Guess who’s in this picture from 1995.
If you guessed Derik Beier (right), Aaron Arndt (middle), and Peter Doucet (left), that you get 100%. The three of us made the 24-hour drive from Toronto to Winnipeg with Wayne Burrett to get to the 1995 Canadian Championships.
On the way home from Winnipeg, we drove through the USA [...]
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Here is my (silly) video from last weekend’s Mount Forest Trillium 10k- 2008-05-10 Mount Forest Trillium 10k-
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Michael Cheek has a new entry called NEW PROGRAM. He gives his insights about the competitiveness of the world skating scene and positions and explains the USA’s skating performace. He opens his entry by saying ‘It seems to me every one has all the complaints about the results of the US on the world level. [...]
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‘Ever feel like you wanted a few extra inches?‘ Check out the video for the Gigantathon 6 x 110mm frame- you’ll be treated to a video of Glenn Koshi skating on the long frames.
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The World Inline Cup circuit is making its way to Holland this weekend with the Wolvega Holland WIC- you can read a preview of sorts in World Cup Topics for 2008; Bill Begg says ‘A fair bit of talk around at present, as tojust how good the young Dutch male skaters are, some Dutch guys [...]
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Here’s a video of cyclist going through traffic on the highway in LA to protest pollution.
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Earlier this morning, I skated a few 300-meter time trials. Then I was out mowing the lawn while my cats were basking in the early afternoon sun.
I don’t miss winter. Not one bit.
Maybe you miss ice though- check out A new kind of sport - www.Twin-Track.com-
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This is not the best of news; Inline Continues to Lose Skaters- Heelys seen as one cause for decline.
What Are People Doing?
(Participants by Activity)
Walking - 76.8 million
Treadmill - 29 million
Free weights - 28 million
Running/Jogging - 24.2 million
Cycling (road) - 21.1 million
Basketball - 18 million
Swimming - 7.2 million
Inline skating [...]
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The new format for Tuesday practice at the Toronto Inline Skating Club now features a dry-land warm up at 6:30pm and stretching followed by a brief technique session. A series of 200-meter rolling sprints takes place follwed by a 10km point race- read more in Wednesday on Tuesday. This format for Tuesday practices is set to continue until the end of the season.
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VRL Le Club posted a second set of pictures from the Festival De Roller Montreal.
Photo from VRL Le Club
Photo from VRL Le Club
Photo from VRL Le Club
Morgan Williams leads Leonardo Frusteri, Simon Clement, and Morgane Echardour in the 4km- Photo from VRL Le Club
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Thanks to Fun-Skater Krefeld, you can check out the following videos from the Grefrath WSC; see WSC 2008 Grefrath (11. Mai 200 Part 1 and WSC 2008 Grefrath (11. Mai 200 Part 2.
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Check out Skate-A-Round- the Best Of Holland looks pretty sweet.
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Roller En Ligne linked up to the results from the Roll’Verte.
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Roller Girl: Nicole Begg put up a new post… interesting; Bont Gigantathon.
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Powerslide, Racing, News, Core, Matter news section has a report on The challenge: skater against biker- they write ‘In the context of “2. Rhein-Main Skate-Challenge” in Frankfurt there was a 100m sprint duel between a bike sprinter and a speedskater. Martin Matyk from Powerslide Phuzion World Team challenged an olympic athletes, René Enders. The two [...]
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Check out the latest of Renard’s line; Renard R08.
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Here are a few videos from France’s Trophée Des Trois Pistes from last March; the ” 3 pisten” adventure, ERSG-Darmstadt 3 Pisten Frankreich, and Trophées des Trois Pistes 2008.
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Thanks to Andrew’s Speed Skating Blog, you’ll be able to find a report on the Danish National Championships and on Nordstrand- see Training Camp over… Danish Nationals + Nordstrand Report for more.
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Check out Belgium’s Roller TV site; Skeelertv.be. From what I understand from the site, there are clips from May 4th and there will be videos from the upcoming Belgium Track Championships.
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Check out the following videos from the Megapool.ml World On Wheels event in ‘T Veld;
- Women’s race video report
- Men’s race video report- you’ll get reaaaaally close to the action in this video, check out Karlo Timmerman’s lead-out and how Gary Hekman tries to get around in the sprint
- Master’s race video report- love the [...]
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