I'm not making any promises, I was just asking to find out if there is anything, so that in case I decide to go for business, I can couple that with a slalom race.
Thanks.
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- Wed Oct 01, 2003 3:56 pm
- Forum: D.C.
- Topic: DC 2003 SUMMER OUTLAW SLALOM SERIES
- Replies: 198
- Views: 176241
- Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:35 pm
- Forum: D.C.
- Topic: DC 2003 SUMMER OUTLAW SLALOM SERIES
- Replies: 198
- Views: 176241
- Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:31 pm
- Forum: Seismic / 3dm
- Topic: 3dm Wheels at the 2003 World Championships
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11643
- Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:28 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
2003 FCR World Slalom Skateboarding Championships Sept. 28, 2003 - Morro Bay, California, USA Tight Slalom Final Results Pro Division 1 Luca Giammarco, Italy 2 Kenny Mollica 3 Michael Dong 4 John Gilmour Open Division 1 Michael Stride, UK 2 Chris Barker 3 Noah Heinle 4 Claude Regnier, Canada Womens...
- Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:11 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
It's three o'clock at night. I'm still up. I feel like I'm watching the Olympics or something, but this was even better. Corky passes me the phone. A relaxed Luca says: "I did it. I'm the World Champion!" I was relieved. He'd done it. He had shown that California does not alone dominate the sport, n...
- Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:59 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
The rules I just thought I'd pass on this piece of information as well. a) Cone count . Not a new thing, but 9 cones was set as maximum count here. 10 and you DQ. On a course with 80 cones, that's not a whole lot. Most people would have DQ'd at the European Championships last weekend, on a shorter ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:42 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
Here's some more live news as reported by Corky on site in Morro Bay. Tight slalom qualification: Luca had the best time, Mollica second, Gilmour was up there in the top too, probably 3rd. I talked briefly to Luca and he said he had strong doubts about competing this morning, but he took some pills,...
- Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:14 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
Corky called me in the middle of the "tight" slalom qualification on the Sunday and hopefully we'll talk again later tonight, if I can stay awake despite my boring flu. He reported that Luca endured some back pain in yesterdays races. The course was 80 cones so it was only for the physically fit (fo...
- Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:09 pm
- Forum: Sweden
- Topic: FCR Worlds 2003 - Swedish participation
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2849
None. Corky is there, but he's not participating. Instead he's shooting some video, which I hope we'll all benefit from. He still has a lot of pain from his crash at the Swedish Championships and unfortunately it has now reduced his capabilities to perform on this once-in-a-lifetime series of events...
- Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:09 am
- Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
- Topic: Junior class, what ages?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25394
- Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:01 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
2003 FCR World Slalom Skateboarding Championships Sept. 27, 2003 - Morro Bay, California, USA Slalom Final Results Pro Division 1 Kenny Mollica 2 Barrett "Chicken" Deck 3 Richie Carrasco 4 Luca Giammarco, Italy Open Division 1 Chris Barker 2 Noah Heinle 3 Brian Parsons 4 Michael Stride, UK Women's ...
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:13 pm
- Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
- Topic: Junior class, what ages?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25394
Wesley Tucker wrote: 12-under 12-17 18-older Masters class would be if anyone over the age of 55 wants to race. At this moment it is difficult enough to get one decent junior class together, so it's still to early to subdivide them. You seem to suggest that the cutoff age should be 18. You're 18 an...
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 10:20 pm
- Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
- Topic: Junior class, what ages?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25394
Vlad, it first it sounds OK, but if we make an invitation and juniors come to compete we want to stand by our decision. Either there is a class or there isn't. We can't just drop the class once on site. We also need to purchase trophies and stuff for the winners. Another question came up as I read t...
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 8:36 pm
- Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
- Topic: Junior class, what ages?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25394
What is the current age cut off for juniors? Contest organizers and those with an interest in promoting this class, please respond. We're investigating the possibilities to add a junior (boys) class in Paris 2004. Hopefully there should be some interest (please, let us know). I'm not sure we should ...
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 1:49 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
1970's legend Tay Hunt takes top honours in Slalom Cross. I met him as a spectator at Worlds 2002, great to see him back on his deck. Is he rookie of the year? Luca Giammarco , Italy, takes second in a discipline he just discovers. Well done. Kenny Mollica is up in the top as usual. No matter what t...
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 1:43 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
- Replies: 48
- Views: 76665
[FCR 2003] 2003 FCR World Championships - Results
2003 FCR World Slalom Skateboarding Championships Sept. 26, 2003 - Paso Robles, California, USA SlalomCross Final Results Pro Division 1 Tay Hunt 2 Luca Giammarco, Italy 3 Kenny Mollica 4 Terence Kirby 5 Charlie Ransom 6 Mike Maysey 7 Barrett "Chicken" Deck 8 Richie Carrasco Open Division 1 Richie ...
