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Skating News and Recent Discussions
US Artistic Regionals - Dates and Locations
Dates and locations of all of the 2005 US Artistic Roller Skating Regional Championships. Check the schedule for an event in your area and show up to support your local skaters in their quest to advance to US Nationals in Florida and the November 2005 World Championships in Rome. [View Schedule]
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USA Roller Sports April 2005 Newsletter
The April 2005 USA Roller Sports Newsletter includes information about the hardball hockey world championships, the U.S. artistic, hockey, and speed skating nationals, reports from the Pan American Championships, and speed skating wheel registration information for the 2005 season [Read Full Newsletter]
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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
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What Camera Do You Use at Indoor Events?
What kind of camera do you use at indoor low-light skating events at indoor sports arenas or roller skating rinks? One thing I discovered at the 2004 Artistic World Championships: Indoor sports photography is a whole different ballgame then outdoor sports photography and getting good results in low-light conditions when you cannot use a flash is quite tricky. [Read More In Our Forum]
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Chat With Me and My Friends Tonight
 Join me and other skaters in the chat room tonight and every Sunday night from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (19:00-20:00) Pacific/California time. You don't need to register for a user name to join our chat, but registering is a good idea because it prevents anyone else from impersonating you by using your favorite chat ID. I will always log on in the chat room as "KathieFry" [More About Our Weekly Chat]
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Attention Chat Room Visitors
Those of you who have joined our Sunday night skating chats recently have noticed a strange problem that started appearing about 3 weeks ago (I call it the "Kathie X5" bug). To fix that problem I had to delete and re-install my chat room and clear out the database of registered users. To protect your favorite user name from being used by one of our other chat room visitors, you can re-register that name or select a new one now. [How to Register a Chat Room User Name]
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Why No Starway Slalom Competition in 2005?
According to Vincent Vu Van Kha, president of the International Freestyle Skating Association, there will be no Starway slalom competition at the Lausanne Roller contest in Switzerland in 2005. Does anybody know why? Is this the first year Starway has not been part of that event? [Read More In Our Forum]
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Celebrate Earth Day by Skating to Work
Earth Day North America is on April 22 and Earth Day International is on March 20. The purpose of both events is to promote environmental awareness and build international and community support for sound, workable and effective environmental policies. Do your part by skating to work today and leaving that SUV at home. [Earth Day Activities and History]
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Why Don't Skate Manufacturers Promote Skating?
FROM RINK RAT IN OUR FORUM: "How can K2 and other manufacturers, expect to achieve larger success if they don't get the word out through advertising and promotion? I'm not just talking about product-specific promotion, I'm talking about promoting the sport of inline skating in general." [Read More In Our Forum]
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Tickets Are Available for Hardhall Hockey World Championships
 Tickets are on sale now for the August 2005 FIRS Hardball Hockey World Championships in San Jose, California. Hardball hockey is the sport of roller hockey played on quad roller skates using a ball instead of a puck, and it is fascinating to watch.The tight maneuvering and trick spins possible on quad roller skates make a very different game then inline hockey and ice hockey. [Read Full Article]
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
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Happy Birthday to Jordan Malone
 Today is the birthday of world champion inline speed skater Jordan Malone, who was born on April 20, 1984. Jordan was born in Colorado, but he did most of his inline speed training in Texas, skating for the Inside Edge Racing Team and coached by Chris and Gypsy Tidwell. One of Jordan's best years was 2001, when he came home from the Junior World Championships in France with seven gold medals and 3 silver medals. Have a wonderful birthday Jordan! [View Larger Photo
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LG Action Sports Tour Will Kick-Off in Moscow
In 2005 the world championship event in the LG Action Sports Series will move from Southern California to the United Kingdom. The kick-off event for the LG tour will be Moscow in May and other stops on the tour will be France, Germany, Spain, Italy, China, and Korea.
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Four New Photos of Julie Glass
 Four photos of world champion Julie Glass that are being published here for the first time including two pictures of Julie in the Netherlands taken by Dutch photographer Ewoud Broeksma and two pictures from the 2004 Northshore Marathon Expo, of Julie with Powerslide teammate Chad Hedrick and a romantic photo of Julie with her husband Doug Glass [Julie Glass Photo Gallery]
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Which Masters Are Skating the World Championships?
