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by Jani Soderhall
Sat Mar 01, 2003 6:15 pm
Forum: Starting Line / Ramps
Topic: Switzerland - Tunnel ramps
Replies: 0
Views: 5128

Switzerland - Tunnel ramps

Here are a few photos of the ramps used in the Swiss tunnel race Nov 2002. Although they pretty well served their purpose and nobody complained about them, these ramps should be considered the absolute minimum acceptable. Extremely easy and cheap to build, they end up being too light for good racing...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:10 pm
Forum: For Sale - Wanted
Topic: Slalom Board
Replies: 2
Views: 4777

Sebastien,

I have some slalom stuff for sale. If you come to the Wednesday session at the Charlety stadium in Paris, for example tomorrow, you can see and try some of the equipment.

/Jani
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Feb 21, 2003 6:12 pm
Forum: Starting Line / Ramps
Topic: Ramp drawing
Replies: 6
Views: 14897

My next post will be about the Swiss ramps used in the Tunnel race. Pictures are ready and I'll post it next week. I'm travelling now.
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Feb 18, 2003 8:51 pm
Forum: Starting Line / Ramps
Topic: Ramp drawing
Replies: 6
Views: 14897

Ramp drawing

These are ramp drawings that were once published in Slalom! magazine. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/images/Ramps/Ramp_Drawing_S.jpg The S-shaped ramps gives a nicer descent and makes it easier to enter onto the flat surface below. These ramps were used as early as 1982, so they've been around so...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Feb 18, 2003 8:43 pm
Forum: Starting Line / Ramps
Topic: USA - FCR ramps
Replies: 1
Views: 6329

USA - FCR ramps

Over the last 6 months I have been asked repeatedly for drawings of ramps and information on what constitutes a good start ramp for slalom. As there isn't such a thing as the official ramp. I'm now starting a series of posts presenting ramps that are currently used or have been used in slalom racing...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Feb 12, 2003 12:43 pm
Forum: Movies
Topic: Slalom in Japan TAC 1998-11-01
Replies: 2
Views: 4921

Glenn, Unfortunately I don't know much about the situation in Japan right now. But I'll try to get in contact with my Japanese slalom friends and see if they respond. I went to Japan in 1995 and participated in the Shonan Warm Up Cup as you can see in the results: http://www.SlalomSkateboarder.com/R...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Feb 10, 2003 8:57 pm
Forum: Timing System
Topic: Timing equipment
Replies: 28
Views: 35441

Wow, Tway!

You have a potential customer in me. I'm most interested in a system with tone start and handling of false starts - now I know where to look for one!

Publish all the specs etc (as you've done before) and I'll buy one!
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Feb 03, 2003 1:45 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: FCR Worlds 2002 coverage Concrete Wave Mag
Replies: 4
Views: 7235

The article is available in full length, with additional (not original) illustrations on this site.

Display article...

Thank you Attila and Michael Brooke of Concrete Wave. We're looking forward to even more slalom coverage in future issues of Concrete Wave!
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Feb 03, 2003 1:39 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: World Champs 2002 in Concrete Wave
Replies: 0
Views: 2725

In Vol. 1 No. 4 Spring 2003 of Concrete Wave magazine, Attila Aszodi has written an article on last years World Championships. The article is available in full length, with additional (not original) illustrations on this site. Display article... Thank you Attila and Michael Brooke of Concrete Wave. ...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:46 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Longskating in France
Replies: 3
Views: 6732

Just because I am not the main organizer of any events happening in 2003 doesn't mean that there will be no slalom in France this year. I have recently been in contact with both Pierre Samray for the event in Antibes in September and the Association of Riderz responsible for the http://www.Riderz.ne...
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:17 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Kukli, Kaupo - Estonia
Replies: 6
Views: 13835

Kukli, Kaupo - Estonia

Kaupo Kukli - Estonia Kaupo Kukli was Estonias fastest slalomer back in the 1990's. He's been away from slaloming for years now, but don't be surprised if he's up on his board once the sun starts melting the ice up north. Kaupo now lives most of the time in Finland but he's engaged at both Universi...
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:03 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: Slalom! archive: issues n° 3 and n° 4 posted
Replies: 1
Views: 3792

Slalom! archive: issues n° 3 and n° 4 posted

The third issue of Slalom! is now up. 1987 was quite a busy year for slaloming. With the Czech summer camp taking over from the Swedish and the European Championships being held in Täby, Sweden, organized by Jani Söderhäll, Hans Corky Koraeus and Martin Willners slalom was getting a bit more attenti...
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:38 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Skyhooks: Cheating or not?
Replies: 15
Views: 25840

These are the original Sky Hooks made in Hawaii back in the 1970's.

