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Succesful Powerslide Inline Alpine Team

j.pfitzner@powerslide.de

Another successful weekend of the Powerslide athletes. In the races of the International Cup in Iserlohn / germany the team captured 3x gold, 2x silver and a respectable 9th place.

The final ranking after 5 races of the International Cup looks like following:

Manuel Zörlein / Junior 16: 1st Place
Benedikt Heudorfer-Merz / Junior 18: 4th Place
Maximilian Merz / Junior 18: 7th Place
Julia Grüning / Junior 18: 2nd Place
Raphaela Schrader / active woman: 2nd Place

In the finals races of the World Cup the PS-team ended up 3rd (Julia), 4th (Raphaela) in the women category and 3rd (Manuel), 11th (Benedikt) and 18th (Maximilan) in the mens category.

The final ranking of the World Cup looks like following for the PS athletes:

Women:
Julia Grüning 2nd Place
Raphaela Schrader 8th Place

Men:
Benedikt Heudorfer-Merz 3rd Place
Manuel Zörlein 4th PLace

A happy Powerslide team after a successful weekend

From left to right: Manuel Zörlein, Raphaela Schrader, Benedikt Heudorfer-Merz, Julia Grüning, Maximilian Merz

Matter cleans up at Chuncheon WIC

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This morning was the second Korean WIC event of the season in Chuncheon, Korea. The race was around a beautiful lake in the north east of Korea. The course and the conditions were very challenging. Then mens event started fast, and after several strong attacks and counter attacks Joey Mantia and Yann Guyader finally broke the pack. From their Scott Arlidge controlled the pack, and launched the final sprint for his team mate Kalon dobbin to take a nice 3rd place. Matter wheels took a clean sweep of the podium. Also Mr Nam from Korea put in an impressive marathon finishing a very respectable 5th place. In the ladies race, the hard working and super strong Nathalie Barbotin took a good 3rd place. Behind Nicole Begg and Giovanna Turchiarelli.

Sabine Berg wins again- WIC Gdansk

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Last week Sabine Berg won the x-race in Berlin. There she had a strong PS/Matter team around his. this weekend in Gdansk, Poland she was racing alone. She won again. This was another impressive result for Sabine in marathon events this year. She has won WIC Biel, Europeans, x-race Berlin, and now WIC Gdansk. In the mens race a group of 6 skaters broke clear from the the pack. PS/Matter had two skaters in the front group. Felix Rijhnen finished for the first time on the podium in a WIC event, taking 3rd place. Fabio Francolini finished 4th. The next stop on the WIC circuit is in Chuncheon, South Korea next Sunday.

Detailed installation instructions for mounting the Powerslide Nordic frames

m.schif@powerslide.de

You can download the detailed installation instructions for mounting the Powerslide Nordic frames - here - or in the Powerslide FAQ download section.

This Guide is for following frames:
- PS Explorer frames
- PS Xtrail frames
- PS XC / Superlight / Jr / frames

Another week down...

scott.arlidge@gmail.com

I'm writing to you just after changing my wheels from the X Race on Sunday. It was a short, but intense 21km race around the center of Berlin. It was a good day for us, Yann took another win. Now its time to get back into the training for another hard block of work before I head to Korea at the end of next week. Since the last time I wrote the Colombians have had their selections. From the long distance guys there were no big surprises. Diego Rosero led the Cali guys in a dominating performance. I also caught up with the news that the French team was also named. So many of the national teams are taking shape. In NZ we actually have our national championships in January (its summer time in NZ) and so our team has been selected for some time now. I am really looking forward to these next 10 days. These are the days when the differences can be made. However in a couple of days time, I am not sure I will be so motivated. haha. I will be in touch.

GIC x-race Berlin. Yann Guyader and Sabine Berg dominate

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Sabine Berg led home a fast finishing PS/Matter train at the ladies race in Berlin this afternoon. She won ahead of her team mate Checy Banea and junior PS skater Kati Rumpus. The mens race started off with many attacks from all skaters. Athletes from both PS/Matter teams were very present. Around half way through the race a lead group of around 7 or 8 skaters formed. Shortly afterwards it was narrowed down to 4 skaters. With all the major teams happy with the situation, it would be these 4 skaters who would contest for the major places. Yann Guyader was feeling super good, and after having covering several attacks from his breakaway companions led out his own sprint to take a comfortable win. The main pack came in shortly after, and Scott Arlidge too 6th place, and Felix Rijhnen took 7th. Sabine and Felix maintain their position on top of the GIC overall rankings. The next race from the GIC is in Geisingen on the 11th of September.

