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S3 Supergirl Jam Attracts Super Inline Skaters
The 2nd Annual S3 Supergirl Jam is an all-female action sports competition that will bring more than 100 of the world’s top pro inline skaters, surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders to…

National Trails Day: A Great Time to Skate a New Route
This season, National Trails Day is Saturday, June 7. This mini-holiday is organized nationwide by the American Hiking Society, and there are actually thousands of events scheduled at different locations…

Skating Against Violence Rolls On Evening News
The media was out when the Skate Against Violence Roadskate anti-violence skate-a-thon left San Francisco on Monday, April 14, 2008 and arrived at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday,…

DISC named top ice arena in Michigan by popular hockey magazine 06/01/08 (Dearborn Press & Guide)
DEARBORN - Most Dearborn residents are aware of what a fantastic facility the Dearborn Ice Skating Center (DISC) is. But now hockey players and skaters across the state will also know which city has the best rink.

2008 Samsung Inline Skating Festival
On Sunday June 8, 2008, the Samsung Inline Skating Festival will offer a full day of competitive and non-competitive inline skating activities, games and entertainment at East Coast Park C3…

S3 Supergirl Jam Attracts Super Inline Skaters
The 2nd Annual S3 Supergirl Jam is an all-female action sports competition that will bring more than 100 of the world’s top pro inline skaters, surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders to…

2008 Samsung Inline Skating Festival
On Sunday June 8, 2008, the Samsung Inline Skating Festival will offer a full day of competitive and non-competitive inline skating activities, games and entertainment at East Coast Park C3…

2008 Men’s USA Inline Hockey World Team
The USA Women’s World Team is already in place, and now the following male athletes have qualified for the USA Men’s Inline Hockey World Team at the recently concluded team…

Man Accused of Supplying Drugs, Alcohol to Minors (KRGV-TV Texas)
Suspect worked at ice skating rink

Inline Skating is Part of High School Curriculum
According to the Intelligence Journal, Lampeter-Strasburg High School in Lampeter, Pennsylvania, is putting the junior and senior classes on inline skates this fall to help improve their fitness. The…

What is the Olympic Status of Inline and Roller Sports?
Every sport wants Olympic status and roller sports (including inline) are among them. So far, the efforts by the roller sports world governing body, the Federation Internationale de Roller Sports…

Take a Family Approach to Fitness Skating
The key to keeping kids of all ages at a healthy weight and overcoming childhood fitness issues is taking a whole-family approach. Skating and other fitness activities were a family…

Skating Against Violence Rolls On Evening News
The media was out when the Skate Against Violence Roadskate anti-violence skate-a-thon left San Francisco on Monday, April 14, 2008 and arrived at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday,…

Figure skating club rapped for poor accounting (The MetroWest Daily News)
A figure skating club admitted to poor bookkeeping late last week in an agreement with the attorney general’s office, according to Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office.

Kick at a medal

Kara Lang was just a 15-year-old when she first pulled on a red and white soccer uniform for Canada’s senior women’s team.

Napa Valley Marathon News from the GodFather of Sk8
D. Miles Jr., the GodFather of Sk8, is all pumped up about the Napa Valley Inline Marathon and Half Marathon that will take place in less than two months. Here’s…

Jean-Pierre Faug re Promotes Inline Figure Skating
A pure love of figure skating gives Jean-Pierre Faug re the ability to teach skating to ice and inline figure skaters. He believes that ice skating and skating on roller blades…

GAME PREVIEW: Skating onto Nintendo’s consoles (The State)
“SKATE IT” Format: Wii, Nintendo DS Style: 1 to 4-player sports (up to 4-player local and online via DS Wireless) Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Electronic Arts

New centre to rise in Prague-Vyso any (Prague Daily Monitor)
Architects say they would project inline-skating paths from the reception to the offices in the new Kolbenka centre.

WINGS NOTEBOOK: Wings want to bring back free-agent-to-be Brad Stuart (Detroit Free Press)
Trade-day acquisition Brad Stuart couldn’t have worked out much better. In addition to being a perfect defensive partner for Niklas Kronwall, Stuart is second on the team with 42 hits in the playoffs and showed some offensive flair in Game 2, when he scored the first goal and did some fancy skating to help set up the third.

