[2005] Paris Slalom World Cup 2005

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Post by Donald Campbell » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:51 am

man...
what's happening with that website?
no news?
no updates in the database?
looks freestyle to say the least.

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Post by Vincent Berruchon » Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:30 am

Ok... I officiallly declare that Riderz is not participating to the slalom race websites contest ;)
What informations do you need guys?

LOOK AT THE EVENT SCHEDULE HERE:
http://event.riderz.net/pswc2005/eng/programme.php?id=8

SPECIAL SLALOM = hybrid parallel slalom
TIGHT SLALOM = straight slalom

Schedule of the Slide Contest is indicative (it's a one thing that the rain can't stop so it can begin as soon as we cannot do something else because of the weather!! but this year we didn't order rain).

An update of the website will be done very soon (perhaps in a few hours. Before the end of the week for sure)
RIDERZ organize two downhill races far away from Paris in March and April. And at the same time we are working on the PSWC. We also had a few problems with our new server. So there's a lot to do and the website wasn't the top priority... sorry.
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beau tableau !

Post by Etienne de Bary » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:19 am

nice colorful table !
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Post by Marcus Seyffarth » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:41 am

Why GS on saturday and straight on monday? And why is last years list of riders on the website? And isn't it time to open the registration soon? Why o why?

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:09 am

As pro you do not have to worry about numerus closus or whatever, you could sign in right before the races.
it's a bit cheaper though if you do it before, if i remember.
The schedule is indicative: it can be modified if there is risks of rain. The slide contest would start immediately if the tracks are wet.

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Post by Pierre-Yves Ritschard » Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:05 pm

Donald Campbell wrote:constructive criticism here.
so the people in paris are unable to create an english version of their site.
is that what it seems to be?
we're working really hard on it (just a reminder last year we didn't have it ready either by that time and the competition went really smoothly). i'd like you to remember we all have full time jobs and we're doing this on our free time. we're all downhill racers as well and the season starts early this year so it's a bit tough to fit everything in our schedule. the website is not the most important thing we have to figure out, there are a LOT of things to be taken into account in order to succesfully put up an event in front of the eiffel tower (we're doing a lot of talking with officials to get this accepted every year).

thanks for your patience and please relax. the registration will be up shortly and don't worry there'll be room for everyone.

-- panda.

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Paris Schedule

Post by Bobby Mandarino » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:47 pm

I too was expecting the schedule to be the same as last year with the Tight on Saturday and the GS on Monday. I think opening up with the tight is a great warm up as everyone knows exactly what that course is (40 cones @ 2 M). I hope you change back to Tight on Saturday and GS on Monday. Just an opinion. Thanks

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Post by Kenny Mollica » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:00 pm

The GS first will be fine, as it takes less out of you and lets you warm up to your equiptment. Its Tito time Bobby. Can I bum some shampoo when we get there? I will bring along some snacks for the flight and trip.

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As you want

Post by Vincent Berruchon » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:10 pm

If most of the racers perfer to begin with Tight Slalom on Saturday and finish with GS on Monday.. we can do it!

If you want to vote, I set-up a poll, just to know:
viewtopic.php?p=24883#24883

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Euro Slalomers : Wake up !!!!

Post by Vincent Berruchon » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:59 am

hmmm...
Did you hear about what we should probably call now the "RADIKAL CHALLENGE" at the PSWC 2005?

POST FROM NCDSA.COM:

Code: Select all

TOTAL CARNAGE      
On 4/1/2005 MCCREE wrote in from 198.70.xxx.xxx: (United States)

WE ARE GOING TO WREEK TOTAL CARNAGE ON THE EURO-"PROS"

I AM NOW-- ON THIS FORUM-THE TOTALLY COOLEST FORUM EVER- GOING TO PUT UP $500.00 TO ANYONE WHO BEATS OUR GROUP IN PARIS. THAT'S RIGHT

WHOEVER BEATS OUR "GROUP"--- NOW LET'S GET SERIOUS- YOU HAVE TO BEAT ALL OF US TO GET THE MONEY.

IF ONE OF US TAKES FIRST- NO MONEY WILL BE PAID. NO MATTER HOW MANY BEAT OUR GROUP, ALL WILL BE PAID $500.00.


