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by Hans Koraeus
Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:45 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

ISSA World Ranking - September 30 2011 New world ranking update. Joe McLaren will most likely be number one this season 2011. He is running for his best ever season result this year. And he now also tops the official (4-year) World Ranking so he has a long and proven record behind him. Congratulati...
by Hans Koraeus
Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:42 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Ramón Königshausen wrote:
Jani Soderhall wrote:
Claude Regnier wrote:Corky! I have sent them twice. What e-mail should I be using? Thanks.
@gmail.com - he no longer uses the @yahoo.com

/Jani

I'm also looking for his email address. What would be the prefix to "@gmail.com"?

thanks!

rmn
corkyswe ;-)
by Hans Koraeus
Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:02 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

thanks Corky! I looked under Men Am and I was in there, but it showed (-1) races attended - that's what threw me off Ok, I see. You were in the AM ranking 2010. And it shows a -1 for number of races. It does for those that has not yet done any events for that class. But you will get some AM points ...
by Hans Koraeus
Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:15 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

not that it matters or that I'm complaining, but I raced at both Antrim and the Worlds and my results show no races attended You are in there alright. I looked at your ranking homepage I bet you looked at event results for the worlds and did not find yourself in the AM class. You were racing in the...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:09 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Why is our results from the GS at the worlds does not appear in our results? I only see SPC and TSS Event Discipline Class Place Points World Championships of Slalom Skateboarding - 2011 SPC PRO 9 528 World Championships of Slalom Skateboarding - 2011 TSS PRO 5 608 One last question... :) Can you a...
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:36 pm
Forum: ISSA World Records
Topic: 100-Cone records
Replies: 43
Views: 81944

Re: 100-Cone records

Sj Kalliokoski wrote:Perhaps you could run query to check how many old boys had result from 2011? or did i misunderstood your current query.
But i think that having class for 45 and 50 seems over kill, difference should be more than 5 years
32 of these "oldboys/oldgirls" raced in 2011.
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:35 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Ah-Ha!!! Corky has confirmed he has received them. Thanks, C Yes, now I got them! ;-) And I could not wait so I registered them right away. Now it looks perfect for North America and Europe with event results. :-D World Ranking Event Calendar Now it's only South America that needs to be sorted out....
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:30 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Thanks for the adjustment and clearyfing the ranking. I didn't see my result in the GS at the worlds in my ranking, but if you say it's in well I will look again. Yes I was pro in 2009 but I race as a pro since 2010. On top of paying my ISSA membership (that Wesley was supposed to change my nationa...
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:54 pm
Forum: ISSA World Records
Topic: 100-Cone records
Replies: 43
Views: 81944

Re: 100-Cone records

Having raced from 43 years old (3/2003) to today at 52 years old there is a big difference between 45 and 50. I was surprised at the how big a difference. I have even noticed a difference in the last 2 years, since I was 50. Keith I agree Keith. And concerning the ranking the current Masters class ...
by Hans Koraeus
Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:33 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

And concerning the Dovercourt Canadian nationals results I'm waiting for Claude to send them to me.
by Hans Koraeus
Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:25 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Also the racer result list you see now is the ranking results only. And in the ranking only the 2 best from each event are counted. So if you have events with more than 3 disciplines they don't show right now. The complete list of results for a racer is something I have on my list to do. Results as ...
by Hans Koraeus
Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:19 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Hi Corky, I have noticed that me and Emilie Gascon (and other racers) have no results for their participation to the World Championships in Canada this year? We have participated and would like to have results in the ranking. Thanks to Claude, I was about to ask the same questions for the 8th annua...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:08 pm
Forum: Arena
Topic: Skatepark slalom
Replies: 37
Views: 58622

Re: Skatepark slalom

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Regional/Sweden/Highvalley-Skateworld-overview.jpg Here is a preview of how the total finished park is planned. "Only" ditch, Bowl rider park, kid pools and flatland area will be built in the first step. Included also the infrastructure with pathways, parking and t...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:38 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: Pros should race first
Replies: 7
Views: 9994