Which master skaters are traveling to Hamburg Germany for the 2005 Master Inline Speed Skating World Championships on April 24? I know Kim Ames and Jonathan Seutter will be there and I know Jenni Armstrong is not able to go. Which other master skaters (age 30 and above) are competing in the event? [Post a Note In Our Forum]
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Happy Birthday to Chad Hedrick
 Today is the birthday of United States ice and inline speed skating world champion Chad Hedrick, who was born on April 17, 1977 in Houston Texas. This is a difficult time for Chad because his father Paul Hedrick was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident recently, but thankfully he is expected to have a full recovery. Happy birthday Chad, and please get well soon Paul! [More About Chad Hedrick]
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Happy Birthday to Barry Publow
 Today is also the birthday of Canadian ice and inline speed skating champion Barry Publow who was born on April 17, 1970 in Quebec, Canada. Barry is the coach of the Canadian world inline speed skating team, he conducts speed skating workshops all over the world, and he is the author of the highly technical ice and inline speed skating book "Speed on Skates". Hope you are having a great birthday Barry! [Barry Publow Photo Gallery]
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How to Scissor Without Doing the Splits
"When I try to scissor my skates to increase my stability, I can't seem to scissor them very far apart without the front wheels on the forward skate coming off the ground. This seems counter-productive to the purpose of scissoring in the first place..." [Read Advice In Our Forum]
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Chat With Me and My Friends Tonight
 Join me and other skaters in the chat room tonight and every Sunday night from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (19:00-20:00) Pacific/California time. You don't need to register for a user name to join our chat, but registering is a good idea because it prevents anyone else from impersonating you by using your favorite chat ID. I will always log on in the chat room as "KathieFry" [More About Our Weekly Chat]
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2005 Synchronized Ice Skating World Championships
 The 2005 ISU Synchronized Ice Skating World Championships will take place April 21-24 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Synchronized ice skating teams from Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States will participate. More About the Event + Free Poster
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A New Slalom and Freestyle Event in China
FROM THE EVENT ORGANIZERS: "We are very proud that China was selected by the International Freestyle Skating Association to became the first Asian country to hold a qualification competition for the IFSA Championships. Our event is called the "China Slalom 2005 Shanghai Open". The Chinese Roller Skating Association (CRSA) is the main organizor and the Shanghai 66 Inline Club is the second organizer. We open our arms and invite skaters around the world to come to China. Use your skills and passion to speed the growth of slalom skating in China." [Event Announcement in Our Forum]
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What Your First Speed Skates Will Feel Like
"If at all possible, try on a pair of speed skates before you buy them. Even though people say it's a big change, it still doesn't sound that bad until you put them on. They hurt, they take an immense amount of ankle strength, and they feel like water skis compared to regular skates..." [Read More In Our Forum]
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You Might Be An Obliviot If...
You've got your headphones on so loud, a cannon shot over your left shoulder wouldn't penetrate your eardrum.
You think an underpass after a downhill blind curve is the right place for you and your friends to sit down on the trail.
You're a plank pusher and when a skater calls out "passing on the left" you decide this is the perfect moment to do a triple flippy root-the-toot fakey grind...
[Read More In Our Forum]
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Skater Wants to Build Custom Quads
"I want to build some custom quad roller skates using freestyle skateboarding trucks. Those trucks have hangers 85-110 mm wide and they come in two versions, with either 45 or 30 degree angles. Roller skates usually have 45 degrees trucks, but I read somewhere that is an old idea, and modern roller skate trucks should be 30 degrees. Anybody have any advice?" [Read More In Our Forum]
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The Beef Between Skateboarders and Inliners
FROM AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY A SKATEBOARDER AT BE-MAG.COM: "Aggressive inline is a very young activity compared to other cultures like surfing, skateboarding and BMX. But inline skating does have some roots if you look at its godfather the roller skate. The history, culture and tradition of roller skating were the foundations for inline skating. It was only in the past decade that aggressive inline took more of its culture from skateboarding than from pre-90's roller skating..." [Read More in Our Forum]
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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Skorpion Extreme Quad Roller Skates
 New Zealand grandfather Reg Reid designed the first version of the highly stable Skorpion Extreme Quad Roller Skate after he saw his grandchildren struggling to balance on inline skates. Now the all-terrain quad roller skate is being marketed to extreme sports athletes. [Read Full Article]
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Happy Birthday to Olympian KC Boutiette
 Today is the birthday of ice and inline speed skating champion KC Boutiette, who was born on November 11, 1970 in Lakewood, Washington. KC was the United States all-around ice speed skating champion three times and he was selected for the U.S. Olympic team in 1994, 1998, and 2002. He is married to figure roller skater turned inline speed skater turned ice speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez. The photo on the left of KC wearing one ice skate and one inline skate was taken by Dutch art and sports photographer Ewoud Broeksma. Happy birthday KC! [View Larger Photo]
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Top Women Disqualified in Seoul
This discussion in the Bont Forum has conflicting information about who finished first in today's Seoul Inline Marathon, because some of the women who crossed the finish line first were disqualified. Read more in this [Bont Forum Discussion]
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Chat With me And My Friends Tonight
 Join me and other skaters in the chat room tonight and every Sunday night from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (19:00-20:00) Pacific/California time. You don't need to register for a user name to join our chat, but registering is a good idea because it prevents anyone else from impersonating you by using your favorite chat ID. I will always log on in the chat room as "KathieFry" [More About Our Weekly Chat]
UPDATE FROM KATHIE: Last week I was not certain I could make our Sunday chat this week, but now I can say I will be there for sure!
