Cat's Out of the Bag, MSI Season Opens, Other News

The Cat is Out of the Bag: I've always loved that expression. It is clever and witty. To me, it means that if you're walking around with a cat in your bag, and the cat gets out of the bag, then you can shout 'The cat is out of the bag!'. Don't worry, I know it means something else too...

In the last post, I talked about Brian Jalbert and his race series and also about Eric Gee is his attempt at making a set of boots. It turns out that a few Candians from Toronto will be making waves of their own next season. They will follow in the footsteps of Gabriel Girard and Meaghan Buisson and take on the World Inline Cup.

According to Andrew Hegarty's website and a post by Bill Begg, Aaron Arndt, Andrew Hegarty, and Sigrid Ziegler will give the world inline cup a go in 2007. I look forward to hearing of their experiences and what they can take back to Canada so that we can be more successful as a racing nation.


Sigrid Ziegler (in 2nd behind Tatia Wallace) will be one of the few Canadians (likely though record breaking number of Canadians) on this year's WIC circuit
MSI's Season Under Way: This past weekend, the north american ice marathon season started with Marathon Skating International's Quebec City Marathon (25km and 40km races) in Ste-Foy, Quebec. The top male and female finisher for the 25km were Gabriel Girard and Suzanne Dionne. [25km results] The top finishers in the 40km race were Bob Lawrence and Suzanne Dionne. [40km results] You can find photos here and a report here.

In Other News: Don't you love the Inline Planet? It's usually the first website I check (after I've tackled my e-mail). The Inline Planet is reporting that the IOC will make it easier for new sports to be admitted into the Olympics. This is great news for me because if roller sports is indeed included in the Olympic programme, I will be in the prime of my career for 2016 at 39 years old! Hehehe.

Skatefarm- the name itself makes me drool- I have this image of all these skates growing out of the ground, tasty skates that we can cook any manner we like. Yummy un-worn skates, all sorts of them just growing from the ground, sprouting up, glimmering in the sky...waiting to be picked, ready to be raced on. Just check out the site.


The 24 Hours Inline was dominated by SkateFarm- most of the team pictured here.

Ok, here are a few pictures from the Greensboro Thanksgiving Meet for you to look at. Looks like a few big names made it down to the event! It's nice to see Derek Parra and Joey Cheek making it out to races.