Across America: While some of us freeze in Canada or people are nice and warm somewhere else other than Canada, Danny Dannels in continuing his epic trek across America. Check out his blog- the latest entry called Update from the Wife - ‘Hello everyone! Danny has asked me to update the blog for him while [...]
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IP Skate Review: One of my articles has just been put up on the Inline Planet- check it out; Rollerblade Crossfire 8.0 and Activa 8.0.
More Spring Fling Pics: The rest of the gang of the 2008 Spring Fling pictures by Mark Virtue are now up- have fun browsing through the many photos!
2008 Spring Fling- standard [...]
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Happy Birthday Aaron Arndt: Happy birthday to you Aaron Arndt.
Phillip’s Father’s War: The following is non-skating-
I suggest you read My Father’s War by Mississauga’s Phillip Morris.
Here are a few of my thoughts after I read My Father’s War- maybe they don’t make sense…
You think you know someone.
Maybe it’s a friend or a family [...]
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More On RSO #2: Jacky Shu put a file together tracking RSO Indoor Speed Series times over the last couple of seasons.
Check out Candy Wong’s comments on her improvements at yersterday’s RSO Indoor Series #2- Okay, That’s More Like It.
A.S.CO. Skating: Here’s a site for you to explore; A.S.CO. Skating. Amongst other things on the [...]
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RSO Series #2: The RSO Indoor Speed Series took place earlier today at the Scooter’s Roller Palace in Mississauga. Use the following links for all the results; 300-meters, 500-meters, 1000-meters, and stage 2 rankings. Wanna see my pictures? Click here.
Aaron Arndt talked about today’s RSO (and many other things) in Study Sunday- here’s the relay [...]
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Who’s That?: Check out ASSB’s Subaru XTech’s ‘Ace Card’. I wonder who they’re talking about…
Speaking of wondering who they’re talking about, check out Aaron Arndt’s latest website entries Memorable Quotes 6: and Campaign 2- he is starting to give a little bit of a historical perspective on races.
‘on the topic of ‘96 JWC, here is [...]
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World Junior LT Champs: The World Junior Long Track Championships are taking place this weekend in Changchun, China. Click here for women’s cumulative results and here for men’s cumulative results. You can also use this page to view the results. You’ll also be able to view the results on SpeedSkatingResults.com. I think that between those [...]
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2003 Worlds 500m: This race has it all; 4 fast skaters going for 3 world championship medals, loads of fans, an enthusiastic tv announcer, a fight- but what impressed me the most was Venezuela’s Fabian Arcila’s use of the bank to pass Italy’s Luca Presti going into the final corner- see mundial patinaje venezuela 500 [...]
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WIC Rulebook Updated: The World Inline Cup’s 2008 rule book has been udpated. [World Inline Cup Technical Rulebook 2008 as PDF (1.9 MB)]
Vincent Henry On TV: Click here for a really well-done report featuring Britain’s Vincent Henry- it’s from just before the 2007 world championships.
Toronto Inline Skating Club’s Annual General Meeting: The Toronto Inline Skating [...]
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Roller Sports Canada: Roller Sports Canada’s website is now being updated on a regular basis with Canadian speed content. A few new sections with resources include;- achievements- coaching & training resources- links- contacts- calendar of events
Cheex’s Blue Ridege Report: Michael Cheek put up a new post; Pro Men Blue Ridge Challenge- he writes about ‘the [...]
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Aaron’s Real Deal: I think the entry Memorable Quotes 1: [+Training; real deal] by Aaron Arndt is one of the most honest and deep postings I’ve seen in a very long time. It’s worth a read and a re-read.
Having spoken with Aaron recently and knowing him quite well, I understand what he is doing. Here [...]
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Inzell LT WC: The Inzell Essent ISU World Cup results are complete. Check them out. The men’s 500-meter day 2 results are interesting; five ties- one for 2nd and the other for 4th and a 3-way tie for 7th, one for 11th and one for 16th.
Speed Skating Canada’s got an article for us; Canadian speed [...]
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LT World Cup- Inzell: Click here for all the results from this weekend’s Essent ISU Long Track World Cup taking place in Inzell, Germany.
Essent GP #3: Results from today’s Essent Grand Prix #3 in Borlange, Sweden, can be found here.
Harm de Boer Fotografie was on hand to photograph the event- there are few pictures in [...]
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Speed Skating Science: Check out Inline Skating- The Science Of Speed, Barry Publow’s latest project. Looks pretty good.
Tax Credit: If you file your income taxes in Canada and you have children under 16 years old of age, there is a children’s fitness tax credit; ‘the Government of Canada allows a non-refundable tax credit based on [...]
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Renault Car For Skaters: This is really really cool; Renault’s Car for Skaters. Now you know what to buy me for Valentine’s Day.
Twin Track: This is an interesting site; Twin Track- make sure you check out the video.
Great EsSkate: Candy Wong posted reports & photos of the Great EsSkate on her site- see Here [...]
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RSC & RSO: The dates for the Roller Sports Ontario Speed Championships and Roller Sports Canada Speed Championships have been announced. Click here for more.
I Love Skating: Very simple words from Aaron Andnt, and how true those words are for many of us, no matter what type of skating we do and no matter what [...]
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Italian Videos: User mauriziolollo from Italy put up four videos of photos on YouTube- 3 of the videos are from the ISU Long Track World Cup in Italy…and you can really see the snow, no wonder they cancelled some of the races! Plus you get to hear some what I think is Italian music- Check [...]
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TISC Update: The Toronto Inline Skating Club is looking for a new webmaster. Read more about maintenance, changes, and more changes in Inline Skating Community.
Weekend LT Recap: For all of the recent long track speed skating results, make sure you stop off at SpeedskatingResults.com.
RRC’s Weekend Randomness: Road Rash Chronicles‘ latest entry is caleld Weekend Randomness- [...]
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Loss of a GT Speed Skater: From Loss of a GT Speed Skater; ‘Scott Storey 24 years old was killed in a head on collision Monday afternoon around 4pm, while riding his motorcycle. He was struck by a 19 year old young man that was driving while doing drugs and ran a stop sign. Scott [...]
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