Obsessive Upgrade & Wooden Shoes
If this website looks a bit funky & unfinished, that’s because I am upgrading it this week!!!
“Do what you love as your Job”
I saw this on a bumper sticker around the same time as I asked the general readership if they minded if I sell ads here.
In that spirit, I have been obsessively re-doing the look feel of ZATAOSS (as my friend Ted calls this blog) - making up a ‘kickin media kit, & preparing to take my life in that direction.
I have never obsessed about a site the way I’ve obsessed about every pixel of this redesign, my test site looks like I want it to, now the challenge is to get this one up to speed!!
I leave tomorrow for the St Paul inline marathon, I’ve had some rough training weeks recently, & I overall feel rather blah…
Plus, I’ve spent so much time code surfing, I am not sure my eyes can focus on anything farther away than my screen.
However my burning eyeballs focus enough well enough to read email, and a Dutch reader sent me a link to a video interviewing an older fellow whose latest invention is pictured to the right.
Tjark writes:
“Usually, you in America are ahead of us in technology, but now we’ve got the latest revolution of inline skating going on!”
A good laugh! The Dutch REALLY love their skating!
Being serious about sports is a good thing, but having a sense of humor while being serious is even better..
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Good luck in the marathon. Have fun.
Thank you very much for this site, I have immensely enjoyed reading all of your novels (and a good portion of the blog!) over the past week.
I tried watching the video of those newfangled skates, but didn’t understand a single second of it :D.
It is a very interesting picture though. I want a pair!
Oooo, nice! I figured you were busy, but I didn’t know the details… Good luck with all of this and the marathon, too!
hey, nice upgrade. you’ve talked about it… nice to see it.
Good luck in St paul. Will you do the elimination race? I’ll be there. I’ve been sick BAD this last week with 100 degree fever and stuff so I might not have a good Sunday race. Although I’ll be well rested.
See you in Minn.
A nice new fresh design!
I also came across some more/other footage on the wooden shoe inlines: http://www1.nu.tv/home/video/show/4401
Hope you do well at St Pauls…
Hey Andrew -
Nice new look for ZATAOSS!
Here’s some ice versions of the Klompskeeler that Pieter Moree was sporting at the Calgary Olympic Oval at the Masters Camp last month.
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rhanham/OvalMastersCamp2007-07-27%20009.jpg
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rhanham/OvalMastersCamp2007-07-27%20010.jpg
Enhanced ankle support!
Dear skate / skeelerfans,
I am the older fellow from Holland ( The Netherlands / Europe) who created the professional wooden shoes on wheels as you see on the picture above. Take a look at the videos by searching in Google: Klompskeeler
In the item youtube you will find two videos.
Yesterday I was on National television. ( SBS 6 )
Much pleasure, Skeelermania: Henk Keizer
Hey,
i just love the woodenskate i saw it on television and i think it is a fun thing! I also think that it is really hard to skate on!
Andrew, i also love to read your blog! It is fun to see how fellow skaters around the world love their sport!
greetins wendy
Just take a look at my latest video on youtube ! Search for Henk Keizer video: EXTREME MAKEOVER Much fun.
Skatemania
Wooden shoes on wheels
Henk Keizer
The Netherlands
Hey Andrew,
There is a chance I will come to the States ( New York ) to demonstrate my wooden shoes on wheels during “Hudson 400″. This fellow Dutchman “discovered” Manhattan 400 years ago. There will be festivities with Dutch companies.
Greetings from Henk Keizer, the Dutchman who invented the wooden shoes on wheels ( mail: keizer@wacht.demon.nl ) Videos: www.youtube.com search Klompskeeler