IP Skate Tip Written By Really Cool Guy, More On This Weekend's Race, Love's Hallmark & Ice Rinks, FlevOnIce Update, REL Frames & Wheels

IP Skate Tip Written By Really Cool Guy: The most recent of the Inline Planet skate tips was written by a really cool and fast and nice and muscular and soon to be a millionaire and currently very popular and generous and kind guy (cough cough cough)- see Setting Training Goals.


More On This Weekend's Race: Ok, so I found to 'good' link for the long track world cup #4 in Kolomna- click here to flip through the results. You can find a whole bunch of updates thanks to Speed Skating World Online Magazine- see 1500 men B, 1500 men A, 5k ladies A, 5k ladies B, and about Kolomna Ice Rink. You can also read more in the article Clara Hughes wins silver medal at speed skating World Cup.

Skate Podium has kept us in the loop with what went down at the KNSB Cup #9 in Geleen; click here for the live updates.

The short track world cup #4 taking place in Torino, Italy, is concluding tomorrow. A few finals have been completed and more will be contested- results are here. Maarten Slembrouck’s Blog has a non-English update on day 1. Here are a couple of articles for you; Overland, Roberge, Monette win both their heats in qualifying at short track speed skating World Cup and Tremblay and Hamelin win medals at short track speed skating World Cup.


Photo from Rai.it
There's even more short track action going on this weekend- there is a Starclass (Jun B-C-D) taking place in Mannheim, Germany- click here for live updates and click here for the results.

Love's Hallmark & Ice Rinks: Andrew Love's website Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating has a couple of really cool entries that I'm sure you'll get a kick out of exploring; see Mexico City/Lake Placid and Hallmark Moment.


The Hallmark speed skating card- photo from Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating

The outdoor ice rink in Mexico City- photo from Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating
FlevOnIce Update: Here's an update about FlevOnIce; ' Yesterday evening the temperature went up, and the wind started to increase. The young ice started to fall apart, turn into water. The rink was opened today for the public, but skating was not possible and will have to wait a couple of days'. Skate Podium has a video and an article about the 5km outdoor rink and article<-


REL Frames & Wheels: Roller En Ligne is keeping pace with the speed of the internet by putting out good articles- the most recent looks at how composite frames are made.


Photo from Roller En Ligne
You can check out a test & review of the Gyro Mercury wheel.


Photo from Roller En Ligne