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by Jani Soderhall
Thu Jan 09, 2003 11:02 am
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Skyhooks: Cheating or not?
Replies: 15
Views: 25840

Here's an enlarged view of the SkyHook. http://www.SlalomSkateboarder.com/Boards/Other/3760_Boards_Skyhooks.jpg I don't mind if other people would like to use them. I will not. I have a pair of "original" sky hooks from the 70's and I remember I fell a few times badly when trying to get my front foo...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Jan 08, 2003 6:08 pm
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
Topic: Indiana Skateboards
Replies: 10
Views: 18453

Here's an enlarged view of the SkyHook.

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by Jani Soderhall
Wed Jan 08, 2003 6:06 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Wikström, Jonas - Sweden
Replies: 2
Views: 7814

Wikström, Jonas - Sweden

Jonas Wikström - Sweden Ladies and Gentlemen, Please welcome Jonas "Yoda" Wikström as a new member to our community. Jonas was one of those I was training hard to beat back in 1980. I haven't seen or raced Jonas for the last 15 years or so, but I'm very pleased to see him back again. At the last co...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Jan 06, 2003 8:33 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Wanted! Skoldberg and Sweeny
Replies: 9
Views: 9138

Spelling correction: Martin Sweeney

Last know whereabouts: London, UK
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Dec 30, 2002 8:13 pm
Forum: France
Topic: [2003] Garoupe Longskate II - Le Retour
Replies: 0
Views: 3852

[2003] Garoupe Longskate II - Le Retour

Extract from Riderz.net, posted by Pierre Samray: C'est parti, la lourde machine de l'organisation de contest c'est mis en marche, pour vous concocter un week-end ENORME sur la Cote d'Azur le 20 et 21 septembre 2003. Ca se passera à Antibes. Au programme: SAMEDI: Journée slalom avec un special et u...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Dec 30, 2002 8:07 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Popular french forum: www.Riderz.net
Replies: 2
Views: 5773

The Riderz.net forum went dead for a while, causing permanent loss of all posts since October, but it's now up and running again.

The link http://www.Riderz.net is also working again, so no need to memorize the impossible link 240plan.ovh.net etc...

Too bad quite a few interesting posts were lost.
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Dec 30, 2002 8:01 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Longskating in France
Replies: 3
Views: 6732

Dieter, Great to have you with us! You used to be one of the strong supporters of the ISSA, being the secretary for quite a few years, and helped organize many events in Europe back in the 80's and 90's. I am pleased to hear that you are now running the longboarding section of the French skateboard ...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Dec 30, 2002 7:40 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Bahne Cadillac Nationals
Replies: 7
Views: 7691

Any dates yet?
Is this part of the FCR series?

Great to see that all of this is happening!!

Thank's Jack, John, Don and everybody else for putting in all the energy!
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Dec 30, 2002 7:36 pm
Forum: ISSA Site administration
Topic: A call for photographs and articles...
Replies: 3
Views: 5646

The year 2002 is coming to an end and as we enter into 2003 it's time to continue building this site. All ideas and contributions are welcome! Slalom! magazine started out in 1986 with the idea that each country produces a one page story (article/interview/board review or similar) for each issue to ...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:46 pm
Forum: Movies
Topic: Slalom in Japan TAC 1998-11-01
Replies: 2
Views: 4921

http://www.rinc.or.jp/~takayuki/LSB/tac981101/image/ueno.jpg http://www.rinc.or.jp/~takayuki/LSB/tac981101/image/dare.jpg Two videos from a Japanese web site: Seigo Kudoh And here's a link to some photos . http://www.rinc.or.jp/~takayuki/LSB/tac981101/image/myson.jpg Future japanese slalomers study...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Dec 27, 2002 1:03 pm
Forum: North America
Topic: [FCR 2002] Take the 2002 FCR course survey
Replies: 4
Views: 6676

I took the survey, but bear in mind that I only attended the World Championships.
I hope that doesn't affect the results too much.

Maybe you should have had a question on how many races one entered.

(PS. Can you correct the domain name for SlalomSkateboarder.com in the survey?)
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Dec 25, 2002 2:34 pm
Forum: Sweden
Topic: Marcus at Obs! contest 1987?
Replies: 2
Views: 4702

Marcus, I thought you and I had never met but the other day when I was going through my skateboard archive I found the list of participants from a contest at the Obs! supermarket in Stockholm - and there was a Seyffarth among the participants. So maybe we did meet at that time! Cool! Wishing you all...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Dec 25, 2002 2:28 pm
Forum: Germany
Topic: [2002] Frohe Weihnachten
Replies: 2
Views: 4633

Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year Chris.

