Reflections on Racing
Yesterday was the end of “zomerijs”. Zomerijs is the curious practice of opening the ice track at Heerenveen for three weeks in the middle of summer. Obviously, [more...]
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Teaser Trailer
Today was the start of “zomerijs” (which you might have probably guessed to mean “summer ice” in Dutch) for our team. I didn’t expect [more...]
Team Totally Oarsome
Amsterdam Team Totally Awesome, along with the national skeeler squad for the Netherlands spent the day rowing coxed fours in Amsterdam forest. The session was the final [more...]
A Brave New Site
As the sun goes down over the west side highway, the traffic starts to queue Welcome to the new danielyeow.com! I’m still trying to figure out how this whole thing [more...]
Looking for Sponsors
Enschede Training for the Olympics isn’t easy. It isn’t cheap either. I made a short promotional video recently as part of our quest to find sponsors (it also [more...]
Training Video
Enschede Those who have seen the movie “Team America” will know that, to go from being a beginner to a being a pro, you need a montage. So I have constructed a [more...]
Race Debut
Enschede This evening I raced on the ice for the first time. Here is what happened. Just in case there was any lingering doubt, this is NOT what is supposed to happen in a [more...]
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What exactly are you doing Daniel? A: I’m living in Enschede, the Netherlands. I am training to represent Australia at the next Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in [more...]
State of the Planet
Every year, there’s a conference organized by the earth institute called “State of the Planet”. It has (apparently) grown every year, and is a fairly big [more...]
Consilience
New York Tonight saw the launch of “Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development”. It is the first student-run interdisciplinary journal of sustainable [more...]