ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

access to the race track:


The track is located at the river Rhine, embedded in big lawn areas with a scenic view of the Düsseldorfer skyline, right next to the bridge crossing the river.

Coming by tram:
Take u76,u74,705 from hauptbahnhof and exit "luegallee" that's the first stop after the bridge. You will see the track on the left hand side when you pass the bridge.

Coming by car:
depending on your direction enter"kaiser wilhelm ring" in your navigator or call me for directions:00491775141438.

Sponsors for this race: carhartt, adio footwear, pavel, concrete wave.

Format of the race: special course, ramp start, head to head, pro and am

Prizes: MONEY and good stuff

registration for the race starts at 11.00 am race starts at 12.00 pm

entry fees will be:
ams 10 euros
pros 20 euros

please bring small bills


Any other producer who doesn't sponsor this race is not allowed to either display or sell any products during the whole event.if the producer chooses to do so,he will be banned from the race. If anybody is eyeing at the possibility to showcase his products at the race, we want to see a commitment from this person in funding the event with products for the prize ballot.

Great, now pray for no rain!

How is the surface?

a close-up photo with a bearing on it would be of great help!

Chris

sorry,no bearing pic at this time
you will fare good with 83-85 in the rear and you can go harder in the front.

Hi Chris

The surface isn´t that good but OK. Not to hard wheels is the best I think!!!!

Ok. I'll take along 90A Wheels...

rmn

It will be nice!!

let`s hope for good weather forecasts - BERLIN IS ON THE ROAD UP FROM FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL ARRIVE IN THE DÜSSELDORF AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON !!!!!!

cheers
svenne

Weather in Düsseldorf on Sunday:

http://www.wetteronline.de/NRW/Duesseldorf.htm

... but carsten, we talk about the 2 nd of april `he` - do you have any longterm forecasts ??

check this: http://de.weather.com/weather/local/GMXX0028

looks good !!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for the link ....

the weather situtation on the course for the ams is as follows:
some offset cones lead into some wider swings and some nicely offset cones again,all on a steep hill,which leads to burning urethane and some nice adrenaline rushes combined with some fricking speed,right at the first third of the hill,IF you make it clean to the bottom,expect
some 6 foot straight cones to get more speed(they are tricky to enter with the speed you have) running into some good offsets to make you work for your prizes.

no mercy from the wicked ones!!!!!!!!!

next up is the pro course.

what a nice way to start the season.

But Sven, isn't 3 days forecast longterm enough ?

he carsten,

everything is fine ... but last week your link didn`t show the last weekend of march ... anyway your link say "schauer" ... so we will see !!!!!!

Is there a pool session on saturday at the factory bowl ?

http://wetter.rtl.de/deutschland/uebers ... FCsseldorf

a longer forecast - - - the SUN comes !

Sat., April 1

Rain 3 - 5 l/qm
Risk 79 %
Humidity 68 %

Where do you see the sun there Joe?
I wish I had your view...............

hoping for sun, weather can change fast in D'dorf. (because it is near to the north-sea NL, mostly weather comes from westside)

Sun would be GREAT, but I guess it will not be.

Let's plan for an alternative session in the bowl as well, so noone is disappointed if it rains out.

all pool-sessions are racers only.
so if you want to join the race you can skate the pool,if not,no chance on that weekend.
i'm checking on a really good alternative for the race,if it rains,more later...

Joachim Leonhardt wrote:hoping for sun, weather can change fast in D'dorf. (because it is near to the north-sea NL, mostly weather comes from westside)

So Joe is 100% responsible for the weather forecast and will pay gas money to everybody if it rains out.....LOL!

YOYO thanxs for your kind help !!!

have sun in your heart and you got it ~~~

so i checked a few spots today-IF IT RAINS-and chances are good that we will pull off the race ANYWAY.

here's the lowdown:you WILL race on sunday-if not in oberkassel-then somewhere else.
we have a good and organized crew in düsseldorf and cologne and we will make it happen anyway.

there's enough cars around and hopping from one location to the next is pretty easy with a bunch of cool,motorized guys.
i scouted some locations in the nearby area today,some are under bridges or maybe in a huge factory,next to the bowl.ain't that scenic?

to the one guy who propagates on other forums that the race will be rained out:keep up your pessimistic spirits,we don't care and we don't see you racing either.
there's a big difference between keyboard-racing and real racing.
so put up or shut up.