It was great getting to know you and I hope we'll meet again several times during The Slalom Year 2003!
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Dec 25, 2002 12:53 am
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: FCR / VISION SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON FOX SPORTS NET ,
Replies: 4
Views: 5680

Great to hear that it happened. Things like these are never good enough, but what we should be pleased about is that it really happened. The World Championships on TV! Well done, FCR! Thank you! I'm in Sweden right now and am desperately trying to understand when (European time) the next show will b...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Dec 17, 2002 9:47 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: World Parallel Stance Championship.
Replies: 47
Views: 46744

Image

Too fast for a sharp photo...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Dec 11, 2002 10:19 pm
Forum: Switzerland
Topic: Parallelslalom Race Grueningen, Schweiz 21./22. Juni 2003
Replies: 70
Views: 91814

Great to see that the Swiss organizers are so early in announcing their event!



I've written it into my calendar already!



I hope many others racers (be it American, European, Asian, or South American!) will come as well, making it even more interesting.



/Jani
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Dec 03, 2002 11:28 am
Forum: North America
Topic: Front Royal Race 30 November, 2002
Replies: 3
Views: 5139

Nice picture Vlad, or what I really meant was good style, Vlad!

That's about as good as it gets!



(I'd be curious to find out if those cones fell in the end. I'd say the first one did, but the second, although close, stayed up).



It's a pity we didn't race when we met last time!



/Jani
by Jani Soderhall
Sat Nov 23, 2002 6:22 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 100-cone slalom course
Replies: 122
Views: 132226

I finally located the complete results of the 100 cone World Record breaking at Verrieres Open, France 1995 . World record holders: Men: Luca Giammarco, Italy 20.56 Women: Yelena Sinadolova, Russia 23.55 Juniors: Alexey Alekseyev, Russia 33.98 These times are including time penalties (0.1 per cone)....
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Nov 22, 2002 11:48 am
Forum: North America
Topic: Vans Nov 16 - Results available
Replies: 2
Views: 3694

And to Vlad for supplying even more images!
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Nov 21, 2002 8:50 pm
Forum: North America
Topic: Vans Nov 16 - Results available
Replies: 2
Views: 3694

Thank you Tim Keasbey for providing information and results of the contest.



Click here for a short cut to the results.



Use this thread to post your comments on the race!



<font size=-1>Help us update the names which are incomplete. Thank's!</font>
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Nov 21, 2002 12:22 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 100-cone slalom course
Replies: 122
Views: 132226

Wow, I'm impressed with the speed at which this thread took off. Great! Out of memory, and before I locate the exact information, we must have done 6 ft center to center as in the ISSA rules and with 0.1 second cone penalty. No maximum cone count. If you start hitting cones you loose your concentrat...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Nov 20, 2002 8:12 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 100-cone slalom course
Replies: 122
Views: 132226

When you come up to 70 or so you start to get really, really tired.

Enjoy!
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Nov 20, 2002 8:01 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 100-cone slalom course
Replies: 122
Views: 132226

How about this picture for a start. It gives you the kind of slope we used in 1995. http://www.SlalomSkateboarder.com/Racers/Sinadolova100cones_RT.jpg It would have been better if we would have done on completely flat ground, because it would have been the only fair way to reproduce it. But unfortun...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Nov 18, 2002 3:06 pm
Forum: Sweden
Topic: Säsongen 2003?
Replies: 13
Views: 16430

Marcus, Det är lite för tidigt att uttala sig om hur Paris' onsdagsåk kommer att bli. Hittills har det regnat bort flera gånger så vi vet inte hur många som kommer (förmodligen 5-6 st till att börja med) men det viktigaste är att vi kommer igång med regelbundna träffar. Det finns redan ett konkurrer...
by Jani Soderhall
Sun Nov 17, 2002 8:33 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2002] Euro Flatland Open, Eastbourne, UK, July
Replies: 0
Views: 3446

[2002] Euro Flatland Open, Eastbourne, UK, July

I just posted an article and plenty of photos from this summers event in Eastbourne. Article, photos and results... Use this thread if you want to post comments on the Eastbourne event, article and photos. http://www.SlalomSkateboarder.com/events/2002/eastbourne/images/ChrisL02b_MS.jpg Thank's Chris...
by Jani Soderhall
Sun Nov 17, 2002 11:37 am
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
Topic: Indiana Skateboards
Replies: 10
Views: 18453

Indiana is a Swiss brand which has been around since the early 90's. Here's a picture of one of their models next to a Fibreflex board for comparison. (Note that the front has a hook to keep the front foot in position - a technique which many Swiss riders use.) http://www.SlalomSkateboarder.com/Boar...
by Jani Soderhall
Sun Nov 17, 2002 11:29 am
Forum: Turner Summer Ski
Topic: Baby Turner boards
Replies: 1
Views: 6294

Howard,

You haven't made any public announcement of the miniature/baby Turner boards.

