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Eric Groff

Eddy-Glad to here things are goin good for ya! Good exercise to do is to see how far you can pump in an emty parking lot or uphill, for instance, start at a pre determined point take 5 pushes and pump as long as you can, Next time do it all over again and see if you have progressed, Did you go farth...

Eric Groff

Brady, I couldnt agree with you more, I`ve seen it happen here and on ncdsa but never read why people think it`s OK to dis another so maybe if it was openly explored, it could be reasoned or dismissed. I don`t think I have instigated a dis on another but will admit to feeding the fire when I felt di...

Eric Groff

Just FYI, This is a Slalom Skateboard forum, I dont see the comparisons of Snowboard bindings. Thats like saying I have a $500.00 Coffee Maker. There is another Company that has $499.99 maker on the market also. Then there is a bunch of low end coffee makers. What is the point???????????????? Point ...

Eric Groff

Glen-Myself my friends and my son dont pump on flat ground, we race down hills.

I think they do flat ground slalom on the east coast and europe though.

Eric Groff

yeah George-The PVD forum at NCDSA is a joke.
Your post should not have been pulled, I'm curious why people can call me 4 letter words there, and yet the post still stays?

I think I'll buy some advertizing space on NCDSA like Chaput and PVD so my post wont get pulled.

Eric Groff

Eddy-some do some dont, I have seen world champ gary Cross ride old coned out wheels at races and do very good with them(WIN) Sometimes its not so much about the speed as it is the grip, Old coned wheels sometimes grip better. As far as bearings go, myself I ride inexpansive OUST bearings that last ...

Eric Groff

I dont see where sending slalom boards to kids is gonna make them any interested in slalom then they are now, if you were to send a toe flipper board, Launch ramp and a Rail then you would see interest, The way slalom has progressed over the last 2 years has been by word of mouth and primarily thru ...

Eric Groff

BraDUH-No E vs W, its just plain fact that you are a Moron and the East Coast gets a bad rap by Kooks like you that come on message boards and talk about something you have no concept or knowlegde about. JG-You can talk all this Braking crap you want, as far as I'm concerned I hope it never plays a ...

Eric Groff

BraDUH-Again you have displayed how little you know about Slalom, Slalom, Racing, The FCR Pro series and Me. First off I complained more then anybody about a cone or 2 on the FCR courses, I have never called them beginner courses. Again before you talk out yer ass get it straight. To show how little...

Eric Groff

JG-Being one of the Greatest Professional Slalom Racers in the world, How come you have had such little success at FCR races with beginner courses, I would think someone of your stature would beable to win on anything. You have been beat by beginners on beginner courses and pros on beginner courses....

Eric Groff

JG-How did do you run the FCR begineer courses?

Eric Groff

Bladders SUCK!!!!!!

Scott Peer and his friends ROCK!!!!!!

There is a differance.

Eric Groff

Adam-All us pros only run beginner courses, so I guess none of us are pros in Johns eyes, oh if only we could be REAL Pros like John Gilmour.

Eric Groff

TK-I'm glad you had a good time, It was great watching you jump right on a new board and flat out rip. I'm sorry but according to John the course you ran at JPL was a begineer course, because 3 Children made clean runs on it. Hope next time we can Improve the speeds and diifficulty and figure out wh...

Eric Groff

John-I guess all the FCR courses last year were Begineer courses because the surface was so bad that they had to set easy courses? John Wrote:"I realize there were a lot of injuries but I would think most of them were related to things like the surface quality and the course setting." Your comments ...

Eric Groff

John-You arnt a very good Pro Slalom racer if you cant win on all the beginner courses you raced last year, 3 children raced JPL this past weekend, I'm curious if TK thought JPL was a beginner course, TK? Anybody can make any course at any time with any skill level, Speed will determine how difficul...

Eric Groff

John-Could you please define "Begineer Slalom" and tell us all the begineer slalom courses you traveled to last year.

