USA Roller Sports - Call For Nominations - Elections Notice 2004 The nominations must include a personal and skating history of the candidate, Only athletes who have represented roller sports in the Olympics, http://www.usarollersports.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/12/22/3fe76efc9fe55
Extractions: Four Year Term of Office Under the USARS By-Laws, the Board of Directors election procedures are established on staggered three year terms. The above seats on the USARS Board of Directors will be filled in 2004. These will be reviewed by two separate Nominating Committees. An Athlete Nominating Committee will review artistic athlete candidates. A five-person USARS Nominating Committee, comprised of a majority of Regional Association elected delegates, will screen the qualifications for Coaches, Officials, Grassroots and At-Large Directors and recommended two candidates each for election by their peers. HOCKEY ATHLETE BOARD SEAT Any person who holds a current USRAS member card, has reached 18 years of age or older, who meets the USOC definition of an active athlete and who has competed in hockey in the Pan American Games, Senior World Championships and other senior international elite level competitions (World Games) within the last ten years is eligible to run for a seat on the USARS Board of Directors. All nominations must be received at USARS National Headquarters no later than January 15, 2004. The nominations must include a personal and skating history of the candidate, along with written agreement to run for the USARS Board of Directors seat. The Hockey Athlete Director shall be elected in 2004 to a three year term of office.
ROLLER JAM - Sports - Http://maxpages.com/rollerjam rollerJAM history If it weren t for the roller Derby, there wouldn t be roller skating after seeing a newspaper article saying that over 90% of http://maxpages.com/rollerjam/Home
USA Roller Skating -- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROLLER SKATING history of InLine Skates. The first known skates created in the 1760s possessed a The correct term to use is in-line roller skating or in-line skating, http://www.rollerskatingmuseum.com/museum/homewrk_pg.htm
Extractions: Archives Pictured (clockwise from bottom): the French Petitbled from 1819, an 1860 in-line of unknown manufacture, a model from 1994 produced by Rollerblade, Inc., and a 1930s clamp-on in-line from the BEB Skate Company. The first known skates created in the 1760s possessed a single line of wheels and for the next century wheels on skates followed this alignment. In 1819, M. Petitbled in Paris patented the first roller skate, again possessing three wheels in a row. During the next forty years, all skates had an in-line set of wheels, varying in number (some had as many as six or as few as two) and in their design. These skates, however, lacked the ability to turn easily. In 1863, James Plimpton revolutionized the roller skate by inventing a skate with four wheels, two pairs set side by side, also known as a quad skate. Because this skate allowed for greater control and ease of skating, the four-wheeled skate quickly came to dominate the industry. Though largely renounced in favor of the more popular quad skate, several companies designed skates using an in-line set of wheels. The in-line skate Scott Olson saw which influenced his idea for Rollerblade skates, however, was a 1966 Chicago Roller Skate Company skate. Possessing four wheels in a row, with the front and back wheel extending beyond the boot, the skate resembled the blade of an ice skate. The Olson brothers adopted and adapted this design, and with it caused a popular reaction to roller skating nearly unparalleled in the sport's history.
Women In Roller Skating Links referring to women in roller skating. the history of roller skating,and skating safety. Sports Jewelry Super Store OlympicsRings http://www.womenssportslink.com/RollerSkatingHockey.shtml
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Speed Skating I love skating. I don t even remember when I learned to roller skate. is alarge part of the reason speed roller skating is not yet an olympic Sport. http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~aahobor/Lucy-Day/About-Me/Speed-Skating.shtml
Extractions: September 24, 2005 Inline Speed Skating I have recently taken up inline speed skating for fun. If you don't know what I'm talking about at all, there's a great wikipedia article about inline speed skating. If you don't feel like reading the article, the main thing to note is that inline speed skating is done on skates with wheels, NOT on ice skates. Also, see below for a helpful description of roller speedskating taken from Derek Parra's autobiography, Reflections in the Ice.
