Here’s all the latest online ice speed skating news that I could round-up for you.
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING NEWS
Speed Skating Canada (SSC) was thrilled to announce today the appointment of John-Paul Cody-Cox as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cody-Cox has been the Executive Director of Volleyball Canada for the past three and one-half years, prior to which he served as the association’s Marketing Director, beginning in 2004.
TVM training camp in Calgary- photo from SchaatsENZO
TVM training camp in Calgary- photo from SchaatsENZO
Through Winter of Discontent, Eva tells both her story and the story of US Speedskating. And it’s not always a nice story. But I think it’s an important one for people to hear which is why I want to make people aware of it. Whether you have an interest in sport in general or speedskating in specific, this book may make you aware of some of the things that really go on in high-level sport that you won’t hear about otherwise.
I’ll be blunt: if you’re the kind of person who needs their sports books to be full of happy endings and Rocky-esque moments, this is not the book for you to read. If you want a true insider’s view of high- level sport in what is admittedly a niche sport (and make no mistake, I’m sure athletes in all sports could tell similar stories), this is a book you will want to read. It pulls aside the veil of smoke and mirrors to let you see the real story of what goes on. This is the story you won’t see on NBC between shots of Apollo Anton Ohno winning gold, it’s not the story you’ll see in the major news media. Because it’s not a story people want to believe is true. But it is.
I just came in from a coaching planning meeting for the Toronto Speed Skating Club’s 2010-2011 season.
I’m pretty tired right now, so I’ll leave you with the following video below. I’ll post news, links, and updates on SSW at some point tomorrow.
Check this one out: 24h Roller Montreal 2010 Promo video (look for SSW’s Peter Doucet and also see if you can find Morgane getting a relay push from Valerie Maltais).
Most skaters don’t realize it, but what we do with our arms is just as important as what we do with our feet. Proper arm swing is a key to speed, especially when sprinting or accelerating. As they say, “Swing your arms and your legs will follow.”
Sharing a track with a 1000 skaters during 24 hours, being able to make new friends and reconnect with others is really another key of the event.
Make sure you register for the upcoming Ottawa Inline Skating Festival. With 3 distances- 10km, 21km, and 42km- and the possibility of skating all three races one after the other, the event will attract lots of skaters and looks like it will be another great one: Ottawa Inline Skating Festival
Here’s the latest roller & inline speed skating news-
REPORTS & RESULTS
I tried to find another video to show you The Extra Special Thing. But I can’t…you had to be there. What I wanted to show you was how Joey Mantia makes skating look like ballet. Power and grace combined. It was really cool to watch. Even someone like me who knows nothing about skating could appreciate it. I’m really glad I was there.
The 2010 Rink Rabbits World Team- photo from First Loser
Ten skaters teamed up to skate 1000km’s, broken up in 8 stages- photo from here
Taking on the 24 hours solo at Le Mans in France- photo shared by REL
NEWS- MISC, BLOGS, EVENTS
International inline skating coach Bill Begg believes Timaru could host the World Inline Speed Skating Championships in 2015 once the proposed new rink on Caroline Bay goes ahead.
The road from Two Harbors to Duluth will be smoother than ever for nearly 3,000 skaters in the 15th NorthShore Inline Marathon and half-marathon on Sept. 11.
“We are totally comfortable with Kalyna’s decision to take a year away from skating,” said Short Track Program Director Yves Hamelin. “The post-Olympic year is a good timing to do such a thing, and we know Kalyna was looking forward to taking some time for herself. She progressed very fast in speed skating at a young age, so it’s normal that she needs to take a step back and reflect on where she’s at and where she wants to go from here on.”
Here are a bunch of roller & inline speed skating videos & pictures- these should keep you busy for a while.
PICTURES
The Ekkip – Poulettes Sur Roulettes- photo shared by Ekkip
Herb Gayle & Peter Doucet teamed up to share a legendary rendition of the Canadian National Anthem at the 4th Eastern Seaboard Series in Trexlertown- photo from howardb
The national team from Belgium also has a new national coach, Jorge Botero. I’m really really looking forward to Worlds to meet him and learn as much as possible from him! On Wouter Hebbrecht his blog you can read much more about him, but I’m already convinced that the Belgium team will do great with him as our coach.
Eindhoven skating center to host mid-September World On Wheels [Read more]
Copenhagen Championship canceled because of lack of entries [Read more]
International Open Rixheim: September 5th [Click here]
Roller Marathon des 3 Vallées: September 19th [Click here]
NEWS, LINKS, MISC
Revolutionized thinking for WORLD INLINE CUP 2011, I believe will be of major interest to individual skaters, sponsors & very importantly host Federation countries, major announcements shortly, the WIC will move very shortly to dispell rumours & thoughts of factional splits.
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