Eric Groff

John-Could you please define "Begineer Slalom" and tell us all the begineer slalom courses you traveled to last year.

Eric Groff

Brady-you can go to the guest book else where and read my response to Dougy as to why I chose to race whwere I do. I race where the competition is, and it sure is hell aint at any race on the east coast. Attending events and participating in them is 2 different things Brady, so how many events have ...

Eric Groff

Brady-Theres those that actually race and then theres those that dont, useally because they dont know how, you would fall in this catagory of DONT KNOW HOW. Since all this East West shit started before I got here how could you make the stupid accusation that I started it. Brian P rocks, I would love...

Eric Groff

66-My son is 8 yrs old and rides slalom, far from 21 JG-the first banks I rode were ditches or Truck loading docks, I drained pools to skate, I was skating pools long before there was any droughts in california. Your point was pointless. And it was your previous post to this ridiculess post I was re...

Eric Groff

JG-I have never enjoyed the dual format racing, to many variables. Let the timer decide a race, not the uneven road conditions and other things that factor in.

Eric Groff

OH CANADUH-You went right thru the back door when Hester decided not to race on Sunday and your non qualifing ass got a freebie, that is the only reason you got to race. I went right thru the front door racing in all but 1 FCR event in 2002 to qualify in the top 16, Even if you showed up and raced i...

Eric Groff

JG-That was great post, boy did Claude take your original post WAY OUT OF CONTEXT! Slalom can be done by just about anybody, I get so stoked on people like the Gordan Clan, that went from spectator at the 2001 Worlds to hard Chargin Slalom afficianodos, Lauren and Dylan Blew me away yesterday Chargi...

Eric Groff

I seen this band one night do covers of famous patriotic songs, all punk rock versions, They did the Ballad of the Green Beret, I'm a Flag waving fool, and I nearly cried every song after song it was so good.

Eric Groff

OH CANADA-Reread my post, I didnt say FCR ran La Costa, if you got a problem talk to the Promotor, HESTER. No you did no beat me to the line, maybe you should cut back on the drinking, I think your memeory is impaired. WES-The Cowsills, geez you are old, Do you sing that song "Give me a head with ha...

Eric Groff

Claude go have another drink bro! Keep complaining about what everybody else is doing, better yet instead of that, why dont you do something about it. Its so cute how people with no clue about what is happening in slalom racing is complaining the most. What did FCR do to you, what did I do to you, Y...

Eric Groff

Well you have failed miserably, Not only in showing up to try and 1 up us, but when you do you cant even qualify.

Another whiner, OH CANADUH

Eric Groff

JG wrote: "Hopefully soon California's skill level will rise to the point of being able to do TS on hills- they have improved in the last 3 years." Along with all the other East Coast bias you spew, When is there gonna be some East Coasters that can slalom period, heck theres 1 or 2 at least. John I...

Eric Groff

Claude-I dont see what your post has to do with what Gilmour started, if it is a half ass attempt to get me to set the record straight, then let me. I can only speak for myself here, I traveled to 6 different states in 3 different time zones in the last year to compete in 13 different skateboarding ...

Eric Groff

PROS DONT WANT DIFFICULT COURSES!!!!!, Just because you can make a dificult course shouldnt make you a pro, it is about speed and time, not difficulty and obstacles. Perfect example, Avila saturday, Difficult courses look stupid, fast courses look BITCHIN, Morro had half the grade as Avila but was f...

Eric Groff

The thing about splitting the groups is, If you are keeping [points for Pro and Am, what happens when somebody that is Pro like Atilla doesnt even qualify with the pros?
So now he has to race in the Ams, how do you award him points for the series?

Eric Groff

M.Dong-I dont really see from the results and times anybody laying up or taking a coasting run at Avila, for instance look at Ransoms times from 1st round to the final, of the 10 runs he took his 3rd and 4th fastest times were in the 1st round. he had a 1.2 second advantage over Jani and came back a...

