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Welcome to NCSA

Our Mission Statement:
To Promote a Healthy Lifestyle using Sports for Life through Speedskating

The Northern California Speedskating Association skates in San Jose, Fremont, and Oakland, California. We provide short track speedskating training sessions year round, and host races during the racing season (October - March). We welcome first time speedskaters of any age and ability - our current skaters range from 6 years to 70 (a current world champion!) Don't just watch speedskating on TV... come out and try it! Check out the New Skaters Begin Here article to get set up and see the schedule of sessions to find the right time for you.

The First and Only Where's Gene Race

For the past 5-10 years. NCSA has managed to keep Gene out of trouble by having him collectice fees, handle the Core account, deal with rinks and put on races. Well, the past year has not been too kind to Gene. NCSA Intelligience has reports of Gene sightings at Miss Dore's Home for the Below Average. We understand that he's been spending time with his arts and crafts. One of his specialties is making table candles . . . out of real tables. . He's also been making potholders and placemats as part of his recovery. In true speedskater fashion, they are fabricated from kevlar.

On Saturday, May 11 5:30pm to 7pm at Oakland Ice Center, we're going to try to locate our friend Gene with the "First and Only Where's Gene Race". All, A portion, Any spare change found on the rink floor will be donated to the "Free Gene" fund.

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Click here for the entry form: 2013 Wheres Gene Entry Form

2013 State Championships

speedskating2 On February 17, 2013, the California State Shorttrack Speedskating Championships were held at Oakland Ice Center. This event has been alternating between Northern California and Southern California for almost 20 years.

For some, this event is a stepping stone in their speedskating careers. Future National, World and Olympic team skaters and medalists have participated in this event over the years. These ranks include National Champions in many different age classes. One of the participants is ranked number one in the world for his age group.

Learn to Skate Program

On September 25th, 2009, three coaches from NCSA, Mary, Gene and Greg became part of the Oakland Ice Skate School staff. We came armed with brochures, stickers, pencils ready to teach . . . . our 1 student . . . Max. It took a while to figure out how to teach a sport that requires a 190 x 100 ft ice surface on a 6 ft wide strip going across the center of the rink. The 1 hour session is divided into a 30 minute lesson and a 30 minute free skate. Our first lesson was one of the longest 1/2 hours that we had ever experienced.

Coach Bob and the kids - click for albumAfter the lesson, we pulled out a stopwatch (aka - new speedskater magnet). Next thing you know, we had 8 kids gathered around us and we were using up every bit of our 6 ft strip of ice real estate. By the second lesson, we had 4 students for the class, 12 kids for the games. By the end of the semester, we had 8 students in the class and we were terrorizing the other skate school instructors. Some of the other instructors were talking to us about taking our class.