BRITISH SKATING LEGENDS
MISCELLANEOUS FOOTAGE
Tatem Park - Club Training
The New City Rollers club take to the London track c.1982. Lookout for Darren Cobley and Debbie Kitchener amongst the club skaters. Video courtesy of Frank Kitchener.
1983 - Tatem Park - Junior Squad Training
The The junior GB squad take to the track in preparation for the 1983 Junior European Championships soon to be held in Nantes, France. Amongst the skaters are Hugh Doggett and Suzanne Jackson. Video courtesy of Frank Kitchener
Cruciani Technique Training
Watch one of the worlds legends take part in the filming of him skating during his time as Australian coach. The footage was used to understand his technique on quads and emulate that which made him a multiple world champion through the 1970's and '80's.
1993 - Champions Train to Win
A USARS training video taken at Colorado Springs in the early days of inline speed skating. World Champion Derek Parra is the skater put through his paces who would of course go on to win an Olympic gold medal on the ice.
1996 - Momenti di Gloria
An Italian promotional video of inline speed skating from grass roots to elite. Most of the footage is of the 1996 World Championships in Scaltenigo, Italy. Watch Chad Hedrick in slow motion to the the tune of "Just An Illusion" (begins at 35:00) and tell me it doesn't give you goose bumps! (But cannot be watched in Belgium or Luxembourg apparently due to a copyright claim - sorry my Belgian friends - get yourself a VPN!).