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Laurie Lafrance is one of the Toronto Inline Skating Club’s founders. She formed the club along with Jocelyn Martin (Sicotte) and recruited skaters, getting the club off the ground.
She designed the TISC’s logo back in the early 1990’s (see below). Who knows how many people have a tattoo of her design somewhere on their body?
One of [...]
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The latest Ask Bill Begg! article is How to learn knee bend.
Bottom line: proper position is less about bending your knees and more about dropping your butt. Keep that in mind and your push will gain power.
Cheers, Bill
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Andrew Love’s latest entry is called Melt.
‘I like this image, Long Tracker Liam Ortega is followed by National LT/ST team member Ryan Bedford, Derek “I’m just trying to keep in shape” Parra, and good guy Travis Jayner‘- photo and caption from Andrew Love
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The thread FIRS SHAKE-UP … BATTLE FOR THE THRONE UNDERWAY … WHO WILL WIN continues to have some interesting posts about the Olympics- one of the most latest being this one;
Carlos is clearing the way for 2020 at that time the new Olympic rotation system (25-/3?+) will be in place with on top the possible [...]
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Here’s Wouter Hebbrecht’s blog; Skating With Wouter Hebbrecht. His recent website entry Qualities of an Athletes! discusses in length about 10 qualities
Soon we will all be glued to our screens watching the passion and dedication of the athletes, competing through pain and fear and excitement, working to achieve their dream at the 2008 Olympics in [...]
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Check out Roller En Ligne’s pictures from the Senior European Championships in Germany. NB- to see the photos, follow my instructions: 1) Click here, 2) select vitesse, 3) select Championnat d’Europe Vitessm 4) select 2008 Gera), 5) At this points, you can select the distance/ race you want.
Photo from Roller En Ligne
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Roller En Ligne shared the link to Ratus’ blog- he’s been skating the Le Mans 24 Hours for a number of years now.
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I heard from a friend that Belgium’s 2008 World Championship selection features the following skaters;
Junior Men
Bart Swings
Wannes Van Preat
Jore Van den Berghe
Senior Men
Wouter Hebberecht
Ferre Spruyt
Maarten Swings
Kwinten Tas
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Click here for some awesome pictures from the Vallensbæk Rulleskøjteklub of the Senior European Championships. You can also use the links below-
- Opening ceremony pics
- Track day 1 pics
- Track day 2 pics
- Training pics
- Road day 1 pics
- Road day 2 pics
- Marathon day 3 pics
Photo from Vallensbæk Rulleskøjteklub
Photo from Vallensbæk Rulleskøjteklub
Photo from Vallensbæk Rulleskøjteklub
Photo [...]
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Check out Keith Carroll’s blog; A Younger Perspective. The most recent entry, Expectations, deals with USA’s medal expecations and previous results.
But, as team USA I think we should expect to do much better then we did last year. Last year the USA team finished fourth overall in total medals, third in gold medals. But Joey [...]
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Roller En Ligne published an article featuring Matter’s new 105mm wheels.
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I enjoyed the pictures in Candy Wong’s website entry Playing Tourist….
This post is nowhere near anything skating-related but my skating friends and I spent some time sightseeing in Chicago after the race on Saturday.
‘No trip to Chicago is complete without a taste of Chicago-style pizza. No, this is not a clothing-optional kind of restaurant‘- [...]
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Check out the Top 10 Reason to Skate the Saint Paul Inline Marathon.
Land of 10,000 Trails
The area is criss-crossed with smooth multi-use trails … through the woods, around the lakes, along the river. … Roll ‘em!
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Global Inline Corporation has a video from the Chicagoland Inline Marathon.
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