Badger's Bad(ger) Finish, ST World Cups, Pics- Southern Regionals, Patin Carrera Reports- IIC & GBC, Love- NSI & Combs, 24 Hour Fever- Mans & Montreal

Badger's Bad(ger) Finish: Between the heated exchanges & messages and deleted threads that deal with the contested finish from the Badger State Games, I am sure that someone somewhere is happy about the attention and publicity that their event is getting. The Inline Planet has posted some pictures of the finish and you can also view a (shaky) video.


- photo from the Inline Planet and by Darlene Prois
I think AustinSkater said it best; 'the last couple hundred meters several skaters came into view, roaring towards the finish. Due to the intense speeds, the ground began to shake as evidenced by the camera. Shock waves began to emanate from the lead skater, much like the wake from a boat. At this point Jono and Pete began to take evasive action. The tremors were so intense that it threw Pete off balance and would have sent him to the ground were it not for Jono grabbing him to keep him upright. Both men clutched each other as they fought to stay alive. In a selfless act, Pete then dashed over to his friend Major to make sure he was all right, desperately urging him to slow down before the earth began to split. Unfortunately, one of the skaters had crossed over the critical limit and a fissure began to open behind Rookard as she too was trying to outrun the great rift in the earth. In a rare display of chivalry, Jono, with complete disregard for his own safety, lunged and pushed Ms Rookard out of harms way. Mustering the last bit of energy left, all four made one final stretch, narrowly avoiding catastrophe'.

ST World Cup: Ohno Zone has posted a schedule featuring American short track races and the world cup races. World Cup #5 will take place in Quebec City! I'm sure that I'll manage to make my way up there and cover the event on SSW.

Pics- Southern Regionals: You can drool over the plentiful great shots from the Southern Regionals thanks to Jeff Adams and Powerslide USA.


Sourthern Regionals- photo from Powerslide USA

Sourthern Regionals- photo from Powerslide USA

Sourthern Regionals- photo from Powerslide USA

Sourthern Regionals- photo from Powerslide USA

Sourthern Regionals- photo from Powerslide USA
Patin Carrera Reports- IIC & GBC: Patin Carrera's got a few reports up- I've ignored PC for a while, so it's time to put up some links; click here for a report on the Italian Inline Powerslide Cup and click here fora report on the German Blade Challenge (Mittelrhein/ Hamburg).

Love- NSI & Combs: Andrew Love is continuing to share his love and passion for life and skating- he continues to make the sport & the people involved in skating shine by posting entries like Night Skating International and From Spring, Texas.

24 Hour Fever- Mans & Montreal: We're getting closer and closer to that time of the year where the skating world stops...no, wrong choice of words.

We're getting closer and closer to that time of the year where on two continents, many skaters will not sleep for 24 hours. Instead of sleeping, they will attempt a few power naps between hours and hours of skating. Many of you know what I am referring to; the Mans 24 Hour taking place this weekend and the 24 Hours Inline Montreal taking place on July 14-15.

These events are looked at by some as a long skating party. Others take these slightly more seriously. Some (like Eric Gee) have these grandiose plans of doing something unique and spectacular, and many of those people will accomplish their goals. Eric will be skating the 24 hours in Montreal solo. He's built his own boots, he has assembled a team to support his quest, and he has prepared like none other! With his mega miles weekends, his experimenting with different lubricants for his feet, his hydration plans and test runs, and his analysis of who he is skating against/ with, I look forward to seeing what Eric could do.

I will probably be on hand at this year's 24 your relay in Montreal, but I won't be skating it. I'll take some pictures and post them.

Roller En Ligne is set to cover the Mans, perhaps in the same fashion that I covered the Montreal 24 hours a couple of years ago. REL has posted a profile of the P.U.C. Speedy Girls.

What I am really curious about is when is there going to be a rivalry between teams that skate the Mans and Montreal? Could my site start a rivalry? Here goes. I think the Poulettes Sur Roulettes are better than the P.U.C. Speedy Girls. I think that the team that I skated with last year in Montreal could finish at least top-3 overall, if not win the Mans.


Sylvain Rouillard- photo from Roller En Ligne