what is Cross Country ?

[Steve Hinzen]

Cross Country ?

what kind of slalom discipline is this?

I have no clue. Did I miss something?

Anybody out there to explain me, please ? (rules, vids, pics....)

[Jack Smith]

Steve,

The cross country we did at the Worlds is not a slalom discipline. It was a half mile push race on a bike path in a city park.

It was just a fun way to start off slalom week.

[Steve Hinzen]

Thank You for a quick answer, Jack!

So, did I get You right?
Is it just about pushing Your board as fast as You can from A to B?
No other challenge? No pumps? No cones? No jumps?
No obstacles or anything similiar?

Hmm.

[Chris Barrett]

wow, a cross country obstacle course sounds pretty cool. Someone should (and probably did) develop that further!

[Jani Soderhall]

No pumps?

Pumping yes, a lot needed.
No obstacles, just hay bales to create challenges + some cones.

/Jani

[John Gilmour]

New york City's Broadway Bomb was a cross country race... though perhaps cross city. 8.5 miles down Broadway.

The T-shirt had a picture of a lit bomb and said :


"Broadway Bomb....


You could Die"

So this race while technically being a cross country race- heavily introduces traffic into the equation.

IMHO the term Broadway Bomb does not refer to skaters Bombing down Broadway's hills (there are very slight hills where you can barely keep your pushing speed). The term Broadway Bomb more accurately describes what a surge of a huge pack of skaters does to disrupt NYC traffic in nearly all directions down NYC's major traffic artery. Skaters paralyzed nearly every intersection they passed as if a 15mph surge of 20 traffic lights on broadway were all green for 30 minutes. The bomb was the bulging wave of mid pack skaters.

Most humorous was that Broadway Bomb race day registration occured after the race- so of course all "registered race participants" finished the race unscathed.

There have been distance races which do not involve dense traffic on non traffic byways.

I do think it would be fun to run a race following- or leading a parade (kids could then safely participate too). Macy's Thanksgiving day Parade here we come! (In costume?)

now that would be a lot of press-

and a lot of pissed off wives.