Eric Groff

Dan-That is an interesting chart, but to be more accurate I would use only the fastest times from the first round of racing, this would more accurately resemble a qualifying round which is done first thing, some of the times you have are from later rounds after weather has changed and after the ride...

Eric Groff

Rich-You will always see carnage and whining if I'm racing, I cant wait til JPL so I can change the course and make it better then what ever you kooks did to it!

Eric Groff

Hegstrom-I seen you go face first into a curb at 35+ at Blackhill, You should have no fear of anything after that little stunt. You'll be fine, just think of it as a longer cemetary run.

Arab

Eric Groff

Heres the last Email I had for Shirley

wolfrespect@fda.net

Drop her a line and see if she knows where he is at.

Arab

Eric Groff

To me there is nothing worse then having to race on a course where braking is involved, Its dangerous and stupid, its safer to run a fast course then to try and break or slow down to make it around an errant cone that should just be moved in. Most accidents,crashes and injuries happen on breaking/er...

Eric Groff

Henry-Email me and I'll give ya the lowdown on shaping wheels, SSS does wheels for certain courses and surfaces, We dont share our secrets with just anybody, but I'll share them with you.

Arab

Eric Groff

Congrats H You have way to many friends, I hope your paycheck is big enough to take care of all of them with new shoes. Best Wishes, If I had my own company I would want you there to run it also, with what you did with G&S before the dark days of skateboarding and your success at Rusty I know that O...

Eric Groff

I've known Shirley for awhile, actually since about 1977ish, I recently got to spend some time with her at her home and got to see well over 200 medals and trophys from her slalom days, She showed me her Custom Coffin ICK she has been riding for years. She showed up the first time Hester took me, Ch...

Eric Groff

Vlad, One of the reasons there was not a "TRUE TS" or whatever your definition is of TS at "La Costa" for the "Bobby Turner Memeorial" was the hill is much to steep and long to have people run sub 6' cones, I hear you are really good at sub 6', Can you do sub 6' on a Grade of 5% or more for 25+ seco...

Eric Groff

As far as sandbagging goes I had to teach my 8 yr old Nathan how to do it yesterday, You see he had Baseball tryouts, His team has been the best team 3 years in a row, This year the Coach is not allowed to keep his team intact, everybody has to tryout and then there is a draft, Well in our best hope...

Eric Groff

John, great reply, a universal international reply, of course, only my opinion.

Thank you for sharing yours.

Arab

Eric Groff

The 2 largest competitive Skateboard organizations in the world(California Amatuer Skateboard League/United Skateboard Federation and World Cup Skateboarding) have rules that define what a pro or am is, I couldnt find WCS rules on their website and I dont have any other info from them. CASL/USF stat...

Eric Groff

Because of time restraints its hard to run two different classes of racers in one day, I think in the future we might not see Pro and Open/Am races together. To me its about the ability of the skater, but I wouldnt limit soembodys ability to the open/am div, If somebody wants to compete in the Pro r...

Eric Groff

I have a neat little device that measures degrees I got at Home Depot for about $9.00 Its a good way to a see what the pitch of a hill is and might contribute to the cause just for referance purposes. I'll bring it along when we run some times just for that purpose. But I dont think pitch/grade is r...

Eric Groff

M. Dong At this point there is no time, but there is a Challange. 30 cones 6' centers, Timed from first to last cone, unlimited push. Same goes for 7', 8' centers and so on. Start clockin times. Any grade of hill, lets just see whos doin what on what, Whos the fastest cone to cone guy around, NO STO...

Eric Groff

Richy, you have no problem with #'s 1,2,3 and 5 and I dont see any need for improvement there, But #4 you need some work on! LOTS! I cant be sitting on the steps of the ramp telling you when to go all the time.

Eric Groff

Chuck all the above, But in my case so I can eat Sh$t. I like to move my feet alot when I ride, Attilas set-up swivels which does leave room for foot movement, but for me it doesnt leave me enough movement to keep from getting that first crucial step when falling.

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