The third slalom of the 2003 California Championship series (and fourth date of the race series) at West LA College featured an informal tight slalom and a hybrid giant slalom with a fast and smooth finish, but a series of 6 tight cones near the top that made it more representative of the fast slalom style. The weather was classic August: sunny, dry, and hot. The turnout was light as expected, with short notice, summer vacations, and the X games being in town. But in the end it was a very active and fun day with racing on both the downhill and slalom courses going on at the same time. (Downhill results are posted at gravity-sports.com).
The times as close as ever, with the top 3 skateboards within 0.05 seconds! In the end, Richy posted the fastest time, but a cone penalty moved him back to second place and John O'Shei's clean riding prevailed. Many thanks go out to the volunteers who made the race run smoothly!
Skateboard Fast Slalom (best of 3 runs, 0.2 seconds/cone):
1 John O'Shei 21.844
2 Richy Carrasco 21.879 (fastest time, but 1 cone penalty)
3 Attila Aszodi 21.886
4 Brent Kosick 22.904
5 Michael Kaelon 24.169
6 Tiger Williams 24.343
7 David Carrasco 24.390
8 Chris Sutherland 24.708
9 Rick Howell 25.530
10 David Hamm 25.712
11 Lynn Kramer 25.950
12 Tim Kienitz 26.007
13 Roger Jennings 26.400
Inline Giant Slalom (best of 2 runs, 0.2 seconds/cone):
Scott Peer 20.922 (fastest on course)
George Merkert 24.182
Keri Tishner 25.739
Juice Magizine article (click here)
Challenge Tight Slalom Cup at WLAC (Aug 17, 2003)