Paskapoo DH Rodeo Reports, Results, Photos

[EBasil]

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So, Calgary reportedly had rain on Friday, perfect to rinse off the course for a sunny day, today. With a large speedboard class and full grid of streetluge all running today, they're busy on the hill. The streetluge division includes Sean Mallard, RJ Meehan, John Rogers, Chris McBride, Chris Chaput and more. The lugers that are also racing DH get only one practice run for each class, giving the multi-discipline racers another reason to prove they're at the top of their game to run all day with less practice than their single-division competitors.

The speedboard class is huge: the Landy, Rayne and Kebbek teams are out, including Tom Edstrand, K-Rimes, Ian Comishin, JimZ and I'm not sure about Graham Buksa. Jimmy Flindt, Danny Connor, Noah Sakamoto, John Rogers, Chris Chaput, Ed Catipon, Andrew Mercado, Cliff Coleman and others represent the California crowd up to show the Canadians some speed, but Scoot, Brian from Chilliwack & Mike Benda might have a few ideas about that. Erik Lundberg, the blonde bomber from Europe is on the course and looking fast, according to bystanders, too.

The course surface is reported to be clean, but for a few rough sections, two mellow speedbumps (one with a nasty cut in it that racers avoid) and one significant crack in the middle of a turn. A few skaters have been tossed, but there's a good line over it that others are rolling.

The Qualifying sounds like a Jody Wilcox special: heats of 8 racers, chosen either by when they signed up or how Wilcox decides to place them, line up side by side and "race to qualify". The finishing order of the first run decides who gets the inside line positions to start on a second run of the same 8, and the finishing order there sets eliminations into a group of 4 "A" and 4 "B" for the racing. So, here's hoping you didn't sign up alongside Edstrand, Lundberg and Sakamoto!! Either way, it looks like a format designed to ensure everyone gets at least three runs down the hill in race format.

That's all we've got so far. If you get news or pics, post'em!

[EBasil]

DH Results!

1. NICO DESMARAIS
2. Max Erwin
3. Kevin Reimer
4. Kibbling
5. Noah Sakamoto
6. Kyle Martin
7. Scoot Smith
8. Zen Shizake

WOMEN (unofficlal class)
1. Brianne
2. Haven


StreetLuge Results:

1. JOHN ROGERS
2. John Fryer
3. Riley Meehan

[Justin Metcalf]

Oh sweet jebus...8 man heats!?! Why oh why am I not in Calgary right now? That's soooo sick...


Next year...next year

[EBasil]

So, here's what I'm hearing over the phone:


--The "crack" I mentioned earlier was the undoing of many, including Mischo Erban.
--Zen and Noah took each other into the hay, precluding them from the finals, but into the consi.
--Brunson took the inside line to overtake Chaput, pushed him into the hay and held on for fourth in his heat.
--K-Rimes and Kyle were fast all day.
--The speedboard final was a fast, tight pack. Niko got into the first corner first, and was able to hang out front all the way, but the other three were tight on him.
--Rogers had the good line and speed on the streetluge. Several of the races were a battle to follow John.
--Plenty of spills, no significant injuries, everyone goes home grinning.

[Foxen]

Cool. Sounds like it was fun. Damn cracks...

[claude regnier]

Congrats to Nico and the whole Kebbek crew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bpz]

Damn Nico, Munnsville for the 3rd year in a row and now Paskapoo? He picked up $500 at Munnsville and we thought that was wicked... guess he's a bit richer after this weekend again!

[Justin Metcalf]

That's right, what was the purse at Paskapoo again?

[Zacho]

5000 Im pretty sure/.

[Dash]

Oh how i wish i was there.

[Spork]

Here are some of my pictures that I took during Saturday's event. All are from turn #6, fun event, it was my firts time shooting downhill longboarding.

You can view my pictures at my gallery: http://abolton.smugmug.com/gallery/3...3709#182901121


Here are some of my favorite pics:






Have fun viewing.

Spork

[*SWEET*]

Arghhhh...
David took it hard on this one lol.

Sucks for the ratz not to bring back some $$$$$

Well done Kevin and Max though !!
2500$ & 1250$ aint small cash !!!

[Slob-air]

Top speed captured with a radar gun in Stand up speedboard was an incredible 70 miles per hour.

[bpz]

Who was it?

[EBasil]

You took some cool shots, Spork! Thanks for posting'em!

[RJMeehan]

Top speed captured with a radar gun in Stand up speedboard was an incredible 70 miles per hour.

...yea right.

[hullendersauce]

nice pics homey!
this thing looks pretty fun. disc brakes, etc...
what is there, a handbraking system or sumthn? (pardon my ignorance...ive never seen one of these b4!)

[Bilal]

nice pics homey!
this thing looks pretty fun. disc brakes, etc...
what is there, a handbraking system or sumthn? (pardon my ignorance...ive never seen one of these b4!)

Dirtsurfer. The rider controls the brake with his back leg.

[Skator]

Top speed captured with a radar gun in Stand up speedboard was an incredible 70 miles per hour.

In Canada the radar guns read in Km/h, there is no way the Paskapoo road is steep enough to do 70 m.p.h.

[CanuckAlert]

They borrowed an old radar gun from the Police. It was in MPH. Oh and have you raced on it?