Quad Speed Skater Photo Gallery

Kathie Fry · April 26th, 2008, 03:43 PM

Something new at QuadSkating.com:

If you want to contribute any pictures to that gallery you can post them here, send them to kathiefry@skatelog.com, or mail them via postal service to Kathie Fry, PO Box 12320, Venice Beach, California 90295.

- Kathie

TONY KISSING · April 26th, 2008, 09:39 PM

The Photo Of The Three Refs Peppy - Larry - Mike
Was Taken At A Invitational Meet Held At Dorso's Colerain Skateland About 1973.
Please Notice Their Hair - Thats Powder. Others Refs We Had Over The Years Were Mr. Snead - Charles Wahlig - Pat Bergin - Ted Leineke
Jerry Gohs To Name A Few.

xlracer · April 28th, 2008, 11:01 PM

Hey Kathy, Tony is a great source. He had several scrap books full of skaters pics.
Keep him busy, he needs it.

April 29th, 2008, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TONY KISSING

The Photo Of The Three Refs Peppy - Larry - Mike
Was Taken At A Invitational Meet Held At Dorso's Colerain Skateland About 1973.
Please Notice Their Hair - Thats Powder. Others Refs We Had Over The Years Were Mr. Snead - Charles Wahlig - Pat Bergin - Ted Leineke
Jerry Gohs To Name A Few.

Peppy still skates out of Stardust rink in Tampa, FL...I remember these refs at all my speed meets... where'd you skate out of? I have alot of pics from the Southern region 1973-1980. Some from nationals too...I need to post some. Mainly of our team in Clearwater, FL. I'll get busy with em

TONY KISSING · April 29th, 2008, 04:45 PM

I Was A Speed Coach From The Late 50's On.
Coached Here In The Cincinnati Area.i Remember The Clearwater Team. They Wore Red.

Kathie Fry · April 29th, 2008, 07:30 PM

Tony, I should know this, but I have to admit I am not certain... were you a competitive speed skater yourself?

- Kathie

TONY KISSING · April 30th, 2008, 12:17 AM

Yes I Was A Sp[eed Skater.
I Started Skating Session In 1948 (age 10) At Seferinos Rollerdrome And Back The They Had Top Speed Skaters.
It Was A Huge Rink With A 12 Lap To The Mile Track And They Had Races Durning The Session And The Racers Wore Their Uniforms
Back There Were No Invitational Meets In Our Area,
There Was Just State - Regional - Nationals
State Meet Was About A Week Long In April. They Had Art And Speed Mixed. Few Hours Of Speed Then Art Then Speed Then Art
My Parents Would Never Let Me Take Off Of School For A Week.
I Was Never A Long Distance Racer.
So I Was Only A Average Racer As I Got Older Someone Had To Be In Charge So I Took That Job Which Made Me The Coach Even Though I Was Still Trying To Race.
Part Of My Problem Seemed To Be My Heart I've Had A Pacemaker Since 1986.
We've Been Having Get Togethers Of Our Old Teams From The 70s
And They Been Fun. Was At Castle Loveland, Ohio Last Time.

xlracer · April 30th, 2008, 01:19 PM

Tony send Kathy that picture of you with your team when you are still in uniform.

TONY KISSING · April 30th, 2008, 05:51 PM

I Just Sent Kathie A Picture Of Our Team From 1968
Tri- Skateland Fairfield, Ohio.
Last Year I Tried To Race Was 1969.
My Best Years Would've Been In The Younger Divisions.
Sprints I Liked.

xlracer · April 30th, 2008, 06:36 PM

Tony thanks again. I love the picture with Peppy, Larry and Mike. I can remember many nights washing my hair about 3 times before it felt clean after being in the rink all day at a speed meet.

April 30th, 2008, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TONY KISSING

I Was A Speed Coach From The Late 50's On.
Coached Here In The Cincinnati Area.i Remember The Clearwater Team. They Wore Red.

when I skated for the Clearwater team our uniforms were black and red....they were just like the team from Hollywood, FL Check the pics of Tim & Tom Small(those were our uniforms in the 70's). Do you remember any of the members names?

April 30th, 2008, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xlracer

Tony thanks again. I love the picture with Peppy, Larry and Mike. I can remember many nights washing my hair about 3 times before it felt clean after being in the rink all day at a speed meet.

just about every meet I skated were with these ref's...Larry was great!!! He really made the meets fun. I know he still skates in Tampa (Stardust). I wish I had taken more pictures of other teams instead of my own....Do you have any from the old Clearwater team??

xlracer · April 30th, 2008, 07:00 PM

I wish, in all my years, I never took a camera to a meet when I was competing. The only skating pic I have is from an Art meet when my partner and I placed in Dance and her mom insisted we get a picture. You can barely see me I am soooooo skinny.