UK Ice Cats one of the biggest upsets in olympic history by beating the Canadians 21 . An area comprising the Great Hall, Banqueting Suite, and former roller http://www.ukicecats.org/4614/36036.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
History Of Ice Skating history of Ice skating in Australia The earliest dates back to 1866 regardingan invention for a roller and ice skate from Tasmania. http://www.isa.org.au/History.htm
Extractions: The year 1904 is now regarded as the start of the sport of ice skating in Australia with the opening of the first artificial ice skating rink, the Glaciarium, at 91 Hindley Street, Adelaide, South Australia, on Tuesday, September 6th, 1904, as reported in the Adelaide Advertiser. This building is still in use today. After many uses and several changes over the years it is the current home of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and can be viewed on their website. Prior to this date there was some activity regarding ice skating in Australia. This mainly involved developing the ways and means to create a sustainable ice surface. In the Nationals Archives of Australia there is correspondence and patent applications regarding this. The earliest dates back to 1866 regarding an invention for a roller and ice skate from Tasmania. This was followed in 1888 and 1896 with correspondence about inventions for ice skating surfaces. There has been some mention of an ice rink in Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, in the 1880's but as yet no concrete evidence of it. Mr. Dunbar Poole, a Scot, arrived in Adelaide around 1903 to find a group of like minded people interested in ice skating. They opened the rink in Hindley Street in a building formerly used as a cyclorama with the refrigeration being piped many metres from an ice works down the street. It lasted for a few years and was mentioned in the social pages of an Adelaide newspaper in September 1905. The evening described took the form of a gala fancy dress party with all the participants taking great care and attention to detail with their costumes, many being very topical of the day. A photograph believed to be taken on this occasion is held in the State Library of South Australia.
BBC SPORT | Other Sport | Olympics 2012 | Five Up For Games Inclusion Golf, rugby, squash and roller skating are knocking on the door, Rogge told Every top squash player would rank an olympic medal as the greatest prize http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/3683482.stm
Extractions: Last Updated: Monday, 22 November, 2004, 16:31 GMT E-mail this to a friend Printable version Five up for Games inclusion Golf, rugby union and squash have been included in a shortlist of five sports being considered for the 2012 Olympics. Karate and roller sports complete the list, while softball, baseball and modern pentathlon could be excluded. "We have sent a questionnaire to the 28 Summer federations represented in the Olympic Games," an IOC spokesman said. "It is all part of an ongoing review of the programme. As part of this process the IOC has decided to include five sports not currently in the Games." IOC president Jacques Rogge has said that no sport can be included without another dropping out. "We'll decide (about new entries) in 2005. Golf, rugby, squash and roller skating are knocking on the door," Rogge told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. "But for every novelty, we will need to give up a discipline. Nothing can be added. The golden numbers are 300 events, 28 sports, 10,400 athletes at most."
History Magazine Here are the subjects that history Magazine has covered in our first five years . roller Coasters, 2002 September. rollerskating, 2002 March http://www.history-magazine.com/historyindex.html
Roller Skating -- Facts To Amaze Your Friends The author is not responsible for any roller skating accidents that may result The history of rolling skating is quite interesting, at least compared to http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/16/13/25.html
Extractions: NutritionalWellness by Steve Kelly The history of rolling skating is quite interesting, at least compared to the history of soccer. You're probably thinking that rolling skates were first known to our grandparents, but roller skates are older than the United States of America (talk about some rusty wheels). Belgian manufacturer Joseph Merlin (not associated with Camelot) produced the first roller skates in 1760. He surprised everyone at a formal London ball (that would be a "party") by rolling across the floor (like magic) on metal-wheeled skates while playing (badly, no doubt) a valuable violin. Because of the skate's minor performance limitations (so constructed as to not allow such maneuvers as turning or stopping), Merlin ran into a large mirror, seriously damaging the violin, and inflicting grievous bodily harm to various appendages, and his nose, which made first contact with the glass. This was not only the first public exhibition of roller skating, but was also highly entertaining, and led to more skating. On the negative side, it was rolling skating's first DUI.
Olympics - Sports & Recreation - Books - Wal-Mart Chronicles the history of roller skating as both a recreational and competitive Presents a history of the ancient Olympics, offering a glimpse into the http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=22194&path=0:3920:18888:2
Shani Davis Speedskating Raised by his mother, on the south side, he started rollerskating at local Before becoming the first black to make a US olympic Speedskating Team in http://www.shanidavis.org/shani_davis_biography.php?i=43202&sessionToken=
NEWS SECTIONS AMATEUR INDUSTRY PRO INTERNATIONAL SCHOLASTIC A fascinating article on Belgium s inline hockey history The same year, theFlemish wing of FBRS, the Flemish roller skating Federation (VRB) started to http://www.inlinehockeycentral.com/international/belgium070704.shtml
Extractions: "International contacts are very important in helping make this wonderful sport grow," Pierre said. "Therefore, it is necessary to come to together at these international gatherings and learn from each other as much as possible. We very much enjoyed the opportunity the IIHF gave us to organize the European Qualification Round in Belgium for the 2004 World Championship. Our victory over Liechtenstein and Portugal brought us back on the international scene. Team Belgium is back!" In the article below, Mr. Pierre writes about the fascinating history of inline hockey in Belgium.
