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December 8, 2005, Cape Town, South Africa This coming weekend, three top-ranked international street luge racers and four stand-up DH warriors will square off for the 2005 IGSA World Cup Series Championships at the Hot Heels Africa race. Click through to read what’s about to happen in Cape Town!
Cape Town— Mike Zietsman of Cape Town, South Africa has won the South African National Championship for Downhill Skateboarding at the Houteq XDH held December 4th, 2005.
The18 year-old Zietsman from Cape Town held off a tough challenge from former World Champion Martin Siegrist of Switzerland and Luis Lins from Brazil. A strong tail wind and temperatures of +37C (+98F) enabled the skateboarders to reach a top speed of 92 km/h (57mph) on the 1200m (.75mi) course. The difficult final right hand corner created lots of action and plenty of spills.
On Saturday November 12th, racers from as far away as Ohio converged at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, California for the sixth and final round of the 2005 IGSA California Downhill Series. The race concluded the 2005 Series with new sponsor G.F.Hurley Longboards putting up a $250 cash purse and three complete skateboards as prizes for the Downhill Skateboarding class. In addition, the LTN Network filmed the entire day for their action sports show, “Dialed In“. Many first time competitors made their racing debut and it was a great event, wrapping up the 2005 season on a real high note.
All images taken by Sven Von Schlatchta
Article submitted by Justin Boast
In the first three weeks of December, local and international gravity riders will converge into Cape Town, South Africa for the three race series hosted by South Africa
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