Re: Pros should race first

Actually it just strikes me that this is exactly what the Alpine slalom riders are doing. Even though for them it is done also because of the course getting worse after a while. So they want to run the better racers first. But it is also perfect for audience/media. I don't know how they actually set...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:29 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Next season wish list Now what is missing with the ranking site and what we hopefully can get working next season is that organizers make use of their ranking homepages. - Sending in event poster, articles and pictures about their events for the world ranking site. - Making use of the racer registr...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:56 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Corky, I sent you the results from the 8th Annual Dovercourt Open at the beginning of August as I missed it right after the event. Did you not receive them? No, I have not seen them. Send them again please and I will register them. I try to register results as quickly as possible when I get them. A...
by Hans Koraeus
Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:49 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: Pros should race first
Replies: 7
Views: 9994

Re: Pros should race first

Yes, I think we have had some tries in the past to set up a guide line for how to run a slalom event. A guide line that is flexible and that takes into account all the knowledge we have. Because we a have a lot of knowledge with all the event that has been done out there. It's also good for racers a...
by Hans Koraeus
Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:31 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

ISSA World Ranking - August 31 2011 New world ranking update with full points for the two Majors. Joe McLaren is running for his best ever season result this year. And it starts to show in the season ranking... The event list is looking good with results registered for most events. Only problem is ...
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:16 am
Forum: ISSA
Topic: Future World Championship Events
Replies: 8
Views: 11788

Re: Future World Championship Events

OK, maybe I misunderstood. If Claude means that if an organizer are really asking for a status 12 months ahead and then will not get an OK until 4 months ahead then I agree it's not good. And I agree then it's the responsability of ISSA/ranking marshals to handle this better. But there must be some ...
by Hans Koraeus
Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:30 pm
Forum: ISSA
Topic: Future World Championship Events
Replies: 8
Views: 11788

Re: Future World Championship Events

I don't see that this has to do so much with ISSA really. And I don't see what we have to wait for. It is a problem with organizers themselves not planning ahead. Organizers are free to demand statuses and dates for their events as early as they want. We have a calendar administrator to add events t...
by Hans Koraeus
Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:49 pm
Forum: ISSA
Topic: Future World Championship Events
Replies: 8
Views: 11788

Re: Future World Championship Events

Well I can remind you all that it has been the goal of ISSA to set statuses in good time since a long time. That is why the world ranking rules included the " time advance rule " to try and get the ball rolling. Here is the text from the ranking rules of january 2005. Time advance rule The whole ide...
by Hans Koraeus
Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:42 pm
Forum: Arena
Topic: Skatepark slalom
Replies: 37
Views: 58622

Re: Skatepark slalom

Thant looks fantastic Corky! But why is one of the banks getting so low the closer you get to the bowled end while the other is super high??? Yes, it's like Jani said. We had constraints concerning the area we could use. And also with the surrounding heights around the ditch. And groundwater for de...
by Hans Koraeus
Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:59 pm
Forum: Arena
Topic: Skatepark slalom
Replies: 37
Views: 58622

Re: Skatepark slalom

Work is moving forward with the Mega Ditch!

And now the first steps are taken for the Bowlrider area. Design by Pillar Design Studios who has a long experience of skateparkdesign. Artisan Skateparks will build it.
by Hans Koraeus
Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:40 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

Peter Pletanek wrote:Corky

there is a small mistake in the slalomranking

Terezka Podlahova
Raduska Podlahova

are both Female and not male, maybe you can correct this...

thanks in advance
Peter

Fixed now. But will not be taken into account for rankings until next update Aug 30.

