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STRIDE TAKES CORNISH OPEN TITLE Despite damp weather overnight and through the morning, we got a small window of dryness for the Cornish Open Slalom Champs allowing for two solid hours of good racing. Going head to head throughout the event Mike Stride and Paul Price, however when the weather closed...

i've just got back from Sharps Brewery with 1/2litre bottles of their excellent Doom Bar for the podium festivities, plus some Doom Bar gift packs for prizes. in total the prize stash - thanks to extremely generous sponsors Duffs, Fatboyskates.co.uk, octanesport.co.uk, pocketpistol, roe, chillivideo...

so what are you going to do with your saturday, mow the lawn, paint the fence, do some woodwork...... or come support UK slalom by taking part in the Cornish Open Slalom Champs at the Bude Skate Classic? i've just got back from Sharps Brewery with 1/2litre bottles of their excellent Doom Bar for the...

i've just checked, if you get the ferry to Plymouth it is 80km from there to Bude, quoted at 1hr20min drive time. you can get the route at http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner.

if i can help with any more info either PM me or post on this thread.

so what can you do with a saturday in July? paint the fence, mow the lawn, play with your woodworking tools... or come down to cornwall, support UK slalom, enjoy the excellent Skate Classic and take in the two best bowls in the UK! The weather (according to the latest forecast) is looking dry for Sa...

The weather (according to the latest forecast) is looking dry for Saturday, so if you want to race for the title of Cornish Open Champion 2005 now's the time to jump on the boat. if you need further encouragement, the latest sponsor is local beer maker Sharps Brewery meaning that the podium finisher...

does anyone have any experience/instructions on how to make some IR (using security beams or garage beams as the basis) gates to work with a Trakmate?

Bude is about 4-5hrs drive from London, Heathrow would be the closest London airport (Stanstead, Luton and Gatwick are all the other side). Alternatively you could get the ferry from France to Plymouth, then its about an hours drive. Good road directions can be found by using the Route Finder functi...

Cornish Open Slalom Champs 2005 Sponsored by Duffs, Ginsters, Roe Racing, Pocket Pistol, fatboyskates.co.uk, Khiro, octanesport.com, chillivideo.com Saturday 2nd July 10am - 12noon Bude, Cornwall I am pleased to announce that fatboyskates.co.uk have stepped in to co-sponsor the race and will be prov...

Cornish Open Slalom Champs 2005 Sponsored by Duffs, Ginsters, Roe Racing, Pocket Pistol, fatboyskates.co.uk, Khiro, octanesport.com, chillivideo.com Saturday 2nd July 10am - 12noon Bude, Cornwall I am pleased to announce that fatboyskates.co.uk have stepped in to co-sponsor the race and will be prov...

here's an update on the cheap tapeswitch as above... i cut down the inner foam (usefuly the holes that the contact is made through are in lines) and contact foil to make a 4cm strip. then trimmed the PVC outer and resealed with duct tape. this i mounted onto a 7cm wide piece of thin board, and cover...

Advance Notification (so you can book your B&Bs): Toby at Airculture has once again generously agreed to provide a closed road in Bude for a slalom event. Full details will be forthcoming, but as it stands the racing will take place between 10am - 12noon on Saturday 2nd July 2005. It is possible tha...

ok, bought a pressure pad and have partially dissected it. the construction is; a tough pvc outer, welded seams. the stuff inside is basically two sheets of what looks like paperbacked tin foil (i'm sure theres a technical term) seperated by a thin (2mm or so) foam with holes in. the wires are solde...

there are some clear pics of the pads at RS Components website, www.rswww.com part number 317-140 and 317-156 the idea would be to make a sandwich; some thin ply for the base (a section of router mat glued to the bottom would give excellent non-skid), then the pressure pad (doublesided carpet tape w...

anyone ever used pressure pads/mats instead of tape switches? i stumbled across a site selling them, the main application is security but apparently they are also used for art installations etc. in the UK you can get a 575mm x 175mm pad (designed for a staircase) for just £7 (US$13). http://www.arun...

been meaning to ask... i have a PS s-cam myself, a great board as others have already said, but can anyone tell me how the torsion core s-cam differs from it (in terms of ride)?

if there's a second one for sale i could be inetrested (i'm also in the UK). i'll send a PM.

happy to be corrected, but i seem to think there were two versions of the 3-ply response. a softer one and a stiffer one. reason i say this is that i've got a 'stiff' 3-ply response and i seem to remember having to specify this when i ordered it. anyway, i weigh in at about 200lb and its ok under me...

Gullwing HPG Splits... bit too early to ask father xmas so thought i'd try here.

anyone got a pair suitable as riders they'd like to sell? rest assured they would be going to a caring and loving home.

thanks

gavin

just wanted to say thanks to everyone who offered advice in my search for a turner. i now have a yellow needle, courtesy of david baker (a great guy to deal with), that is a pleasure to behold. slalom design may have moved on, but aesthetically the old turners can't be beat. now, if anyone's got a f...

still looking!

still looking!

yep, its one of the foam cores that i'm after. i have a gs hybrid at the moment that is my usual board.

Needle nose preferably wanted, but would consider a full nose. Ideally med-stiff flex, but would go to a stiff flex. Apart from that I'm in the UK, though shipping from the US considered for the right board/deal. If you've got one you want to sell pls drop me a line. gavtheoldskater@hotmail.com thanks

not too sure of the specific schedule/dates (can't find the official IRTA stuff anywhere) but they do also test in europe. i'm pretty sure jerez and catalunya are definitely there.

another good site is www.motogp.com theres a brief, but interesting, piece by randy mamola on rossi at sepang.

interesting bit of pre-season testing hype in the UK bike press..

'Rossi rattles rivals in first Yamaha test'
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/racing/de ... 70&navID=3

If he wins on a Yamaha, what’s next - a bicycle? Ducati will be next for rossi, the desire to be the Italian champ on an Italian bike must be overwhelming. and lets face it a salary drop in order to achieve that wouldn't exactly hurt his finances. Apart from that I agree with everone else, this yea...