EVO Skates = Johan Bennink & Derrick Campbell
 

Johan Bennink

Johan Bennink was an average skater and made it to provincial Junior Championships.
He founded the Maple Skate company and designed and manufactuered the succesfull Maple Gold ST skates, as well as the succesfull Maple klapskates. His designs currently hold the majority of the world records and most of the Olympic Golden Medals in Speedskating at Vanvcouver were won on skates designed by him.

Derrick Campbell

With over 25 years experience in the sport of speed skating, Derrick has been to 6 Olympic Games with 3 as an athlete, and 3 as staff. He has been involved with the National Team Program for over 20 years, 11 as an athlete and 9 as a coach.

At the 1997 World Championships he won gold in the 500m event and was third in the overall classification. The following year he won a gold medal in the 5,000m relay event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Over the course of his career Derrick won 15 World Short Track Championship medals. He also served as the skaters’ representative to the International Skating Union from that 1998 to 2000.

After his retirement in 2000 Derrick graduated from the National Coaching Institute and began coaching at the Olympic Oval with involvement in the National Junior Program and Development Teams Programs. In 2004 Derrick joined US Speed Skating as the Short Track Program Director where he served until 2006. After his post with USS, Derrick returned to the Canadian Program and is currently the Men’s National and Olympic Team Short Coach. Since leading the Canadian Men’s Program Derrick has been instrumental in coaching his athletes to 3 Olympic medals, 9 World Championship medals, and 104 World Cup medals.

Professional awards include 2007 Canadian Coach of the Year Finalist, 2007 Quebec Coach of the Year, and has received the Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award in 2007, 2008, 2009

In his capacity as athlete and coach, Derrick has become a Short Track Speedskating equipment specialist. World class short-trackers have come to rely on his expertise to manufacture, test and bend blades.