PER RACE. THAT'S RIGHT-------PER RACE.

IT'S OFFICIAL- IT'S POSTED- IT IS.
The group were talkin about is:
David Hackett, Richie.Carasco, Steve oLsOn, Jason Mitchell, Chris Barker, Kenny "Nature Boy" Mollica, Keith Hollien, Bobby Mandarino, Mark McCree
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RADIKAL

Post by Mark McCree » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:18 am

That's right- see the "european 2005" forum page 3. I confirmed my NCDSA post.

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Post by Donald Campbell » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:03 am

ok,marc
i talked with 2 of my teamriders yesterday and they loved your generous offer.
so PAVEL is throwing at least 2 riders into the competition.i think chris and ramon from airflow are also keen on racing for the purse,as are a lot of others,vince,klang,you name em.
good offer-good vibes
see you there,prep up,it won't be that easy to keep the money.

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Post by Pascal Weber » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:29 pm

Is this also valid in the junior's category?

maybe with a bit less payment...

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:54 am

The online subscriptions page has been updated first in french, this is not very logical... However it should be possible to fill the form with no notion of french at all "nom" means name, prénom means "first name", ...
http://event.riderz.net/pswc2005/fr/ins ... s.php?id=7

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Post by Ramón Königshausen » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:19 pm

moi, je sais parler français!

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Post by YOYO SHULTZ » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:59 pm

Sorry but the signup ne marche pas:
500 - Internal Server Error
I checked both, the French and English sites.
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:((

Post by Vincent Berruchon » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:11 am

All Riderz dynamic webpages are down :(
It's a curse!
We ever had problems problem last month (many pirates attacks). So perhaps it's one more again.
I hope the team will have time to fix that quickly.
Really sorry.

But don't worry, if you come from far away it will ever be possible to register at the beginning of the competition.

What you've got to know
The PSWC 2005 packs include :
- the regstration to the three slalom races (Tight+Special+Giant) ,
- registration to the slide contest
- 3 meals
- a t-shirt
Prices:
--> Amateurs: 50 €
--> Pros: 110 €
At least 75% of the pro participation will be redistributed to the racers: prize money for the 8 first racers of each race.
Amateurs can also register only for the race they want to if they don't want the complete pack.

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Post by Janis kuzmins » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:09 pm

how could I register to the contest before it.
I don't understand french

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Post by Jadranko Radovanovic » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:53 pm

Janis,

you have below the direct link to the registration page of the World Cup in Paris.

http://event.riderz.net/pswc2005/fr/ins ... s.php?id=7


Here is the translation for the inscription form:


Nom = name
Prenom = firstname
Date de Naissance = date when you was born
Adresse = adress
Code postal = postal code
Ville = city
Pays = country
Téléphone = phone number (but istn't important for the registration)
email
Club / Team / Sponsors

N° Licence FFRS (if you are licenced by th organisation riderz you have to put your licence number in this field)

Sex = sex Homme = men Femme = woman

Etes vous membre de l'association riderz ? (15€ de reduction)
If you are a member of the riderz organisation you have to pay 15 Euro less
Oui = yes Non = no

Choisissez votre catégorie: =choose your categorie:

Roller (Amateur uniquement)
Skate (Amateur ou Pro)


Choisissez votre type d'inscription = choose your type of registration.

Pack Roller is for roller...

Pack Skate Amateurs / feminin 55 Euros : That's for the amateurs and women who race the races in the amateure category. All races, a t-shirt and two meals are included in this package.

Pack Pro 110 Euros : It's the package for the pro skater. In this 110 Euros you have all 3 races, a t-shirt and two meals. In this category the first 8 of each race will win some cash.

Choisissez vos disciplines
choose your category:


the arithmetic of the prize money:
nomber of participants x 110 Eur x 0.75

in 2004 ther was
28 participants x 110 Eur = 3080 Eur x 0.75 = 2310 Eur price money for three races.
That is 770 Euro for one race

This year you can expact more. there are a lot of americans who will enter the competition who weren't there last year.

you can expact ca.:
32 participants, that is 960 Euros per race. That money will by shared of the best 8 particpants.