That sounds nice! Especially for those who got flights booked and so on...like me for example

looking forward,
rmn

You can trust on us ( french riderzzzzzzzzzzzz !!! )

Let´s wait with the forecasts until friday. Everything else is bullshit at the moment...

Saturday before the race I spend a little brunch at my skateshop. Nothing special. I sponser some bread and coffee, you can watch some nice boards and after this we drive to the factory pool for a nice session. Anybody interested???? What´s up Sven, Fred, Yoyo and the rest....

On Sunday it will not rain. I have talked to the german weather office in Neustadt / Pfalz,
a good friend of me work there . The race von Sunday can begin.
That Information is for all the other People and keyboard Skaters!
And now the important Information for the Tourist; On Friday the 31.03.06 it was a Concert of Urge Overkill and
The (International) Noise Conspiracy (ex. Refused) in Düsseldsorf at 21.00 O'Clock for 10 €
(Very Cheap for this good Punk bands).
All the other guys can by a offset Truck by E-bay ... hahahaha ..

See you on Sunday ....

hmm?

Heiko Schöller wrote:Let´s wait with the forecasts until friday. Everything else is bullshit at the moment...

Saturday before the race I spend a little brunch at my skateshop. Nothing special. I sponser some bread and coffee, you can watch some nice boards and after this we drive to the factory pool for a nice session. Anybody interested???? What´s up Sven, Fred, Yoyo and the rest....

Sounds Cool Heiko !!!

Is that Sat. morning ? because we plan to leave Paris around 9 am and arrive around 2 or 3pm

Do we go straight to Koln or Duss' ?

Pray for sun !

the keyboard skater who will attend the race on sunday !

ksrt (keyboard skater racing team )

heiko,

thanks for the invitation - sounds good - you sponsor coffee and bread and we buy "hackepeter/mett", onions, butter and some cheese or stuff for the vegeterians - okay ?

see you on saturday ...

cheers
svenne

Heiko Schöller wrote:Let´s wait with the forecasts until friday. Everything else is bullshit at the moment...

Saturday before the race I spend a little brunch at my skateshop. Nothing special. I sponser some bread and coffee, you can watch some nice boards and after this we drive to the factory pool for a nice session. Anybody interested???? What´s up Sven, Fred, Yoyo and the rest....

Thanks for the invitation, but I can only come on Sunday for the race.

one more of the old

get up early go over 100kmph avarage on the autobahn pick up yoyo and go on then skate and do the return thing trip

again for me also

But thanks Heiko

see you guys

okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy krst let's see if you finally live up to your promise.
we will all be waiting for that and if you do so,everything's cool and all are happy.

what's up with lennart from hannover?
any news from the poweleit bunch?

reg. the track:
it is NOT too difficult for unexperienced riders,a friend of mine who doesn't slalom made the course,so there you go.
it will be difficult if you go for it,YES!!!!!!!!!

ok, pray for good weather and we will see !

Fred the time is up to you guys...If you say you come round about 2-3 o clock we can meet then for me it´s no problem. We can skate the pool later...

sorry guys. i spend my hole money at ebay...

To all those wetterfrösche on the dark side of the world:
leave your German Angst at home, guys!

This is all bad propaganda. There will be no rain on sunday!

i just got some stuff from adio and they gave more than i expected.
carhartt will do the same i think and EVERYBODY will go home with something.
heiko and me will throw in some GOOD schwag too!!!!!
that's good news for the entrants of the race i think.

I just ordered some secret rain wheel formula from Mr. Frankenblitz........hahahaha

see you soon baby

Wetterfrösche rule !;-)

who will come to the 1st SPSB (Slalom and Pool Skater Brunch) at Heiko's Shop ?

erst steil , dann total flat .....quasi erst rollen lassen und dann Gas geben !

that's what carsten posted on another forum

oh oh oh you will see there is a difference from 1 year ago to now.

no more rolling around but fighting with traction and speed on a hill-that's the new style

wow, gnarly..........

allright,charly!!

Carsten Pingel wrote:who will come to the 1st SPSB (Slalom and Pool Skater Brunch) at Heiko's Shop ?

The french crew...

But what about the course itself? Spacing I mean...

rmn

you could make it on the c81 i guess
spacing on the hill is 2m at the start and it goes wider into2-4m cone distances
the bottom starts with 1,80m again
that looks loke a special course to me,eh?

sounds challenging !

yeah, I agree it's a special! I can even ride TS with my C81 if the course isn't too nasty...

rmn