Speed Skate World- By Peter Doucet- Online Since 1999 http://speedskateworld.com Roller & ice speed skating news, reports, pictures, videos, interviews, results, and more Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:53:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 August 31st 2010- Pictures- Tonight’s Toronto Inline Skating Club Practice http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8675 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8675#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:53:36 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8675 Here are pictures from this evening’s Toronto Inline Skating Club practice. Shannon Hegarty took all the shots.

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SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING NEWS

Speed Skating Canada (SSC) was thrilled to announce today the appointment of John-Paul Cody-Cox as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cody-Cox has been the Executive Director of Volleyball Canada for the past three and one-half years, prior to which he served as the association’s Marketing Director, beginning in 2004.

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING NEWS

TVM training camp in Calgary- photo from SchaatsENZO

TVM training camp in Calgary- photo from SchaatsENZO

Through Winter of Discontent, Eva tells both her story and the story of US Speedskating. And it’s not always a nice story. But I think it’s an important one for people to hear which is why I want to make people aware of it. Whether you have an interest in sport in general or speedskating in specific, this book may make you aware of some of the things that really go on in high-level sport that you won’t hear about otherwise.

I’ll be blunt: if you’re the kind of person who needs their sports books to be full of happy endings and Rocky-esque moments, this is not the book for you to read. If you want a true insider’s view of high- level sport in what is admittedly a niche sport (and make no mistake, I’m sure athletes in all sports could tell similar stories), this is a book you will want to read. It pulls aside the veil of smoke and mirrors to let you see the real story of what goes on. This is the story you won’t see on NBC between shots of Apollo Anton Ohno winning gold, it’s not the story you’ll see in the major news media. Because it’s not a story people want to believe is true. But it is.

]]> http://speedskateworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=8670 0 August 30th 2010- 24h Roller Montreal 2010 Promo Video http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8667 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8667#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:58:07 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8667 I just came in from a coaching planning meeting for the Toronto Speed Skating Club’s 2010-2011 season.

I’m pretty tired right now, so I’ll leave you with the following video below. I’ll post news, links, and updates on SSW at some point tomorrow.

Check this one out: 24h Roller Montreal 2010 Promo video (look for SSW’s Peter Doucet and also see if you can find Morgane getting a relay push from Valerie Maltais).

]]> http://speedskateworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=8667 0 August 29th 2010- Pictures- RSO Series #4- Harriston http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8608 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8608#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:34:05 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8608 Here are pictures from today’s RSO Series #4 held in Harriston. Thanks to Morgane Echardour who took many of the pictures.

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Travis Shaw had a friend in his helmet at practice

]]> http://speedskateworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=8605 0 August 28th 2010- Thank You CAN Fund, Register For Ottawa Inline Skating Festival, Some Roller Links http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8598 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8598#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:40:39 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8598 I’d like to thank CAN Fund, an great organization that recently supported me with a generous bursary.

ROLLER & INLINE SPEED SKATING

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.

Skaters from Team Unipneu in a battle for 3rd overall- photo from 24h Roller Montreal, by Mohamed Ariba

Clinic run by Francisco Ramirez in Central Park earlier today- photo from Michael Grebinsky

]]> http://speedskateworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=8598 0 August 27th 2010- Roller & Inline Speed Skating News http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8585 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8585#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:46:28 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8585 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.

EVENTS- WORLDS & MORE

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.

PICTURES & VIDEOS

European Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

100k in Hallum- photo from Tims ProSkateShots

Pro masters at the Chicagoland Inline Marathon- photo from Dawn Stoppelmoor

European Championships- photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Sabine Berg (middle- smallest- in white & blue looking out) racing in 2002 in Germany- photo from Georg Opperskalski

]]> http://speedskateworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=8585 0 August 26th 2010- Short Track & Long Track Speed Skating News http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8581 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8581#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:45:02 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8581 Here’s some of the latest ice speed skating news that I found on the internet;

LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING NEWS

Dutch Olympic Champion Sven Kramer who is training in Calgary, may not skate Dutch Champs- photo share here, by www.schaatsfotosonline.nl

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING NEWS

“We are totally comfortable with Kalyna’s decision to take a year away from skating,” said Short Track Program Director Yves Hamelin. “The post-Olympic year is a good timing to do such a thing, and we know Kalyna was looking forward to taking some time for herself. She progressed very fast in speed skating at a young age, so it’s normal that she needs to take a step back and reflect on where she’s at and where she wants to go from here on.”

]]> http://speedskateworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=8581 0 August 25th 2010- Roller & Inline Speed Skating- Videos & Pictures http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8567 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8567#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:26:30 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8567 Here are a bunch of roller & inline speed skating videos & pictures- these should keep you busy for a while.

PICTURES

The Ekkip – Poulettes Sur Roulettes- photo shared by Ekkip

Herb Gayle & Peter Doucet teamed up to share a legendary rendition of the Canadian National Anthem at the 4th Eastern Seaboard Series in Trexlertown- photo from howardb

X Race in Berlin- photo shared by FUG

A handsome skater leads a group of 5 at the Montreal 24-hours- photo shared by Ekkip

Finishing the 24 Hours Montreal relay in style- photo from Greg Brown (TermV)

Eastern Seaboard Series #4- photo from Karin Gabriel

Padova Grand Prix in Italy- photo from Ferrara World Inline Team

World Country Marathon- photo from Ferrara World Inline Team

VIDEOS

Grand Prix de la Chatre 2010 from Felix Fander on Vimeo.

]]> http://speedskateworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=8567 0 August 25th 2010- Roller & Inline Speed Skating News http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8555 http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8555#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:54:17 +0000 SSW http://speedskateworld.com/?p=8555 Here’s some of the latest in news, results, & more from the world of roller & inline speed skating

I’ll post links to videos and pictures later tonight or tomorrow.

RESULTS & REPORTS


Women’s finish at Germay’s X Race- photo from here

BLOGS & SKATERS

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.

EVENTS

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.

A training camp for kids was held in Germany- photo from here

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