SSW Fundraising Drive Day #7 (Yesterday), Inline Planet- Olympic Committee Lowers the Bar, Lots And Lots Of Reports/ Pictures/ Videos

SSW Fundraising Drive Day #7 (Yesterday): I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the SSW Fundraising Drive that I held since the last week. The last official day for the drive was yesterday. A total of $220 came in yesterday & today, which brings the final total raised to $648.98. Just in case you'd like to throw in one last donation, I will put up the link to donate.


Over the past week, I've tried to explain what the money will be spent on, why I need the support, and the stories I would like to share on SSW. Seeing that right now I am trying to figure out what wheels will work on the Pan American Games track, I will be spending the money on my most pressing need; wheels, wheels, and more wheels.

Again, a huge thanks to the online community for rallying behind me. It means a lot and it helps a ton. I calculated that I will spend the better part of 1000 hours this year working on SSW. I do the work for the love of the sport as a fan and as a participant. I look at the donations as a sort of token of appreciation from all you SSW readers & fans- and to be honest with you, I did not expect the support to be that significant, but it was.

Thank you- fast on skates and online-

Inline Planet- Olympic Committee Lowers the Bar: The Inline Planet has posted an article that I enjoyed reading; Olympic Committee Lowers the Bar. It's another good one by Robert "Just the Factoids" Burnson.

Lots And Lots Of Reports/ Pictures/ Videos: European Jr Championships- lots and lots of goodies coming out of the European Jr championships. Have fun exploring the following links- I'll start you off with SkatePodium's coverage- day 1, day 2, and day 3. Of course you want videos too; 500-meter cadet final and 10k pts/ elim junior ladies.

The next website that offers coverage is MundoPatin- there is lots and lots on this site and it is well organized. You can find all the goodies including results. Here are a few links of interest from MP- day 1 report with day 1 photos, day 2 report with day 2 photos, and up-to-date results.


Euro junior champs day 2- photo from Mundo Patin

Euro junior champs- photo from Mundo Patin
Harm de Boer Fotografie has posted lots and lots of great pictures- day 3, opening ceremonies, junio 300's, day 2 500-meters, points races- these are not ALL the photos that are posted- you can head over there, click around, and explore the photos!


Euro junior champs Points races- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Euro junior champs- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie
The final website that I would like to refer you to is PatinCarrera's coverage of the event.

SsangYong WIC- Sigrid Ziegler offered a peek into what it takes/ the excitement of the WIC life in her entry Back to China. You can read all abouthe the SsangYong WIC on PatinCarrera's report. Team Rollerblade is saying that they will post a race report online soon- you might get to this one before I do. I am travelling from rainy Montreal to Toronto later today.

Hoogeveen WOW- Harm de Boer Fotografie has posted a whole bunch of pictures that I wish I was in from the Hoogeveen World on Wheels- you can use the following links for quick access to the photos; women, C & veteran, B, and A. Just in case you need to admire more photos, you can view these by Meijco van Velzen.


Hoogeveen WOW women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Hoogeveen WOW C/ Veteran- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Hoogeveen WOW B- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Hoogeveen WOW- A photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Hoogeveen WOW women's podium- photo from Meijco van Velzen
Engadin- Let's start off with an Engadin race report a from speedSK8rs.com. Lots of good stuff in the report- it's packed with pre-race, race, and post-race goodies and gossip and all sorts of neat pictures that you'll get a kick out of seeing. 'The wind blows in the right direction, the sun comes out: it is a good day for racing. My teammates will start in the second line group, hopefully they’ll make me proud… or at least less ashamed. Three, two, one, business as usual: Bang! The long skater’s snake take the first bend in less than 30 seconds, it’s going to be a fast pace. The helicopter is taken cinematic images from up there: where can we find its videos? Sooner or later I’ll find out'.


Engadin WIC men at the start line- photo from speedSK8rs.com
Here is a report that Zepto posted from Engadin.


Engadin women's finish- photo from Zepto Skate Team and by Jörg Dietrich
Now if you're up for a good read featuring a social analysis, a vivid description of the race, and all sorts of good stuff that you won't find anywhere else, Aaron Arndt posted his unique report. I won't quote anything of what Aaron wrote; it's worth clicking on the link and soaking it all in.

Andrew Hegarty's entry WIC - Engadin (St. Moritz) offers another perspective on this increaslingly legendary race; he put a video on his site that takes a really cool look at the Engadin course. You can view it below-


Canadian Championships- Alicia Weiss posted some very nice pictures from this weekend's Roller Sports Canada Canadian championships. I didn't have my camera during the awards presentation, but Candy Wong had hers- you can view her pictures from the awards presentations.


Canadian Championships senior men- Brian Jalbert in front of Kyle Winters, followed closely by Mike Murray and with JF Messier on the outside- photo from Alicia Weiss

Canadian Championships juvenile- Bailin Xie follows Paisley Perrie- photo from Alicia Weiss

Canadian Championships senior women- photo from Alicia Weiss

Canadian Championships senior men 1000-meter final- photo from Alicia Weiss

Canadian Championships master men podium- photo from Candy Wong
RSO Speed Series #2- Want videos from the June 30th RSO Speed Series? If you do, you can download them thanks to Mike Garvin.