Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Snowless in Eagan

Derek Wallen, an Apple Valley resident, was roller skiing through our neighborhood on a Friday evening. He's been ski racing since 2001 and has participated in the Vasaloppet and Birkebeiner races. When he's not roller skiing, Derek works as a graphic designer in downtown Minneapolis.

19 comments:

Olivier said...

c'est original, mais cela doit etre pratique et en plus on fait du sport

Jim Klenke said...

neat way to train, I could never do something like that without breaking a leg or two.

Dina said...

Cool. Never seen that before.

Rob Siemann said...

Graphic design and Vasaloppet, cool mixture! We were actually lucky enough to see the first snow, high up in the mountains last weekend.

Stefan Jansson said...

Cool that he has been over here for the Vasaloppet. Heja Derek!

Kate said...

Ah, youth! Did you see the article in today's Trib about the aging of the outer tier suburbs? Guess this guy gives the lie to the increasing trend of an aging population.

Halcyon said...

This looks like a lot of fun!

Louis la Vache said...

Given that Minny-sota only has two seasons [(1) Snow and (2) Road Repair], he won't have to wait long for the white stuff...
;-D

Cloudia said...

Wheeeeee!




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Anonymous said...

ha ! what a joy this must be. impossible over here. please have you all a wonderful wednesday.

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magiceye said...

wow what fun!

Hilda said...

I've never seen such a thing. Absolutely fascinating!

I'm too much of a scaredy cat to try something like that though. ;)

Randy said...

Looks like fun and a good work out at the same time. Nice photo!

dianasfaria.com said...

This looks like fun!

melanie said...

Un grand sportif doit savoir glisser sur une neige qui n'existe pas ! Come in France, we have veritable snow !

M. CHRISTOPHE said...

Une idée de déplacement très originale.

Bergson said...

j'aimerai bien essayer ces ski à roulettes

Adelheid said...

We have loads of these in Eiker too! I hope you enjoyed ur norwegian holiday this summer! I saw you met Rune from Drammen. Did you know that Nedre Eiker is the neighbouring municipal to Drammen??

nathalie in avignon said...

I wouldn't mind trying that, looks like fun.
Never seen one in Avignon :-))))