tons of other skating news items that I want to link up to and I've got a ton of video which will make a super good presentation once I have time to put it all together. I'll link up to all sorts of articles, results, and photos from other competitions that are taking place this weekend later. Until the next update, enjoy the pictures I took.
Steve Robillard (in 3rd) make an amazing pass a couple of laps after I took this picture- and he qualified for the semi-final and eventually made his way to a 4th place finish in the A final
Mathieu Turcotte went down in one of his 500's
Cori Rasmussen leading one of his 500's
500-meter
Pete Dykstra was amongst the fans and supporters taking in the racing action
Olivier Jean and I- he's back skating after a nasty fall last August where his blade ended up cutting through his heel to the bone... eek
I played a game of FRENCH scrabble vs Brian Jalbert and his partner Maude as well as Morgane Echardour- they all thought that my 'inferior' Ontario-French would keep me from being a threat in the game, but I am please to report that I easily won the game!
Badger State Marathon Joins NROC
2008-01-20 17:40
The event (June 29) is part of the American Family Insurance-Badger State Games, a multi-sport festival modeled after the Olympics and run by the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation
Stygma line, out now!!
2008-01-20 23:24
As I dont have the new catalogue pics yet, I just thought I would let you know that in the most infamous shops in Europe you can NOW purchase the new Stygma line, and its hott so snapit up even before its OFFICIAL release.
Including full zip hoodies, among other full print items, theres something for everyone, girls, guys...
Snap it up from the main EU retailers, you know who they are!
Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 3- 1000's & Relays
2008-01-21 03:35 Peter Doucet Canadian Short Track Team Trials- Day 3- 1000's & Relays: I spent a good part of today catching the Canadian Short Track Team Trials action at arena Maurice Richard in Montreal. The arena is located right beside the infamous Stade Olympique- one of the venues for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games.
The racing action was superb! From what I can tell, Canada has a lot of short track speed skating talent and depth to boast. Each race- from battle for the win in the the A final down to the 36th place skater provided fast racing and great excitement.
You don't believe me? Well check out Simon Clement's video (500m Selection nationale courte piste) from yesterday's 500's- his video is full of 500m sprints including a couple of cool falls at 4:37 and 4:43.
Make sure you go and see my video from yesterday's 500's- click play below. Yesterday's video includes all sorts of footagge including an interview with Olivier Jean, with Pete Dykstra, Youri Juteau and Olivier Jean talking about video software (Darkfish) while I kindly translate, 500m race footage including 500-meter A finals (women and men) at the end of the video, Zamboni and cafeteria footage, and skaters warming up. I think my video's from yesterday's racing (and more stuff) is pretty good so I hope you view it and enjoy it!!
The video from today's 1000's and relays will feature some awesome footage because I was able to get to ice level and get some super good footage. I'll post that video once I've edited it- maybe tomorrow or Tuesday.
While I was hanging around at ice level, I had the opportunity to speak with a few people and get a lot of insight on the politics of short track, the support and work that goes into building a strong Canadian team, and I got a glimpse into the world of how skaters react to their success and failures.
I think that how skaters react to and deal with their respective performances is an indication or assessment of the ammount work, spirit, energy, time, sacrifice, team effort, knowledge, development, and risk goes into preparing for events of this calibre and beyond- and this one was just for skaters from within the borders of Canada...
The media was on hand to cover the racing action. These guys with long lenses were taking pictures that I would like to put on Speed Skate World
Men's 1000-meter final action- one of the many finals
The guy slamming into the Cheerios sign was pretty mad and started fighting with the skater who, I think, caused the crash. After some pushing and words, tempers cooled quickly- there's a lot riding on these races from what I've been told; funding, training opportunities, travel, support, sponsorship, pride; results
Smiles early on in the women's relay- but the action got fast and serious real quick, or got quick and serious real faaaaast- skaters were placed in relays teams based on their rankings; the top-16 female and male skaters were placed on as even as possible teams. The outcome was a couple of really exciting relay races