2008 Festival of Speed Update

and new Orangefiist Video! 

If you were anywhere near Goldendale, Washington, a computer or a decent skateboarding magazine in 2007, you know all about what went down at the Maryhill Festival of Speed.  The endless freeriding on 28 newly paved curves over a nearly 3-mile course, hundreds of gravity racers, eating, camping, partying and enjoying live bands, killer local hospitality and perfect weather… if you know, then you’re already planning how you’re going to make it there in ’08. 

This year, the Maryhill Festival of Speed will be even larger, and we don’t mean just because of more skaters on the hill!  There’s more racing, more coverage, more money on the podium, more music, more schwag… more, more, more!  It all goes down August 27-31, 2008, in Goldendale, Washington.  The IGSA World Championships will have $5,000.00 on the Downhill Skateboard podium, thanks to Abec 11, and the entire event will be covered and featured on NBC’s Jeep World of Adventure Sports in October!

Okay, you deserve an infusion of racing stoke, so here it comes:  Orangefiist’s 2007 Maryhill video.  You can stream it from Orangefiist's site in widescreen format, and there’s a link below for you to snag a free download from the ‘fish. 

So, here comes August 27th and you gotta get your plans set!  Buy your leathers, get your full-face, gloves, speedboard and stoke, because you’re gonna be blown away at the 2008 Maryhill Festival of Speed.  The racecourse will be open for freerides with the massive lift trucks for 4 days before the IGSA Worlds, the amazing City of Goldendale has plans to welcome the gravity sports world back even bigger and better than last year and it’s gonna get crowded in the pits:  in addition to NBC’s Jeep World of Adventure Sports video crew on site, we’ll have the Telemundo crew and crowds of spectators attracted by television and radio ads for the MFOS that will run the week before and of the event.  John “Volcano” Ozman has been cranking on the even-larger event and it’s gonna be huge.  Keep your eye on the ‘fish for registration information.

Abec 11 has already renewed its sponsorship of the Downhill Skateboard class of racing, and this makes for a guaranteed $5,000.00 on the DH podium!  That money is in the back and will be handed out as cold, hard cash by John “The Banker” Ozman, just like last year.  If you’re a sponsored racer, call your sponsor and let them know you need fresh leathers and some toothpaste before your interview with a big check in your hands!