Worlds 2010- Gateway to Guarne #1, by Scott Arlidge

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It is just under 10 weeks until the World Championships start in Guarne, Colombia. Together with PS/Matter I will be writing a diary of my preparations for this years Championships. For the moment I do not really have too much news for you, but closer to the time I imagine there will be a lot more news and stories to tell. At the moment I am in a period of very hard training. Firstly, the break from racing has allowed me to train harder without having to worry about being fresh for racing. Secondly I have been lucky enough to be training at the arena in Geisingen which has a totally covered roof. So even though the European summer has not been great I have not had to miss a training session because of bad weather. Of course there is all the talk, as there always is leading into a World Championships. The track, the skaters, what wheels etc. The track and the wheels I will wait until I arrive in Colombia. I am lucky to go there early and so then I will have a chance to decide things for myself. As far as the skaters are concerned, the worlds are always hard. Right now Bart Swings seems to be the man to beat in the long distance events. I have heard rumours that some of the Asian countries will not attend the worlds because they have Asian Games, but you never know. Colombia is always super good, however this year I think they will be that little bit better because it is a home championships for them, and Diego Rosero is coming back to racing worlds. It must be said that some of my toughest opponents will be the guys I race with almost every week at PS. I will not totally focus on Worlds just yet. I have a couple of important events first. This coming week I will racing in the berlin x race. Until next time, Scott.

Impresions from the European Championships 2010 - Kati Rumpus

j.pfitzner@powerslide.de

Hi all,

here some nice pics of the 2golden girl", Kati Rumpus. Thanks to Gerhard Schwierz for the pictures.

nice hawk on the way to gold in the final marathon race

pretty Kati - often seen on the podium

it as not easy to keep up with "turbo" Kati

Flanders Grand Prix- Kwinten takes a home win

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Kwinten Tas from the Powerslide Matter Europe team won his home race in Belgium this past weekend; the Flanders GP. Kwinten won the 1,500m and the 30km street race. Several other high rankings ensured he won the overall ranking. His PS/Matter team mate Felix Rijhnen won the last race of the weekend, the elimination race. This was enough to put him onto the 3rd step of the podium overall. In the ladies Sabine Berg continued her hot form from the European Championships by easily taking the overall win. Kati Rumpus finished a good 2nd place overall. She was racing in the senior category while still being a junior. Next race for our athletes is the Berlin x-race on the 22nd of August.

Matter Wheels Conquer Colorado

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Matter wheels delivered Joey Mantia to a "Perfect Game". Joey won the 300m TT, 500m, 1000m, 10,000m points/elim, and 15,000m elim. He set a couple of National records along the way too. We are not sure if a single skater has won every single distances at the US Nationals on track before. Anyway it has been a super successful few days for Mantia and Matter. From everyone at the Matter HQ- congratulations.

US Nationals- Mantia is the Man

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Joey Mantia still maintains his perfect score card at the US outdoor nationals. To add to his three gold medals, he added a fourth today in the 500m. In a word- Defcon...

Great Performance of Powerslide skaters at the EC

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Great Performance of Powerslide skaters at the European Championships

The European Championships 2010 are history and its time to summarize the results of the Powerslide teamskater.

The typical italian chaos of the organization of the competitions could not stop the Powerslide skater at all.

It have been HER Championships. Powerslide junior super talent Katharina Rumpus managed to capture 9 medals out of 10 starts. She took 4x gold, 3 silver and 2x gold.

Sabine Berg again demonstrated her extra class catching 3x gold and 3x bronce.

Powerslide Juniorskater Alisa Gutermuth has been able to get 3 times on the podium. She received 1x gold and 2x silver for her great performence.

Mareike Thum worked hard for the team, but still took a complete collection of medals back home to Germany.

Fabio Francolini and Matteo Amabili captured 2 medals each. Fabio (aka Fonzie) took gold and bronce while Matteo managed to win 2x silver. Both skaters also showed great attitude traveling right after the marathon race overnight to Bern to join the rest of the Powerslide World team for the WIC race.

Ingmar Bergaa from Holland was the surprising winner in the final marathon race

Congratulations from the headquarter to the great results.

Mantia and Matter make it 2 from 2.

scott.arlidge@gmail.com

Joey Mantia just won his second title in as many races at the US outdoor nationals. Yesterday he claimed his first in the 300m TT, and then was set to race the 1000m, but it was postponed until this morning because of rain. Joey set national records in both distances. He is wearing Matter Defcon, plus he has been testing a new wheel that will be on the market soon. I guess the results speak for themselves there. US Powerslide skater Briana Kramer was 3rd in the ladies 1000m, she will be looking forward to the long distance races that will take place later today.

Mantia is the Man on Matters

scott.arlidge@gmail.com

Joey Mantia confirms his position as the best skater in the world. Now that he has teamed up with the best wheels in the world, it seems as if he is becoming unstoppable. On the first morning of the US outdoor nationals Joey set a new national record in the 300m TT using Matter Defcons. The 1000m is later today.

Yann & Checy continue their reign- Bern success!

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Today was another WIC in race in Bern, Switzerland. The race was held on the same course it used to be held on several years ago, and including the famous hill. Both the mens and ladies races started at 15:00. The guys wanted a sprint finish, this is easier said than done because on a course like Bern our team came under attack from the first time up the hill, until the very last time up the hill. There were several strong attacks from the swiss skaters on Rollerblade Luginio, and the Arena Geisingen/Bont team. Our guys managed to cover everything and Yann Guyader repaid the guys for their hard work by capturing his second WIC victory of the season. The ladies race was Checy Baenas first race back in Europe after a short stay in Colombia. The difficult course actually suited her team mate, Nathalie Barbotin well. So Nathalie tried to take her chance by attacking many times, but it was not meant to be, so Checy did what she does best and won. The next stop for many of our skaters is the Berlin x-race in 2 weeks.