Monthly Archives: March 2009

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An excerpt from the subscriber-only content of the new Pure Skating Bulletin:
How are MPC wheels built? With its MTECH technology and 'soft heart, hard body,' the MPC Speed wheel has a very specific look...
Soft heart, Hard body is quite literally how the MTECH tire is constructed. The tire of an MTECH wheel is made [...]

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Hardworking full-time skater in ice and inline marathon, and one of a select few Dutch skaters with a Junior World Championship medal to his name... we find out more about Pieter-Jan van Eck

Name: Pieter Antonie Johan (Pieter-Jan) van EckD.O.B: April 19, 1989Place: Zuilichem, the NetherlandsPersonality: Extrovert, friendly, motivatedLength: 174cmWeight: 73kgFamily [...]

>For the third consecutive year CadoMotus supports the Univé/Stouwdam team. The team goes into its 8th year, supervised by Henk Schra from Stouwdamsport. Good old Frank Fiers is still there, already part of the team at the very beginning. Fiers will be the leader of the young, motivated and talented team mates.
Team Univé/Stouwdam/CadoMotus 2009:
1. Klaas [...]

>An introduction is hardly needed. The 29-year old multiple and reigning World Champion is one of those key figures in inline skating, one of the few that perform on top level for many, many years. After his World title last season, he gave his career a new move. CadoMotus, ice marathons, Olympics? A bio and [...]

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"The credit belongs to my coach, Paul Marchese," Marsicano said. "He has been my coach for six years, and he was able to get me back up there (after the injury)."
From http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/ by Phillip Hersh, image Darryl Dyck (AP/The Canadian Press)

World champion Trevor Marsicano (USA) surrounded by Denny Morrison (CAN, Left) the silver medalist [...]

>Finally, after beating a World Record, the ice-mad Dutch media found out about Trevor Marsicano...
Dutch National Television broadcasted yesterday an interview with Trevor Marsicano and Paul Marchese, two people CadoMotus works with closely for over the past year. Marchese is one of the best boot makers in the World and is the personal coach of [...]

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Today starts the first big competition of the year on inline skates. From the 12th to the 15th of March Cartagena hosts a close to World Championships level race. The “Copa de Cartagena,” includes one day of road racing, two track days and on top of that a World Inline Cup marathon race.
The whole Colombian [...]

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The Richmond Olympic Oval has opened this week for the best long track skaters in the World...

Richmond Oval, Vancouver CA

As a blueprint for next years Olympic Games in Vancouver, the World Single Distance Championships take place in the brand new venue, which until this week was still closed for foreign skaters. The venue is [...]

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For the second time on May 1-2 the International Skate-Off will be held at the 200m parabolic banked track in Heerde, Netherlands

Skeelerclub Oost VeluweHeerde, Netherlands

Organized by the Skeelerclub Oost Veluwe - hosts of the European Senior Championship (2004) and European Junior Championship (2007) - the group is headed by Club President and organizational wizard Bertus [...]