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 1:27 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: 2003 Skate Across America For Lowe Syndrome
- Replies: 32
- Views: 85560
------ Not really latest news, but I'm posting this mail from Jack Smith here for completeness of the topic. What they did was a pretty cool thing and it deserves a good follow up. Here's a series of the articles that were published during their World Record trek across America. /Jani ------ Hello A...
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 12:50 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] European Championships - Results & first impressi
- Replies: 37
- Views: 57571
- Sat Sep 27, 2003 12:41 am
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: SKATE SURVEY!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14486
It's kind of off-topic in this thread, but Corky is working on a documentary of the Swedish Summer Camp and video from Chris Eggers and the first McTwist will be included. There is also of footage of Tony Hawks first 720 and Lance Mountain, Rodney Mullen, top European skaters etc, etc. There is some...
- Fri Sep 26, 2003 4:54 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] European Championships - Results & first impressi
- Replies: 37
- Views: 57571
Complete spreadsheets (PDF format) from Dan Gesmer's computer: These documents shows every time, every cone penalty of every single race. Great detail, plenty of it. Enjoy! Thank's Dan for your ongoing support of longboarding and slalom! Saturday, September 20th Special Slalom, men, qualification Sp...
- Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:55 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] European Championships - Results & first impressi
- Replies: 37
- Views: 57571
- Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:17 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] European Championships - Results & first impressi
- Replies: 37
- Views: 57571
- Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:58 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] European Championships - Results & first impressi
- Replies: 37
- Views: 57571
Forget about the criticism ... Most races this year has had several items which could be considerably improved, Antibes was no different. But it's not because of that we all should start screaming and shouting. Let's be constructive instead (I know that is what Gianluca intends too, but he's a bit ...
- Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:46 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Practicing in the Rain?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12767
I remember seeing wheels with parts of the running surface cut out to imitate a car tyre. It might work if you want to be adventurous. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend skating in the rain unless you're out to slide and want to practice falling. In races, I don't see it coming back. There is no way to ra...
- Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:28 pm
- Forum: ISSA Site administration
- Topic: Site Sponsor Schedule 2003 - 2004
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16281
How about changing the credit text to something like "Site costs for October 2003 paid by ...". Like that we'll all understand that it is personal or minor sponsoships and not a life time commitment. PS. Maybe you shouldn't have been so strong about sponsorship as you once were. I'm all for supporti...
- Mon Sep 22, 2003 7:19 pm
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: You need cones...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 73623
I worry when I see proposals for cones other than Turner / 3dm or the new Seismic cones. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Stuff/Cones/SeismicAndTurnerCones.jpg There are two skate cone manufacturer with identical models which are ideal for slalom racing. The right size, the right weight, the right ...
- Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:46 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003][Morro Bay] Who are going?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11604
We know for sure now that Luca is going to Morro Bay. He's looking forward to the race and he's ready to adapt to whatever courses there will be whether it's close to the stuff he's used to doing or not. I start to regret now that I'm not going. For anyone else who can still make a last minute decis...
- Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:33 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] European Championships - Results & first impressi
- Replies: 37
- Views: 57571
Luca looked unbeatable all during practise, going through his whole repertoire of 3dm wheels trying to find the perfect match for the special slalom which was difficult because it had quite a few cones with very large offsets, starting with the very first cones of the course. Nobody dreamed of beati...
- Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:30 pm
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: Slowing down...?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5915
I don't know if this will encourage you, but I don't know either. In my opinion there is no real way to really slow down or break on a board setup to modern standards. In order to slow down you need to make a very sharp turn with the rear truck something which you can't do with trucks like Tracker R...
- Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:27 pm
- Forum: Italy
- Topic: Luca Giammarco in a new school diary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8244
- Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:36 pm
- Forum: Bahne
- Topic: Jani with Bahne board
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5089
Jani with Bahne board
Sorry about the posting shameless ads for different board brands, but here's another one deck that I tried for the first time and won a contest with. To the Moscow event I brought two Bahne Black hill boards to give away. One was given to Anatoly Matsukevich and quickly got taken over by his son, Sl...
- Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:18 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003][Announcement] Antibes, Euro Championships, 20-21 Sept
- Replies: 40
- Views: 47157
- Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:09 pm
- Forum: Racer Profiles
- Topic: Gesmer, Daniel - USA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7549
- Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:35 pm
- Forum: Media Resources
- Topic: Slalom! archive: issue n° 5 posted
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2888
A new issue has been published. No 5 is from May 1988 and surprisingly has quite a lot of information on the American slalom scene at the time gathered from various sources. Among them letters from Keith Hollien, Jim Korten and Bruce Walker. Results from a contest where Mark McCree takes top honors ...
- Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:47 pm
- Forum: Seismic
- Topic: AVAILABLE NOW!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 38558
I haven't seen Dan officially announce the availability of all the new varieties of the Aluminium line, but for sure they are here now. European customers of Seismic can contact Dan Gesmer at info@seimicskate.com for immediate delivery from Seismic's EU warehouse in Paris. I'm setting up a board ton...
- Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:21 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: What We Can Expect With 300 Users
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6693
Pierre Gravel wrote: ... i'm the only one whos registered but i slalom with 6 or 7 guys and girls. This is probably the case elsewhere, we only see the really obsessed with slalom in the forums but there are other who actulally have a life :wink: I think that Pierre is about right, I'd say there's ...
- Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:11 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003][Announcement] Antibes, Euro Championships, 20-21 Sept
- Replies: 40
- Views: 47157
Michael Dong wrote: Jani, I'm bringing something for you to Antibes. It is S-shaped...with carbon fiber. Michael John Gilmour wrote: Oh great...Like Jani NEEEEDS to be faster :razz: Thank you Michael. I love my current Roe board, but it lacks that special S-shape. Although I've done well on other s...
- Sun Sep 14, 2003 9:48 pm
- Forum: Seismic / 3dm
- Topic: Russian sponsorship - Thank you, Howard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11998
http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Wheels/3dm/7404_LaCostas.jpg Another batch of 3dm wheels just made it to Russia. Vlad carried more than a 100 La Costas to Moscow and I got the pleasure to distribute them during my recent visit. Most of these wheels will stay in Moscow while a few travelled to St ...
- Sun Sep 14, 2003 9:20 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] Moscow, Russia, September 7, 2003
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20129
I have just returned back to Paris and I'd like to express a very warm Thank You to all my new slalom friends in Moscow, Krasnajarsk and also to my old and new slalom friends in St Petersburg. The race in Moscow was a really nice experience. - The surface of the skate spot was absolutely superb. - T...
- Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:58 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003][Announcement] Antibes, Euro Championships, 20-21 Sept
- Replies: 40
- Views: 47157
I sorted the list of participants registered on the website and came up with the following stats (counting only slalom participants): Men 87 Juniors 8 Girls 4 That's impressive. Of course a few will drop out as usual, but I hope that there will be a few who show up without having registered and that...
- Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:55 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2003] Moscow, Russia, September 7, 2003
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20129
I can only confirm what Vlad has announced. We've got our tickets booked and are taking the overnight train in two hours. It'll be a great adventure. Anatoly went to the shop to buy me some protection and helmet and he'll lend me a Bahne Black hill board with Tracker trucks and Turner/3dm wheels (th...
- Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:32 am
- Forum: Gates & Course Setting
- Topic: Various Course Diagrams For Public Consumption
- Replies: 47
- Views: 80445
I did hear that the courses recently set in Germany were mirror images of each other, and that Jani entered the wrong way. Much as I like and respect Jani, I say tough luck matey, keep your eyes open, and your mind on the ball!!! Correct me if I'm wrong. Michael, please stop spreading rumours about...
- Sun Aug 24, 2003 9:15 am
- Forum: Gates & Course Setting
- Topic: Various Course Diagrams For Public Consumption
- Replies: 47
- Views: 80445
- Sun Aug 24, 2003 9:13 am
- Forum: Gates & Course Setting
- Topic: Various Course Diagrams For Public Consumption
- Replies: 47
- Views: 80445
Wes, Great drawings! Keep up the good work. I'll try one of these in the autumn to see what they're like. I've never used predesigned courses, we always just set the courses as we arrive at the site. Would you be able to come up with a naming or numbering system for your courses? And then add a smal...
- Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:25 pm
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: Wedged truck adjustment ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15542
I used to believe that the harder the (rear) bushing the better the pump. It has an advantage of making you push the board really hard to even manage the turn, but I guess it doesn't really help those who try to learn turning and pumping. But as a training exercise it is probably not bad. I think th...
- Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:15 pm
- Forum: Racer Profiles
- Topic: Gesmer, Daniel - USA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7549
The end of page is somehow damaged, but here is the text of the missing two sections: Left column: Despite all my efforts, German manufacturing costs made the Seismic truck hopelessly expensive. There have simply never been enough channels interested in trucks that retail for $75-$100 each. Right co...
- Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:40 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: 2003 Skate Across America For Lowe Syndrome
- Replies: 32
- Views: 85560
- Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:39 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: 2003 Skate Across America For Lowe Syndrome
- Replies: 32
- Views: 85560
Skateboarders Set Cross Country Record - Coast to Coast in 21 Days Raise Research Funds for Lowe Syndrome - Father skateboards Across America to honor deceased son. WILLIAMSBURG -- After the gravelly roads of Oregon, and the vertical inclines of the Colorado Rockies, Virginia's Route 5 rode like a ...
- Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:35 pm
- Forum: Racer Profiles
- Topic: Holl, Gary - USA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7967
- Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:27 pm
- Forum: Racer Profiles
- Topic: Gesmer, Daniel - USA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7549
Gesmer, Daniel - USA
Daniel Gesmer - USA http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Racers/USA/DanGesmer/Dan-2000.webp Skater, truck designer, writer, software developer, ballet expert, globetrotter and a great friend. Dan has probably done more for the slalom revival than you might think. Ever since he released the first versi...