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Sochi Special: The Difference Between Short Track and Long Track

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 // 1 Comment

At the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, Latvian Haralds Silovs became the first skater in history to compete in both long track and short track speed skating in the same Olympics. [more...]

Sochi Day 3: Mens 500m

Monday, February 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

it has always astounded me just how much hair a person can fit under those hoods… Recap Heartbreaking, agonising, saddening, Daniel Greig caught the tip of his blade in [more...]

Sochi Day 2: Ladies 3000m

Sunday, February 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

Yo, what up? Recap It’s like I always say – anything can happen. The night’s racing delivered an edge-of-your-seat battle right down to the wire, with the [more...]

Sochi Day 1: Mens 5000m

Saturday, February 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

Recap So that went mostly as expected. Sven got pretty much the exact time I said he would by skating pretty much the exact splits that I said he would. I’m pretty sure [more...]

Sochi Special: Speed Suits

Saturday, February 8, 2014 // 1 Comment

It’s very small, but it can have a significant impact no, I’m not going to follow that with #ThatsWhatSheSaid, because this is a serious answer to a serious [more...]

Privet Sochi!

Friday, February 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

With the opening ceremony literally hours away, hopefully I can get this article out before everyone starts watching (and stops reading). Judging from the feedback from the [more...]

Sochi

Thursday, February 6, 2014 // 2 Comments

With the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi about to start, I thought now would be as good a time as any to start talking about it. My involvement this time around is almost [more...]

Olympic Selection Process

Friday, November 8, 2013 // 5 Comments

There has recently been some confusion surrounding the question: “how do I get into the Olympics in the sport of speed skating?”. Not helping in any of this is [more...]

Quick Review: Marchese 853

Sunday, September 15, 2013 // 0 Comments

The distinctive weld can be seen on the left side, between the blade and the tube During the recent summer ice mini-season in Heerenveen, I had the opportunity to try the [more...]

Copenhagen Inline Challenge

Monday, August 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

Recently, I finally got around to completing the promotional video for the Copenhagen Inline Challenge, an annual marathon race which takes place in the streets of [more...]

Blades of Glory

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 // 5 Comments

These blades will CUT YOU There are really only three blades you need to consider if you are a serious speed skater. This is not as bad a state of affairs as you might think [more...]

Yeowie’s Technique Lab

Friday, November 25, 2011 // 1 Comment

I once read somewhere that if you took a race-ready rally car, and its street-legal equivalent (say a regular Subaru WRX), swapped the tyres, then drove both of them on a [more...]

Inzell with the Danes

Sunday, October 30, 2011 // 0 Comments

Continuing from where the previous post “left off”, the weekend right after Enschede, I found myself in Inzell, Germany coaching and preparing for the ESDP [more...]

Return to Enschede

Friday, October 14, 2011 // 1 Comment

Recently I have undertaken a new “job” as one of the coaches for the Danish junior ice speed skating team. Those outside of the world of speed skating will [more...]

Technical Discussion: The Difference Between Ice and Inline Speed Skating

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 // 2 Comments

In this article, I will try to examine and determine the root causes for these differences, not only as a recreational, observational exercise, but as this examination may hopefully yield useful information for technique development in both ice and inline skating. [more...]

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