Wanted: Masters 45 and over birthdates

Judi Oyama · Post by **Judi Oyama** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:51 pm

Starting today I will be helping Hans with his slalom rankings for the US masters category to start in 2006. I need real names and complete birth dates. It's never too late to start. Who knows maybe one day we will even have a grand masters category. At the rate we are all still skating you never know.

You can either post them here on the Wanted: Masters section or email me direct. There are many younger skaters birth dates missing as well so if you see your birth date missing on the rankings please send them in.

Thanks,

Judi Oyama

Skater for Life.

slalomrankings@sbcglobal.net

Check here for what is listed:

http://www.slalomranking.com/

Martin Drayton · Post by **Martin Drayton** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:10 am

Hi Judy,

Well done again on a storming performance at Morro...You pushed Lynn to her best skating, my money is on you next time!

On the age front, my DOB is 5th May 1960 (does that make me the oldest skater to podium at the Worlds?), making me 45.

Take care,

Marty Schaub · Post by **Marty Schaub** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:28 am

45 too. 7/05/60.....

Jack Smith · Post by **Jack Smith** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:33 am

48

Dec. 7th, 1956

Steve Evans · Post by **Steve Evans** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:06 pm

48

Aug. 17, 1957.......... but I want to race Pro!

Evans (SSS) Badlands

Judi Oyama · Post by **Judi Oyama** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:51 pm

I don't think being in the masters will change Pro or Open...I think it would be cool if the top 4 men and women...can run off for a Masters title. I'm collecting dates and names for the World Ranking system.

Martin you did great by the way. Thanks for the nice words. It's nice to know that at almost 46 I can still give Lynn a run for her money. Your final runs were amazing under pressure. Hello to Trish I'm looking forward to meeting her in the future at races. We need more women.

Jack congrats on the Radikal job.

Steve you would of been so proud of Mike's racing.

Steve Collins · Post by **Steve Collins** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:21 pm

= 45 =

May 26th, 1960

Pat Chewning · Post by **Pat Chewning** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:03 am

Pat Chewning 48 14 January 1957

Claude Regnier · Post by **Claude Regnier** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:39 pm

I know I forwarded it you Judy but since everyoe started posting, here goes.

46, Dec 30, 1958

Steve I agree 100%. It's great to be able to sk8 eith the best.

I've been pushing for a Masters since 2002. This past year I had 3 practice days outside of competition venues. Pain had seemingly gone away in July at Colorado then came back in Stockholm.

Not being able to practice takes the sharpness and accuracy away therefore the cones are killers. Practice makes perfect but perfect practice is the key.

I would almost like to show up at events and focus on Coaching those that need help more. Although for next year I'm going after all of you.

Your still my Slalom hero of All Time.

Hans Koraeus · Post by **Hans Koraeus** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:21 am

Only issue for Masters ranking is that for a PRO/AM event only AM results count for the Masters ranking automatically. I.e. if you compete in a pro discipline and is over 45 your results does not count towards the masters ranking. This can be resolved by having a special Masters division class on the side where all 45 and over can compete weather they are in the pro, am or women class.

Or is there any other way to deal with this PRO/AM "Masters" issue?

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:24 pm

Ideally everybody in Master category is treated as one group. How that actually is achieved is harder to tell.

/Jani

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:04 pm

...until the Master start to compete all in one class I guess we have to have a Master Pro and a Master Am class. And a Masters Women. That's not too bad, and probably not too hard to calculate & program.

/Jani

Hans Koraeus · Post by **Hans Koraeus** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:44 pm

Well that is not a bad idea having a PRO and an AM class for men 45+ also.

OPEN classes will depend of racers status as PRO or AM just like it works right now.

Ok, back to the code and some more programming.

I had hoped to be able to treat the Men Master Class as one single class but dividing them will solve my problems.

Martin Drayton · Post by **Martin Drayton** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:49 am

In that case Corky, will you now include me with the Old Pros from now on please?
Thanks,
Martin.

Eric Brammer · Post by **Eric Brammer** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:12 am

Martin, Martin, Martin,,,
I hope Schwippy didn't get to you too bad at The Worlds !!