And if you are faster than every american rider, you will win 500 US Dollar's extra per race.

I hope you will win a podium for Latvia !!!

/Jadranko

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Post by Mathias Puentedura » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:45 pm

because nobody answer me on riderz,

Can I register directly on the event?
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Post by Etienne de Bary » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:26 pm

Yes Mathias, if you see the schedule you will notice there is time for that every morning,... but is there a numerus closus in amateur men category, that is a question i haven't found an answer to.
(obviously unnecessary in pro class)

if i was in charge of the PSWC, i guess i would set one.
Maybe i would not make publicity on that before the online subscription is actually working ;)

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Post by Yem Rossi » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:52 pm

sorry that we've taken so long to get the online registration going but we had several problems... but who cares as you can now go ahead and sign up in English, I hope you will forget that it took us so damn long...

http://event.riderz.net/

Last site update 11th April 2005:
- activated online sign up
- published fees, prizes etc
- volounteer sign up activated
- updated our list of sponsors
- posted the program/schedule

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Post by Janis kuzmins » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:15 pm

tnx for info Jadranko

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Post by Mathias Puentedura » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:48 pm

Thanks Etienne...
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:-)

Post by Etienne de Bary » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:34 am

:-)

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Post by Peter Klang » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:41 am

Seems like our American friends will come to Paris armed to their teeth.
Check out team Radikals very pretty shirts on NCDSA.

//Sören

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Post by Marcus Seyffarth » Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:57 pm

2 meters @ the straight is so nineties ;)

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:45 pm

2 meters in Troca is not like 2 meters elsewhere.
...lots of people here still don't use Radikals ;)

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Post by Yem Rossi » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:57 pm

PARIS SLALOM WORLD CUP 2005

Last site update 24th April 2005:
- updated the program/schedule
- added the Roller Jump Freestyle discpline description.
- updated our list of sponsors

http://event.riderz.net/

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Paris

Post by Claude Regnier » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:21 pm

Mb And I just booked our flights we arriving the 9th and departing the 17th.

Looking forward to my 2nd visit. Does anybody need anything, LOL.
Many Happy Pumps!

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Post by Peter Klang » Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:50 am

I need to see Daniel Alfredsson play next session...

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Post by Claude Regnier » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:30 pm

Me 2!

He's my favorite!
Many Happy Pumps!

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Post by alavoine jean paul » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:51 pm

Marcus Seyffarth wrote:2 meters @ the straight is so nineties ;)
RIGHT
jean paul aka POPOL:
"I was born yesterday...
but I stayed up all night!"

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Post by alavoine jean paul » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:53 pm

Etienne de Bary wrote:2 meters in Troca is not like 2 meters elsewhere.
...lots of people here still don't use Radikals ;)
WRONG


Some people here still use Lacadur trucks, no matter what...
jean paul aka POPOL:
"I was born yesterday...
but I stayed up all night!"

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Post by Jani Soderhall » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:33 pm

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Post by Jani Soderhall » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:11 pm

...and some memories from last year:

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The World Cup of slalom skateboarding took place at Trocadero (Paris) on the mythical spot from the 80's. Steve Olson, the old, not the the young one sponsored by Shortys was there. No surprise, he's the editor of a pool magazine! There were also the international champions of this category as well as the brothers Chaboud and Jonathan Monie who signed up and raced on boards from the old days (Jon can do just about anything on his orange Variflex. That was skateboarding before street... and it's still fun!

Pictures of:
Patrick Lozano, freestyle
Bruce Brewington, slalom

Photo credit: Simon Gade.

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Post by Soizic Quemener » Tue May 03, 2005 7:45 pm

Thanks a lot Jani.
This year, Sport +, a cable television channel will cover the event.
There are two possibilities:
1) there will be a professional crew from the telly
2) there will be a Riderz team video filming the event if they don’t send their own crew

The report will be broadcast one week/10 days after the competition.
If the report is interesting, it might be broadcast by Canal +, a national and important channel in France.

