SALEM SLALOM and BBQ - April 5 2009

**pavedwave** · 04-03-2009 07:29 PM

Event Date and Time: Sunday, April 05, 2009 09:57

Event Duration: 1 Day

Location: Bush Park Soap Box Derby Hill, Salem, Oregon

Entry: Open Helmets: Mandatory

Divisions: Slalom Sessioner

Slalom Obsesser

Classes: Slower

Faster

Organizer: Cascade Slalom Association, South Annex

Map:

Entry Fee: Brooms and Leaf Blowers

Contest Info: DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE PRESENT - Stay tuned in for further changes.

BROOMS AND LEAF BLOWERS - We REALLY need help on this or the race may take forever to setup. Thanks.

CONES - Yes, bring them if you have them or we won't have 2 complete courses.

HELMETS - Yes, they're MANDATORY, All other pads, wrist guards, etc are highly recommended. It's a hill. Duh. All injuries whilst skateboarding on the hill will be the responsibility of the rider, this is an At-your-own-risk activity, noone else is liable but you.

USE OF HILL - This will be a "free unscheduled drop-in use of a municipal recreation facility" courtesy of Salem Parks Department. So, pick up all garbage, be nice, WE DO NOT HOLD ANY TITLE TO THE HILL!- So far everyone has been GREAT about this so THANKS!!!!!. So far the Salem Parks Department has been OK to VERY Supportive depending on who's on duty that day but that is ALWAYS subject to change so bring a pool board as a backup plan if we get told "No" and we'll go to Aumsville or Newberg or McMinneville or wherever. Also, yell at anyone not wearing a helmet.

WHAT - This will be the usual Northwest spring race season opening event. NEWBIES, LONGBOARDERS and SESSION'ers - This will still be open to non-racing slalom sessioning for fun and this will still be the priorty, as well a BBQ-ing since I know that a lot of you don't eat well at home.

SCHWAG - Nothing supplied by manufactures, but there may be some free old wheels or decks from the organizer or anyone else who wants to kick in usuable gear. Schwag will only be dealt out to newbies-in-need.

COURSES - 2 different and separate courses side by side running simultaneously:
1) Big Open Easy Fun Giant Slalom course which will still have mixed rythem and mixed features. Likely this one will not have a timer and not be used for racing and will be longboard applicable.
2) Hybrid Technical General Slalom course, "IF" we race for points and use a timer, it will be on this course. It will likely be challenging and for the serious slalomer, mixed rythem, lots of different features and mind games in the course, more like courses from 4 years ago. If we don't actually "race", it will have the same features just a little more open and not so diabolical.

WHERE - Salem, Oregon
Bush Park, Soap Box Derby Hill.
Take I-5 to south Salem(not south of Salem), look for the Highway 22 exit WEST(toward the ocean), take that exit and go West, you will immediately be on Mission Boulevard(Avenue??), Stay on it for roughly 2.5 miles as it winds around a little left and right, you'll know you are getting close when you go over an underpass then go under an overpass. Look to your left(south) for a HUGE city park, that's BUSH PARK. Look for entry to a BIG TRACK STADIUM, go into the parking area and you'll see the Soap Box Derby Hill next to it on the west side of the stadium.

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Forum thread: SALEM Slalom and BBQ Sunday April 5th

**pavedwave** · 04-04-2009 07:14 AM

salma hayek bump

**pavedwave** · 04-04-2009 07:38 PM

**pavedwave** · 04-04-2009 10:34 PM

**pavedwave** · 04-05-2009 05:59 AM

**pavedwave** · 04-06-2009 11:45 PM

hey online losers!

welcome back to the official SALEM SLALOM multi-post thread!

just wanted to let you know it was a killer time, around 30-40 peeps at mid-day

lot of groms

timers all set up, but hardly used them, jam format rocked

75 degrees and sunny

insane bungee cord pulls off the top of the hill, care of LBL

josh burt giving away his old wheels to the kids

a new jazzed crew from corvallis

BBQ and goodies

guess you're either skating, or ...

y'all need to get out more!

cheers!

**boarders mom** · 04-08-2009 03:02 PM

Yeah it was a lot of fun, and nice to finally meet the legendary Paved Wave! See you at Annie Ross.

**pavedwave** · 04-10-2009 02:04 PM

likewise meeting the legendary boardersmom!

-- annie ross will be awesome. we've got the seattle push race the day before, then shoot down to Portland for that the next day.

the new all-Northwest G-Bomb should be making its debut at the Annie Ross!!

here's CSA vid of Salem from 2008