Wednesday, July 21
We've added a POST-SEASON WRAP-UP page for the 2009-2010 season.
Thursday, July 15
The trip planning page is up for American Cup 1
Sunday, July 4
HAPPY JULY 4! Here's my first attempt at creating a slideshow on YouTube - enjoy!
Thursday, July 1
New thread open at BB: TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
It's devoted to pics, etc., of our short track skaters' recent appearances at professional baseball games. Enjoy!
Thursday, June 3
Anthony Lobello has a new website! Check it out at ANTHONYLOBELLO>COM
Also, Anthony will be a guest driver at the Volkswagon SCCA race series in Tooele, Utah - June 5-6 - see more info on Anthony's website.
Wednesday, May 19
See Visions of Vancouver, a 2-hour special on Universal Sports: May 24th, 6pm Eastern, 9pm Pacific!
Wednesday, May 5
ALLISON BAVER on Talk Philly, discussing her new weight loss initiative.
Happy Birthday to LIZ LOOBY!
Sunday, April 18
JULIAN WOOD is the newest FEATURED SKATER here at Rocker-U!
Tuesday, April 13
New skater on board with The Rocker Fund - JULIAN WOOD. Julian is a member of our most recent Jr. World Team - to partner with him in achieving his short track goals, see his donation info at THE ROCKER FUND
See more info about Julian on his thread at BOOTS & BLADES
Thursday, April 8
Now that the 'Banquet Circuit' is in full swing, there's a new thread at Boots & Blades to keep up with their comings and goings - see SKATER APPEARANCES HOTLINE for news on upcoming appearances by Apolo Ohno, Allison Baver, JR Celski, Katherine Reutter, Alyson Dudek, and the entire Olympic ST team!
Friday, March 19
We'll be meeting up again at BOOTS & BLADES to 'watch' the Short Track World Championships - racing starts at 6:30am Eastern, 3:30am Pacific. Tonight/Tomorrow: 500M (Ladies/Men) and Men's Relay Semifinals...
Thursday, March 18
Grab some coffee and join us at BOOTS & BLADES this weekend for live fan chat about World Championships - GO TEAM USA!
Thursday, March 4
LANDON HATFIELD is the newest FEATURED SKATER here at Rocker-U!
There will be live streaming video this weekend from Nationals/AmCup Final - CLICK HERE.
Wednesday, March 3 APOLO OHNO will be on the Tonight Show - TONIGHT!
Also, let's wish KATIE WELSH a happy birthday!
Monday, March 1
New skater on board with The Rocker Fund - LANDON HATFIELD. Landon is a promising young skater - to partner with him in achieving his short track goals, see his donation info at THE ROCKER FUND
See more info about Landon on his thread at BOOTS & BLADES
Wednesday, Feb 24
SHORT TRACK TONIGHT! Ladies' 1000M Heats (Baver, Derrick, Reutter); Men's 500M Heats (Cho, Malone, Ohno); Ladies' Relay Medals
See the skaters who registered for the AMCUP FINAL and NATIONALS
See the most recent entries at BOOTS AND BLADES
We set a new 24-hour visitor record at the Boots & Blades forum yesterday - by more than 30%! Thanks for visiting!
Tuesday, Feb 23 RYAN BEDFORD sported a patriotic 'do' for his 10,000M race.
Friday, Feb 5
JUST DU DEK! Alyson's new T-Shirts are now available - see the design and ordering info at THE BOOKSTORE
Tuesday, Feb 2
Here's Jessica Smith and Nicole Miller's COLBERT APPEARANCE!
