ON A ROLL!
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August 19, 2006
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Ottawa Inline Skating Festival Short Cuts
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Equipment discounts for members
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Dear Inga,
Register
online and you could win 1 of 5 prizes every day
until August 26!
That's right: 8 more chances to win your share of 40
more prizes including brand new skates, courtesy of
the Ottawa
Inline Skating Festival and K2 Skates.
This issue of On a Roll has several articles on
preparing for your skating events. Hope these are
helpful as you prepare for the fall inline season, from
New York to
Duluth
from Winnipeg
to Berlin,
and especially our own Ottawa Inline Skating
Festival.
On a Roll subscriber Eleanor Bouliane
is the winner of a brand new pair of K2 Skates.
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CTV Athlete of the Week
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Mathieu Leblanc
In case you missed this feature on one of our club
speed skaters, check it out in our
gallery ... and congratulations, Mathieu!
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Slalom/trick inline skating at OISC
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Dan Caron and Guy Massicotte - August 24
On Thursday August 24th Dan Caron and Guy
Massicotte will present a Slalom and Trick Inline
Workshop. This workshop will be offered on
top of the regular club’s programming at NRC and is
strictly optional for members. During the workshop
Dan and Guy will lead the group through different
skating tricks around cones. The shorter the skates
(4
wheels / no brakes) the better. Attendees are also
encouraged to wear knee, hand and elbow protection.
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Festival - More prizes, latest news
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5 new winners every day!
We are working to increase participation
and the attendant fun and frolicking significantly over
last year. So we're giving away
more K2 merchandise to 5 lucky registrants every
day until August 26. Here are the
latest winners (see previous winners) who registered by
August 10:
Carlee Wood - K2 Back pack
Pranchalee Poonyapak - K2 Boot bag
Lindsay Dyck - K2 Boot bag
JF Messier - K2 ILQ9 bearings
Deryck Trehearne - K2 Skates
Register now and you
could be one of our next 40 prize winners. Tell a
friend and keep
the excitement going! (Festival 2005 reports)
Remember, anyone who registers by August
26 will get their free Festival T-shirt or
optional upgrade. After August 26, they are
not included in your registration.
Parking Update
Parking at Carleton University is confirmed. Please
park at P7, accessible from Bronson Street.
Race course update
We've made course improvements by using more of
Colonel By going towards Hog's Back for the 10 km
event, as well as the 21 and 42. The water station
will be south of Pretoria Bridge. This allows us to
move start times back by 5 minutes for the marathon
(new start time: 2:15) and the half marathon (new:
4:10).
More volunteers, please
To volunteer or to volunteer a volunteer,
please e-mail
Andrea
Mailhot.
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Tune your skates by Gavin Thulien and Carl Britney
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Whether you're a speed skater preping for races, a
fitness skater, hockey player, or commuter, a few
minutes spent maintaining your skates will increase
performance and fun. There are two other reasons
for tuning: safety and costs.
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Commitment by Dominique Larocque
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Bridging the gap between learning skills and practice
time is critical if one is to succeed in sport (and life).
What makes some individuals able to commit to
perfecting their skills through practice is often a
mystery. What is important to remember is that it is
possible for any individual to commit - but it may
require a shift in consciousness. Like Einstein
said: "We cannot solve our problems with the same
thinking we used when we created them."
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"LSD" Wednesday
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Best day of the week
Part of tuning up for competition is the oft-quoted
LSD skate (yes, that means long, slow distance). So
come on out and join the easy going Wednesday
night social skate:
August 23 - Ottawa River
Augst 30 - Dows Lake Pavillion
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Pristine skating in the Laurentians
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Trip Report
The overnight trip last weekend wasn't just a fun get
together punctuated with great food, perfect
accommodations, excellent conversation and
generally a sense of well deserved R&R. It was also a
great mileage weekend!!
Next day trip: September 16
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Our new web site
and online store has been really
well received. Robust, easy to use and chockful of
inline skating information, club programming, event calendar, trips,
expert articles and more.
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