Monthly Archives: September 2010

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They just packed their bags and left to the Netherlands, with nothing but a dream. That is: to compete at the Olympic games of Sotchi, 2014. Australians Joshua Lose and Daniel Greig literally live their dream and decided to become professional athletes to achieve it.

Both are Australian, former inline skaters, starting their third season as [...]

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This weekend, the 14th edition of the Berlin marathon took place. By far the greatest inline event in Europe and World wide.

Large CadoMotus ladies team at the start.

Seven ladies and three men were at the start line for CadoMotus. In the wet, everybody on MPC Storm Surge wheels, Hilde Goovaerts was among the favourites, as [...]

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Gary Hekman and Elma de Vries won the Brandaris Classic this weekend, on Terschelling.

A hard and selective race it was, with a lot of wind, rough asphalt and strong skaters. In the men a group of 12 skaters formed the first pack. In the sprint, Hekman won, in front of Mark Horsten and a very [...]

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On the island of Terschelling, in the very North of the Netherlands, a new skating event takes place this weekend

The Brandaris Classic, named after the ferry, which is the only way to get to the Terschelling, is a race of 55 kilometers on the 87 square kilometer tourism island. The event will be organized for [...]

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Prior to Worlds, Frenchmen Julien Sourisseau decided to change equipment. New boots, and from HiLo to 4x110. Why? Let's follow Julien's thoughts.

Julien Sourisseau, member of the CadoMotus World team, is part of the French national team that heads to Colombia for the World championships. "It's a strong, homogeneous, team", he says. "At the Europeans we [...]

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German Sebastian Gruber took the World Title Inline Slalom last weekend in Unterensingen, Germany!

On MPC wheels and CadoMotus DualBox frames, 17 year old Gruber took the win and team mate Christophe Eder turned 5th. Congratulations to both riders!

Links:
Results WC Slalom
Video of the first run

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Mariska Huisman wins in Utrecht, Manon Kamminga in Eindhoven and Bart Swings outsprints his competitors in Geisingen.

It was a full weekend of racing, in Germany and the Netherlands. The CadoMotus men concluded their training camp in Geisingen with the German Inline Cup race held in the same village. Ferre Spruyt, Maarten Swings and Bart Swings [...]

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What makes an average skater a World class skater? Of course, there are numerous things, but this might be the most important one: "Perception is everything", it is all in the head.

"Our sport needs a more scientific approach", said Jelle Spruyt earlier this week in an interview published on this website. "The way our mind [...]

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Only 29 years old, but already he is among the most succesfull coaches in the inline scene at this moment. He led Bart and Maarten Swings and brother Ferre to the elite of inline speed skating. "I have a big passion for the sport."

He was an inline skater himself, quite a good one in fact [...]