Speed Skate World- By Peter Doucet- Online Since 1999

Ice cross racer flies into history

There are few sports as exciting to watch as the Ice cross racing is as exciting a sport as you will ever see.

Racers start at the top of a 500 meter course, hurtle down a three-story drop, blast around hairpin turns, reach speeds up to 40 miles an hour, fly over jumps alongside three other racers — all on skates. Welcome to the Red Bull Crashed Ice Series.

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RIP Mateo Montoya

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Photo from here

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Pictures: Zero blade testing at the Olympic Arena in Montreal

View the photos here: Zero blade testing at the Olympic Arena in Montreal.

Photo from CadoMotus Skating

Photo from CadoMotus Skating

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World Long Track Sprint Championships This Weekend In Calgary

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Speed Skating Canada (SSC), the Organizing Committee Calgary (OCC) and the City of Calgary is set to welcome the world’s best as the Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2012 comes to the Olympic Oval on Saturday, Jan. 28 and Sunday, Jan. 29. SSC and OCC will also celebrate one of Canada’s most decorated sprinters, Jeremy Wotherspoon, and assist in developing our future skaters through a club fundraising activity. [from here]

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Updating A Track In Italy

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Videos: Innsbruck 2012- Short Track

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ABC Tickets Broker And Agency- One-Stop Event Ticket Shopping

When I was a younger fledging skater, I loved attending concerts and sporting events in Toronto. The experience of actually finding and purchasing event tickets when the internet was in its infancy was, to put it mildly, a challenge and sometimes rather difficult, if not impossible. One of the joys in those days was purchasing tickets from scalpers!

As much as I enjoyed the days of lining up for hours for tickets only to find out the tickets I wanted were sold out, I’m even more glad those days are now behind me.

Thankfully the internet has brought along a number of excellent technologies and services, including event ticket websites and online ticket brokers.

Whether you’re looking for concert tickets for your favorite artist, tickets to sporting events for your favorite team or athletes, or theater tickets, event ticket websites can help you save a pile of time as a one-stop ticket shopping center. Their services will help you find what you want and help you secure the tickets you want in a timely fashion.

If like me, you’re a speed skater in training, with little time to spare because of training ,travel, work, and family requirements , sites like ABC tickets broker and agency offer a great service!

Thanks to events ticket sites, it’s possible to shop for tickets for a particular sport or league, events in cities of your choice, or find an artist or musician that you like. Some sites even give you a ‘What’s Hot’ section, recommendations for concerts and sporting events that might be of interest to you. And why not? It’s better for your enjoyment and better for their bottom line after all.

Make ABC tickets broker and agency your one-stop purchasing centre for all your ticket needs for concerts, sporting events, and theater. Online ticket brokers’ tickets are often cheaper than a number of fan exchange websites and more importantly, ticket availability is excellent! Plus legitimate online ticket brokers usually stand behind their products and services, with ticket sale information and policies in black-and-white.

When you stop by and browse online ticket sites, you’re normally provided with a map of the venue (unless it’s unavailable) with an outline of ticket  and assigned seat availability. You’ll have an idea of how good (or bad) your vantage point will be!

Who knows what services online ticket brokers will offer in the future?! Maybe tickets to roller/ inline and ice speed skating events? I think there will be a market for that one day!

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Jordan Malone: Always Battle Ready

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Trophée Des Trois Pistes- April 7-9

France’s Trophée Des Trois Pistes will take place April 7-9.

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Live Video- ProNSC Season 3 Event 1

Willliam ‘the Wild Thing’ Bowen qualifies for the Grand Champions race in the 300-meter race.

Watch live ProNSC racing, now, tonight- Monday night. Now!

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Dubreuil sets new world junior mark in 500 metres at World Cup in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – In his first World Cup competition and second race, Laurent Dubreuil of Lévis, Que., finished just 0.06 seconds away from earning the bronze medal in the 500 metres today in Salt Lake City, Utah. In his time of 34.66 seconds, Dubreuil also broke an eight-year old world junior record (34.75) held by Joji Kato of Japan.

In his first World Cup race on Saturday, the 19-year old Quebec skater won the 500-metre division B in another personal best of 34.78 seconds, and breaking his own Canadian junior record of 34.96 set in March 2011.

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Video: Finale 1000m De La Sélection Nationale

This video is of the 1000-meter final at the January Canadian Open Short Track Championships in Saguenay, Quebec.

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