/Corky
by Hans Koraeus
Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:07 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

______________________________________________________________ ISSA World Ranking - July 31 2011 www.slalomranking.com ______________________________________________________________ There are a few result registrations missing. Let's try and get them in each month so that the database is ready for t...
by Hans Koraeus
Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:57 am
Forum: North America
Topic: [2011] Oceanside La Costa boys Pre race
Replies: 7
Views: 9928

Re: Oceanside La Costa boys Pre race

You could also have a look at the ISSA world ranking site where we gather all results from all events. All the way back from 2003. ;-)

www.slalomranking.com
by Hans Koraeus
Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:04 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Does anyone care about ranking?
Replies: 31
Views: 34259

Re: Does anyone care about ranking?

I tend to agree that events are too long and can be made shorter. And so also the courses. ;-) Max 40-50 cones. You want the audience to be able to easily follow the whole run. And it takes too much time with long courses and more complex cone admin. But I don't see the problem for the audience beca...
by Hans Koraeus
Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:08 am
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Does anyone care about ranking?
Replies: 31
Views: 34259

Re: Does anyone care about ranking?

Here are some comments above that I liked reading... All this being said, I do in fact care about ranking. Not neccessarily MY ranking, but in general. If you're a new racer, nothing is better than seeing your name in print - hopefully above someone else's :) If you know you're a better racer than a...
by Hans Koraeus
Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:40 am
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Does anyone care about ranking?
Replies: 31
Views: 34259

Re: Does anyone care about ranking?

Having a perfect world ranking is not an easy topic. Since it is impossible it will always be a hot topic. It’s easy to find the flaws but harder to understand that there is no cure. We must realize that having a 90% ok ranking is good. What ever we make better in one part will make it worse elsewhe...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:41 pm
Forum: Arena
Topic: Skatepark slalom
Replies: 37
Views: 58622

Re: Skatepark slalom

Here are the drawings of the mega ditch. It will be perfect for slalom. And fun for general cruising. Beginners on a skate will love to start out crusing down the hill and the soft banks. Streetskaters will love playing around with the banks also. The previous slope planned for the old ditch was too...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:00 pm
Forum: Arena
Topic: Skatepark slalom
Replies: 37
Views: 58622

Re: Skatepark slalom

I just can't believe how fast time passes away. Quick overview of what has happend the last years. - The area where the park should have been built had some "political" issues. - We got a new area not far away from the initial one. - New skate design and idea was worked out for the new area. - The n...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:13 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Re: ISSA World Ranking - 2011

______________________________________________________________ ISSA World Ranking - May 31 2011 www.slalomranking.com ______________________________________________________________ There are a few result registrations missing. Let's try and get them in each month so that the database is ready for th...
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:48 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

And what became obvious once the registration was up is that I will need to... - Add the latest registered racer for an event on front page. Maybe show the latest 5 events. - Add a complete list with last registered racers the last month. - Add to the event list how many registered racers there are....
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:42 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Just a small announcement that functionality now is added for racers to be able to sign up for an event on www.slalomranking.com - Racer: Register for an event 1. Go to your racer homepage 2. Select the Registration page 3. First all upcoming events that you are registerd for are listed. Then all o...
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:35 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Ok, maybe I was too fast with thinking it was a hacker. I just realized it was probably just a web crawler looking for pages. Like for example Google. I have now registered for "polite" web crawlers to not search the slalomranking. Soon we will have the picture consent dialog up and working before l...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:11 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Yes thanks! This is going to be really nice but I was a little bit too eager to get it up. :-| The current system registering existing racers is to easy to exploit for hackers. It just took one day and somebody ran a program adding the same bunch of skaters to all events 2011. I have turned off the ...
by Hans Koraeus
Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:12 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

Just a small announcement that functionality now is added for racers to be able to sign up for an event on www.slalomranking.com - Racer: Register for an event 1. Go to your racer homepage 2. Select the Registration page 3. First all upcoming events that you are registerd for are listed. Then all ot...
by Hans Koraeus
Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:06 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