What is very interesting:
They want to broadcast the report and comment it as professionals, like a football (soccer) match in France (what a shame football is so popular).
I think it’s a great opportunity for slalom competition.
The French journalist Fabrice Lecuyer is really fond of skateboarding and will send a crew if he can, he wants slalom skateboarding to be recognised as a real sport (like football…)


See you in Paris

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Post by Peter Klang » Fri May 06, 2005 3:01 pm

Man, I just scrolled through the racers list. I’m gonno end up dead last, all killer riders. All I can say to my competitors, please be gentle, I brose easy on the inside.

//Franky four fingers

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Post by Donald Campbell » Fri May 06, 2005 4:49 pm

hey peter,
just be there and KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Sat May 07, 2005 10:40 am

a decks brand has just decided to form a second slalom rookies team, racers Laurent Giraudon and Patrick Allan (see them in .mpg film Rookies' Playground).

... i forgot something ? ;)

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$500.00 CHALLENGE

Post by Mark McCree » Sun May 08, 2005 5:58 pm

Now that the group is geting ready to leave for Paris, I want to make sure everyone understands the challenge.

As I originally posted- "Anyone beating our group wins $500.00 per race" (as in Americans)

This is the group as I know it: (It got bigger as others decided to go)

McCree
Hollien
Mandarino
Mollica
Heinle
Pirnack
Dong
Carrasco
Olson
Mitchell
Barker
Hackett
Fluitt

BRING IT ON GUYS

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Post by Ramón Königshausen » Sun May 08, 2005 6:30 pm

Since when is Fluitt riding Radikal? I thought it was the Radikal-Challenge and not the Radikal-Splitfire-Challenge. You Americans are confusing. Anyway....I'm looking forward to the competion. It's getting more and more interesting day by day.

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Post by Pascal Weber » Sun May 08, 2005 6:35 pm

You guys must have speeecial ppowers!!

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Post by Mark McCree » Sun May 08, 2005 6:47 pm

Well Ramon, Gary was riding a front at the last worlds. He is now on his own DS. But we love him anyway. He can be the "fallen from the fold-red headed step child" of the Radikal group. He'll be back someday.

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Bonjour Paris!

Post by John Dillon » Mon May 09, 2005 7:52 pm

I wish I could be there to skate with you all....I last skated under the Eiffel Tower back in '77. Have fun everyone....make sure you all celebrate for me by eating some 'escargots'! A toute a l'heure!

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Post by Kenny Mollica » Tue May 10, 2005 3:01 am

Vincent-
Will you email me? I have a question for you.

Kenny Mollica

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WEATHER

Post by Michael Dong » Tue May 10, 2005 7:41 am

Hey,

Whats up with the weather? Is it really going to rain this weekend in Paris???

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Post by Marcus Seyffarth » Tue May 10, 2005 8:42 am

RAIN!!!!

What's up with that??? I thought the organizers said last year they should sort this weather thing out ;)

Team US, where should we send the Swedish bikini team to keep you up all night?

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Post by Yem Rossi » Tue May 10, 2005 11:03 am

Just a reminder that you can sign up online (will speed things up) in ENGLISH http://event.riderz.net/pswc2005/eng/in ... s.php?id=7

And you can catch a glimpse of some of the juicy prizes you might take home on our sponsors page http://event.riderz.net/pswc2005/eng/pa ... hp?t=71555

The schedule is also finalized http://event.riderz.net/pswc2005/eng/programme.php?id=8
(I haven't got round to translating it yet but it's not complicated to understand and I'm sure most of you will be able to figure it out.)

I will be on site at the PSWC in the "international" tent if you have any problems to sort out and you have difficulties with French.

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Post by Jani Soderhall » Tue May 10, 2005 1:00 pm

If it does rain is it worth anything to get an alternative location and do a race anyway?

It's too late to organize an official race indoors such as in a parking space, but maybe we can do an outlaw thing. I know a fairly good parking lot at a shopping centre, outside of Paris, which is closed on Sundays that we might want to try.

But, being off site, is not a good thing should the weather turn to the better during the day. Maybe it's too risky to even think of something different.

Normally it doesn't rain for hours and hours in Paris. Maybe we should just concentrate on methods to dry the surface once it stops raining.

(These are just my personal thoughts, not those of the organizing committee.)

/Jani

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