Kathie Fry · April 30th, 2008, 08:03 PM

XL you KNOW we want to see that picture! I will keep adding photos to the gallery as fast as you guys can send them to me. Just added... Theresa Cliff Age 4 and Jim Larson Age 9.

- K

TONY KISSING · May 2nd, 2008, 02:38 PM

TOMMY & TIMMY SMALL AND PETE (SWAMPY) DIEBELE SKATED ON OUR
CASTLE SKATELAND LOVELAND, OHIO TEAM IN 1976 & 1977.
TIMMY WAS THE BEST ROLLER SPEED SKATER I SAW IN ALL MY YEARS
PAT BERGIN WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM AND BUGGY ALLMOND.
I WAS THE COACH SO TAKING PICTURES WAS UP TO OTHERS.
LUCKY THERE WAS MY GREAT FRIEND JIM TOBIN I CALLED HIM
CECIL B DeMILLE HE WAS ALWAYS TAKING PICTURES OR MOVIES.
OTHERWISE I'D HAVE VERY FEW PICTURES AND NO MOVIES.

TONY KISSING · May 3rd, 2008, 02:46 PM

One Racer I Remember From Clearwater Is
Greg Marshall.

quadbob · May 3rd, 2008, 05:47 PM

i think tremor new him good! i know he skated with him.

Tremor · May 4th, 2008, 06:10 PM

Yeah I knew Greg really well. I'm surprised that you (Tony) don't remember John Pennington.

Actually Pammy Jo knew him longer than I did. btw, Greg died last year from a massive heart attack, I say massive because he was in great shape and still skating. He was like Timmy Small and Pat Bergen, had the very best speed skating form, I am very sad about the loss of Greg. He hung around with myself and Steve Ogden, who was also a great skater. I remember Steve leading the Senior open at Nationals and having one of his Huggers come unseated from the hub and wedged itself against the truck and they couldn't get it loose fast enough to get him back in the race, boy was he pi$$ed.

I wish I could get in touch with him, we lost contact when everybody was switching to cell phones.

TONY KISSING · May 4th, 2008, 09:32 PM

Tremor:
The Last Time I Saw Greg Was At A 3 Day Meet In Florida.
He Raced Indoors Only.
Think He Had Two Sons And To Enter All 3days The Cost Was Justtoo Damn High.
I Went Down With Marcia Yager And We Stayed At Tim Smalls
Then Drove Up To The Outdoor Races. One Day On A Road By The New York Mets Spring Training Facility - The Next Day On A High School Quarter Mile Track.
Tim And Marcia At The Time Were Top Master Racers And Hall Of Famers
I Wonder How Many Hall Of Famers Are Racing Today.

Tremor · May 7th, 2008, 01:15 PM

Greg did race the A2A, at least once that I know of. He's on the books, I looked it up after he died.

April 26th, 2008, 03:43 PM	#1
Kathie Fry Forum Host Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Venice Beach, California USA Posts: 1,940	Quad Speed Skater Photo Gallery Something new at QuadSkating.com: Quad Speed Roller Skater Photo Gallery Speed Roller Skaters A to Z If you want to contribute any pictures to that gallery you can post them here, send them to kathiefry@skatelog.com, or mail them via postal service to Kathie Fry, PO Box 12320, Venice Beach, California 90295. - Kathie

April 26th, 2008, 09:39 PM	#2
TONY KISSING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 147	REFS The Photo Of The Three Refs Peppy - Larry - Mike Was Taken At A Invitational Meet Held At Dorso's Colerain Skateland About 1973. Please Notice Their Hair - Thats Powder. Others Refs We Had Over The Years Were Mr. Snead - Charles Wahlig - Pat Bergin - Ted Leineke Jerry Gohs To Name A Few.

April 29th, 2008, 04:45 PM	#5
TONY KISSING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 147	PICTURES I Was A Speed Coach From The Late 50's On. Coached Here In The Cincinnati Area.i Remember The Clearwater Team. They Wore Red.

April 30th, 2008, 12:17 AM	#7
TONY KISSING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 147	Speed Skater Yes I Was A Sp[eed Skater. I Started Skating Session In 1948 (age 10) At Seferinos Rollerdrome And Back The They Had Top Speed Skaters. It Was A Huge Rink With A 12 Lap To The Mile Track And They Had Races Durning The Session And The Racers Wore Their Uniforms Back There Were No Invitational Meets In Our Area, There Was Just State - Regional - Nationals State Meet Was About A Week Long In April. They Had Art And Speed Mixed. Few Hours Of Speed Then Art Then Speed Then Art My Parents Would Never Let Me Take Off Of School For A Week. I Was Never A Long Distance Racer. So I Was Only A Average Racer As I Got Older Someone Had To Be In Charge So I Took That Job Which Made Me The Coach Even Though I Was Still Trying To Race. Part Of My Problem Seemed To Be My Heart I've Had A Pacemaker Since 1986. We've Been Having Get Togethers Of Our Old Teams From The 70s And They Been Fun. Was At Castle Loveland, Ohio Last Time.

