Charles Whalig Passes, LT WC, KNSB #10 & Essent #8 , SZ's Excerpt From A Journal, AM Wing Blue, AH's Flashback, Godfather's 100k Video, MISC Videos

Charles Whalig Passes: I'm sad to start today's entry with the news of Charles Whalig's passing. See Charles Whalig for more.

LT WC: The Heerenveen long track world cup is all wrapped up- see all the results here.

You can read some here; Groves and Nesbitt earn silver and bronze in women’s 1,500 at speed skating World Cup. You can find lots more thanks to Speed Skating World Online Magazine; 500 women B (2), 1000 men B, 1000 women B, 500 women A (2), 1000 men A, 1000 women A, team pursuit men, and team pursuit women.

Thanks to Meijco.nl, you can find photos from the December 8th racing and from today's racing.


USA's Shani Davis' 5k- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl

Finland's Mika Poutala's 500- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl

Women's 1500 A podium (Kristina Groves- Canada, Anni Friesinger- Germany, and Christine Nesbitt- Canada)- Heerenveen long track world cup- 2007-12-08- photo from Meijco.nl
KNSB #10 & Essent #8: Skate Podium has put up live updates from yesterday's KNSB Cup #10 in Deventer. Interesting to note that KC Boutiette placed 6th in the A catergory.

You can find a couple of articles with videos about the men (click for article and click for video) and the women's (click for article and click for video) races- you can also view the videos below.



Harm de Boer Fotografie has posted pictures not only of the KNSB Cup #10 in Deveter but also of the Essent Cup #8 in Assen- use the following links; KNSB Cup #10 men A, KNSB Cup #10 men B, KNSB Cup #10 women, Essent Cup #8 women, and Essent Cup #8 men.


Essent Cup 8 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

Essent Cup 8 men- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

KNSB Cup #10 women- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie

KNSB Cup #10 men A- photo from Harm de Boer Fotografie
SZ's Excerpt From A Journal: I thought Sigriz Ziegler's latest entry was pretty cool; Excerpt from a journal (aka 'I still post on this site'). She talks about her initial experiences in skating and her first impressions of the Toronto Inline Skating Club.

AM Wing Blue: Roller En Ligne has posted a review of the AM Wing Blue wheel.


AH's Flashback: Andrew Hegarty writes about two 'Travis Shaw' flashbacks in his most recent entry Flashback. He vividly describes a couple of falls, saying 'I tried to save myself and twisted myself so that I would be turning left but all it did was seal my fate. The next thing I knew I was sliding on my back, spinning, and looking up at the semi-shocked faces of the other skaters as I went plowing through the corner in front of them. Somehow they all managed to avoid hitting me and no one else fell'. He goes on to point out that 'Falling always makes me appreciate the fragile, yet renewable, resource that is the human body'.

Godfather's 100k Video: Click here to check out the video from the Godfather's 100k Challenge.

MISC Videos: Call it silly, call it what you will; I watch very little television. I do take in my share of documentaries, informercials, and sports news, but that's about it. I recently became addicted to an online show called Quaterlife. I wonder what's going to happen between Debra and Danny. And there's this tension starting to build between Lisa and Jed. I have a hard time with Dylan- there's something about her that I just don't like. And what's the deal with Andy? Why does he take so muvh guff!


I know there are Modest Mouse fan out there, and here are a few more videos for you- amazing! The Dashboard video is genuis. Stiff Animal Fantasy is pretty nifty.



You might think this guy is funny or you might think he's an idiot- Apauled.