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Eastbourne 08 Race Report

Written by IGSA

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Mischo Erban Leads First Day Qualifying

Mischo Erban heading toward the GoFast! arch. Photo Marcus Rietema

Eastbourne, England- Under sunny and windy conditions, Mischo Erban from Vancouver Canada posted the fastest qualifying time on the first day of the GoFast! Speed Days. His time was .342 faster than newly crowned World Champion Scoot Smith. Scoot's time was a full 1.123 seconds quicker than third placed Olivier Bareaud from France . Scoot and Mischo currently sit first and second in the points championship and are battling it out around the world with only three races remaining. The second round of qualifying will take place on Saturday afternoon to determine the start positions for Sundays race.

Scoot Smith prepares for a run. Photo Marcus Rietema

Skaters used various start techniques on the ramp. Photo Marcus Rietema

Former World Champions Loic Zaccaro and David Dean. Photo Marcus Rietema

A group of skaters on one of the many practice runs held throughout the day. Photo Marcus Rietema

A group of local school children being interviewed by the BBC. Photo Marcus Rietema

Map of the Eastbourne course. Photo Marcus Rietema

The BBC did a live remote newscast from the event. Photo Marcus Rietema

Qualifying Results
Downhill Skateboarding
Pos.	No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qual 1
1	2	Erban	Mischo	CAN	1:01.151
2	1	Smith	Scott	CAN	1:01.493
3	54	Bareaud	Oliver	FRA	1:02.616
4	87	Sanne	Christopher	NOR	1:02.686
5	160	Nielsen	Oliver	GBR	1:03.054
6	17	Connolly	Pete	GBR	1:03.155
7	100	Helm	Anders	SWE	1:03.220
8	133	River	Mike	GBR	1:03.463
9	47	Bas	Stephane	FRA	1:03.703
10	56	Schinke	Boris	GER	1:04.012
11	157	Pacifici	Arthur	BRA	1:04.041
12	175	Dietz	Alexander	GER	1:04.105
13	67	Sandberg	Robin	SWE	1:04.158
14	14	Connor	Danny	USA	1:04.559
15	101	Häggström	Andreas	SWE	1:04.807
16	103	Westphal	Dennis	NOR	1:04.812
17	91	Viklund	Mathius	SWE	1:04.941
18	40	Akolo	Alege	CAN	1:05.126
19	104	Isler	Marcel	SUI	1:05.460
20	34	Asheim	Jarle	NOR	1:05.478
21	95	Gregson	Marcus	GBR	1:05.917
22	99	Jacobsen	Fredric	SWE	1:06.455
23	82	Evans	Tom	GBR	1:06.476
24	51	Johansson	Klaes	SWE	1:06.487
25	94	Beaumont	Tom	GBR	1:07.108
26	152	Sutton	Alexander	GBR	1:07.282
27	18	Forsgren	Tommy	SWE	1:07.357
28	83	Muscat	Jason	GBR	1:07.645
29	37	Cornell	Cedric	NOR	1:07.915
30	143	Aijala Mikko	Andree	NOR	1:07.927
31	164	Chapuis	Laurent	SUI	1:07.932
32	35	Millason	Janick	SUI	1:07.967
33	55	Engstrand	Kristina	NOR	1:07.999
34	49	Auden	Richard	GBR	1:08.000
35	64	Haller	Christoph	SUI	1:08.231
36	115	York	David	SUI	1:08.407
37	89	Aveyard	Nathan	AUS	1:08.455
38	44	Davis	Aiden	GBR	1:08.841
39	12	Harnay	Cyrille	FRA	1:08.930
40	148	Konstantin	Simon	GER	1:09.132
41	80	Worsley	Tom	GBR	1:09.470
42	86	Stelzer-Martlew	Beiran	GBR	1:09.584
43	96	Holland	Will	GBR	1:09.673
44	66	Nicholls	Marc	GBR	1:09.686
45	111	Escudero	Nathaniel	GBR	1:10.171
46	102	Carrasco	Jairo	Pe	1:10.419
47	68	Peters	Tim	GBR	1:10.447
48	172	Maul	Stephen		1:10.696
49	77	Leadbitter	Scott	GBR	1:11.711
50	36	Morrison	Alisdair	GBR	1:12.376
51	151	Von	Alexander	GBR	1:12.640
52	107	Frade	Peter	GBR	1:14.300
53	26	Clifton	Dan	GBR	1:14.630
54	48	Kay	Duncan	GBR	1:15.390
55	45	Tighe	Jesse	GBR	1:16.054
56	90	Stenning	Rob	GBR	1:16.433
57	117	Wetherell	Luke	GBR	1:17.543
58	194	Borek	Robert	GBR	1:18.142
59	58	Bradford	Michael	GBR	1:18.744
60	42	Wills	George	GBR	1:19.745
61	52	Murgalo	Micku	USA	1:21.967
62	59	Coles	Jo	GBR	1:34.556
63	162	Broomer	Steve	GBR	1:40.639
64	15	Skelton	Helen	GBR	2:17.227