April 30th, 2008, 05:51 PM	#9
TONY KISSING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 147	UNIFORM I Just Sent Kathie A Picture Of Our Team From 1968 Tri- Skateland Fairfield, Ohio. Last Year I Tried To Race Was 1969. My Best Years Would've Been In The Younger Divisions. Sprints I Liked.

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April 28th, 2008, 11:01 PM	#3
xlracer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,036	Hey Kathy, Tony is a great source. He had several scrap books full of skaters pics. Keep him busy, he needs it.

April 29th, 2008, 07:30 PM	#6
Kathie Fry Forum Host Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Venice Beach, California USA Posts: 1,940	Tony, I should know this, but I have to admit I am not certain... were you a competitive speed skater yourself? - Kathie

April 30th, 2008, 01:19 PM	#8
xlracer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,036	Tony send Kathy that picture of you with your team when you are still in uniform.

April 30th, 2008, 06:36 PM	#10
xlracer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,036	Tony thanks again. I love the picture with Peppy, Larry and Mike. I can remember many nights washing my hair about 3 times before it felt clean after being in the rink all day at a speed meet.

April 30th, 2008, 07:00 PM	#13
xlracer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,036	I wish, in all my years, I never took a camera to a meet when I was competing. The only skating pic I have is from an Art meet when my partner and I placed in Dance and her mom insisted we get a picture. You can barely see me I am soooooo skinny.

April 30th, 2008, 08:03 PM	#14
Kathie Fry Forum Host Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Venice Beach, California USA Posts: 1,940	XL you KNOW we want to see that picture! I will keep adding photos to the gallery as fast as you guys can send them to me. Just added... Theresa Cliff Age 4 and Jim Larson Age 9. - K

May 2nd, 2008, 02:38 PM	#15
TONY KISSING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 147	PICTURES TOMMY & TIMMY SMALL AND PETE (SWAMPY) DIEBELE SKATED ON OUR CASTLE SKATELAND LOVELAND, OHIO TEAM IN 1976 & 1977. TIMMY WAS THE BEST ROLLER SPEED SKATER I SAW IN ALL MY YEARS PAT BERGIN WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM AND BUGGY ALLMOND. I WAS THE COACH SO TAKING PICTURES WAS UP TO OTHERS. LUCKY THERE WAS MY GREAT FRIEND JIM TOBIN I CALLED HIM CECIL B DeMILLE HE WAS ALWAYS TAKING PICTURES OR MOVIES. OTHERWISE I'D HAVE VERY FEW PICTURES AND NO MOVIES.

May 3rd, 2008, 02:46 PM	#16
TONY KISSING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 147	Clearwater Speed Team One Racer I Remember From Clearwater Is Greg Marshall.

May 3rd, 2008, 05:47 PM	#17
quadbob Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: atlanta ga, Posts: 896	marshall i think tremor new him good! i know he skated with him.

May 4th, 2008, 06:10 PM	#18
Tremor I tastes like chicken! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 748	Yeah I knew Greg really well. I'm surprised that you (Tony) don't remember John Pennington. Actually Pammy Jo knew him longer than I did. btw, Greg died last year from a massive heart attack, I say massive because he was in great shape and still skating. He was like Timmy Small and Pat Bergen, had the very best speed skating form, I am very sad about the loss of Greg. He hung around with myself and Steve Ogden, who was also a great skater. I remember Steve leading the Senior open at Nationals and having one of his Huggers come unseated from the hub and wedged itself against the truck and they couldn't get it loose fast enough to get him back in the race, boy was he pi$$ed. I wish I could get in touch with him, we lost contact when everybody was switching to cell phones. __________________ S/he who dies with the most toys... STILL dies!

May 4th, 2008, 09:32 PM	#19
TONY KISSING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 147	Greg Marshall Tremor: The Last Time I Saw Greg Was At A 3 Day Meet In Florida. He Raced Indoors Only. Think He Had Two Sons And To Enter All 3days The Cost Was Justtoo Damn High. I Went Down With Marcia Yager And We Stayed At Tim Smalls Then Drove Up To The Outdoor Races. One Day On A Road By The New York Mets Spring Training Facility - The Next Day On A High School Quarter Mile Track. Tim And Marcia At The Time Were Top Master Racers And Hall Of Famers I Wonder How Many Hall Of Famers Are Racing Today.

May 7th, 2008, 01:15 PM	#20
Tremor I tastes like chicken! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 748	Greg did race the A2A, at least once that I know of. He's on the books, I looked it up after he died. __________________ S/he who dies with the most toys... STILL dies!

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