California Slalom Series #4 Results, 10/6/02

[Scott Peer]

California Slalom Series #4 Results
(California Championship Series date 7)
West LA College, California
10/6/02

The fourth slalom of the 2002 California Championship series (and seventh date of the 10 date series) at West LA College featured a challenging tight slalom that left 2 racers with no finishes. Paul Price had a blazing run for the win over Richy and Attila. The tenth annual skates and gates slalom showed Wes Carpenter's gate bashing skill taking in the skateboard division, with Scott posting the fastest time of the day on inlines. The skates and gates race is derived from ski slalom races, and features racers knocking down the slalom poles at about 25 mph, plus hitting an optional jump between turns. The combination of speed, 35 turns, jumps, poles that will smack you in the face if you don't hit them down first, and sand bags that can trip you up if you miss your line intimidated many racers to not race. Fifth place skateboard took home Turner wheels, and winners all took home sets of Oust Bearings (the bearing of choice for Richy). At the end of the warm day, there were plenty of smiles from tired racers and friends and family.

Tight Slalom (best of 3, 0.1seconds/cone):
Paul Price 14.202
Richy Carrasco 14.481
Attila Aszodi 14.616
Beau Brown 15.457
Martin Drayton 15.469 (came from U.K.!)
Floyd Reid 15.975
Chris Eggers 16.035 (more U.K.!)
Brent Kosick 16.131
Wes Carpenter 16.584
Michel Kaelon 17.866
Mike Gorman 17.936
Tiger Williams 18.841
Chris Cincoto 18.982
Grant Chamberlain 20.395

Skateboards and Gates Slalom (best of 2 runs, must make all gates):
Wes Carpenter 27.643
Richy Carrasco 28.806
Attila Aszodi 31.353
Micheal Kaelon 33.776
Tiger Williams 34.806
Chris Cincota 35.555
Mike Gorman 38.074

Inline Skates and Gates Slalom (best of 2 runs, must make all gates):
Scott Peer 24.171 (fastest on course)
Ellen Palazzo 30.652 (teenage girl strikes again!)
June Palazzo 32.398 (Ellen’s mom)
Frank Boyd 14.575 (short course)
Stephen Palazzo 15.094 (short course, the youngest Palazzo)

[Adam Trahan]

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[Chris Eggers]

I am from Germany, but no problem,,,,,,,;-)

[Glenn S]

Chris,
What did you think of the WLAC tight slalom course? How did it compare to what you race back in Germany?
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[Chris Eggers]

It was steep. I am not used to steeep slalom hills. We usually ride almost flat spots and are used to pumping. I really had to hold back with that to make the course. The setting was good and tight enough. I had fun and I will try to find a hill like this back home but with a better surface.
Thanks for the pic Glen!

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