Extractions: Related stories from Te Ara Contents This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand , edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated. Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara Browse the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand A B C D ... Z Explore Te Ara New Zealanders New Zealand in Brief How to cite this page: 'SKATING, ROLLER', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.
The Seattle Times: Olympics New York sports history, as well as news and notes from the olympic and New roller Sports (Dec. 29) USA roller Sports is mourning the loss of Jean http://scores.seattletimes.nwsource.com/default.asp?c=seatimes&page=olymp/news/B
National Museum Of Roller Skating The National Museum of roller skating in Lincoln, Nebraska celebrates all types of where roller skating s history in sport, recreation, entertainment, http://ky.essortment.com/nationalmuseum_rlzm.htm
Extractions: National Museum of roller skating The National Museum of Roller Skating in Lincoln, Nebraska celebrates all types of roller skating from dancing to Roller Derby. Ever wonder where you can find the world's largest collection of world skates? At the National Museum of Roller Skating in Lincoln, Nebraska, where roller skating's history in sport, recreation, entertainment, and business is contained. The first documented roller skate was invented in London in 1710. These early skates were little more than boards with wheels. The world of roller skating changed forever in 1863 when James L. Plimpton patented his "rocking skate" in the United States. This revolutionary motion enabled skaters to steer by leaning to the left or right, the same technique that is used with the high-tech marvels used to roller skate today. The popularity of roller skating zoomed. Plimpton opened a public rink and leased his new skates to the public. The first skating organization, the New York Roller Skating Association, formed in 1863. Speed and distance races became common in cities across America. In the 1930s modern show skating began which led to "Skating Vanities" a performance troupe similar to today's Ice Capades in 1942. The first United States Artistic Roller Skating Championships were held in 1939. Today roller skaters compete in American Dance and World Class Dance. Roller hockey organized in the early part of the century, played with a ball rather than a puck. This no-contact sport enters the Olympics as an exhibition sport in 1992.
Skating Book FAQ / Bibliography, Part 2 Of 2 While the book covers roller skating, Ice skating and Hockey, and isn t actively 16page color insert o Complete history - Olympics, Worlds, Nationals, http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sports/skating/books/part2/
History/Special Olympics.htm roller skating. Floor Hockey. P1090003.jpg (63916 bytes). Long Distance history of Special Olympics Pennsylvania Special Olympics Pennsylvania became an http://www.sopbc.org/Page 1 Stuff/History of spec oly/History Special Olympics.h
Extractions: Special Olympics I This day camp spawned Special Olympics in the United States and around the world. At the first International Games in 1968 1,000 athletes from 26 states and Canada competed in track and field, swimming, and floor hockey. The growth of Special Olympics since that time has been overwhelming - nearly one million athletes are now training and competing in more than 140 countries and 54 U.S. chapters. These athletes are aided by 500,000 volunteers and 250,000 coaches. The spirit of Special Olympics - skill, courage, sharing, and joy - incorporates universal values that transcend all boundaries of geography, nationality, political philosophy, gender, age, race, or religion. History of Special Olympics Pennsylvania Special Olympics Pennsylvania became an official chapter of Special Olympics Inc. 1970 after hosting a track and field event for 135 participants. The growth of Special Olympics here in Pennsylvania has mirrored the growth worldwide. In 51 local programs from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, we have over 27,000 athletes training and competing in over 20 sports.
Extractions: As a world-record holder and a former world all-around speedskating champion, Chad Hedrick has no reason to understate his goals or mask his ambitions as he prepares for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ADVERTISEMENT It's not as if he's going to sneak up on anybody, after all, so there's no sense in mincing words. Hedrick's goals aren't going to change, and neither has his determination to reach them. "Anything less than a gold medal will be failure for me," he said. "With the improvement I've made over the last two years, I wouldn't be happy with anything less." So there he is, poised by his own choice on the precarious perch of high expectations. But why should he need an exit strategy? After less than three years in the sport, Hedrick, 27, of Spring already is one of the best in the world.
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