It was initially a calm, boring, sunny morning this past Sunday in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. You could hear the birds chirping, the wind whispering as it slowly passed by. But then something else passed by: over 20 stoked skaters ready to wreck utter carnage, to their wheels of course.
The 2009 second annual NJ slide jam had begun, and spectators, of which there were plenty, beared witness to some impressive display of talent coming from skaters riding on hard and soft wheels alike.
PdxDownhill.com , Rip City Skates, and Cathlamet, WA are proud to announce the Cathlamet Downhill Corral. This is a two day longboard festival held August 29th and 30th 2009. Featuring a 6+ mile longboard push race and bicycle invitational Saturday on nearby Puget Island, followed by a longboard slalom race in Cathlamet with a course set up by Skip Marcotte. The downhill race course was set by Billy Meiners, and will be through downtown Cathlamet all day Sunday. The course is very similar to Kimberly, BC's Sullivan Challenge. It is slow to start off but then gets steep and technical very quickly. There will be a $500 cash prize (donated by Rip City Skates) for 1st place and custom boards for the podium donated by Rayne. This is the first race of its kind in Cathlamet, Washington. Signup for whichever race (or all) at www.ripcityskate.com . We are capping this at 150 riders, and a mere $80 for the downhill race, so sign up soon!
A team of 10 members from Florida went up to N.C in search of riding fast hills and hopefully placing good in Operation Rumple Flatspot race.
As we all know Florida doesn’t have too many hills, specially Miami. Our crew basically practices in all kinds of parking garages, bridges, land fields and in some of the hills we have.
Slalom is the skateboard discipline where a skateboarder goes through cones as fast as possible without touching the cones. Speeds up to 70 km/h are easily achieved. Dual races courses provide ground for "serious" man-to-man races. Hi tech skateboards makes the difference between number 1 and to 2 in milliseconds. Slalom skateboarding is practiced in the whole world and due to its long presence in the skateboarding scene is has skaters from all age brackets.
The event consists of:
· Slalom skateboard contest, sanctioned by the International Slalom Skateboarding Association.
· Street skating course and demos by the top teams in Holland
· BMX demos
· Roller blading tour starting on Friday evening through the city of Amsterdam
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