Nearly 40 years ago, the new predecessor from the 60's of skateboarding was transforming into what we know it today. As a skateboard shop rat turned skateboard surfshop salesman at PB Surf Shop, one of my daily chores of counting loose bearings as they slid into hard composite wheels with cone-nuts was about to take on a technological shock as urethane wheels by Frank Nasworthy's compounds began to flood our shop. Not too long after, early forms of both precision bearings and aluminum cast trucks were revolutionizing the skateboard before our very eyes as a bona fide "safer" complete product over its predecessor.
Larry Gordon, owner of PB Surf Shop with Bill Andrews became one of the leading skateboard shops in San Diego with the most rad product line including Bahne, Sims and the infamous G&S line, all as of recent taken the back seat to the current brands like Tony Hawk's Lines, Gravity, EarthWing and Sector 9. The fact remains that the early companies poured their heart and soul into the product lines and today we have 1000 plus more companies and product lines that have resurrected from the pasts failures. With good old yankee know-how, the new land surfer breeds demanding street tough products for specialty riding from street and ramp to downhill racing and long-boarding can bathe in the product lines with nearly an infinite amount of choices.
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.
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