North Carolina’s DownHillBillies have quickly established a solid reputation for putting on a first class skateboarding event. There are many reasons for the DownHillBillie’s success but two of the key reasons are they ensure they have excellent prerace planning and a solid team in place to execute their plans. This article focuses mostly on planning a slalom race, but the advice given here is applicable for planning all sorts of skate events including a downhill, slide, street or transition
contest.

Noteworthy Section from CW '07

If you were looking for somewhere new on earth to bomb
a hill and you spun a globe of the world, and ended up
with your finger on Cape Town, South Africa, fortune
would have led you to a good place. For a start, the city has
got some craggy, sheer mountains towering over it, many of
them plunging straight into the cold sea. Secondly, and
most importantly, in this city of six million, there are plenty
of steep, winding runs. For a modern downhill skater, this
combination makes for the sickest selection of choice hills.
You can bomb the narrow, twisting vertigo-inducing coastal
highways with million dollar postcard views. Or to go to the
smoothest hills you’ve ever rolled on, found hidden, beyond
the city limits in farmlands, open bush and forests.
From way back in the day runs were found and conquered

Welcome to 2007…it’s gonna be a great year for skateboarders!
The renaissance for skateboards that turn & burn continues on with
a boom in design and materials, not to mention opportunities for
great skating! This winter, if it’s rainy or snowing, hit your local parking
garage for speed, slalom or freestyle. Check out some of what’s
coming this year:

Tons of sweet skate goods.