From Marcus Reitema:

"As many of you have heard, the IGSA was planning to
stage a World Cup event in Portugal September 22-24. 
We regret to announce that the event will not take
place.  The IGSA has been working with an event
promotion company based in Lisbon since February to
organize a first class event that would be a huge step
forward for the sport.  We had to impose a final
deadline of Friday August 4th on the promoters to give
us confirmation that the event would take place. 
Unfortunately the deadline came and went without that
confirmation.  We are still hopeful that this event
can take place in the future. 

 Some of the rider benefits were to include free hotel
rooms for the top sixteen ranked IGSA riders in both
Downhill Skateboarding and Street Luge, deeply
discounted airfares for all of the competitors, a
large prize purse and international television.  The
event was going to be organized by senior IGSA
officials including, Alexander Maia, Yorck Dertinger,
Bob Ozman, and Marcus Rietema.  Due to the great
benefit that this event would have given to the sport,
we held out until the last possible moment before
finally deciding to cancel it.  The remaining 2006
IGSA World Cup events in Bainbridge, Ohio and South
Africa will take place as scheduled.

Marcus Rietema
President-International Gravity Sports Association (IGSA)
638 N. Crestview Dr
Glendora, CA. 91741
Phone: (951) 532-6378
European Mobile: +31 (0)61 145-2536
www.gravity-sports.com"