Nathalie Barbotin's profile.Member of Alessi-Powerslide-Pierrel international team

First name:Nathalie

Family name:Barbotin

Age:32

Place of birth:Roanne

Hometown:Touvois "France"

Club:Beaumanoir Dinan

Current team:Alessi-Powerslide-Pierrel International


Former team:Roces,Saab -salomon,Kia-Verducci,Kia,Mmc-Salomon

Career highlights:

2006:European championship Cassano D'adda "Italy":

Gold medal relay road
Gold medal Elimination Track

World inline cup:

Winner WIC Paris
Winner WIC Suzhou"China"
3rd place WIC Engadin"Swizerland"
3rd place WIC Team time trial Basel"Swizerland"

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After making stock boots,frames and skates apparel POWERSLIDE has now his own custom shoes maker.All the POWERSLIDE stock boots range will be available in customs what will allow the customers to have a huge choice. POWERSLIDE will the first brand to have such a huge customs range.
The price of this customs should be arround 950 and 1050 euros(depends of the uppers model) .This customs will be hand made with the highest quality materials.Those products have been tested already by the professionnal athletes of the powerslide and matter teams and guys like Yann Guyader are already using them
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ITW with Ewen Fernandez

-Hey ewen could you introduce yourself in few words?

-I'm Ewen Fernandez,i'm 18 and i'm living in Bouayes in the suburb of Nantes.During the week i'm living in Nantes in a special building for sportsmen and i'm also studying in a special school what allows me to train twice a day with my teammate Thomas Boucher and Yann Guyader and some other French skaters.

-You join the Matter-World inline center team for your first year senior with 4 former world champion,i guess it will be such a cool experience for you to skate with world class skaters along the marathon season isn't it?What are the main goals for you during this very first season in the world circus?

-I always dreamed to join one day a Top team and contest the biggest races worldwide like the World-Inline-Cup and this dream comes true thanks to Matter and Powerslide because they gave me the opportunity to race the Biggest marathon worldwide.The coming season is gonna be a great experience for me because i'll race with big champions(My mates)and versus the fastest guy on earth.I'm eager to race my very first big marathon.I'm realistic i know it is gonna be tough at the beginning cause i'm a new comer on the WIC and everybody has a big experience but i will do my best to help my mate on order to catch some good results.I know that's what i have to do, to become one day the leader of a top team, that's the game.I really don't wanna disappoint Matter and Powerslide cause they gave me a really good apportunity to show everybody what i'm able to do and i know there's a lot of skater that like to be in such a team.
My goals for this very first season in senior with the Matter team are; first to help my mates as much as possible at each marathon and get some podium at the national champs in order to be in the national team for the European and World championships.

-You raced last week in Portugal with the French national team with your mate Thomas Boucher, it seems you done quite well ,tell us in few word about this experience.

-This race was my first race in senior and it was a good way to learn the way to skate against world class skaters like Pier Davide Romani and Garikoitz Lerga, it was also my first race with the senior national team. There was already a good complicity and we found easily automatism.I was always focused and i was listening to Thomas's advices in order to work as well as possible and help him to catch the victory easily.I learned a lot with Thomas ,because the races are a way different from junior races.I wish i will learn a lot along the season with Nelson, Jorges, Yann and Thomas and continue to improve myself.

-For this very first season in senior your race schedule will be smaller than the other member of the Matter -World inline center team,you will contest the French Inline Cup and three world-cups abroad(Basel,Sempach and Berlin), how do feel and what is your approach before the coming races pretty different from the traditionnal races you were used to skate?

-I really enjoy skating marathon eventhough it has to be raced a way different from the traditionnal races.I'll have to stay wise during the first K on order not to be done after 10k.I feel pretty good and i'm ready to rumble.I'm no so nervous, i would say i'm eager to race with my mates and work for them till i'm dying :).I think i can be usefull for them as i got 2nd last year at the marathon of the World championship in Anyang "Korea" behind Peter Michael member of the Powerslide phuzion team.

