Practice starts at 12:00, event starts at 1:00pm : at NEW LOCATION -- click through!
Judging will consist of 3 judges.
There will be the following categories:
Pro Class Slopestyle (hard wheel sliding) Open Class Slopestyle (hard wheel sliding) Open Class Womens Slopestyle (hard wheel sliding) Open Class Freeride (soft wheel free style)
Qualifying for the finals will consist of 2 runs, and your best run will be used.
In the finals, you will be given 3 runs, and your best 2 runs will be used.
There will also be a Best Trick event, and as always, an award given to the best wipe out.
The judging will focus on 'all around' skating ability. In other words, judges will award extra points to those that exhibit an all around ability, including stand up slides, ollies, old school tricks, etc... This is not strictly a slide contest, but more of a slopestyle/freestyle based event.
AGSDS (Associação Guaíba de Skate Downhill Speed) is a downhill skateboarding association founded in 2001 in Guaíba, city located in the south of Brazil near Porto Alegre the capital of Rio Grande do Sul State. We founded AGSDS to promote skateboarding in town. The amateurs riders are our main concern so every speedboard/slalom event we organize we have 2 categories: OPEN and AM. This is the way we found to help new riders getting into races and the results are really promissing. Guaíba city is one of the most skate minded city in our state...
Through the partnership among the local Police and Cherish Institutes skateboarding is developing a great respect in town. Now people see skateboarding as a healthy activity besides a very awesome and gnarly way to have fun...
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund Skate for the Troops
Derek Smith and Honey Skateboards , located in Simi Valley, Ca, are setting up a charity ride for the Semper Fi Fund. The skateboard ride, “Skate for the Troops” will be from Oceanside, Ca to Del Mar, Ca, about 30 miles. The ride is going to start November 14th in the morning at 8am at the Oceanside Pier on by the boardwalkand participants will ride south to Del Mar to raise funds and awareness for the Semper Fi Fund .
The Kozakov Challenge in the Czech Republic was the site for the European IGSA Championships. This was the first downhill race to happen in the Czech Republic, and proved to be a high caliber hill with a great local community supporting it. Riders from all over the world came to the event in awe of the butter fresh pavement, gnarly banked corners, and long fast straights all with the backdrop of the beautiful Czech countryside.
The locals were what made this event unforgettable. Extremely kind people who would love to share a few good words and a beer with you, cook a warm meal for you before the race, and definitely out party you. The party tent at Kozakov was never empty, and the Czech locals made sure to party harder than any racer out there, a sight unseen at any other race.
In Episode 6 we start out by taking a stroll through a few of our favorite back alleys. Vancouver is packed full of alley’s, some mellow and smooth, others steep and gnar. Back alleys are a favorite skate spot for most of us here, tons of fun and great training grounds.
Then we’ll take a look at 2 very different events, the 8th annual Sullivan Challenge and the Paskapoo downhill Rodeo.
The Sullivan Challenge takes place in Kimberley BC, it gets it’s name from the Sullivan mine located just outside the town. Legendary mad man Jody Willcock has been at the helm of this wild ride right from the begging. Kimberley has been home to a weekend long festival of bocce, sports and partying since 1971, “July fest”. About 10 years ago Jody was creating a deadly downhill skateboarding scene in the little Canadian-Bavarian town. July fest organizers began working on the idea of a skateboard race with Jody. He had a track in mind and wouldn’t budge on the route, part of it happens to run right across the highway!
In 2002 the first Sullivan Challenge was held, minimal hay, ski pads, rough roads, across the highway, potholes and a big party. Perfect. Most events change, grow and evolve, not the Sully. Except for the addition of some great freeride sessions and a bowl race, the event is still the same, party Friday and Saturday, race at noon on Sunday. A wicked throwback to what all of the original Canadian races were like.
The Paskapoo Dh Rodeo is an entirely different beast. The organizers set their sights super high right from the beginning, a world class event with the biggest payout in the world. After a hic-up in 2008, the event is back better than ever in ’09. $10,000 pay out, Jumbo-tron, beer garden, camp ground, battle of the bands, a chairlift, and a very wicked live internet feed so people from all over the world could tune in and check it out.
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