Races Off And On

Races Off And On: I found it quite a bummer to wake up and check my email with one about the Mardis Gras Inline Marathon reading ‘Due to circumstances beyond our control, the event will be rescheduled for 2008’. I think I know how organizers feel. When I used to organize the Toronto International Inline Race Weekend, I would bump into organizational roadblock after organizational roadblock. All the obstacles were amplified by crazy high prices for everything.


Photo from the 2006 MGSM taken by Cheryl McBrien
I’m glad I could offer you some good news to offset this cancellation. I was contacted by Alan Marcosson from Pyro Apparel. He’s got a race in the works which is taking place on Sunday May 13th called the Columbia Station Inline Skate Marathon. Click here and go to the 2007’ s event #5. You can also check out the flyer below.


PatinCarrera Updates: Get your translating software and websites fired up because there’s a whole bunch of juice skate news on PatinCarrera: Embrach Indoor (Switzerland) report, 2007 World Inline Cup provisional calendar, Spanish Team to take on the WIC, and Salomon is pulling out of the skate market.


PatinCarrera's Guido Ferra hard at work with his live coverage of the 2006 world championships
A Few New Links For You: RollerSportsTV, Meijco Photo: Schaatsen (Ice) and Skeeleren (Inline), FIRS (redesigned), and Pibrac Roller Skating. Skating around Barcelona, Spain, looks like fun (view the video below or click here). You can also check out the Skate-A-Round website.