Name this guy and win $500.

[Vlad Popov]

Clue #1.
He’s Italian.

Clue #2
He won 8 World Cups since 1988.

Clue #3
He turned the slalom world upside down.

Guess the name right, order PlankkR3 and receive $500.

[Glenn S]

Without doing any research, I'm gunna take a guess and say Luca Giammarco

[Vlad Popov]

More clues:

4. A non-Italian company made his equipment
5. This non-Italian company was and still is a success
6. Many started copying his technique and equipment
7. No one could master it like him
8. The guy was a “powerhouse” in the late 1980s; many thought his muscles/constitution was his secret
9. One guy who now lives in France did a sequential time analysis from some videos. It turns out that this Italian champ made up time on easy and easier racecourse parts, where no extreme muscle work is required.
10. His slalom amplitude is a bit larger then average.

[Vlad Popov]

Keep the answers coming. Everyone who guesses it right could get $500.
Terms and conditions apply.

[Michael Stride]

Alberto Tomba.

[Vlad Popov]

Alberto Tomba.

Michael,
I hoped it’d last a bit longer.

[Michael Stride]

I'll edit it then and put in 'Mary Poppins'.

I'll take my winnings if I 'could' in Slovenian Tolars please. 500 = $2

[Adam Trahan]

vlad, i would 'ave gotten it too. a bit too easy.

the details please?

still a good story.

i heard he skateboards, true?

[Troy Smart]

Uh, I believe Tomba was a slalom SKIIER.
You're so confused.

[Vlad Popov]

Uh, I believe Tomba was a slalom SKIIER.
You're so confused.

That was the (red)catch(/red). Stride's quick.

[Glenn S]

OK Vlad you smart alec.

This is a Slalom "SKATEBOARD" site.

First, Luca is Italian

Second, I was going on what I remember off the top of my head about Vlad mentioning about Luca's 8 slalom skateboard World Cups here: viewtopic.php?t=1235

Thirdly, just look closely at this picture here, where are all heads pointed:


And Vlad, I won't take a PERSONAL check!

[Jack Quarantillo]

Did everyone miss the fine print???

"Guess the name right, order PlankkR3 and receive $500"

LOL Vlad,

Q

[Michael Stride]

Alberto Tomba was a bit of a podgy (big boned) playboy, who devastated Ski Slalom, especially tight for years...There is a relevance to skating here as it provoked thoughts on what the optimum style, technique and size should be for slalom, and I believe that can be transferred to skating.
He took what was a less glamourous part of skiing to the masses.

Recently a Brit, (Alan Baxter?) took third at the Olympics for Ski Slalom only to be disqualified for drugs. He used Vics Sinex just before his race. The sad thing is that the composition of Vics is different in the UK and and had he used the UK stuff and not the US sourced stuff he bought in Park City he'd have been fine.

Its funny how any form of slalom technique can be transferred to different forms. Martin Drayton told me about a driving test he had where he had to drive around cones in a car. It was his first attempt and he took it 'slowly'. Only to see his instructor grabbing everything solid in tha car and exclaiming it was the fastest he'd ever gone through the cones.

[Dave Gale]

I still like/respect Ingmar Stenmark's style and longevity..And yes he slalom skateboards too!!!