Are you waiting for them to grow up before you market them?

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by Jani Soderhall
Sun Nov 17, 2002 11:22 am
Forum: Sweden
Topic: Säsongen 2003?
Replies: 13
Views: 16430

Tidtagaranläggning: Jag är övertygad om att man kan fa ihop en OK anläggning för ca 1500 kr. http://www.Technika.com har billiga system men jag har inte varit i kontakt med dem, eller tillräckligt kollat in deras site, för att veta vilken som är bäst. Start och stop tape-switches har jag sa att det...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Nov 15, 2002 8:17 pm
Forum: Sweden
Topic: Säsongen 2003?
Replies: 13
Views: 16430

Är det någon som har några planer på att arrangera någon tävling under 2003? EttSexEtt - har ni några storslagna planer? (hoppas att ni kör vidare på onsdagsåket till att börja med! Vi startar ett onsdagsåk i Paris snart, men varje onsdag hittills så har det regnat...) Det vore kul om det kunde bli ...
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Nov 14, 2002 7:18 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Produits Turner en vente en France...
Replies: 0
Views: 3765

Produits Turner en vente en France...

For those interested in France: Turner GS/Hybrid Turner GS/Hybrid XL Both boards available in various stiffnesses. Turner Avalons, 68 mm, 80, 85A Turner Cambrias, 62 mm, 78, 82, 86, 90A Turner TTC trucks Slalom cones! Check out http://www.TurnerDownhill.com for information on all of the above equipm...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Nov 13, 2002 10:42 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: Slalom! archive: issues n° 1 and n° 2 posted
Replies: 10
Views: 11089

...and issue no 2 was posted today!

12 pages this time. More interesting content. Including some of the latest available slalom results of Pierre-André, that is before he started Etnies shoes!
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Nov 13, 2002 7:33 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Slalom racing in inclement weather
Replies: 6
Views: 6292

Personally I would not enter a race if the surface was wet such as during or after rain. The tunnel humidity on the Sunday race in Switzerland was on the limit, and still that was so little no humidity could be seen, but it was still felt. I have raced on a completely wet surface at least once and p...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Nov 12, 2002 6:01 pm
Forum: Gates & Course Setting
Topic: Course Diagram's (ideas, thoughts?)
Replies: 10
Views: 17464

The ISSA used to have it as standard practice to pass the first cone on the right. As all skaters don't practice the same way we often drew an arrow on the street to indicate the way to enter the first cone. I used to be very serious about this topic, now I don't think it matters that much any more....
by Jani Soderhall
Sun Nov 10, 2002 9:36 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: FCR race videos
Replies: 1
Views: 3641

FCR race videos

In Morro Bay I bought a couple of slalom DVDs from Kenny Mollica and they're great documentation of this years FCR races! Can anyone let me know how to order more DVD videos from him? Can't wait to see the one from Morro Bay, I hope he is working hard on that one right now! Thank's Kenny for a job w...
by Jani Soderhall
Sun Nov 10, 2002 4:32 pm
Forum: North America
Topic: [FCR 2002] Swiss Airflow Team at Avila Beach World's GS
Replies: 2
Views: 4869

The two Swiss Airflow riders are:

back: Raffael Schaffner
front: Martin Siegrist

...and yes, I strongly believe those wheels are Abec11 stingers (http://www.abec11.com).
by Jani Soderhall
Sun Nov 10, 2002 2:01 pm
Forum: ISSA Site administration
Topic: Slalom! [online] in full swing!!!
Replies: 30
Views: 37766

Joe, and others who would like to contribute material to this site: don't worry about the design or the html code itself. Our web designer Stefan "Lillis" Akesson will handle that for us. Just submit an article in any format (e-mail, Word or whatever format you prefer) and pictures (tif, jpg or othe...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Nov 08, 2002 9:59 pm
Forum: Switzerland
Topic: [2002] Tunnel fest: Results available!
Replies: 0
Views: 5159

[2002] Tunnel fest: Results available!

The complete results, including the tight slalom, are now available in the article from the Tunnel Fest!

Click here to go there directly from here.

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