See the most recent BOOTS & BLADES posts: WINTER OLYMPICS: Olympic Torch Relay; Official Team Announcement; Whistler Residents House USA Bobsledder Family JR CELSKI: Celski Ready to Complete Comeback in Vancouver RYAN BEDFORD: Video - Bedford Returns to Midland LEZLEIGH JAWORSKI: Lezleigh Jaworski retires THE KIWIS: Blake Skjellerup video APOLO OHNO: Apolo Ohno Soul Patches Invade Sea-Tac Airport LANA GEHRING: Gehring Makes Speedskating Team Despite Illness
Monday, Feb 1
4-part video series with JR CELSKI: 1) The Beginning; 2) Where in the World is JR Celski; 3) The Mom; 4) The Crash
(Scroll down to reply #108 to see links to the videos) - BONUS: Reply #109 has a link to a cool Podcast with JR!
Sunday, Jan 31
JESSICA SMITH and USS Sports Psychologist NICOLE MILLER on The Colbert Report tomorrow night - 11:30pm on Comedy Central!
See the most recent BOOTS & BLADES posts: RACHEL SCROCKI: A significant mention in Ryan Bedford's homecoming article RYAN BEDFORD: Hometown Rally articles/pics APOLO OHNO: Apolo Ohno Plugs Washington Spuds KATHERINE REUTTER: How well do you know Canada? Take Katherine's 'Pop Quiz! ALLISON BAVER: Blades of Metal, Will of Iron - Allison's Remarkable Recovery THE CHINESE TEAM: China Vows to end South Koreans' ST Dominance
Wednesday, Jan 27
Jordan Malone video - his journey from inline skater to Olympian: 'MY STORY'
Happy Birthday to BARRY WINSLOW!
Sunday, Jan 24
Some great pics by photographer Brad Nau for an upcoming feature about Allison Baver
New Featured Skater: OLYMPIAN SIMON CHO
Saturday, Jan 23
Jordan Malone's Pit Crew is making a “Special Edition 2010 Pit Crew” LONG SLEEVE TSHIRT & HOODIE FOR ONLY THOSE THAT WILL BE ATTENDING THE OLYMPICS. The graphic will be the same front & back but they will have an addit'l graphic on the sleeve, and they will be royal blue instead of black. THE ORDERS HAVE TO BE PLACED ON MONDAY, so if you're interested, contact me at Lori@Rocker-U.net and I'll forward the info!
See the original version of the shirt at The Bookstore.
Thursday, Jan 21
New content on the following BOOTS & BLADES threads: Apolo Ohno; The Kiwi's (New Zealand); Jordan Malone; JR Celski; The Colbert Report; Canadian ST Chat; The Koreans; Katherine Reutter
Monday, Jan 18
JR Celski's 'Just Rocks' shirts are now on sale! See THE BOOKSTORE for details!
Saturday, Jan 16
Introducing the newest member of the 'Rocker Family of Products': Check out The Ice & Times of Short Track Speedskating for even more ST news and photos!
It's KELSEY SCHIEL'S birthday!
Support The Rocker Fund by wearing our FREE bracelets! See THE BOOKSTORE for pic and ordering info.
Tuesday, Jan 12 AMAZING AWAITS! - the Vancouver Olympics begin one month from tonight - visit Rocker-U's MOVIE NIGHT page for 'Amazing Awaits' and several other great Olympic Video promos!
Sunday, Jan 10 Joey Lindsey's going to Japan! Thank you to everyone who has contributed, 'cause those bills will be rollin' in for awhile yet...
Jr. World Championships: The competition is over, but see Commentary/Recaps and a Results Summary at Boots & Blades.
Thursday, Jan 7
World Jr. Championships start TONIGHT - about 11:45pm Eastern. See the ISU SPORTRESULT website - click 'LIVE' for lap-by-lap results!
JOIN TEAM 'BERLY' - See Kimberly Derrick's T-Shirts, available at THE BOOKSTORE
Friday, Jan 1
14 new skaters added to The Farm Team at Boots & Blades - Dehnke; Ah Kun; Hopp; Mejia-Clavijo; Perry; Ferguson; Salmon; Mullarkey; C Davis; No; Yutangco; Ziegelmayer; Santos; Astalos; D Gertner
Help send Joey Lindsey to Japan! For more info, see THE ROCKER FUND or BOOTS & BLADES HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!