Women's Downhill Skateboarding
Pos.	No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qual 1
1	55	Engstrand	Kristina	NOR	1:07.999
2	48	Kay	Duncan	GBR	1:15.390
3	15	Skelton	Helen	GBR	2:17.227

Street Luge
Pos.	No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qual 1
1	155	Dean	David	USA	0:57.563
2	146	Zaccaro	Loic	FRA	0:57.709
3	156	Elliot	Peter	GBR	0:57.829
4	145	Wagner	Oliver	SUI	0:57.891
5	50	Labarthe	Yvon	GBR	0:58.440
6	98	de Wit	Edgar	NDL	0:58.471
7	140	McBride	Chris	USA	0:59.407
8	154	Stephenson	William	GBR	0:59.412
9	10	Andrey	Damien	SUI	0:59.682
10	195	Lang	Joachim	GER	0:59.916
11	23	Stocker	Leonard	GBR	1:00.468
12	81	Bartel	Marc	GER	1:00.963
13	16	Frischoff	Alexander	GER	1:01.002
14	76	Child	David	GBR	1:01.461
15	139	Trehearn	Neil	GBR	1:01.519
16	85	Johnson	Mike	GBR	1:01.876
17	22	Dawson	Ian	GBR	1:02.412
18	30	Rulleau	Philippe	FRA	1:02.604
19	75	Hurd	Max	GBR	1:03.802
20	105	McNee	Jamie	GBR	1:05.452
21	31	Berdon	Frédérique	FRA	1:06.079

Classic Luge
Pos.	No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qual 1
1	163	Serek	Michael	AUT	0:58.867
2	50	Labarthe	Yvon	GBR	0:59.169
3	195	Lang	Joachim	GER	0:59.840
4	156	Elliot	Peter	GBR	0:59.950
5	146	Zaccaro	Loic	FRA	1:00.571
6	154	Stephenson	William	GBR	1:01.574
7	140	McBride	Chris	USA	1:02.171
8	142	Jackson	Iain	GBR	1:07.900

Gravity Bike
Pos.	No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qual 1
1	30	Rulleau	Philippe	FRA	1:07.040
2	73	Bailey	Greg	GBR	1:09.934
3	20	Stinton	David	GBR	1:10.451

Inline Board
Pos.	No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qual 1
1	144	Jaggard	Jody	GBR	1:07.881
2	150	Martland	Ian	GBR	1:08.970
3	116	Isherwood	Chris	GBR	1:14.830
4	92	McDonald	Kath	GBR	1:18.505
5	154	Stephenson	William	GBR	1:25.850

Written by Marcus Rietema

Sunday, 14 September 2008

Scoot Qualifies #1

#1 Qualifier Scoot Smith enjoying the Eastbourne sunshine with Cyrille "Komakino" Harnay.

Photo Marcus Rietema

Eastbourne, England - Scoot Smith made the most of warm, sunny conditions and virtually no wind to post the fastest qualifying time of the day and overtake Mischo Erban for the number one qualifying position for tomorrow's GoFast! Speed Days event in Eastbourne, England . A whole bunch of riders showed up in Eastbourne overnight and immediately made their presence felt in Saturdays second round of qualifying. Nearly every rider improved their times by a full three to five seconds. Friday's qualifying leader Mischo Erban also lowered his time to hold onto the number two position. Boris Schinke from Germany made his presence felt and surprised many by posting the third best time. Rounding out the top five were local favorite Pete Connolly in fourth and Andreas Hagstrom from Sweden in fifth. Many of the riders were divided by hundreths and even thousandths of a second. It's an very tight field of racers and everyone is excited to see what will transpire on Sunday.

Downhill Skateboard Qualifying
Pos	Surname	Name	Nat	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Smith	Scott	CAN	1:01.493	0:58.711	0:58.711
2	Erban	Mischo	CAN	1:01.151	0:59.173	0:59.173
3	Schinke	Boris	GER	1:04.012	0:59.746	0:59.746
4	Connolly	Pete	GBR	1:03.155	0:59.777	0:59.777
5	Häggström	Andreas	SWE	1:04.807	0:59.895	0:59.895
6	Babilot	Jocelyn	FRA	DNS	0:59.901	0:59.901
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