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June
10, 2010 Australia's
Got Talent - Rolling Entertainment GRAND FINALS |
 The
Grand Finals took place on Tuesday June 8th and it was an amazing
experience. The exposure generated for roller skating by our group
is phenomenal and are so pleased as that was part of our mission, to
put skating back on the MAP! If you missed the show, check out the
youtube clip above. If you'd like to show your support for Rolling
Entertainment, the voting lines are now open and you can sms
ROLLING to 199 77 77 2 or call 1902 55 333 1. The lines are open
until Friday at 12pm AEST. Votes can only be made from Australia,
but thanks to everyone from overseas who has written via facebook
and shown your support, its amazing and really appreciated. Results
of the Grand Final will be announced on Tuesday.
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May
12, 2010 Australia's
Got Talent - Rolling Entertainment |
 Last
nights performance on Australia's Got Talent proved a sensation on
facebook with fans going flooding the status updates with messages
of support and prompting all to VOTE and help Rolling Entertainment
get through to the finals. And spectacular it was, see the video
above. Voting closed for Semi's.
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May
12, 2010 German
Cup up and running.. |
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The German
Cup in Freiburg begins today as skaters from all over Europe and
as far as the America's and Australia will compete. No stranger to
the competition is West Australian Tamera Russell who will
compete in the ladies figure event and placed 3rd in 2008. To keep
up to date with the event view [here].
Good luck Tamera.
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May
10, 2010 Australia's
Got Talent - Rolling Entertainment |
 Twelve
skaters from Melbourne in Victoria have hit the Australian TV
screens in the mega hit show 'Australia's Got Talent'. A
first for Aussie screens, this troupe formed by Rolling
Entertainment features some high rolling skating action unlike you'd
ever expect with both artistic skaters and professional dancers who
'skate'. 'Like' our group on Facebook [here]
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May
01, 2010 Skating
venue in Rome to make way for Grand Prix.. |
 In
Roma, Italy - the home of former world champion Luca D'Alisera
his coach Gabriele Quirini and and top international athletes
such as Cristina Trani, Dario Betti, Alessandra Spigai and
more face a tough battle against the City of Rome as their skating
club - which has been there for decades and is home to speed and
artistic, is set to be demolished to make way for a Grand Prix
track! The location of this club is unique and has produced many of
the worlds best skaters over the past decades. Please support this
group by 'Liking' it on Facebook [here]
Pictured
left: At the club (at risk) in 2009 with Stephanie Campbell,
Cristina Trani and Dario Betti.
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April
30, 2010 Skaters
take on Slovenia's Got Talent .. |
 It
seems skaters are taking on TV all over the world with artistic
skaters forming the troupe 'Meksatjl' and making it through
to the semi finals of the 'Got Talent' program in Slovenia featuring
champion Lucija Mlinaric. 'Like' their group on Facebook [here]
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April
30, 2010 Europe
to quickly adapt 'new ages' per category.. |
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CEPA
have not wasted any time changing the ages of their grades to run
inline with the 'change' made in 2009 at the CIPA meeting announcing
that the Junior age limit would be increased to 19. This change
highlights CEPA's ability to make changes quickly to benefit the
skaters and they continue to have grades that benefit the age groups
of the skaters which makes perfect sense. Soon enough it is hoped
that there is a format that is adopted around the world to assist in
making the development universal. More news on this story at
skatingidea.wordpress.com [here]
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April
17, 2010 Back
online.. |
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Has
it really been since January that I haven't done any updates? Wow!
With all the action on facebook I've certainly been distracted. I
promise there will be loads of updates and more coming soon..
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Jan
20, 2010 Sk8rAid
goes out to the world... |
 Recently
I thought about how small our skating community is in terms of
sharing knowledge and how little under developed areas have access
to good coaching and thought, what about a facebook page where all
the coaches and athletes, officials and supporters can share their
knowledge, discuss events, techniques and upload videos and photos,
stories and so on.. moments later, Sk8rAid was online and
within 4 days I had over 1,000 fans sign on in support, which is
truly amazing, now inside a week there are almost 1,500 fans. I've
uploaded 4 videos (see above for example of one) so far from my time
spent at the Italian Stage in Rocaraso, where all the master coaches
met and ran a truly amazing workshop with more than 150 skaters and
90 trainers. It was phenomenal. Anyway, the videos have been getting
amazing responses and it seems there is a need for it and personally
I think its a huge step forward for our sport, for our trainers to
communicate and for the development of our athletes. If you are
already a member, great - thanks, if not be sure to log onto
Facebook and become a fan [here]
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Jan
20, 2010 New
life brought to The Shed.. |
 Skate
Victoria has taken over the lease of the former home of Roller
Hockey Victoria at the Dandenong Show Grounds and there are some
planned changes on the way with the inclusion of some great artistic
developments. Already a fan page has been set up on Facebook for
'The Shed' and you can view all the transformation changes and keep
up to date [here]
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Jan
07, 2010 Judges
Seminar in AUST |
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Information
is now circulating about a Judges seminar that will take
place on the Gold Coast which promises to be an informative and
great weekend with several guest speakers. More info [here]
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Jan
07, 2010 Gold
Coast for Goody? |
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The
feelers are being put out again among dance coaches to gauge
interest for a follow up dance seminar with former world dance
champion Greg Goody. If you haven't already contacted, please
get in touch with Jodie Garufo and express your interest by
Jan 12th. [here]
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Jan
07, 2010 Freeskating
& Inline Freeskating CIPA rules 2010 |
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Be
sure to have the correct requirements in place for both Freeskating
events. These have just been reissued to us, so make sure you have
all the right requirements in place. Freeskating - [here].
Inline - [here]
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Dec
24, 2009 September
Face a great success.. |
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Thanks
to all the members of the skating community that came to support the
play at the Melbourne Arts Centre, 'The Man with the September
Face'.. it was great to see so many skaters there each night and
more so, great to see a play in a capital city that centered on the
world of roller skating.
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Dec 15
Updated
CIPA Rule book.. |
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A
brand new CIPA rule book has been released with a number of changes
that are of importance. Download [here]
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Dec 10
2The
Man With The September Face - Rock'n Roller show hits town |
The
Age: The Man with the September Face centres on a
15-year-old champion roller skater beginning to realise the world
outside the confines of his suburban rink. An enchanting new girl
arrives in town - "she's a little bit exotic," says
playwright Kylie Trounson, "because she's lived in
Adelaide" - while his skating nemesis, the rink's DJ and
resident bad boy, threatens his place at the top of the tree.. Also
starring locals skaters including myself, Melanie Van Dyk
and Chantelle Carroll.. Tickets are limited due to popularity
at the Melbourne Arts Centre, Dec 9-19. Opening night lastnight was
a huge success with thirty members from the media there, so the
reviews will be out soon.. For tickets go [