I know the old clock is ticking, my bones are gettin' stiffer too, but don't Sandbag it until you're 46 or so. C'mon, you gotta look at guys like Cliff Coleman, or Claude for inspiration here! Beside, dude, you're still pretty buff (not no CMC, but, not Italian,either). It's a mind game, one your brain plays on your body as it trys to recall what happened 20 minutes ago. Go Skate! Your body will inform the rest of you that things are fine, and your butt still looks fast when riding a board!

BTW, i'll join the 'old farts' league, at least in time spent orbiting the sun, in a mere 3 years. Whatever. Give me a hill, a board, and get outa my way...

I'm going down Fightin' !

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:14 am

There are very few riders registered in the "Legend" category so far. Here's the current standings as of May 2007:

===================
PRO (2006-2007):
===================

1 Keith Hollien, USA
2 Claude Regnier, CAN
3 Jani Söderhäll, SWE

===================
AM (2006-2007):
===================
1 Glenn Chapman, USA
2 Bruce Bjortvedt, USA
2 Judi Oyama, USA
4 Jack Smith, USA (should be moved up to Pro)
5 Martin Drayton, TRI
6 Marty Schaub, USA
7 Shane Anderson, USA
8 Pat Chewning, USA
9 Steve Collins, USA

If you are 45+, please send your date of birth (at least year) to Corky.
Corky will review this result for the next update of the ranking, so it would be good to add in a few more of the Grand Masters.

/Jani

Martin Drayton · Post by **Martin Drayton** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:36 am

Hi PSR,
No your boy didn't get to me too bad...I beat him didn't I! Didn't that get to him if I remember rightly?

Anyway, I'm just asking to be included in that points list AS WELL AS the normal Pro ranking. I will be racing in the normal Pro events and would like my points put in both (I think that is how it works). I also turned 47 last month, so I was a Master when I won Worlds!
I am looking forward to the next few years of racing and I figure on carrying on for a while at the upper level as my knowledge and skills are at their highest and I'm fitter than most people half my age. I feel strong and fast.
I figure I have nothing to lose as I will be the underdog, just the same as when I heard everyone writing me off as I walked back up the hill after that first run against Schwipp when I was 1.5 or so down...
So as you guys like to say...."BRING IT!"

Oh, Jani, I thought you were younger, damn! I guess when they do have a Maters category at Worlds in afew years, it'll be some wicked racing!

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:49 pm

Martin Drayton wrote:Oh, Jani, I thought you were younger, damn! I guess when they do have a Maters category at Worlds in a few years, it'll be some wicked racing!

I recently realized I now qualify in the Master category. I turned 45 on March 20:th!

I hope more people can have their birthdates/years updated and that Corky will do his work on this ranking category as well. Right now it's not really correct and he's not going back so much in time (2006-2007 only). He told me he never really spent much time making sure it was correct, but he'll have a look at it when updating the ranking next time.
And, rest assured Martin, he noted your request on a little piece of paper. You may soon become a Pro!

/Jani

Earl Cephas · Post by **Earl Cephas** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:51 am

Earl Cephas 45 20 Nov 1961

Eddy Martinez · Post by **Eddy Martinez** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:41 am

Eddy Martinez age 47, 1960

Tod Oles · Post by **Tod Oles** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:33 am

I'm in.....aged 45 yrs.

February 28, 1962

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:11 am

yeah yeah yeah 1961 45
olson is also 45 put him in

Ron Olsen · Post by **Ron Olsen** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:21 am

Put this Olsen in too, I'll be 45 next Monday, July 23.

RonO

Hans Koraeus · Post by **Hans Koraeus** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:30 am

This is the advanced formula used for deciding what age you have in the World Ranking

Age = Current year – Birth year

Ex: 44 = 2007 - 1963. Damn!

So by the looks of it, it will be 6 more months before I will have it all up and running. Unless any other motivation strucks me before.

Or... if I get some help collecting event results and keeping the ranking event calendar up to date. That could work too.

Stephen Lavin · Post by **Stephen Lavin** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:36 am

I had a feeling I was older than Oles;

Feb 4, 1962

LAVIN

Rick Floyd · Post by **Rick Floyd** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:28 pm

45 - 3/6/1962

And...I CAN shoot my age...45 caliber that is!

