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Due to the COVID-19, I don’t really have much update when it comes to Roller Speed Skating. My team has not been together for awhile now and mainly our practices have been online. I can’t say if it has been working out or not due to my personal life getting into the way. I amContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating Reiteration of Personal Life”

I know that the last couple of blog posts have been more personal than the first ones and this blog post will also be very personal. Even with this huge virus going around, my team has also taken a few beatings lately. We have had the rest of our meets cancelled for the rest ofContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating More Personal Issues”

The impact of COVID-19 has been powerful and has affected everyone. When it comes to Roller Speed Skating, my, going to be last meet, was cancelled then the last meet before Nationals was also cancelled. I am pretty upset about the matter but it hasn’t beaten me down. Because of COVID-19, I have had myContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating The Impact of COVID-19”

For my next post I wanted to step away from the more informative type of posts I make and make it a bit more personal. I will try and keep it mainly about Speed Skate but this post will be more personal and bring light to my life a little. I have Speed Skated forContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating My last Meet”

Roller Speed Skating might be the next sport to reach the Olympics. Two organizations in Europe are pushing and have been fighting to get skating sports including, Roller Speed Skating, Roller Figure Skating, and Roller Figure Skating into the Olympics. They started in 2000  where at the time, it was a huge chance that anyContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating Becoming an Olympic Sport”

Injuries in speed skating are a very common thing and there is not much you can actually do to fix it. All speed skaters don’t wear anything that would protect them against a fall besides a helmet. This allows us to stay aerodynamic but makes a bigger risk in case we fall. If a skaterContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating Injuries and Protection against them”

Nationals and Regionals are very important for skaters. It’s what we all train for during the whole season and we all look forward to it. Regionals is a huge competition for the inline skaters. Inline skaters will compete to move on to Nationals. Quad skaters don’t have to move on to Regionals and move theyContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating Regionals and Nationals”

Imagine racing against four to six other people at high speeds of a gym-sized track at around eleven seconds a lap. At Roller Speed Skating meets, it becomes a reality. Meets are like tournaments where people from all over your region, or even country, compete to become the fastest skater in their bracket.  Here inContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating Meets”

When participating in Roller Speed Skating, a person must choose between skating on quads, Inlines, or both. There are huge differences in both and some people will like one over the other. Personally I like quads over Inlines because there are more easy to balance on and great for new skaters. I grew up skatingContinue reading “US Roller Speed Skating Quads vs. Inlines”