SSW #1, Skatelog's 24-Hours Team, Timing Scandal, Getting Started In Skating, Getting Molded For Customs, GP Margarita, Foot Pain, Lourdes-Tarbes,

SSW #1: In a recent survey, 100% of the respondents indicated that Speed Skate World is their favourite website. Some of the comments included 'It's better than all the dating sites combined in one' and 'SSW is the next FaceBook, MySpace, Google, and Yahoo rolled into one', and 'I read SSW for breakfast'.

Skatelog's 24-Hours Team: Jessica kicked off the thread Team Skatelog 2008 (Montreal 24 Hour).


Skatelog pace-line at the 2007 Montreal 24 Hours Inline
Timing Scandal: I didn't realize what really hapenned with the timing system in Calgary during the long track world cup #2 until I read this article; Timing schandal- 'Comment of coach Jac Orie: 'If you see these images and say that it is not correct, you try to shuffle something under the carpet, to cover up something. The case of Wüst is the same as Kuipers’. It’s clear that they are afraid, that more times might be wrong. This is what sport is about, honest competing. This is deadly for the sport and the athletes. This can't be permitted''.

Getting Started In Skating: Perhaps you're a new visitor to my website and you're intereseted in starting speedskating? If you are, you can use the thread Making that jump... how to get started in speed skating? as one of many resources. Of course make sure you stop by the Inline Planet because there's The Beginners Guide to Inline Skating.

Getting Molded For Customs: Tdellaringa posted an entry called I Get Custom Molded for My Hyper Sincros. Lots of pictures of the molding process for those of you considering making custom boots.


Getting molded for custom Hyper boots- photo from Tdellaringa
GP Margarita: How does this sounds? 'Más de 220 atletas representando a Argentina, Bélgica, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Francia, Italia y Venezuela estarán en la Isla Margarita del 22 al 25 de Noviembre'. In case you haven't figured out what it means, 220 skaters from a whole bunch of countries will be racing from the 22nd to the 25th in Venezuela. Click here for all the upcoming coverage.


Foot Pain: Roller En Ligne has an article about how to deal with foot pain... I could have used that before this year's A2A!!


Lourdes-Tarbes: You can find the results of the Lourdes-Tarbes. You can find pictures by clicking around here.


Lourdes-Tarbes