-Aside from the marathon with Matter , being member of French national team is also a goal for you isn't it?

-The national team is and will always be a goal for me,i think it's an honor to represent his country at Euros and Worlds.Moreover i dream to contest the Worldchampionship in the coming seasons, that's why it's important to me to be part of the team

-Anything to add?

-I just would like to say a BIG THANK to Matter and all the Poweslide crew(Matthias, Jurgen, Joost, Patrick etc) for giving me the opportunity to race at the highest level and having confidence in me.
-I also would like to thank Thomas Boucher and Yann Guyader because thanks to them i achieved my dream while joining the Matter team and they are also helping me a lot daily at the training while giving me a lot of advices
-Last thank to my coatches Pacal Briand, Arnaud Gicquel and Chrystelle Bouchet


I'M READY FOR THE SEASON TO START

Fabio Francolini's profile.Member of the Powerslide Phuzion world team

First name:Fabio

Family name:Francolini

Age:20

Place of birth:Milano

Hometown:Cantu "Italy"

Club:Cardano inline

Current team:Powerslide Phuzion world team

Former team:Alessi-Pro,Roces

Career highlights:

2005: European championship Juterborg"Germany":Silver medal 10k points Road
Bronze medal 10K relay Road

World championship Suzhou"China":
Silver medal 1000 meters Track
Silver medal 20k elimination Track

2006: European championship Cassano d'adda "Italy":
Silver medal 15k elimination Track
Silver medal 10k points Road
Silver medal 20k elimination Road
Bronze medal 10k relay Track

World championship Anyang "Korea":
Silver medal 10k relay Road

World inline cup:
Second place WIC Dijon "France"
Second place WIC Suhzou "China"

Coming next

-We would like to inform you that by the end of the week will be online interviews with Thomas Boucher and Ewen Fernandez both member of the brand new Matter-World inline center Team.

-Next week will be available Jorges Cifuentes's profile and tech release about the well known XXX frame which is now available in several colors(Gold, Red, Pink, Blue and World champion edition"Pascal briand") and lenght from 12'8 to 13'3

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Ronan Sanchez winner in Pola de Siero

While some of our Matter guys were in Lagos, Portugal, with their national team,our Spanish guy,Ronan Sanchez,new comer in the Dutch based team Timmerman-Powerslide was representing in Pola de Siero for the Siero's half marathon.The race took place in the suburb of Pola de siero with really bad weather condition; it was raining hard.Just back from Cartagena, Colombia,Ronan broke away to cross the finish line alone and caught his first victory of the season on a marathon.It announce a good season for him for his first complete season in the World-Inline-Cup

Lagos race report:Last day

Today was the last day of the international race in Lagos Portugal.All the skaters were racing the marathon as the last race of the event.The french national team in which were racing Thomas and Ewen was the strongest.Thomas and Ewen had to work their

maters as they already won every races.Two frenchy broke away and caught the victory.Ewen shown once again his international class by winning the bunch sprint and took a good 3rd place.Thomas finished in the pack after doing a huge work for his mates.

Race result:

1st:Robin Duez FRA French national team

2nd:Fabien Hascouet FRA French national team

3rd:Ewen Fernandez FRA Matter-World inline center(French national team)

WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE OUR FIGHT!!! WE WONT GIVE UP, WE WANT IT TO BE LEGALIZED

Lagos race report:Day 2

Successfull week end for the Matter-World inline team.After winning the 10k Thomas Boucher won both races yesterday the 500 and the 10k points.Ewen is doing perfectly his teammate job , leading Thomas to the victory in each race.Ewen finished 3rd in the 10k points but was eliminated in the semi final of the 500 which is not to bad for a long distance racer.


Results of the day:


500meters:


1st:Thomas Boucher FRA Matter-world inline center
2nd:Mauro Casu ITA Bologna
3rd:Inigo Vindondo ESP Marianistas


10k points:


1st Thomas Boucher FRA Matter-world inline center
2nd:Pier davide Romani ITA Bologna
3rd:Ewen Fernandez FRA Matter-world inline center