July 1st- Canada Day Marathon

The Canada Day Marathon is taking place tomorrow. The race, which held in Cambridge, Ontario, starts at 8am and features 42km, 21km, and 10km distance options. The Canada Day Marathon will set the tone for this weekend’s Roller Sports Canada Outdoor Speed Championships taking place in Toronto. I may post a report/ pictures/ results tomorrow [...]

Live Video Coverage- July 1st- USA Roller Sports Inline Speed Skating Outdoor National Championships

Make sure you click here and tune in on July 1st to view live video from the USA Roller Sports Inline Speed Skating Outdoor National Championships. You can explore more resourses on USA Roller Sports. The United States Olympic Comittee has provided for 1 exciting day of live video coverage from the 2009 Inline Speed [...]

Pictures & Audio Recap- Day 2- USA Roller Sports Inline Speed Skating Outdoor National Championships

Check out the following material from day 2 of the USA Roller Sports Inline Speed Skating Outdoor National Championships; Pictures Audio Recap- mp3 format Photo from here

Report- Day 1- USA Outdoor Championships- Keith Carroll

Keith Carroll shared a report from day 1 at the USA Roller Sports Outdoor Championships- read it here; Outdoor Nationals Day 1- Some quick standouts from the day would be Erin Jackson, Sara Hebbrecht, and Jonathon Blair for all breaking 300m records and also Mario Valencia for having an exceptional day in junior men all together.In [...]

Results- Day 2- USA Outdoor Roller Speed Skating Championships

Use the links below to find out what went down on day 2 of the USA Roller Sports Outdoor Roller Speed Skating Championships; Points up to date thus far (no Senior Women) Junior Men Justin Mannon 37 — Mario Valencia 30 —– Jonathon Blair 27 —— Andrew Shatzer 19 —— Michael Ringer 11 —— Drew Valinsky [...]

Rapport De Course- Engadin World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup- De Roller En Ligne

Roller En Ligne a partagé un rapport de course de la World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup qui a eu lieu a Engadin en Suisse en fin-de-semaine; WIC – Mantia et Baena s’imposent à Engadin- Au même moment que les 24 Heures du Mans Roller, se déroulait l’une des Coupe du Monde de vitesse les [...]

Report- Mans 24 Hours- From Bill Begg

Bill Begg shared quite a report on this past weekend’s Mans 24 Hours- read it here; LeMans 24 roller results (unofficial) top 20 mens teams (see post #4)- Bont team give there congratulations to Poli RPM & lead by two of skatings great Gentlemen & stalwats Mattheui Boher & Pascal Briand, who not only responded [...]

Results, Reports, Pictures- 84km Around Zwaagwesteinde

By using the links that I put just below, you can find results, reports, and pictures from Netherlands’ 84km Around Zwaagwesteinde; Results- Univé Holland Inline Cup – Zwaagwesteinde – A-B-C1-JJ Results- Univé Holland Inline Cup – Zwaagwesteinde – M-D1-JM Pictures- 2009-06-27 Zwaagwesteinde- from Harm de Boer Fotografie Pictures- zwaagwesteinde HIC 2009 from Tims ProSkateShots Report from [...]

New Zealand News- Kalon Dobbin, Nicole Begg, Peter Micheal, DJ Nation, & Ben Alchin

In the thread  New Zealand News (see post #591), Bill Begg shared the latest on Kalon Dobbin, Nicole Begg, Peter Micheal, DJ Nation, & Ben Alchin;  Kalon Dobbin has not retired, he was unfortunately suffering from an injury, that had not cleared up as quickly as it should have, but Like Nicole Begg, who is [...]

Le Patineur Du Futur- Partie 6 De 8: Le Dos, La Suite

Les Pays-Bas, c’est un peu la matrice du patinage de vitesse. Certes, on trouve aussi des traces anciennes de rollers « en ligne » en URSS ou aux Etats-Unis. Mais les premiers à avoir hissé ce patin à glace d’été au rang de sport à part entière, ce sont bien les Bataves. J’étais donc arrivé [...]

Speed Skating Mourns Maureen Kraus

Maureen and her husband Gene were the heart and soul of the Matsqui Blades club for many years during which time all 6 of their children competed at a high level. Their daughter Alanna went on to make the National Short Track Team representing Canada at the past two Olympics (Salt Lake and Torino).She could [...]

Report & Results- Chile Championships & National Selection

PatinCarrera.com shared a report with results of Chile’s Championships & National Selection- Carolina Santibañez y Ricardo Verdugo baten nuevos récords en Chile.

Video- Dernier Tour 24 Heures Roller Montreal 2009- Avec Benoît

Voici un vidéo du 24 Heures Roller Montreal- Dernier tour 24 heures roller 2009 Avec Benoît- Ceci est le dernier tour du 24 h de roller qui se tenait sur le circuit Gilles-Villeneuve à Montréal. Cette compétition consiste à exécuter le plus de tour en équipe en 24 heures.

