And you thought inline skate wheels couldn’t get any bigger - check out these crazy skates from 1923, “All the rage in fashionable Paris, France.”  These crazy ‘skates’ have got to be some of the earliest inlines ever, although technically, they aren’t really ‘in line.’ The video above shows the ‘newest sport:’ cycle-skating; and although the footage doesn’t show it,… [read article]

  There is almost certainly no other non-Olympic sport that has indirectly contributed as many Olympic medals to the US team as inline skating.  We’ve discussed it many times before, but it bears repeating: at least 10 of US Speedskating’s Olympic medals in the last twelve years have come from former inline skaters. Despite the obvious talent pool, inlines has… [read article]

  You know Michael, I was going to post this anyway. The above video shows my brother, current Pro National Speedskating Circuit (NSC) Grand Champ, Michael Cheek as he does battle against reigning sprint Champion Will Bowen at this season’s third Pro NSC race in Seattle, WA.  It’s a great video and I’d seen it floating around the Facebooks earlier… [read article]

(Image via Lis Roop)   The 2012 Southern Spring Fling inline meet took place last week near Marietta, GA and DailyHouse has results and pics from the competition.  After multiple days of indoor racing, the action moved outside to the road.  If you missed the indoor results, we’ve got them here. Below are the full outdoor results, thanks to Jimmy Blair for… [read article]

(Image via Lis Roop)   …And we’re back!  It’s been a slow couple of days here at DailyHouse, but we’re back at full steam with a new contribution from DailyHouse readers.  Last week, about the same time as the inline ‘Battle in Seattle‘ was going down, there was another major competition going on in sunny GA – the 2012 Spring… [read article]

  This weekend I asked people to send me stories/images/or results from sports that should be covered by the media – but aren’t because of lack of resources.  Those contributions are beginning to trickle in and I’m excited to begin sharing them. We’re starting with inline competition since I have so much history in the sport, but this is going to… [read article]

  Are we going to see some fireworks at tonight’s Pro NSC showdown?  Hmmmm, could be!  I just got off the phone with my brother, Michael Cheek, who is currently sitting in first place in the Grand Champions points total and it sounds like people are sounding a little fiery out there in Seattle. For those of you who don’t… [read article]

  The Pro National Speedskating Circuit (NSC) gets underway tomorrow with the third event of the year. The professional skating league is currently in its 3rd season and every year the action has gotten better. Tomorrow’s event will be live-streamed and can be watched here at 6:30pm Pacific. Currently, Will Bowen has a commanding lead in the sprint division with… [read article]

  For all the inline speedskating fans out there – how familiar are you with SR940.10?  Huh, can’t seem to remember which particular detail to which that uh, number/letter combo pertains?  Don’t worry – unless you’re a skating official you might never have to know what that number means, but if you’ve ever raced inlines before then you know what… [read article]

(Image via Pro NSC)   When Jeremy Anderson and Jake Powers went down in a brutal crash during the 2nd Pro National Speedskating Circuit (Pro NSC) event of the season, everyone knew it was bad.  Both athletes crashed hard into the wall traveling at a speed of around 25mph.  The accident took place during the last 200m of the 800m… [read article]