Happy New Year!

As  2008 concludes and 2009 bring new opportunities and experiences, here’s to you & here’s to skating. Cheers- Happy New Year- be safe and have fun, whatever you do tonight. I meant to spend more time today working on and updating SSW, but time is in shortsupply and high demand thanks to the following things I did today; [...]

Canadian Long Track Championships- Reports & Results

The Canadian Long Track Speed Skating Championships took place in Richmond, BC. Speed Skating Canada has a few reports from the last few days of racing- you can find full results here. Nesbitt and Morrison strike gold again at Canadian Championships Denny Morrison and Christine Nesbitt strike Gold at Richmond Olympic Oval Kristina Groves crowned [...]

Lorenzo Brioni Track From The Air- From Pattinaggio Bellusco

Pattinaggio Bellusco shared pictures taken from the air of the Lorenzo Brioni Track- see the pictures here and download them here. Photo from Pattinaggio Bellusco

Wouter Hebbrecht- Recession Proof?

Here’s Wouter Hebbrecht latest entry; Recession proof?- First of all, like in anything we try to achieve, we need to go back to the basic foundations of speed skating. 99% of the speed skaters today have started in some local clubs, organizations or foundations. That’s where we can tackle this crisis. If we can try [...]

EGC Skates- Pink & Another Year

Here are a couple of posts from EGC Skates- Pink! Another Year Thanks to every one of you who have provided feedback and submitted your comments – the information and discussions are invaluable to the learning process. I look forward to further conversations as the winter wears on into next season. I still have boots [...]

This Weekend- New Zealand Championships

The New Zealand National Championships will be underway this Saturday. Read more here; New Zealand National Championships- Senior men’s road relay at the Gijon, Spain 2008 World Roller Speed Skating Championships- New Zealand’s team in the mix- photo Peter Doucet/ SpeedSkateWorld.com This Saturday the NZ National Championships are about to begin in Christchurch. Its probably [...]

Le Bagareur De Brunkline- C’est Mon Cousin

Checkez moi bien ca; c’est mon cousin, Sylvain Ayotte, qui joue le Bagareur De Brunkline dans la troisieme épisode des Aventures Mario Valentino- c’est trop cool! En plus, son manteau ‘Swim Team’ était a moi, j’lui ai donné

Rollerdome- 2008/ 2009 Season

Check out the Rollerdome at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN – there’s a session today (December 31st).

Family, Rolling With VRL In Laval, & Ice In St Tite

During the last few days… …with my family in Ville LaSalle (Montreal)- a few of my cousins and I while all the aunts, uncles, and newphews are playing and eating… …skating with kids at VRL in Laval… …and with grown ups too … …skates… …and driving to St Tite, Quebec (near Shawinigan) in the rain/ [...]

Andrew Love- Xmas & USA Long Track Nationals Day 1

Andrew Love shared pictures, thoughts, and inspiration in the following entries; Xmas Day 1 US Nationals Thanks for the pics dad (and for a lot of other things too, If I am half the Father you have been to me, I will still end up a great Dad). ‘So many stories:, Justin Stelly has spent [...]

2009 World Games- Skaters

JorgeBotero.com shared the list of 60 athletes who will be participating at the 2009 World Games at the Yang Ming Skating Rink in Taiwan- check out the Roller Sports- Speed page.

Part 3 Of 5- CadoMotus, Working With The Best People

Here’s the 3rd of 5 part series from Cado Motus- CadoMotus, working with the best people- The people involved in the CadoMotus company each add experience and vision, in skating sports and in business Michael Byrne Multiple World medalist in inline skating Michael Byrne (AUS) is one of these people. A progression of his dedication [...]

Pictures- Burlington Blast- From Mark Virtue

Click here for Mark Virtue ‘s pictures from the Burlington Blast.

Cado Motus- Optimal Skate Set-Up

Here is something new from Cado Motus- Finding your optimal skate set-up- The acceleration potential of any skate set-up depends on the type of skater you are, and the type of acceleration you want to optimize: from zero (standing), or from a rolling speed (and the speed range of that initial speed): Skater size, strength [...]

Shane Dobbin, Wayne Begg, And DJ Nation Continue On Long Track Ice

Check out INLINERS & ICE 2008 / 2009 for information and news about Shane Dobbin, Wayne Begg, and DJ Nation’s long track speed skating quest- Very good to see Mathias getting his times down & I thought the 1,000 might have been out of his range, as he tended to put everything in & might [...]

