LIVE & FREE Speedskating
How many times have you heard the mournful refrain “I wish speedskating were on TV more than once every 4 years!!!”
Well, now YOU CAN WATCH SPEEDSKATING LIVE, in high quality streaming video on the internet.
Let your eyes follow the arrow to the newest advertiser on ZATOSS, Universal Sports Broadcasting.
This weekend there will be 12 HOURS of speedskating coverage of the Long Track World cup from Herenveen. Friday Saturday & Sunday. 10am-2pm ET. Also they are broadcasting this to 30 million homes too. Pretty cool.
These good folks will be showing a whole lot of skating this winter, short and long track.
If this is what you have been waiting for, then I urge you to tune in online or on your TV. The more eyes watching, the more chance this will happen again.
Our sport will never be the NFL, but it can be so much better than it has been in the past. This is a crucial first step.
You can see more on their website, and the entire World Cup Short & Long Track schedule here.
Complete Speed Skating Schedule
Highlight Speed Skating Videos
National Team Member Rebekah Bradford is in Herenveen right now, and she writes
It sure is beautiful where we are staying. Our hotel is secluded in a wooded area, called “Orangewoud,” away from the town. Yesterday, I rented a bike and rode into downtown Heerenveen. It was a nice escape however it wasn’t a big one.
I felt a little bit of a celebrity since people recognized my team jacket and asked for pictures and autographs. I think I even got a tiny discount on some toys I bought for my awesome nephews. Definitely out of the ordinary back at home.
Races last weekend in Berlin were okay. I was expecting better results because of how well I’ve been lately. That’s a big no-no. Expectations are the number one killer of any good race.
My plan this weekend is focus back on the skating and to approach the start line more from a tactical standpoint. Well and to have fun and enjoy the moment as well!
Bekah, we will enjoy WATCHING you & the rest of team USA do your best in one of the loudest, most raucous rinks on the world cup circuit.
Filed under: from the coffee shop
“Expectations are the number one killer of any good race. ”
You know, as harsh as that sounds, it usually ends up being true for me! Some of my best races, like my first 3000m ever, started with a completely clear conscience. I’ve heard testimony from others about this as well…
Bekah, you told it like it is, and your writings from abroad remind the rest of us back home what skating is about: having fun!
Andrew, thanks for the links! That’s awesome
Andrew-I LOVE the Arrow! Subliminal! Anyway, I’m psyched to try and catch some of it!
Peter H
Go Korea..I mean go USA!
Hey thats cool! But if its advertising long track what’s the short tracker doing there? haha. Anyway your going to have to fill me in on how it went because I missed all of it for Jrs. (Which I realize is no excuse!)
Or I might check youtube…
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