Zen and the Art of Speedskating

Posted on 18 Aug 08:14 am

Salt Lake City Summer Speedskating

My camera has been along with me this summer, and here and there, I’ve shot video of what a summer of Sspeedskating in Salt Lake is like. My wife was kind of bugged about the fact that I mix images of serious ice training with fun goofy inline stuff. But ya’know, that is how I experience the summer. Serious at times, goofy fun at others. It’s all skating.

Members of Kip Carpenters Swift Speedskating team were at the oval for two weeks, so they are all over the video.

Enjoy!

The thing I cannot communicate via YouTube, is the feeling one gets after skating on ice in a 40-45 degree building, becoming thoroughly chilled, then stepping outside into a 100+ degree day… Oh… My…. Oh… Wow… It is such a wild shock to the body. Even pleasant in a sick way.

Video Shotlist

Exterior of the Utah Oval
103 degrees!
Brent Aussprung, accelerating up to 33mph (27 sec lap)
Short trackers training
My “Floydship” skates + lipstick graffiti written into the ice, probably by a figure skater.
Alex Mark, Kreg Greer, Matt Shanahan, accelerating to 32mph (28 sec lap)
Johnathan Gorman, well Hydrated, Kreg Greer, thumbs up!
US National team Short track ladies, ripping it up
109 degrees! Ouch!, at least it’s a dry heat.
Katherine Reutter, outside pass.
Brent & Kreg lead Dan Beck, Tyler Goff, and Erika Hawke.
Erik Kraan, smooth on Legacy Parkway
My shadow
Kirk Fogdall, Alejandra Maldonado Mates, Eric Kraan
2 shots of RZ in her baby jogger. Happy feet! Smiling baby.
Eric Kraan, Kim Kraan, & Jessica.
Robert Johnson Moonwalking.
Alejandra Maldonado Mates & others goofing on quads
Myself, showing how NOT to slideboard
Connor Silvocka leads Jill Rookard
Matt Shanahan, Alex Mark, and Kreg Greer, still thumbs up!
Connor Silvocka
The sun from the highway, driving to the oval.

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13 Responses to “Salt Lake City Summer Speedskating”

Michelle, on August 18th, 2009 at 9:57 am Said:

Veeerrrrrryyyyy cooooool video. (Sadly, the temperature outside is not. *groan*. I get cranky when it hits much past 80) :-/
teri, on August 18th, 2009 at 11:22 am Said:

Cool video. The line dashes on the ice kinda looks like the highway when you are skating by them. And when you’re on the slide board loosing balance was nice to see - so many times you see everyone doing everything right and it’s good to see that sometimes you do fall - but you keep going and have fun. Nice job.
Ericka, on August 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am Said:

Love the video!!
Lyn, on August 18th, 2009 at 5:21 pm Said:

aaaaaahhh summer…………great toes !!!…..thanks Andrew
Andrea, on August 18th, 2009 at 6:19 pm Said:

LIKE. =]
Linda v., on August 19th, 2009 at 5:48 pm Said:

I’m diggin’ those toes and bare legs, too! anything better than the fell of sunshine on bare skin? What is the music? Really interesting. Suggests that the sun is really pounding down….
andrew, on August 20th, 2009 at 6:39 am Said:

Thanks for the comments all…

Teri, I would never publish a video of someone else screwing up on the slideboard, but with me, of course!

Linda, music is something I came across on my wife’s ipod. Called “The Volkswagen song” by Master Cylinder.

When Salt Lake gets hot, ohmigosh!!
Andrew Love’s Video- Salt Lake City Summer Speedskating- Hot Outside, Hotter Inside!! « Speed Skate World- By Peter Doucet- Online Since 1999, on August 20th, 2009 at 4:06 pm Said:

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Hugo, on August 25th, 2009 at 5:36 am Said:

Very cool inside and ähhh HOT outside! I like it and miss SLC

cya soon
Jay, on August 28th, 2009 at 7:56 pm Said:

Amazing stuff Andrew. Have not been on your site in a while and forgot how talented you are. So moving… Your composition and timing are insightful.

I have heard its an hour to produce per minute of output this cool. I hope you enjoyed the process as I believe many of us have and we appreciate your effort.

Jay
John Fox, on August 31st, 2009 at 1:50 pm Said:

Thanks for sharing some of your summer highlights. I just wish we in DC had a nice cool (perhaps, some would say, cold) oval to retreat into on a hot summer afternoon. Keep ‘em coming. I always look forward to your video escapades.

John
Rachael, on September 2nd, 2009 at 9:08 am Said:

lol oh kreg. so happy to be skating! love it!
Reitse Eskens, on September 10th, 2009 at 12:06 pm Said:

Hi Andrew,

Loved the video. Due to some stupid knee injury i haven’t been able to skate last season. I’ve been training hard to get back to the ice, in 3 weeks i’ll get to see if my technique has survived.

But this video really is inspirational! Beautifull shots of people executing one the most beautifull and most difficult form of movement a human can think of… and the do that on a slippery surface. Looking at your video, I just can’t wait to get back to the ice. No matter the struggle, it wil just be fun.

We skaters are weird beings…