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Damn Rain Washes Out Teutonia!Silva Declared the Winner.Scoot Smith clinches 2008 IGSA World Cup Series Champioship.
Douglas Silva at 112+kph (70+ mph) down Teutonia. Photo Marcus Rietema Written by Marcus Rietema
Sunday, 26 October 2008 Teutonia Brazil – Rain spelled complete disaster for the Malarrara Pro Teutonia World Cup. Both Saturdays and Sunday’s activities were canceled due to heavy rain and thunder storms that created unsafe conditions on the race-course and caused flooding in the city of Teutonia. Final results were based on the lone qualifying run made on Friday. Douglas Silva earned the victory based on those times with Kevin Reimer finishing second and Everton Alves was third. Click through for the photo album and final standings.
 Scoot Smith clinched the 2008 World Cup Series title. Photo Marcus Rietema Scoot Smith also clinched the 2008 World Cup Series Championship. Kevin Reimer was the only skater with a mathematical chance of beating Scoot coming into Teutonia. Reimer needed to win both Teutonia and the upcoming race in South Africa to win the title. By him finishing second, Smith automatically clinches the 2008 title.
Brazilian Everton Alves finished an impressive third. Photo Marcus Rietema
Mischo Erban was the highest finisher with no prior Teutonia experience. Photo Marcus Rietema
Erik Lundberg, Bricin Lyons, Douglas Silva, Pete Connolly, Scoot Smith and Kevin Reimer awaiting the start. Photo Marcus Rietema
One of the trackside concession tents set up for the spectators. Photo Marcus Rietema
Erik Lundberg showing off his "Swedish Torpedo" prototype. Photo Marcus Rietema
The rain also ruined any chances for the riders to make attempts at the official speed record. Next year, the organizers have already decided to expand the event to four days giving more opportunity to complete it should rain strike again. Everyone was really disappointed but it did turn into a great social event with a huge party lasting the entire weekend.
Marcus Rietema doing an interview for ESPN Brasil. Photo Alexandre Maia
All the riders stayed at the Lagoa da Harmonia Resort. Photo Marcus Rietema
The daily lunch and dinner buffet at Lagoa da Harmonia was awesome. Photo Marcus Rietema
The Teutonia landscape is a mixture of farms and jungle. Photo Marcus Rietema
Promotor Paolo Martins and IGSA South American Rep Alexandre Maia watching the action. Photo Marcus Rietema Special thanks go out to Event Promotor Paolo Martins, the entire event staff including Gilberto & Ivandro, IGSA South American Representative Alexandre Maia and event title sponsor Malarrara. We look forward to Teutonia in 2009 and will hope for better weather.  Final Results | | | | | Downhill Skateboarding | | | | No. | Surname | Firstname | Nat | Qualifyed | | 1 | Silva | Douglas | BRA | 1:20.452 | | 2 | Reimer | Kevin | CAN | 1:23.455 | | 3 | Alves | Everton | BRA | 1:24.198 | | 4 | Erban | Mischo | CAN | 1:24.957 | | 5 | Finck | Rafael | BRA | 1:24.967 | | 6 | Garcia | Alysson | BRA | 1:25.421 | | 7 | Lunderg | Erik | SWE | 1:25.800 | | 8 | Smith | Scott | CAN | 1:25.852 | | 9 | Brasil | Vinicius | BRA | 1:26.190 | | 10 | Mercante | Alexandre | BRA | 1:26.528 | | 11 | Bastos | Rafael | BRA | 1:26.977 | | 12 | Garcia | Silon | BRA | 1:27.076 | | 13 | Alemparte | Diego | CHI | 1:27.649 | | 14 | Pacifici | Arthur | BRA | 1:27.820 | | 15 | Malessa | Wendel | BRA | 1:28.345 | | 16 | Oliveira | Sandro | BRA | 1:28.361 | | 17 | Connolly | Pete | GBR | 1:28.556 | | 18 | Lamb | Fabio | BRA | 1:29.180 | | 19 | Martins | Felipe | BRA | 1:29.447 | | 20 | Cassemiro | Juliano | BRA | 1:29.811 | | 21 | da Rosa | Antonio | BRA | 1:30.361 | | 22 | Paletti | Luciano | BRA | 1:30.539 | | 23 | Sabella | Rafael | BRA | 1:30.639 | | 24 | Stein | Henrique | BRA | 1:30.696 | | 25 | Arrata | Michel | BRA | 1:30.954 | | 26 | Lyons | Bricin | CAN | 1:31.202 | | 27 | Lau | Ethan | USA | 1:31.575 | | 28 | Rosa | Rosa | BRA | 1:31.952 | | 29 | Slalzar | Vitor | BRA | 1:32.303 | | 30 | Castagna | Vinicius | BRA | 1:32.459 | | 31 | Dubois | Justin | USA | 1:33.320 | | 32 | Junior | Paulo | BRA | 1:33.722 | | 33 | Gomes | Johnny | BRA | 1:34.743 | | 34 | Cazon | Diego | BRA | 1:35.701 | | 35 | Guilherme | Joao | BRA | 1:35.828 | | 36 | Cabral | Henrique | BRA | 1:35.915 | | 37 | Marques | Israel | BRA | 1:36.651 | | 38 | Ignacio | Rene | CHI | 1:38.101 | | 39 | Paixao | Carlos | BRA | 1:41.314 | | 40 | Carvalho | Bruno | BRA | 1:42.632 | | 41 | Preto | Andre | BRA | 1:43.456 | | 42 | Netto | Abel | BRA | 1:45.335 | | 43 | Torres | Andre | BRA | 1:51.120 | | 44 | Haddad | Hugo | BRA | DNF | | 45 | Junior | Walter | BRA | DNF | | | | | | | | Final Results | | | | | Street Luge | | | | | No. | Surname | Firstname | Nat | Qualifyed | | 1 | Araujo | Denis | BRA | 1:17.221 | | 2 | Lemes | Caue | BRA | 1:17.847 | | 3 | Saldaha | Rodolpho | BRA | 1:19.866 | | 4 | Jardim | Mario | BRA | 1:20.518 | | 5 | McBride | Chris | USA | 1:22.848 | | 6 | Alves | Jacques | BRA | 1:37.171 | | | | | | | | Final Results | | | | | Classic Luge | | | | | No. | Surname | Firstname | Nat | Qualifyed | | 1 | McBride | Chris | USA | 1:27.113 | |
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