The IGSA regrets to announce that the 2006 Almabtrieb World Championship event has been cancelled. We have received information from the road department that a resurfacing project of the entire road will not be completed by June 31st as had originally been scheduled. The road work will not be finished until late July forcing the cancellation of the event.
With the cancellation of the Almabtrieb event, the IGSA World Championships will move to the COASH event in Scheid, Switzerland and held July 17-22. The six day event will be contested on a very technical course that is ideal for the World Championships. Organizers Clemens Bartlome and Samy Canteini have been hard at work on this event for many months. It promises to be the highlight of the 2006 season.
The third round of the2006 IGSA California Downhill Championship Series will be Saturday, March 25th, at Frank G. Bonelli Park in San Dimas, California. If you're in SoCal, or even if you're not, come on out to watch great racing in all the gravity classes! The race will be on the "Val Verde Course" used in Round One.
The Val Verde Course is a high-speed run, and the news is out: Team Rayne is coming down from Vancouver to give the Californians a run for the money in Standup! Can anyone stop the Rogers Bros domination of DH? Will Wendtland repeat on Luge, or will Merkler come back for revenge on skates? Can anyone catch Judith Rogers in the Women's DH?
The second California Downhill Series event of the 2006 IGSA season was held last Saturday, Feb. 25th, on a beautiful, warm and Sunny Southern California day. We rolled into the Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park to watch competitors race head-to-head in Downhill Skateboarding, Street Luge, Gravity Bike, Inline Downhill and Classic Luge. This edition of the series used the “Raging Waters course", which proved to be well-set for spectators.
When it was all over, sponsors GFHurley Longboards, Garland Restoration, Abec 11 Wheels, One West Clothing, Verizon, No Fuel Racing and Hyper Wheels could chalk-up another day of exciting racing, and the racers were already talking about the next round of the series. Click through for our coverage.
IGSA's second round of the California Downhill Series at Bonelli Regional Park was a day of exciting racing, with spills and thrills for racers and spectators along the Raging Waters course on Saturday, Feb. 25th.
We're waiting on the race results sheets to finalize our coverage. In the meantime, there are Fifty pages of photos in our Gallery. With 3 different cameras on course, we got it all! Skate, Blade, Bike, Luge...Check it out and keep your eyes on the 'Fish!
The 2006 IGSA California Downhill Championship Series is six events, held on two separate courses within Frank G. Bonelli Park in San Dimas, California. The second race is Saturday, February 25th, on the "Raging Waters Course". If you're in SoCal, or even if you're not, come out to race or spectate some high-speed gravity sports! Can anyone stop Dave Rogers? Will Merkler repeat on skates? Can anyone catch John Rogers on luge?
The IGSA is very pleased to announce that G.F. Hurley Longboards will be the Downhill Skateboarding class sponsor providing a $250 cash purse along with three skateboards for the top three finishers. Garland Restoration is sponsoring the Gravity Bike division, with another $250 cash purse, and Abec 11 will be providing trophies and swag for the street luge class.
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