Traffic Explosion, Quebec ISU ST World Cup Wrap-Up, Stories From The Past Few Days

Traffic Explosion: Ever since I first started Peter's Inline Racing Web Page, reborn last year under the more flexible name Speed Skate World, I've watched my webstats grow hit by hit. First it was 2 or 3 visitors per week, then for a few years, 10 people per day. In the last few months, there's been some 260 people visiting my site on a daily basis...

...and then this; Photos from Quebec City on Ohno Zone; that single entry on Ohno Zone has generated a huge peak of visits, numbers that to me are out of this world- see my webstats here.


You know, every time I speak with short track speed skaters, supporters, and fans about the internet, Ohno Zone usually comes up. Everyone who mentions Ohno Zone do so with such respect & admiration for the site and they attribute a great deal of importance to the website.

If you're visiting my site for the first time, welcome to Speed Skate World- in the house, wooooo!!

Quebec ISU ST World Cup Wrap-Up: Want the results but can't find them? Don't worry, click here.

Ok, now that we solved the results problem, I'll send you off towards the Speed Skating Canada articles; check out Great Canadian Medal Harvest in Québec, Roberge Covered in Gold at Home, Bastille and Hamelin Win Bronze, and Canadian Skaters Break the Ice With Strenght at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse.

Here's a message board with photos; Got Apolo - Apolo Anton Ohno Fansite - Quebec - World Cup 5, Feb 1-3.


I though my pictures of the weekend were good... here's a photo from a 1000-meter semi-final- photo from David Boily/AFP/Getty Images

Men's 5000-meter relay A-final- photo from David Boily/AFP/Getty Images
hs1206 - 2007-2008 제5차 쇼트트랙 월드컵대회 2일- lots of pictures in this link, and the pictures are very good. I wonder if these characters come up as jibberish or if they come up as the real thing.


Kalyna Roberge leads the women's 1000-meter (#1) racing- photo from
You'll be able to find commentary and repoting from Short Track Australia.

I hope you get to these photos fast enough before they're taken down; David Boily, AFP, Getty Images photos posted in Yahoo Olympic Photos.

Stories From The Past Few Days: As much as the Speed Skate World lens was focused on the ISU Samsung Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, the great world of speed skating kept turning.

Many stories and interesting blog entries were published during the last few days- here are a few for you;

Charlie Whalig passed away as 2007 was coming to a close- Lenny linked up to a nice article in In Memory of Charles Wahlig, please read- you can find the article here; In Memory of Charles WAHLIG- 'Charlie garnered many laurels, first as an athlete and then as a coach in speed and artistic roller skating. Later, he and his wife Connie created their family livelihood from the development, ownership and successful management of roller skating rinks. At the same time, Charlie dedicated substantial amounts of time and talent to the management of programs in his roller sport federation, where he was often the one person who was most uniquely qualified to deal with the challenge. He always found it difficult to say no to any request for help that originated from his sport'.

6088km's- that's a long way to go; New Guinness Record Set for Longest Skate Trek.


'Khoo Swee Chiow arrives at finish line after 93 days of skating through Southeast Asia'- photo & caption posted on the Inline Planet
Here's an article that I like- Growing the Sport- take a look at the link; sharing. Jim White writes 'Sharing your love of skating is the key to growing the sport. It brings in new skaters, it helps events flourish, and it's a great way to make new friends'.

Here's a cool post with some history from Bont's Forum; Bont Boot History.... AccXess writes 'Boots at that time were mostly soccer boots or football boots modified and barely suitable for the task, there were some Italian boots imported but price excluded most from that option and an Australian company in melb using traditional shoe making methods which were just woeful in the wet as they fell apart so quickly. Highly unsuitable we persisted with those options for many a long year because of lack of alternatives'.

Team Levallois Sporting Club Roller Elite published an article with Alexis Contin. It's in French- I can read French so I can read it. I hope you can as wel; Interview Alexis Contin: 'je ne me donne pas de limite!' (1ère partie).

It's always interesting to read other people's thoughts on their equipment; check out MY NEW VERDUCCI CUSTOM BOOTS!.


Andrew Love's website; Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating- check out his entry Right Now in Lake Placid-. His recent entry that I like though is the ground hog dog one; see Groundhog Day??.


'Lilly has just started blowing out her winter coat, Jess doubled this pile by the time she was done brushing the dog. Note the fur flying through the air in the photo & the cat messing around in it. So it’s official; Lilly predicts an early spring this year! Cyclists & Inliners rejoice!'- photo & caption from Zen And The Art Of Speed Skating
Danny Dannels is continuing his trek across America. He is chronicling his incredible journey here. I found this entry interesting... no, painful; Texas Highway 158. He does need help to get from one side of America to the other- see CAN YOU SPARE A MEAL FOR DANNY??.

Road Rash Chronicles has a couple of entrie you may enjoy checking out; see You gotta see this. (there's a video of a nice little crash in this one), If I have to do one more crossover....., and Toronto's Bipolar Sessions- this one is an interesting comparaison of various blogs.

Listen for the smack in the video from You gotta see this.-


Candy Wong has quite a few recent entries that I enjoyed reading; A Race And A Trip, Looking At The Bright Side, and A Fantastic Practice Before My Mid-Off-Season Break.

Ok, I'm pooped- I had fun training today and it was a loooooong day at work. I had a conference call and now I just finished eating my delicious stir fry and fruit smoothie; my site's updated and now I'm hopefully going to talk to my girlfriend for a few minutes when she comes back home from the gym, and them, it's off to bed- dream land. There's lots to do tomorrow; work, training, and lots of more news to share here- G'nite everyone.