Where to Skate in Montreal (Videos)

[TonyWare]

I searched and didn't find a Montreal thread... a few videos after a weekend of skating around the Gilles Villeneuve Formula 1 track in Montreal. Enjoy.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1425458052053296832&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLj6avFjcPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWDrRfPGCUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ80933C19E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_CmekJyS0

Hard to skate and film at the same time for an almost newbie. Did one lap (around 4.5 kilometers) and then left the camera in the car for the rest of the laps. The surface is absolutely perfect, except the 180o turn (last video) that even F1 drivers were complaining that its all messed up. Not much traffic, lots of folks on bicycles going around the track (some very very fast). It is totally flat, no major ups and downs, except one turn that goes downhill, however there is a detour to avoid that down hill.

I am surprized they had the Pits doors open... interesting to see that track and pit lanes, with so much history, up close and personal.

GPS tracking of the track here: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=37157

[MikeP]

The track Gilles Villeneuve is definitely a paradise for skaters. There is also in the downtown a trail of several Kms that passes through the whole downtown and that is siding a big part of the river. It is a pretty cute place aswell.

[Bill in Houston]

pardon my hacked up french, but make sure you also do a search on the defi de l'isle de montreal. is it de or du? anyway, that seems like a challenging event...

[sk8crazy]

Here's the link --- 3rd Saturday in October.

http://www.defimontreal.com/indexe.htm


Christine

[TonyWare]

There was also the 24 hours skate-athon at the same track a couple of weeks ago. 1pm Saturday to 1pm Sunday. Wish I was a bit more advanced and had better skates to join the fun. I am sure there are other threads out there about that too. Some youtube videos of that exist as well.