Planet Skate Tip- Unpack Those Pounds

The timing is right on this one; especially considering how many chocolate almonds, tourtiere (meat pie), chocolate turtles, reeses chocolates, potato chips, nuts, sugar pie, ferrero roche, and lindt chocolates I ate… Greg Major write the most recent Inline Planet Skate Tip- Unpack Those Pounds!- But they don’t stay with me for long. Once the [...]

Happy Holidays- SSW Closed For A Few Days

I’m leaving for Quebec later today. I’ll be spending the winter holidays with my family. While I’m in Montreal, I’ll be looking at connecting with a few of my friends and doing some training and of course hanging out and celebrating with my famille and friends. On that note, if you’re one of my friends [...]

Coming Soon- SSW Shirts & Clothing

Check it out- Eric Gee, Morgane Echardour, and I are teaming up in creating, marketing, and selling an original SSW clothing & equipment line- more on this in the new year- Show the world how much you love to speed skate! Casual wear t-shirts with one-of-a-kind, hand screened artwork & some with limited edition prints. Items are available at [...]

Coming Soon- Yann Guyader Clinic In Montreal

See the title? What will Yann Guyader (World Champion), Montreal, and January all have in common? Shhh, keep it on the downlow. More information to come. Yann Guyader- photo from Francois & Marie

Cado Motus Compares 104mm & 110mm Wheels

This is from Cado Motus- 104mm and 110mm wheels compared- For most of us, skating at below World Class average speeds, and with a higher variety in race tempos, the biggest advantages of 110mm wheels (those occurring at speeds around 40+km/h) are rarely realized.

Podium TV- OBB: Jannes Mulder, Hoorn Races, Fun Races

The following videos are from Podium TV- OBB: Jannes Mulder Schaatsen op de stadsgracht van Sloten 6-banen toernooi Hoorn

Picutres- Bucamaranga IRI Seminar- From Jorge Botero

Click here for pictures from the Inline Racing Institute seminar in Bucamaranga. Photo shared by JorgeBotero.com

Patiner Par Temps Froid- De Roller En Ligne

Le site Roller En Ligne a partagé un article qui aidera bien les Canadiens, ainsi que tout le reste du monde qui sont pris dans le froid. Je ne sais pas si les avis de l’article s’appliquent a ceux qui sont enterrés par la neige- lisez l’article ici- Patiner par temps froid  les précautions à prendre- Nous vous [...]

The Best Of The World Skating In 2008

Check out Miguel Rueda’s The Best Of The World Skating In 2008 which features a few of the images from 2008- Photo shared on JorgeBotero.com

Joyeux Noel Et Bonne Année- Asphalte Roller

Asphalte Roller vous souhaite un Joyeux Noel et Nouvelle Année. J’aime bien leur montage de photos.

RIP Owen Spence, Canadian Junior Champs, Canadian Official Gregoire On ISU Championship List- From Speed Skating Canada

Speed Skating Canada has a few recent items, including- SSC mourns one of its long time members Short Track Canadian Junior Championship Saguenay 2008 – A special flavor to this year’s event Canadian Official Jacques Gregoire Added to the ISU Championship List Marianne St-Gelais and Guillaume Blais-Dufour Canadian junior champions Owen Spence, our loving and [...]

Skate Mexico 2009 Information

Skating and Mexico- seems like a nice dream vacation, doesn’t it? Especially when we’re getting pelted by the white stuff. Well, that dream can be a reality- check it out- Skate Mexico Info now Online…. and find all the information you need here. Once again, our amazing friends at Il Peloton are hosting and organizing Skate [...]

Andrew Love’s 4 Pictures

Here’s Andrew Love’s latest entry; 4 Pictures- I thought speedskating was a great technical & emotional challenge. I have found its match; Being a big guy & trying to change a dirty diaper in a tiny airplane bathroom. Wow… Intense…. ‘Here is Ryan Bedford, checking Vicky Daignault’s skates at an early morning short track practice‘- [...]

Candy Wong- Still Alive, Still Training

Here’s Candy Wong’s latest entry; Still Alive, Still Training- The next two weeks will be interesting as the majority of our indoor practices are cancelled due to the holiday season. I have some alternative training lined up but I will likely end up at the gym for long periods of time. If anyone wants to [...]

4 Pages Of Just Some Ideas

I just wanted to let you know that the thread Just some ideas… is on its 4th page of ideas- Jeff and others, I think inline is STILL quite an “Underground” sport. How can we get the Media more involved at the National level, so it is seen time and time again on TV. No [...]