from Big Wheel Blading on 2 May 2020
24 Heures Rollers du Mans celebrated their 20th Anniversary today with a two hour Facebook Live event. They interviewed bigwheelblading.com founder Jan Eric Welch during the show. This is the segment with his interview.On Saturday May 2nd the 24H Rollers du Mans (24 Hours Inline Skating Le Mans) challenge will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with a series of events on Facebook Live. Every year this ultra distance skating challenge takes place on the 4.185 km (2.6 miles) long Le Mans Formula 1 race track outside of Le Mans, France. The objective of the 24H Rollers du Mans is to skate as much distance as possible within 24 hours. Skaters can take on the challenge solo or work as a team, taking turns.Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the French governments regulations aimed at limiting exposure to the virus, the challenge has been canceled and postponed until 2021. Ironically, last year should have been the 20th Anniversary of the event, but the challenge was canceled by the French government because Europe was in the midst of a severe heatwave. After suffering two years of unexpected cancellations, both of which should have been the 20th Anniversary celebration, the event organizers decided that they are going to hold a virtual celebration on Facebook Live. They want to do something special to celebrate the events anniversary with all of the skaters who have been part of the challenge throughout the years. check out the entire Facebook Live video of the event here – https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=567544420867275&ref=watch_permalinkVisit Big Wheel Blading at http://www.bigwheelblading.comFollow 24 Heures Roller du Mans on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/24rollers/Check out their website – https://www.24rollersen.com/Follow us on YouTube to be notified of new videos and episodes of Blading Talk.Visit http://www.bigwheelblading.com for lots of articles and fresh inline skating content from around the world.Check out our Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 interview series – http://bigwheelblading.com/category/covid-19/Check out our GoFundMe campaign for renewal of bigwheelblading.com for another 3 years. https://www.gofundme.com/f/big-wheel-blading-web-hosting-domain-renewalSupport Us on Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/bigwheelbladingVenmo: bigwheelbladingBig Wheel Blading on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/bigwheelblading/Big Wheel Blading on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/bigwheelblading/The Big Wheel blading Facebook Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/bigwheelblading/.