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Watch the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships Online Free TV

Submitted by roadskater on Tue Jul 12 2011 9:13am

If you want to see some mad skills by human shelties focused on chasing the moving object, check out the world championships of inline hockey live online. As we've discussed variously, USA cable television seems not to want to show many sports, no matter what they say. They'd rather show whatever gets rankings of course, and is cheap to produce. Some sports jealously guard the rights to their programming, making sure no one in the USA at least can see it. Others realize they need to let people see it to enjoy it (or not) and to build some demand (or not) for watching their sport.

So here's a link:

http://www.rollersports.org/RollerSports/content/webtv.html

MikeB should like this!

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Do Speed Skate Bearing Spacers Serve a Useful Purpose or Can We Roll the Roads Without Them

Submitted by roadskater on Fri Jul 1 2011 10:54pm

I've been wondering about speed skate bearing spacers today. Like these: 

  • http://www.trurev.com/product_images/w/137/spacers__42812_zoom.jpg

I was outside looking through the bucket of wheels and zip bags of bolts, washers, spacers and other various hardware I've collected just in case I might need it. My goal was to set up three sets of wheels with bearings and spacers so I could do relatively quick swaps to see how they felt in comparison as best I could. 

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Get Your 2011 Roadskater.net Inline Skating and Cycling Jersey in Original or Women's Fit, Mystery Color or Shades of the Past

Submitted by roadskater on Thu Jun 30 2011 2:04pm

RoadSkater.Net 2011 Mystery and Classic Color Jersey Order Form

OMG Original More Generous (Club Fit) and WTF (Women's Trim Fit) Inline Skating and Cycling Jerseys

 

ORDERS ARE OVER FOR 2011. See http://roadskater.net/RSN2012jerseys.htm to order the 2012 versions. These notes remain as a guide to the project, sizing, styles and the mystery. The 2011 Roadskater.net Mystery Color Jersey Project is still GO! So if you did not want to order unless it was sure to make, it's made. Remember, you can order Classic Colors, short or no sleeves, club or women's fit. 

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Joy Revisited: Skating the Silver Comet Trail

Submitted by eebee on Sun May 15 2011 12:48pm

So many times as an adult I have longed for the joy I felt during childhood. At times I find life as an adult to be a challenge as my own fears collect and hinder over time like pine straw in a skate brake!

How to recapture the giddy hysteria of childhood antics without the aid of mood-altering pharmaceuticals?! Should I go back to Bournemouth and find a white/blonde-haired kid with which to play hide and seek in the bleached stucco stair wells of the grand houses near the Winter Gardens? One of my sisters might oblige these days but they'd secretly think I was just a sad remnant of a previously well-adjusted person. I could say hang it all and move to the beach...any beach...and hope to recapture the magic of simply standing on the sand, enthralled for hours by the sun-sparkles on the water surface.

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Alabama Tornado Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Pleasant Grove, Volunteer Information: How Can I Help?

Submitted by eebee on Thu Apr 28 2011 9:36pm

Of course you can always donate money to the Red Cross and countless other organizations (please do), which you can find listed alongside many tornado outbreak news articles. But it's a little harder to find where to actually show up or who to call to register for hands-on help in Alabama, probably partially because thousands of volunteers showing up out of the blue might add to the problem. However, there are some smaller organizations advertising for volunteer help needed. I know other states were hit too, including the state where I live, but I believe it's a Cat-in-the-Hat situation in Alabama (...And this mess is so big and so deep and so tall, we cannot pick it up, there is no way at all). I think the ratio of hands to rubble is far worse than in Georgia.

New info added April 30th 2011!!

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Tornado Outbreak April 27th 2011

Submitted by eebee on Wed Apr 27 2011 5:52pm

If you still aren't taking this spring's tornado warnings seriously, this ought to change your mind:

 

http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Tuscaloosa-tornado-caught-on-tape-wreaking-havoc/hsK7dFmlUku5YlvteTFy6A.cspx

The weatherguy did an awesome job staying composed here. 

In thirteen years of weather obsession, I have never seen supercells with rotation this big on this side of the country. In Oklahoma, maybe.

For those in MS, TN and AL so far today, I'm sorry :-(

 

Stay safe! 

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30th Anniversary Athens-to-Atlanta Roadskate 2011

Submitted by eebee on Thu Apr 14 2011 2:30pm

Registration is now open for the 30th Athens to Atlanta Roadskate, sponsored by K2, to benefit the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease.

 

See details here (and sign up!): http://www.active.com/more-sports/athens-ga/a2a-30th-anniversary-athens-...

 

The event is also open to quad skaters! Distance options are 87, 52 and 38 miles.

 

Training discussions and past event write-ups. 

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Monroe Georgia Bike Ride for Charity April 9th 2011: Tony Serrano Century Ride

Submitted by eebee on Thu Apr 7 2011 8:48pm

This is my second attempt to bring some attention to this notable ride. While looking for links the first time around I revisited the awful circumstances surrounding Mr. Serrano's death, and got so upset I had to quit and go do something else. But who am I to give up and run away? For the three involved in this accident, it's the least I can do to highlight this ride.

http://tonyserranoride.com/

There is day-of registration, at $40 for all distances (10, 37, 62 & 100 mile options). Proceeds to benefit Healing Angels Medical Clinic, Cycling Safety, and the Georgia Bicycle Advocacy Network. 

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Congratulations Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on New 400m Oval: Outdoor Speed Skating for Everyone; Medals and Tourists to Follow

Submitted by roadskater on Thu Mar 31 2011 11:56am

OK this is super news from Canada that North America is keeping one grand 400-metre oval for the world to enjoy...and it is outdoors! We've been following this one for a while

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Barometric and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Correction with Cycling Running Skating Global Positioning System (GPS) Data

Submitted by roadskater on Wed Mar 30 2011 10:57pm

Congrats to all who are spending plenty of time exercising! Kudos if you do that AND spend lots of time thinking about this while exercising or not. Thinking about exercising is part of actually going to exercise. And any mind game that gets me out exercising is a mind game I like. Also, thinking about scientific and mathematical issues keeps brains exercised along with the rest of the body. If you feel elevation data is irrelevant to your training, you won't want to waste your time reading this article. If reviewing your data informs you and inspires you, read on to see if you agree.

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