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I could swear I skated with this guy in the Montreal Defi some years back, but you know I think that's probably a false memory. In any case, this is a neat little article about an interesting device, if only for the photos of old washing machine devices and of this blade bender. Being from NC I don't know that much about ice speedskating of course, but that's one reason i read this. I think the article is not the best translation, but I was able to follow along. I have a friend who collects Russian cameras based on German designs, and I could see him eBaying these some day!

Speed-Skating.net

Michel Beaudoin: «The Spin Machine allows people in barely any ...  Speed-Skating.net, Canada - 1 hour ago Based on the same principle of the old spin driers used for laundry, the Spin Machine is used to give a curve to speed skating blades. ...

Ha! I love to hear of folk older than me still out there inline skating. At the recent great free SkateDC weekend, we met a guy who's going for 87 miles this year at Athens to Atlanta (A2A). I can't recall his age, but he's in his 70s methinks. I had met Jim at Miami GreatEsskate a few years back. I'll see what I can find out and we'll follow his progress! Anyway, the guy in this newsie is 80 now it seems, still skiing in downhill cometitions too! Enjoy, Blake

I love the quote and the name in the context of commenting on musical performance...robins sing, madrigals are to be sung. Can it be their real name? A nice article celebrating a day of remembrance, honoring the seriousness of the history but enjoying the day out nonetheless. Another person out on skates enjoying life! Thank you! Blake

Here's an article that's a nice read because it feels so personal, so real. It's not edited into oblivion, just the voice of a skater, right or wrong, and thus still has the feel of a real person. It's a good reminder that we enjoy a sport with a built-in childish sense of joy. Of course all can benefit from wrist guards and helmets, especially adults, in my view, and we go in any weather and worry about the bearings later...when we feel like it that is...Blake

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