Videos- Start, First Lap, Downhill- Mans 24 Hours

Check out the following videos from the Mans 24 Hours- 2009 – Start of the 24 Heures Rollers at Le Mans – skaters have to lines their boots up on the other side of the track the on GO, run over, put them on and speed away! Le Mans 24 Rollers 2009 – start of [...]

Results- Mans 24 Hours

You can use the following links to browse results from this past weekend’s Mans 24 Hours- Résultats officiels du 24 Heures du Mans 2009- official results – General results with laps – General results with categories – Results broken down by category Résultats : 24 Heures du Mans roller 2009 Le site Roller91.fr a mis [...]

More Reports- Mans 24 Hours- From ASTA

Here are more reports from this past weekend’s Mans 24 Hours; C’est pourquoi la Tribu Roller et Rollerenligne.com vont mettre en place une séance de questions/réponses en direct sur le forum de ReL mardi 30 juin, de 20h30 à 22h00. 24 heures roller : Nordine 3e et les Prott 23e ! Mans : séance questions/réponses [...]

Results- Napa Valley Inline Marathon

Click here for the results from the Napa Valley Inline Marathon. Photo from CORA

Reports & Results- Colombian Team Trials

Colombia’s team trials are taking place. Use the following links to access results and reports- Selectivo Armenia 2009- rankings by category empezo el selectivo en colombia PARA EL MUNDIAL 2009 Selectivo 2009: En Armenia comienza el sueño de 74 colombianos Jercy Puello y Andrés Muñóz hacen doblete en el arranque del Selectivo Arnedo, Arce, Puello [...]

Report- Central American Championships

PatinCarrera.com shared a report from the Central American Roller Speed Skating Championships- El Salvador está muy cerca de ser el nuevo Campeón Centroamericano.

Results & Pictures- Badger State Games

Click here for the results and here for pictures from the Badger State Games. Photo from DuffManOhYea

Live Twitter Updates & Results- USA Outdoor Nationals

If you’re interested in keeping up with up-to-the-minute results from the USA Outdoor Roller Speed Skating Championships, make sure you check USARS Events Twitter updates. You can access results by using this link to the competition page. You can also catch more results and take part in discussions here; ODN Results- Results 300 Meter Time [...]

Clara Hughes- Limitless Potential

Clara Hughes‘ most recent journal entry is Limitless Potential- They’re both going to compete in their first Olympics. They have a hunger for excellence that I also feel as I prepare for my fifth. Patrick mentioned people telling him how “the first Olympics are for experience” and “not to worry about results”. He told me didn’t know [...]

Someone Slap Cor (Road Rash Chronicles)

Road Rash Chronicles‘ latest is Somebody Slap Me.- Even with the calories burned over 10 hours of tennis, 4 hours of cycling and 6+ hours of skating, I am equally  ashamed with the 3 HUGE chinese dinners, 1 full bag of chips, 4 chocolate bars, 2 egg McMuffins (no egg) and 8 Venti Starbucks coffees.  [...]

Ed’s Sk8toronto Website- Disappointed With The City Of Toronto

The latest entry from Ed’s Sk8toronto Website was shared on June 26th- I am really disappointed with the City of Toronto. When I started inline skating in 1998 there were several places in the city that were good places to skate. Notable among these places was Sunnybrook Park and vicinity. For years this park was [...]

Wheel Test- MPC Road War- From Roller En Ligne

Roller En Ligne shared an MPC Road War wheel test article.

Report, Pictures- Engadin World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup

Powerslide shared the following from this past Saturday’s Engadin World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup- CHECHY winning ENGADIN Powerslide/Matter double victory in Engadin Click here to view pictures (I’m pretty sure it’s Quatier Zopf Online’s pictures) from the race.

Video- TVM Testing New Equipment

De Telegraaf Telesport shared a video of the TVM Team skaters testing new long track speed skating equipment in Heerenveen. You’ll even see Joey Cheek who’s spending time in Europe and visiting for fun. They picked a good song to go along with the video.

Results (Unofficial)- Top 20 Overall Mans 24 Hours Teams

ultrask8 shared the top-20 overall finishing teams for this weekend’s Man 24 Hours; Go to Leman 24 roller results (unofficial) top 20 mens teams. Place Dossard Equipe Distance Vitesse Tours Temps 1 52 RPM 1 849.55 35.35 203 24:01:58.75 2 376 BONT ENDURO 845.37 35.19 202 24:01:25.69 3 373 COULAINES SARTHE ROLLER EKOI 820.26 34.14 [...]

Pictures- Engadin World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup- From Skate4Fun.ch

Skate4Fun.ch shared pictures from Saturday’s Engadin World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup. Photo from Quartier Zopf Online Photo from Quartier Zopf Online Photo from Quartier Zopf Online Photo from Quartier Zopf Online

Video- Engadin World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup

Click here (and scroll down) to find SF Sport’s video of the Engadin World Inline Cup/ Swiss Inline Cup. You’ll be treated to some fantastic shots from the helicopter of the pack zooming through beautiful scenery.