<center>______________________________________________________________ ISSA World Ranking - March 31 2011 www.slalomranking.com ______________________________________________________________ First ranking update for 2011 is done. Now let's keep up with result registrations so that the database is re...
by Hans Koraeus
Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:59 pm
Forum: Down South
Topic: [2011] Texas Sizzler, Houston, March 26-27 [MAIN]
Replies: 56
Views: 141176

What John Stryker entered the event? The younger or the older?
by Hans Koraeus
Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:46 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: A problem with image and perception.
Replies: 40
Views: 44193

This is a really good topic... that German video is 100 times more goodwill than that old 100 cones record. Films and pics is something that have been planned for the world ranking site since the very start. It's just that we have never come that far... there is even a section ready for it "News & M...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:22 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: Overall calculation
Replies: 14
Views: 17258

And I actually found a positive effect by using the ranking points. It's nothing you can keep in your head (but same for all systems really). So to get it right it will be a good motivation to enter the results into the ranking quickly so that you can get the overall lists calculated for you. And by...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:14 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: Overall calculation
Replies: 14
Views: 17258

Jani, I could make the changement just for the sake of it to have correct values in the "research table" above. But it will not make much difference from what it is. It's still the same probelm. I.e. very little difference between not attending, DQ and low placements. Example: Racer 1: <not>, <not>,...
by Hans Koraeus
Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:00 am
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: Overall calculation
Replies: 14
Views: 17258

Ok, I finished my research of overall points. I took the Pro class at the Worlds 2010 as research data. And it turned out to be good test data. See table below... Explaining some of the things in the table: First 5 column showing overall placement according two the 5 systems tested. ISSA1 : The ISSA...
by Hans Koraeus
Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:46 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: Are you a Pro level racer? (for SlalomRanking.com)
Replies: 6
Views: 10147

This needs another reminder! If any slalom racers out there are ready to be classed as "pro" for 2011 we need to know. Pro does not mean you have to live on your sport. ;-) Its just that you now want to compete and measure yourself with the best racers. If you run an OPEN event your points will go t...
by Hans Koraeus
Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:28 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: Prime point table...
Replies: 1
Views: 4807

I just went through all topic to clean up and close some and found this question.

You can get the points table at the world ranking website www.slalomranking.com


For the moment more specifically here...

But that link may be changed in the future.
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:39 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: SlalomRanking.com 2010
Replies: 84
Views: 94885

This topic will be closed. A new one is created for the ranking 2011. Thank's to everybody who has helped out getting the final ranking for 2010 together. The ranking is now for ever saved into the ISSA World Ranking history books. World Ranking Administrator 2010 Hans Koraeus Ranking Angel coordina...
by Hans Koraeus
Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:47 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: ISSA World Ranking - 2011
Replies: 59
Views: 102867

ISSA World Ranking - 2011

______________________________________________________________ ISSA World Ranking - 2011 www.slalomranking.com ______________________________________________________________ Time to open up the forum topic for the 2011 ranking. Here is where we will post about ranking updates for 2011 ranking. And w...
by Hans Koraeus
Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:55 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: SlalomRanking.com 2010
Replies: 84
Views: 94885

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<center>ISSA World Ranking 2010
Final version
slalomranking.com</center>


.
by Hans Koraeus
Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:18 am
Forum: Latvia
Topic: Gints Gailitis 1964 - 2011 R.I.P ;(
Replies: 32
Views: 46578

Yes this is a great chock for most of us. Even though it seems he has been living with heart problems all his life. But either way it's hard to believe and grasp when it happens. I can't remember when I first met him. Seems like he has always been around. And famous also for this reason. He is one o...
by Hans Koraeus
Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:50 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: Overall calculation
Replies: 14
Views: 17258

It's really sad when you hear that not even World Championships for 2009 or 2010 does use the overall system fully. 2009 only for top 3!? 2010 a completly different system. Which may be that some overall results from the worlds 2010 are not correct. :-( And from 2009 not even published except for to...