Less than 20 years ago, Colombia was mainly known as the country the bad guys in “Miami Vice” came from. Only fifteen years ago, skating-wise they were virtually nonexistent. So I was wondering how come they’re today the strongest skating nation in the world… Well, I’ve got a simple and logic answer: The people implicated in skating over there, at all levels, has just done what must be done, in the right and proper way. From the officials that at the very least did what was expected from them, to the coaches that dearly wanted to improve themselves every day, to the patient and caring parents.

And their athletes? Champions are not made overnight. It takes a lot more than a magic touch to hear the national anthem and see the Colombian flag on the podium so often during the last few editions of World Championships. But it certainly has to do with good alchemy, combining the right measure of passion, talent, organization, sponsorship, mentality, discipline and work… a lot of work, no doubt.

Read more: Colombia’s Secret

The seventh International Big Rideau Lake Speed Skating Marathon will take place in Portland, Ontario, on January 29th 2011. The event, which is skated on the ice, is part of the Marathon Skating International series.

• Event website

The Toronto Inline Skating Club held its annual Awards & End of Year Party at Toronto’s Swansea Town Hall in Toronto last night.

With the help of food, music, videos, slide-shows, speeches, trophies, prizes, and presentations, a full house enjoyed this celebration of the past and is now looking to the future for continued success & growth with the club.

Read more here: TISC Honors & Celebrates Skaters and Volunteers at 2010 Awards & End of Year Party

Aujourd’hui dimanche nous avons reçu quelques visiteurs spéciaux.
1- Youri Juteau est venu pour nous montrer ce que son logiciel était capable de faire.
ET ÇA MARCHE À MERVEILLE!!! Vraiment incroyable de se faire dire son nom et son temps au tour via le système de son du roulôdome…

Lisez en plus ici: Dimanche 7 novembre

South Korea will host the 2011 World Roller Speed Skating Championships. It appears the Championships will be held in late-September.

South Korea last hosted the World Roller Speed Skating Championships in 2006.

Read more here.

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.

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• Details

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

VRL Le Club, based out of Laval, Quebec, is sporting a new uniform.

• Click here to see the new suit

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.

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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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