The 2011 RSC Speed Rulebook is now available.

This past weekend’s Ottawa Inline Skating Festival was a success, attracting over 100 skaters from across Eastern Ontario and beyond. The revamped two-day event was an opportunity for local clubs from Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto to meet up and celebrate inline & roller speed skating with 10km, 21km, and 42km distance options.

42km- Almeralla and Charbonneau Win!
Ottawa’s Sergio Almeralla (Il Peloton) and Montreal’s Martine Chabonneau (Taz Vitesse) topped the field in the 42km event. Both skaters smashed previous course records for the event. Charbonneau also claimed victory in the 10km event. Finishing 2nd in the women’s in the 10km and 42km events was Morgane Echardour.

Marc Belanger leads Alain Legacy and Steve Robillard in the turn-around- photo from Taz Vitesse, by Ariba Mo

10km Men- Surprise Winner- Stephane Charron!
Montreal’s Stephane Charron (VRL Le Club) was the surprise winner in the 10km event on Saturday afternoon, claiming victory over a
competitive field in event record time! Charron was joined on the podium by Jerome Comptois-Urbain and Morgan Williams.

New Kid on the Block! Juan Diego Zuluaga!
Another skater who turned heads and was noticed over the weekend’s events is Longueuil’s Juan Diego Zuluaga. The 12-year old finished 3rd in the marathon and 5th in the 10km.

Local Skater Wins 21km- Dominic Veillette  
Ottawa’s Dominic Veillette  took top honours in the 21km skate. Toronto’s Jesus Alvarado, skating in his first outdoor competition, took 2nd place.

Georg Nikodym leads the chase pack-  photo from Taz Vitesse, by Ariba Mo

• Results: 42km
• Results: 21km
• Results: 10km
• Live Blog Coverage of the Ottawa Inline Festival
• Pictures from Taz Vitesse
• Chase pack video [Peloton un peu ennuyeux! [HQ]] [La future machine [HQ]] [Marathon Ottawa [HQ]]
• Jonathan Royer’s happy about his skate! [Read more]
• Pictures from a Leesh: Ottawa Inline Festival, June 5, 2011
• Pictures from Cor1000: Ottawa Inline Festival 2011
• SSW’s report & pictures from 10k

Nadine Currie Jackson (Frederickton) and Constant Montpellier (Montreal) will represent Canada at the World Masters Marathon Championships in Dijon.

• Roller Dijon Marathon on facebook
• Event website

Good luck and safe travels to Nadine and Constant on behalf of Roller Sports Canada and the Canadian roller community!

Nadine Currie Jackson

Constant Montpellier

Canadian skaters placed well at last weekend’s Eastern Seaboard Series season opener in Trexlertown, PA.

The pro women’s field saw a Canadian sweep by Martine Charbonneau and short track speed skater Valerie Maltais.

Toronto’s Herb Gayle was able to step on the podium in the Pro Veteran’s race while Montreal’s Steve Robillard stuck with the pack in the pro men’s race.

• Eastern Seaboard Series website
• Pictures: Eastern Seaboard Series 1 2011
• Pictures from Ron Morella [1st Trexlertown 2011 (set 3)] [1st Trexlertown 2011 (set 5)] [1st Trexlertown 2011 (set 4)] [1st Trexlertown 2011 (set 2)] [1st Trexlertown 2011 (set 1)] [1st Trexlertown 2011 (set 3)]

Valerie Maltais leads Martine Chabonneau and the rest of the Pro Women’s field- photo from Ron Morella

The Ottawa Inline Festival always brings out Canada’s top skaters. And this year is no different — despite major changes in the event.

Among the Canadians who will be lining up for the marathon Sunday are Toronto Inline’s Peter Doucet and Morgane Echardour; Schankel-Kallisto’s Morgan Williams and Georg Nikodym; Il Peloton’s Sergio Almeralla and Steve Robillard; and Martine Charbonneau.

Read more: Canada’s Top Skaters Head To Revised Ottawa Event

Start of the 2010 Ottawa Inline Skating Festival- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com

I’ve been excited about my trip to Gerlev International Skate Camp at Sk8SKOOL for quite a few months. Imagine spending two weeks at a sports academy in the company of skaters and living out the “sleep, eat, skate, repeat” motto! With a bit of lucky coincidence, my teammate NCJ and I flew out of Toronto Pearson International Airport yesterday on the same flight. The 8 hours flight felt short in the company of good friend and I barely caught a bit of shuteye before landing in Copenhagen early Sunday morning.

Read more using the following links;

• Letters From Denmark
• Let The Training Begin
• Universal
• Candy Wong’s blog

The annual North of the 49th Marathon will take place on August 28th at Birds Hill Park, near Winnipeg. This is the site where the 1999 Pan American Games Roller Speed Skating marathon was held.

• Event website
• More information on IPSN

The 2011 RSC Outdoor Speed Championships will be at the CITC in Harriston.

Details and updates will be included here.

• DATES: July 1-4
• SCHEDULE: Practice: July 1, Racing July 2-3, Rain Date: July 4 [Click here for schedule of events]
• VENUE: The Canadian Inline Training Centre in Harriston- 6572 10th Line RR1, Harriston, Ontario N0G 1Z0 [Directions]
• FORMS: [Entry form] [Entry PDF version] [World team trial] [World team trial PDF] [Pan Am Games trial] [Pan Am Games trial PDF]
• Hotel & Accommodation Information: [Information document] [PDF Version]
• Host Club: Northern Roller Sports
• Contact: Alex Perrie-  519 338-3182, speedcoach@highspeedfx.net
• Speed Technical Meeting: Friday July 1st at 5:15 p.m. in the CITC’s pavilion (R.S.C. President, R.S.C. V.P. of Speed, R.S.C. Athlete’s Rep.,  and R.S.C. Club representatives may attend)

Please note the following date changes for the 2011 RSO Series. Awards for the previous two outdoor series will be presented on June 11th in Harriston.

• June 11- RSO #1- Harriston
• June 25- RSO #2- Toronto
• July 30- RSO #3- Toronto
• August 13- RSO #4- Harriston

This video features Belgium’s Bart Swings taking control and winning a points race in the Netherlands.

In a points race, leading skaters are awarded points during the race as the cross the start-finish line. In a points race, the skaters who accumulate the most points while not getting eliminated earn the highest placements.