Kathie Fry: Speed Skating Web LogNews, articles and information about speed skating all over the world. Most entries are about inline speed skating, but ice speed skating and quad speed roller skating are also covered.Ryan Cox Broke His Back- February 25, 2004 Last week Ryan Cox of Team Bont broke his back in five places at an ice speed skating practice in Southern California Read Full Articlehttp://www.skatelog.com/skaters/ryan-cox/ Happy Birthday to Brittany Bowe- February 24, 2004 Today is the birthday of United States inline speed skater Brittany Bowe of Florida, and to help celebrate the occasion I posted a brand new photo of Brittany on the fan site I created for her last year. This photo was taken at one of the night events at the November 2003 Speed Worlds in Venezuela Read Full Articlehttp://www.skatelog.com/skaters/brittany-bowe/ Happy Birthday Andrea Haritchelhar- February 24, 2004 Warm greetings and best wishes of the day to world class inline speed skater Andrea Haritchelhar of Mar del Plata, Argentina. Feliz Cumpleaños Andrea! Read Full Articlehttp://www.skatelog.com/skaters/andrea-haritchelhar/ Tour de Pike in Georgia (USA) - March 20- February 24, 2004 The 7th annual Tour de Pike, an event in Pike County, Georgia USA will take place on March 20, 2004. This is an event for everyone, with routes ranging from 8 to 100 miles through woodlands, pastures, wildlife areas, and historic towns. the Tour de Pike is primarily an event for cyclists, but the organizers asked me to "remember that inline skaters are very much welcome too". Official Web Sitehttp://www.kiwanispike.org/tourdepike.html Racing on a Base in California (Photos)- February 23, 2004 On Saturday, February 21 there was a 10k inline race on one of the aircraft runways of a United States Joint Forces military base in Southern California. Take a look at these two pages of race photos on the web site of the American Flyers Speed Team. For more information see the original event announcement.http://afspeed.org/ipw-web/gallery/losalam022004 Amsterdam Skate Festival- February 23, 2004 The Amsterdam Skate Festival took place for the first time in 2003 and by all accounts it was a real blast and hugely successful. The 2004 event will take place August 13-15 and more information will be available soon on the official Web site at SkateFestival.nl (Thanks Lex!) Read Full Articlehttp://www.skatelog.com/countries/nl/amsterdam-skate-festival.htm Skate Around a Danish Island- February 23, 2004 Bornholmrundt, a 100K skate around Denmark's Bornholm Island, was cancelled in 2003 but the event will be back again in 2004 with new organizers and a new race director. Read Full Articlehttp://www.skatelog.com/countries/dk/bornholmrundt.htm Happy Birthday to Julie Brandt Glass- February 23, 2004 Today is the birthday of world champion inline speed skater Julie Brandt Glass. Julie is married to Doug Glass (president of Powerslide USA) and she is currently pursuing a new career as an ice speed skater. Have a wonderful day Julie! Read Full Articlehttp://www.skatelog.com/skaters/julie-brandt-glass/ FinLine 2004 - 5 Day Fun Roll in Finland- February 23, 2004 Join this fun group of skaters from Helsinki and other parts of Finland for a five day skate through the Finnish countryside with stops at every cafe and beach along the way. The 2004 FinLine will take place July 4-8 and skaters from every country are welcome to participate. This fantastic event has been held every year since 1992, and you can see photos from some of the past events here: 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 and (he is going to kill me for this) my favorite...http://www.katukiitajat.fi/english/finline/2004/prelim.htm A Speed Skating Club in Madrid- February 22, 2004 The Web site for the ARGANDA DEL REY SPEED SKATING CLUB in Madrid is in Spanish, but even if you don't speak that language, check out their huge photo gallery by selecting Fotos from the blue menu at the top of the page (I could spend hours browsing through it!). A tip for non-Spanish speakers: take a look at my Translate Any Web Site article.http://www.patinarganda.com |