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Place Your Bets on the World Inline Cup
Predict the results of each Grand Prix event in the World Inline Cup international skating marathon series which kicks off in Seoul, Korea this weekend. Bont has organized a "tipping contest" and everyone is welcome to participate. As of the time I am writing this, these are the skaters predicted to win (but it changes all the time as more people enter Bont's contest):
Women: Theresa Cliff Ryan - Cecilia Baena - Andrea Gonzalez
Men: Massimiliano Presti - Jorge Botero - Luca Saggiorato
Official Web Site: Bont Tipping Contest
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Skater Can't Find Slalom Skates in the U.S.
"I have been recreational skating 6 years and now I want to try freestyle slalom skating. I live in the US where slalom is practically non-existant and nobody sells FSK-style skates at shops or on the Internet. What skates available in the US would be suitable for slalom skating?" [Read More In Our Forum]
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A Senior Inline Hockey Tournament in Ecuador
From Enrique Orrantia, President of the Guyas Province Hockey and Skating Committee: "We send warm greetings to all and offer this invitation to the first senior men's international inline hockey festival here in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador organised by the Sports Federation of the Guayas." [Read More In Our Forum]
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Skater Can Only Do Left Crossovers
"Back in my roller rink days we always turned in a counter-clockwise direction and because of this I got really really good at turning left. Now that I am skating outdoors, I am comfortable turning left with no real problem but I can't make my body do crossovers when I turn right..." [Read More In Our Forum]
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Wednesday, April 06, 2005
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Skating with A Tiny Tot
"What sort of skating equipment does a toddler need? I always skate in full pads. Does he need a helmet at an indoor rink? If so, what kind? Wrist guards or other pads? Do they even make them that small?" [Read More In Our Forum]
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Frame Test: Hyper - TruRev - Bont
FROM BUZZINGHORNET IN OUR FORUM: "First, this was not scientific research. The purpose of testing these set-ups was to find out what is best for me in the long run. Someone else may have difference experiences on these same set ups... " [Read More In Our Forum]
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Achilles Tendon Recovery Times?
FROM BUDFROGS IN OUR FORUM: "Last week I was playing volleyball and hurt my ankle. The Doctor did an ultra-sound which showed I had partially torn my achilles tendon . I was given an air cast and told to stay off of it for awhile. Anyone have any experience with achilles tendon recovery times?" [Read More In Our Forum]
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Barry Publow Skate Camp on Mallorca Island in Spain
 There are still a few spots available in Barry Publow's speed skating camp on Mallorca Island in Spain. Two sessions are scheduled: (1) April 30 through May 7 and (2) May 7-14. For more information about Barry's workshop and an article about skating in Mallorca by Swedish skater Daniel Edman see [Skating on Mallorca Island] (photo by Ulf Haase)
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Happy Birthday to Rui Kitamura of Japan
 Today is the birthday of inline vert skater Rui Kitamura, who was born on April 3, 1990 in Itami, Hyogo, Japan. Rui was the youngest and smallest skater at the 2002 Summer X Games but he still managed to finish in 4th place overall. Have a wonderful birthday Rui! [View Larger Photo]
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Chat With Me and My Friends Tonight
 Join me and other skaters in the chat room tonight and every Sunday night from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (19:00-20:00) Pacific/California time. You don't need to register for a user name to join our chat, but registering is a good idea because it prevents anyone else from impersonating you by using your favorite chat ID. I will always log on in the chat room as "KathieFry" [More About Our Weekly Chat]
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Happy Birthday to Beorn Nijenhuis
 Today is the birthday of Dutch and Canadian ice speed skater Beorn Nijenhuis, who was born on April 2, 1984 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta Canada, and who currently lives in Groningen, Netherlands (he was born in Canada but he has dual Canadian and Dutch citizenship). Beorn was the 2002 junior all around world champion and in 2005 he finished in 5th place in the 1000 meter event at the World Single Distance Ice Speed Skating Championships in Inzell, Germany. Happy birthday from California Beorn! [View Larger Photo]
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