Click on image below or click here to view the video featuring France’s Ewen Fernandez and Belgium’s Bart Swings taking the victory for Powerslide.
11:51 am | Peter Doucet on the lead pack TISC’s Peter Doucet, a veteran of many New York 100Ks, says todays’ race was “not a particularly hard one.” “I know,” he says, “because I led a couple times, and I led very slowly.” The pace in the lead pack, where Doucet remained throughout the race, [...]
Click here for results from today’s Berlin Inline Marathon. From here: Ewen spoke all year about defending his Berlin title. He delivered today. Bart Swings wasn’t too bad himself. Did anyone see Bart Swings‘s New frames? From Bill Begg: Well a good effort by our X-TECH MPC man Peter Michael 4th in todays Big BMW Berlin Marathan. [...]
Tomorrow is judgment day for the top three men in the National Roller Cup. With double points up for grabs, whoever finishes first in the New York 100K, the season finale, takes home the 2012 NROC title. The three men in contention are Il Peloton’s Christopher Fiola, Adam’s David Sarmiento and Bont USA’s Justin Stelly. [...]
Album: 2012 – WM San Benedetto del Tronto (Day 8) Photo from Georg Opperskalski
Dream Chaser On Wheels How I Became An Inline Speed Skater First Time Visiting Prologue Part 1 : 4x80 Part 2 : 4x90 Start Of A Rocky Relationship Main September 11, 2012 My New Foe Ask any marathon runners and you are bound to find a plethora of race day fuelling advice . What to drink What to eat When to take it How to carry it Down to a science It IS a science On the other hand , planning for food and drink for a skating marathon is not as intuitive . If you ask the top finishers who crossed the line just a little over an hour , they will probably tell you the body cannot process food so quickly for such a short race and even water is optional . The pesky water bottle only adds extra weight . But if you talk to the skaters who huffed and puffed to a sub-3 hour finish , they can assure
Leah Kaluta, Paisley Perrie, Brett Ellis, Eric Ellis, Tyler Congdon- photo Ursula Hendel
Click here for live video feed from the World Roller Speed Skating Championships. The competition, taking place in Italy, kicked-off today. —–français—– Cliquez ici pour le video en direct des Championnats du Monde roller vitesse en Italie.
On behalf of the Canadian skating community, RSC would like to extend the best wishes for great performances to all Canadian skaters, delegates and coaches who have the honour of competing for and representing Canada at the 2012 World Roller Speed Skating Championship in Italy. The competition opens tomorrow. Athletes: Brett Ellis, Eric Ellis, Paisley [...]
Dream Chaser On Wheels How I Became An Inline Speed Skater First Time Visiting Prologue Part 1 : 4x80 Part 2 : 4x90 Big Girl Skates Main September 05, 2012 Start Of A Rocky Relationship The arrival of a new pair of skates never gets old . Whether it is your first pair of speed skates or the latest addition to your closet of stinky old boots , the excitement remains palpable . As much as it hurts us to admit , inline speed skating is a fringe sport . Equipment can only be ordered through a handful of vendors and a new pair of skates only shows up at the doorstep after a seemingly never ending . wait The anticipation is not limited to your own either . Chances are , the moment you placed your order , you have already announced to all your skating friends of the impending new arrival . You
Dream Chaser On Wheels How I Became An Inline Speed Skater First Time Visiting Prologue Part 1 : 4x80 Part 2 : 4x90 Reliving Those Playground Years Main Start Of A Rocky Relationship September 04, 2012 Big Girl Skates Despite my reluctance to move away from the comfort of brake-equipped recreational skates , I knew the day would come to get my own pair of speed skates . Every time I went to TISC practice , it seemed another skater from the learn to race group arrived with shiny new speed skates . It was merely four months since I was first introduced to inline speed skating . Who knew if it would simply be a passing infatuation on my part In 2006, the inline industry was on the cusp of a big change in the market place . It would only be a year or two before one of the leading equipment