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 There was no way not to have fun at the Long Beach Marathon trade show! Fearless flyers turned tricks and the crowd went wild. Mad sticker fiends were on the loose, and there was plenty to play with, especially if you were at the Explore booth, where the slickest freshest products glittered in the limelight. The E spirit was everywhere, you could just feel the energy! Conditions were absolutely stellar for racing. Full sun and just nippy enough to make you want to move! There were good luck hugs aplenty and cheer all around. Colorful wheels and streamlined suits gathered in bunches and waited with engines revving for the countdown to blastoff. That's where all the fun began! Out on the course participants just plain skated their hearts out. It didn't matter whether you were from California or Colorado, Tennessee or Tahiti, you were going to have a really fun time! Racing is such a gas when it means that you don't have to skate alone. Everybody came on out and crossed the finish line in style! With arms up! The pro men's pack treated the 26.2 mile race through the streets of Long Beach as if it were an all-out sprint! Big money and bragging rights were at stake, so the pace was relentlessly fast and furious. In spite of all the attacks that were launched left and right by some of the biggest dawgs in the sport, it all came down to a mass sprint to remember! Maximillio Presti and Julie Brandt Glass of Fila/Verducci took top honors in hotly contested field sprints. And both were on klapskeelers! News Home |