Most skaters don’t realize it, but what we do with our arms is just as important as what we do with our feet. Proper arm swing is a key to speed, especially when sprinting or accelerating. As they say, “Swing your arms and your legs will follow.”
Sharing a track with a 1000 skaters during 24 hours, being able to make new friends and reconnect with others is really another key of the event.
Make sure you register for the upcoming Ottawa Inline Skating Festival. With 3 distances- 10km, 21km, and 42km- and the possibility of skating all three races one after the other, the event will attract lots of skaters and looks like it will be another great one: Ottawa Inline Skating Festival
Here’s the latest roller & inline speed skating news-
REPORTS & RESULTS
I tried to find another video to show you The Extra Special Thing. But I can’t…you had to be there. What I wanted to show you was how Joey Mantia makes skating look like ballet. Power and grace combined. It was really cool to watch. Even someone like me who knows nothing about skating could appreciate it. I’m really glad I was there.
The 2010 Rink Rabbits World Team- photo from First Loser
Ten skaters teamed up to skate 1000km’s, broken up in 8 stages- photo from here
Taking on the 24 hours solo at Le Mans in France- photo shared by REL
NEWS- MISC, BLOGS, EVENTS
International inline skating coach Bill Begg believes Timaru could host the World Inline Speed Skating Championships in 2015 once the proposed new rink on Caroline Bay goes ahead.
The road from Two Harbors to Duluth will be smoother than ever for nearly 3,000 skaters in the 15th NorthShore Inline Marathon and half-marathon on Sept. 11.
The national team from Belgium also has a new national coach, Jorge Botero. I’m really really looking forward to Worlds to meet him and learn as much as possible from him! On Wouter Hebbrecht his blog you can read much more about him, but I’m already convinced that the Belgium team will do great with him as our coach.
Eindhoven skating center to host mid-September World On Wheels [Read more]
Copenhagen Championship canceled because of lack of entries [Read more]
International Open Rixheim: September 5th [Click here]
Roller Marathon des 3 Vallées: September 19th [Click here]
NEWS, LINKS, MISC
Revolutionized thinking for WORLD INLINE CUP 2011, I believe will be of major interest to individual skaters, sponsors & very importantly host Federation countries, major announcements shortly, the WIC will move very shortly to dispell rumours & thoughts of factional splits.
Morgane and I are back home from Trexlertown. The drive to and from Trexlertown was great; I didn’t hit any bears or run over any deer.
Yesterday’s 4th stop of this year’s Eastern Seaboard Series attracted a good crowd of skaters and faithful supporters. Race organizers were pleased with the turn-out, this with the help of the race being part of the NROC and with perfect weather conditions.
Prior to the start of the race, Herb Gayle and I were asked to sing the Canadian National Anthem. Herb sang the melody and I sang harmony. I think the people who had the privilege of hearing us live were extremely impressed with our fabulous rendition.
Each race featured some tough competition. In the Pro Junior/ Senior race, I was part of a few breaks during the race. None of these materialized into a substantial of threating lead, thanks to skaters like Justin Manon & Francisco Ramirez keeping me in check. I led out the sprint but died off in the last 150-meters, finishing 11th or 12th overall- 8th in the Pro Senior Men.
Keith Carroll won the Pro Men’s race while Samantha Goetz was tops in the Pro Women’s race. SpeedSkateWorld.com’s Morgane Echardour placed 4th in the Pro Senior Women’s race after stumbling coming out of the final bend.
Jeff Foster won the Pro Master/ Veteran Men’s race. SpeedSkateWorld.com’s Constant Montpellier placed 4th overall in the race.
In the 1km time-trial, Morgane Echardour was first amongst the female skaters. Luis Moreno set the fastest time in the men’s time trial with a time in the 1:26 range. I finished 2nd with a 1:27.8.
So yes the hometeam will win, yes they will be strong & yes for sure they will be desperate to Win, it will be tough for the visitors, even without the altidude situaion
Bill Begg writes about Worlds & Colombian skaters [Click here]
Here are recent links to lots of great material- reports, results, pictures, & videos- from the USA Outdoor Nationals taking place in Colorado Springs;
Colombia of course will gain more medals, France definately, Argentina, Belguim & the two neighbours Venezuela & Chile, New Zealand might stay around the same, but expect some colour change. Mexico & Portugal are getting closer, but not quite there yet. As for Holland who goes to the Ice & who does not, could be the difference between a possibly one or two medals.
I will start with a summary of my results from this track Championship. My first race was the 300m Time Trail in which I finished 10th, on the same day I had the 15k elimination race in which I got disqualified, in the 500m I finished 5th just out of the final, I won the points-elim and the 1000m sprint and in my last race Maarten, Ferre and I captured the silver medal on the 3K relay.
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