Alexander Bont has been speed skating for over 22 years in quads, short and long track ice, and inlines. He spent 7 years on the Ausi ST national team and is a level 2 coach. He is the Marketing Manager for Bont Skates. E-mail: bont@pobox.com

Suzan Davis is Founder and President of Babes on Blades Inline Skate Club of Granite Bay, Ca. She is a Columnist for several publications and we welcome her wry wit to the pages of Fitness and Speed Skating Times. E-mail: suzandavis@rcsis.com

Jeff & Lauri Dowling founded SST in ’89 promoting a marriage between inline and ice skating. They organized the 1st-ever Professional USA/RS inline race, ’91; and the 1st Inline-to-Ice transitional camp, ’94; sponsor the Roller Derby-USA/RS Masters National Criterium Championship since ’93; and from ’91 to ’97 sponsored the first Masters Men & Women’s national team. FaSST created the first Professional National Inline Ranking System, ’94. Jeff and Lauri promote an open forum for skaters to voice their opinions and ideas about the sport in the pages of FaSST and welcome your views and comments. E-mail: speedsk8in@aol.com

Frank J. Fedel, C.E.S., B.S., was an ’88 Olympic trials qualifier in cycling. He competes in triathlons, biathlons and inline races, gives presentations on health, fitness and human performance, co-authored: Fitness In-line Skating, contributed to Precision Heart Rate Training and has published exercise physiology research. E-mail: inlinesktr@aol.com

Andrea Franklin, former RollerJam Queen, is a Level I and II IISA Certified Instructor Coordinator for the National Skate Patrol in Miami Beach, Florida. She is a major force teaching inline skating in the community. E-mail: rjshowgirl@aol.com

Valérie Gaston has a master’s degree in sports studies and is a research analyst at Health Canada. Valérie discovered inline skating in ‘95 and is the Youth Program Coach with the Ottawa Inline Speedskating Club. E-mail: Valerie_Gaston@hc-sc.gc.ca

Tim Houk spends much time visiting abandoned rail corridors which have been converted to multi-purpose activity trails. He gives indepth background info about each town for skaters looking for great places to cruise. E-mail: sk8tim@aol.com

Jack Jayner, a Yale-trained architect, design/builds in Eastern Canada. He has been a U.S., Canadian and N. American Short Track Champion, Chairman of the CASSA Short Track Committee, organized the '82 World Championships, and was inducted into the CASSA Hall of Fame as a Builder in 1993. E-mail: jayner@nb.sympatico.ca

Peter Maleady, ex Green Beret, polymath, who skates through rumor & ad hype seeking the fastest, strongest, lightest & ‘best’ is assembling comprehensive articles for FaSST evaluating frames, boots, etc. E-mail: maleady@javanet.com

Beth Mansfield, MSc, RD is a nutrition and exercise specialist with a Master of Science from McGill University in the combined fields of human nutrition, exercise physiology and lipid biochemistry. She works with Canadian National Teams as well as other high performance athletes and with heart patients at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. For all your sport nutrition needs go to www.peakperformance.on.ca. E-mail: beth@peakperformance.on.ca

Eddy Matzger's winning performance on and off the race course keep him the best known skater in the world. Skating for Twincam, Eddy is a distance specialist winning A-to-A 4 times and the NY 100K. Plus he runs great workshops. E-mail: eddym@california.com

Sean Maw is Program Coordinator for the Edmonton Speed Skating Club, Director of Development for Shad International, VP Membership Development of the Alberta Amateur Speed Skating Association, PhD Candidate at the University of Alberta/Neuroscience and active speed skater. E-mail: smaw@ualberta.ca

Nick Paulenich, Public Relations Director for U.S. Speedskating, handles all media relations duties for the United States' national governing body of speedskating. Currently residing in the Salt Lake City area, Nick is a native of Northeast Ohio. He moved to the area after taking his current position in August 1999. Nick moved to the area after completing his master's degree in public relations at Ball State University in Indiana. His background includes work in both the print and electronic media as well as sports information on the collegiate level. He can be reached at www.usspeedskating.org. E-mail: usspeedskating@aol.com

Barry Publow, author of Speed on Skates, is a respected authority in technique and training application. He is a 3-time Canadian World Team Member, and competed at the 1999 Pan American Games. In his hometown of Ottawa, Canada, Barry is both founder and coach of the Ottawa Inline Speedskating Club. Currently employed by Swimming Canada, Barry is proud father to Brayden. His website can be found at www.breakawayskate.com. E-mail: barry@breakawayskate.com

Mike Ryan is a Professional Engineer in Syracuse, NY. As a club ice skater and inline fitness skater, Mike combines his love for skating with basic physics principles to create, God knows what! E-mail: miker@nysnet.net

Katina Salafatinos, Writer, former Competetive Speed Skater, Fitness Professional and an Examiner for the IISA at all levels. She trains the Miami Beach Police Department’s Skate Patrol and has more than 7 years of inline skating teaching experience. E-mail: sk8toy88@aol.com

Dr Jonathan Scarlet, Chief of Podiatry, Memorial Hospital, Worcester, MA, a board certified foot surgeon and teacher, member: American College of Sports Medicine. Annually, this ICB skater organizes 90 podiatrists for the Boston Marathon.

Kenji Takai is FaSST's international photographer and journalist and has been inlining since 1991. He promotes multi-nation inline and ice speed skating events with Japanese organizations and other Asian nations. E-mail: kenjitakai@cybercap.com

Karin Verhoef, Editor of the Dutch Skeeler Bulletin, holds the World Hour Record, is a 2-time Dutch National Champion and won the ’91 Athens to Atlanta. Currently she is a Director of Skeeler Bond Nederland.

Kendra Wilkie has a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree from the University of Calgary, is a certified Canadian NCCP Level III Coach, Meet Coordinator for the Calgary Olympic Oval, and coaches short track, inline, and gymnastics. E-mail: Klw13@uow.edu.au

Bill Wolf is the new resident journalist/photographer for USA/RS. Bill has Wayne State College degrees in journalism and political science, and an extensive background in school sports reporting. E-mail: usars@usars.com