Carsten Pingel · Post by **Carsten Pingel** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:04 am

I like the master idea, but did somebody think about the very close time schedule for a race on a weekend ? For example in Hannover,........they stopped the Am parallel competition after the cut to 16 because there was no time left ! I saw other races with also very narrow time schedule.
There are a lot of old farts out there, therefore I would like to see one Master Class.
Pro, AM,women, in one class.
If there is one class it would probably fit in a race weekend ?!
I think at that part of the life its not about beeing the fastest, its about fun with racers at the same age.

......before they race with wheelchairs or play golf !

Tom Mangelsdorf · Post by **Tom Mangelsdorf** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:30 pm

OK. I confess. Born Sept 13, 1959. I'm forty-friggin-eight years old.

Flavio Badenes · Post by **Flavio Badenes** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:52 pm

October the 22nd, 1957 and I guess I am the oldest so far.......

Robert Gaisek · Post by **Robert Gaisek** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:54 pm

Is this only for the US?
If not I´m an old fart too. May -62.

Claude Regnier · Post by **Claude Regnier** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:57 pm

At our age we can fart anywhere Robert

Pierre Gravel · Post by **Pierre Gravel** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:18 am

Ok i'm old too, june 1962.
All the new kids beat me all the time, might as well be will the old farts now.

I can still ride my age in MPH on a skateboard, but for how long?

Chris Iversen · Post by **Chris Iversen** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:40 am

Pierre Gravel wrote:I can still ride my age in MPH on a skateboard, but for how long?

That's easy Pierre... Just switch to KPH and don't tell anyone!

Michel Dupont · Post by **Michel Dupont** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:38 pm

Seems I'm actually a young one out here, only july 63...

Ron Barbagallo · Post by **Ron Barbagallo** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:36 pm

Fatboy

age 46

5/18/62

Taurus

Wesley Tucker · Post by **Wesley Tucker** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:04 pm

Ron Barbagallo wrote:Fatboy

age 46

5/18/62

Taurus

Ron,

This is the WORLD RANKING.

I think you, me, Twayzer and a few others also have to declare WHICH WORLD?

Ricardo Damborenea · Post by **Ricardo Damborenea** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:21 pm

Born 4/3/63

Now 45, but still kicking

Peter Pletanek · Post by **Peter Pletanek** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:20 am

Born 24.August 1962 (age 45)

as long as I can go alone to the toilet, I will ride the skateboard.
(riding since 1974 with some breaks)

best regard from Munich/Germany

Peter

Martin Drayton · Post by **Martin Drayton** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:23 am

Now that more and more events are featuring masters divisions, I wonder when we will see a Master's category at World Championship level? USA next year?

Martin
(5/5/60 - 48yrs old)

Ulf Haag · Post by **Ulf Haag** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:53 pm

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaster

1963-SEP-16

//Wolfie

Cat Young · Post by **Cat Young** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:22 am

March 15, 1959
The Ides of March!

Michael Peck · Post by **Michael Peck** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:32 pm

June 27, 1960

Hanging in there.

GARY GLASSER · Post by **GARY GLASSER** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:10 pm

March 18 1964

Pisces/Dragon

I like seafood and walks on the beach during sunset. Yes, I kiss on the first date.

(I know, a little early for the Master Division but I am already planning)

Scott Snow · Post by **Scott Snow** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:37 pm

April 8, 1963

Just a number.

Cyril Schardijn · Post by **Cyril Schardijn** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:40 am

December 25, 1960

and believe it or not my mother is Maria and my father Joseph

Robert Sydia · Post by **Robert Sydia** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:27 pm

Rob Sydia

March 6, 1964

"The Older I Get - The Better I Was"

Rick Floyd · Post by **Rick Floyd** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:43 pm

Robert Sydia wrote:Rob Sydia

March 6, 1964

"The Older I Get - The Better I Was"

You'e freakin' kidding - March 6th 1962 bro...maybe time to plan a party - possibly delayed until the Sizzler?

Joe Iacovelli · Post by **Joe Iacovelli** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:39 pm

8/21/1964

45 this year too.

Miguel Marco · Post by **Miguel Marco** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:48 pm

May 22, 1962

47 this year. Just a number Scooter, but too high...

Rick Floyd · Post by **Rick Floyd** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:20 pm

Miguel Marco wrote:May 22, 1962

47 this year. Just a number Scooter, but too high...

1962 was the "Year of the Speed" in ancient Franco-Chinese-American cultures.

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Wanted: Masters 45 and over birthdates

Wanted: Masters 45 and over birthdates

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