Jani Soderhall wrote:Ramón Königshausen wrote:AM/WOM: roughly €40-60
PRO: roughly €80-110
JUN: roughly €30-50
How about changing the ladies to FREE and Juniors to 20-30? (of course it also depends on what is in the package, ie meals and t-shirts, etc). But the point is we need to encourage these two categories. If there would be a KIDS (under 12) category I think it should always be FREE. (But maybe the EC is not really where kids race.)
For the PRO fee, I was hoping there would be a trend towards a lower entry fee. There has been so many complaints about it, but unfortunately you don't seem to support that idea.
Also, how does the PRO/AM separation suit the new ISSA 2010 rules. Are they valid right away, or can race organizers do it any way they want. Maybe those rules were put into action just a little bit too quickly, with race organizers not ready for the change, but at the same time I have already heard AMs being pleased with this merged class.
/Jani
Yep, moving the ladies to at least JUN fee and try to keep that as low as possible.
As for now the exact amount of entry fee has not been set. We've paid more before. We tried to set a trend in 2009 by offering a PRO entry fee of a mere €50 and 30 for AM. However, none of the big events in 2009 followed that trend. 2010 doesn't seem to be much different. We would love to see a trend happening and tried to start it last year. This year is looking a bit different so we just try and go by the "guidelines".
So yes, I do and have been supporting that idea ever since I've been a racer and tried to adopt to it turning into an event organizer but it doesn't seem like many events can actually
afford lower entry fees.
As for the rules they kind of got changed during the whole process of event sanctioning etc. We are still under the impression that the statuses of this year ought to be run under the old status sanctioning rules. However, if it is asked for, they may be applied the new rules. (To me they're more of a cosmetic change - that does make sense - rather than an actual organizational change that affects the riders.)
On a side note: "at the same time I have already heard AMs being pleased with this merged class."
Has anyone ever answered my question about what's gonna happen to TS if classes are merged?
Anyway, quoting the rules, the PRO division does still exist:
ISSA Slalom Skateboarding Rules 2010 wrote:
9. Racer Classifications, Racer Groupings, Awards, AND Overall Winner
9.1 Racer Classifications
The following racer classifications are recognized. Not every contest will award points, prizes, and
medals to every one of these classifications. A racer must race in one and only one classification
for each race.
• Open: Every racer may race in the “open” classification.
• Skill level (self declared grouping):
• Pro / Amateur
• Gender
• Female / Male
• Age:
• Juniors: (17 and under) racers who’s age will not reach 18 in the current year.
• Teens: (14 and under) those racers who’s age will not reach 15 in the current year.
• Kids: (11 and under) those racers who’s age will not reach 12 in the current year.
• Masters: Those racers who’s age is 45 years or older.
Accommodation
For those who have asked for accommodation advice: Due to the Iron Man event in Rapperswil on Sunday, the youth hostel in Richterswil is almost booked (5-6 2-bed rooms for Fri-Sat and 1 4-bed room for Fri-Sat)
There is another youth hostel in Zurich Wollishofen as well as some B&B in the area.
http://www.hri.ch/8805-Drei-K%C3%B6nige
http://www.tripadvisor.de/Hotel_Review- ... urich.html
http://www.youthhostel.ch/index.php?id= ... 0f6b2d2c9c
http://www.dulac-waedenswil.ch/en/i_hotel.htm
My recommendation:
http://www.cantinateresa.ch/page/index. ... NavID=2526
I will also check if we could offer free camping.
rmn