Inline Skating is Part of High School Curriculum
According to the Intelligence Journal, Lampeter-Strasburg High School in Lampeter, Pennsylvania, is putting the junior and senior classes on inline skates this fall to help improve their fitness. The…

2008 Women’s USA Inline Hockey World Team
The following athletes have qualified for the USA women’s inline hockey world team at the recent team trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado: Allison Era of Glendale, Arizona Lisa Giovanelli of Middletown, Connecticut Lisa…

Skating Against Violence Rolls On Evening News
The media was out when the Skate Against Violence Roadskate anti-violence skate-a-thon left San Francisco on Monday, April 14, 2008 and arrived at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday,…

What is the Olympic Status of Inline and Roller Sports?
Every sport wants Olympic status and roller sports (including inline) are among them. So far, the efforts by the roller sports world governing body, the Federation Internationale de Roller Sports…

Last dance for Canucks

Patrice Lauzon and Marie-France Dubreuil felt a little bit lighter yesterday. After a celebrated 13-year career, the Canadian ice dancers retired from competitive figure skating, moving on from what had become …

British Columbia Lottery Corporation/Media Advisory: Super Fan Wins World’s First Olympic Figure Skating Tickets! (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - British Columbia Lottery Corporation will announce the first winner of the SportsFunder Gold Medal Figure Skating ticket. The winner, an Aldergrove woman, becomes the very first person in the world to secure tickets to a gold medal figure skating event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Synchronized skating builds teamwork, community pride

“It’s been a pretty intense commitment”

Synchronized skaters have been competing at the Blue Line Family Ice Center in Fond du Lac since the program began in the 1980s. via WisInfo

Yamaguchi leads in `Dancing With the Stars’ finale

Kristi Yamaguchi couldn’t have done any better at the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ finals Monday. The figure-skating champ earned a perfect score of 60 for her two dances Monday, putting her far ahead of fellow finalists Cristian de la Fuente, who scored 52, and Jason Taylor, who finished with 51.

Each performed a freestyle routine, and the three finalists shared the floor for a group dance dubbed ‘the cha-cha face-off.’ Yamaguchi came out on top both times.

‘It’s ladies’ night. You won that hands down,’ judge Carrie Ann Inaba told the Olympian after the group dance. Her perfect score easily bested de la Fuente’s 26 points and Taylor’s 24.

2008 Women’s USA Inline Hockey World Team
The following athletes have qualified for the USA women’s inline hockey world team at the recent team trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado: Allison Era of Glendale, Arizona Lisa Giovanelli of Middletown, Connecticut Lisa…

2008 Samsung Inline Skating Festival
On Sunday June 8, 2008, the Samsung Inline Skating Festival will offer a full day of competitive and non-competitive inline skating activities, games and entertainment at East Coast Park C3…

A Road Rash is Not Contagious or Limited to Inline Skaters
Road rashes are not contagious, caused by allergies or a result of sensitive skin. Road rash is a common abrasive sports injury that is caused by a sliding fall on…

See Moscow on Inline Skates
The Moscow News reports that for a number of years there has been growth in inline skating. The Russian capital is huge, and skating provides a great way to cover…

Klassen’s coach leaves Speed Skating Canada (TSN)
OTTAWA - Neal Marshall, who guided Cindy Klassen to five medals at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, is leaving his coaching job with Speed Skating Canada, the association said Friday.

Kick at a medal

Kara Lang was just a 15-year-old when she first pulled on a red and white soccer uniform for Canada’s senior women’s team.

2008 Women’s USA Inline Hockey World Team
The following athletes have qualified for the USA women’s inline hockey world team at the recent team trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado: Allison Era of Glendale, Arizona Lisa Giovanelli of Middletown, Connecticut Lisa…

Synchronized skating builds teamwork, community pride

“It’s been a pretty intense commitment”

Synchronized skaters have been competing at the Blue Line Family Ice Center in Fond du Lac since the program began in the 1980s. via WisInfo

Kick at a medal

Kara Lang was just a 15-year-old when she first pulled on a red and white soccer uniform for Canada’s senior women’s team.

Skating Against Violence Rolls On Evening News
The media was out when the Skate Against Violence Roadskate anti-violence skate-a-thon left San Francisco on Monday, April 14, 2008 and arrived at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday,…