Reports- Bologna- Colombia- Unive WOW Brakel- Trofeo CPEnol USA News, RaceReports.net Forum- WIC USA & Rules, 3 Pistes Elite Women's Video, MISC Stuff

Reports- Bologna- Colombia- Unive WOW Brakel- Trofeo CPEnol: Lots of racing action this weekend- let's start with the Italian Inline Powerslide Cup Bologna stage: top-3 men were 1- Shane Dobbin, 2- Fabio Francolini, 3- Antonio Ballarini, and top-3 women were 1- Giovanna Turchiarelli, 2- Simona di Eugenio, 3- Tamara Llorens. You can find a report on Bont's Message Board from Bill Begg, a report (in Spanish) with some results thanks to Patin Carrera, and a Team Rollerblade report.

The racing action continued in Colobmbia- click here for results from the 500-meter sprints and click here for a report (in Spanish) from Patin Carrera.

Skatebond Nederland has a report which includes all the results from the Unive World On Wheels Brakel. You'll have to scroll down to the bottom for the results links. Use the following links for the results- A, D1D2, B, C1V1, and C2V2. Patin Carrera has posted a report. The thing that I like the most is Harm de Boer's photos from the event: Men, Women, and B Group. Lots for you to check out.


Unive WOW Brakel- photo from Harm de Boer

Unive WOW Brakel- photo from Harm de Boer

Unive WOW Brakel- photo from Harm de Boer

Unive WOW Brakel- photo from Harm de Boer

Unive WOW Brakel- photo from Harm de Boer

Unive WOW Brakel- photo from Harm de Boer
The final report that I'll link to today is from the Trofeo Internacional del Club Patin Enol. MundoPatin has posted a report with lots of pictures.


Trofeo Internacional del Club Patin Enol- photo from MundoPatin

Trofeo Internacional del Club Patin Enol- photo from MundoPatin

Trofeo Internacional del Club Patin Enol- photo from MundoPatin

Trofeo Internacional del Club Patin Enol- photo from MundoPatin

Trofeo Internacional del Club Patin Enol- photo from MundoPatin
USA News: The USA Outdoor Nationals entry forms have been posted on USA Roller Sports. You can also check out the tentative dates for the competition (May 29th to June 6th).

RaceReports.net Forum- WIC USA & Rules: The RaceReports.net Forum has had some pretty good discussion about USA skaters & the world cup, rules, the difference between the WIC and world championships, etc. It’s a pretty good read, worthy of a Sunday afternoon/ evening, with a lot of ideas and information going back and forth.

3 Pistes Elite Women's Video: Roller En Ligne has posted a 2nd video from the 3 Pistes, this time, it's the women's elite race from Pibrac. Click here or press play below.


MISC Stuff: MPC’s redesigned site looks pretty good.


Paul DiJulio holding an MPC Black Track wheel
Team Rollerblade is reporting that the Sportival Rollerblade World will be featured on television in Switzerland this Monday. Click here to view some photos of the shoot.


Sportival Rollerblade World video shoot- photo from
I take care of the Toronto Inline Skating Club’s email. For the most part, it involved deleting hundreds of emails about things that make me raise my eyebrows and press delete really fast! One of the good emails that I received was a notification from the Inline Planet that they are doing a ‘spring cleaning’ of the Group Skate Mapper. I thought it would be cool to just mention the Group Skate Mapper- it could be quite a useful took down the line for you if you’re travelling.