Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
Andrew Love put up an entry called Bella Gallery- it’s full of beautiful long track speed skating images from the long track North American Speed Skating Championships- Andrew even listed the names of the photos that are featured in the photo gallery.
‘Here is a wild Panorama, of Canadian Kerry Simpson, (we think) crashing‘- photo from Tom [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
Eric Gee moulded many people today; read about it in EGC Skates. About the moulding, Andrew says ‘I hadn’t seen the method that Eric used to mold our feet before but I now consider it to be superior to the methods that I’ve used in the past‘.
The end result of a few people getting moulded- [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
Text & photos from Alex Perrie- ‘Last Saturday a dedicated group of skaters gathered to support Pierre Gagne on his quest to raise money and awareness for the Sourdine Foundation. This organization is focused on bringing a better quality of life to young deaf children through teaching and supplying state of the art hearing equipment.
The [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
You can find a Open Vlaams-Brabants speedcriterium report along with results & two photo albums- here and here-thanks to Skatingsisters.
Photo posted on Skatingsisters
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The Closing Games took place in Turnhout, Belgium this past weekend. Click here for all the results. See MSB’s report; Closing Games 2008. You can also find Skatinsiters’ report.
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
The Golden Sun Awards were presented- read more here and find the rankings here.
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The Trofeo Internacional C.P. Enol took place this past weekend in Gijon, Spain- site of the upcoming World Roller Speed Skating Championships in September.
Click here to access the results and click here for all the photos. You can also read Patin Carrera’s report.
Elite women’s race- photo from Mundo Patin
Men’s race- photo from Mundo Patin
Racing in [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
Click here for Roller En Ligne’s Grand Rouen photos- you’ll have to use the link at the bottom of the page- the photo album isn’t working right now…
Grand Rouen- photo from Roller En Ligne
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
You can find a Wilhelmshaven Report from Powerslide Racing- ‘Last Sunday the GBC series 2008 started into its 7th season. It´s the first big race for the national skaters after the winter break and you could feel the tension of all athletes. The weather was cloudy and windy, but dry.
On Saturday the Powerslide Phuzion Men and [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
Click here for ZoomPhoto.ca’s photos from this past Sunday’s Minto Run For Reach.
Speed Skate World staff Peter Doucet leasd the way at the Minto Run For Reach- photo from ZoomPhoto.ca
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
Ohno Zone put up recent news; Short track in Seattle?- ‘The Seattle Sports Commission is considering a bid to host short-track’s Olympic trials or an international competition in 2009, before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver‘.
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Peter Doucet
Ok, so you actually want to see real videos from the old days instead of reading about them in Videos from the old days.? Check these out from Bont TV; Rare footage of the two great Italian Sprinters (World Championships 1978 part 1) and The race which ended in the bearing press in the head [...]
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Aaron Arndt is alive & well; he is taking a vacation in Mallorca, Spain from his life in Europe- see Out of the frying pan… and into the other frying pan for more. About me tracking his whereabouts, he says ‘Check in again soon, and I’m sure PJ can find the time to keep track [...]
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