World Roller Figure Champs live stream starts November 24th

The World Roller Figure Skating Championships will be streamed online.

Two skaters are representing Canada in the Junior World Class Division. Kailah Macri will be skating Figures and Freestyle and Rielle Kaschl will be skating Solo Dance.

Live Streaming starts at 4pm Portugal time ( 11am EST) on Wednesday November 24th.

VRL Cup Indoor Competition in Montreal on December 18th

The ‘Coupe VRL’ will be taking place on December 18th at the Récréathèque de Laval near Montreal.

Skaters are invited to attend this event. Please submit your entries by December 10th.

Here are basic details you’ll need;

  • WHEN: December 18th 2010
  • TIME: 8am to 12pm
  • WHERE: Récréathèque de Laval, 900 Boul. Curé-Labelle, Laval, Quebec
  • ENTRY FEE: $20 for adults, $10 for children, race day registration add $5
  • VENUE INFORMATION: indoor roller rink with coated wood floor, 100-meter track
  • CATEGORIES & DISTANCES: Tiny & primary (4, 5, 6, 7 years old), Juvenile & elementary (8, 9, 10, and 11 years old), Freshman & sophomore (12, 13, 14, and 15 years old), Junior and elite (16 to 34 years old), Masters (35 years old and over), developmetn, youth, adults, 16 years and over recreational
  • WHERE TO SUBMIT ENTRIES, LODGING INFORMATION: Stéphane Charron: charronsteph@yahoo.ca

 

Renault International Roller Cup

THe Renault International Roller Cup will take place in Modena, Italy on December 8th 2010

This is one of the best competitions in the world of roller skating. The most beautiful because of the chance to see in just two hours the best 12 skaters in the world this year. The most beautiful because all the skaters are participating in 4 teams, composed of a single female, one male and one pair, thus transforming the discipline in a team sport. The most beautiful because all the skaters skate on live music played by an orchestra of 20 elements and have a brand new choreography. The most beautiful show is taken up in native HD and visible in many televisions in the world, thus consecrating the roller-skating as the other disciplines. The most beautiful because people come from all over the world and the site is about and has 10 languages worldwide. The most beautiful because you will finally see the figure skating wheels as you have always dreamed of.

Toronto Sun: Figuring it out on the roller rink

Coming from a land of ice and snow, competitive roller figure skating isn’t exactly every Canadian girl’s dream. And while the tricky moves are just the same as on ice, the opportunities are not — there are only a few indoor roller skating rinks in all of Canada.

But that hasn’t deterred Murielle Kaschl and Kailah Macri, two hard-working 19-year-olds who have qualified to represent Canada in the junior division at the Roller Figure Skating World Championships in Portimão, Portugal Nov. 24 to Dec. 4.

Read more here: Figuring it out on the roller rink

World Championships Almost Wrapped Up, Canadians Face Fast Racers

Roller & inline speed skating is very deep and competitive throughout the world. Canada’s team has been stacked up against incredibly competitive and experienced skaters in every race and in every division.

Some of our skaters are a little discouraged because of the low placements but if you look at two things it makes it seem a little better. For one if you look at our times from our last banked track event, Worlds in Gijon Spain, they are almost all faster now, so we are improving. Two there are 16 less countries here than in Spain and all the strong counties are here which means there are 16 countries that we are usually in contention with or beating that are not here. All in all I am very happy with the performance so far.

Read more on the Canadian team currently in Colombia; click here.

Registration For Vancouver’s 2011 North American Outgames Now Open

Vancouver, July 2011 is the place to be. Sport, Human Rights and more than a week of culture and celebration festivities planned for the 2nd North America Outgames July 25-31, 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“This will be a momentous event in Canada’s newest Olympic city,” says John Boychuk, President of the Vancouver 2011 Outgames Steering Committee. “People are going to be impressed and enchanted by the quality of the events that we’ve planned for them during the 2nd North America Outgames.”

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Canadians Take to the Track at Worlds

Canada’s squad has taken to the track at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Guarne, Colombia.

With the first day of racing completed, officials have already had to deal with rain delays. Races has have been postponed and delayed.

Colombian skaters bested the 300-meter time trial World Records on day 1 & day 2 of racing.

You can use the following links below for results, live updates & video, & more;

Alex D’mello on the line ready for the 10km points-elimination

Photo from PatinCarrera.com & Bont Skates