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European Championships, Amsterdam, Aug 16-17 2008 [MAIN]

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:39 am
by Flavio Badenes
We have started the hard work. The plan is ready.

First good news is that brand new asphalt is being applied to the location where we were last year. This is working in progress. It should be ready soon.

For 2008 the City of Amsterdam will be much more involved.

Two day event.

GS, HS, TS
Pro and AM.
Men and Women
Dates to be confirmed

Here we go again.

Ed note: Title of topic updated 2008-06-23 following the move of the euros to Amsterdam /Jani

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:11 pm
by Marcus Rietema
What are the dates?

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:27 pm
by Flavio Badenes
The dates are

August the 16th and the 17th 2008.

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB ... .php?f=182

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:29 pm
by Marcus Rietema
Flavio Badenes wrote:The dates are

August the 16th and the 17th 2008.

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB ... .php?f=182
Thanks!

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:32 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Marcus Rietema wrote:
Flavio Badenes wrote:The dates are

August the 16th and the 17th 2008.

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB ... .php?f=182
Thanks!
Don't mention it

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:10 pm
by Marcus Rietema
Flavio Badenes wrote:
Marcus Rietema wrote:
Flavio Badenes wrote:The dates are

August the 16th and the 17th 2008.

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB ... .php?f=182
Thanks!
Don't mention it
Totziens!

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:15 pm
by Dominik Kowalski

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Amsterdam will hold the European Championships for 2008!
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:03 am
by Flavio Badenes
We are very proud of it and already working even harder at it.
More information soon.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:07 am
by Carsten Pingel
Flavio! We will come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:22 pm
by Flavio Badenes
So far we have a brand new surface. A coin rolls all the way down the hill as smooth as a baby face......

This was specially laid down for the contest.


The city of Amsterdam paid!!!! to have a contest that was going to happen on the same weekend as ours CANCELLED.

The city wants to make the SLALOM event the third biggest annual event on that location together with an international racing cycling event and an international junior football event. Both football and cycling even have a attendance of 3000 people on the two days the last to watch races and player of the whole world.

The city wants to " adopt " our event.

Do you guys realize the potential?

I do hope to see you all here.

and more info will come soon...
I have something cooking.......... see you soon............

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:30 pm
by HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric
"Euros" or not, we already planned to come !!!!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:35 pm
by Steve Hinzen
Fred:
"Euros" or not, we already planned to come !!!!
damn right, Fred!

Great news so far, Flavio!
You can count on the GoG!

Steve.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:37 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Carsten Pingel wrote:Flavio! We will come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great and....

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:38 pm
by Flavio Badenes
HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric wrote:"Euros" or not, we already planned to come !!!!
Great!!!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:39 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Steve Hinzen wrote:Fred:
"Euros" or not, we already planned to come !!!!
damn right, Fred!

Great news so far, Flavio!
You can count on the GoG!

Steve.
Thanks Steve I certainly am!

I am off to skate now!!!!

See you guys!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:55 pm
by Donald Campbell
just to repeat this here from a previous thread:
we fully support flavio and his contest!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:10 pm
by Peter Klang
Will the drug tests be manetory, or can I stick to my diet coke?

YFPK

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:29 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Peter Klang wrote:Will the drug tests be manetory, or can I stick to my diet coke?

YFPK
Drug testing does NOT exist in Holland. :-)

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:10 pm
by Donald Campbell
in holland drug tests are MONETARY peter
you pay you smoke
that's how it works

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:27 am
by Martin Drayton
Flavio Badenes wrote:
Peter Klang wrote:Will the drug tests be mandatory, or can I stick to my diet coke?
Drug testing does NOT exist in Holland. :-)
In Amsterdam drug testing means doing a Tour of the 'Coffee Shops' then staggering home to make notes ;)
Martin.

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:03 am
by Chris Barker
Martin Drayton wrote:In Amsterdam drug testing means doing a Tour of the 'Coffee Shops' then staggering home to make notes ;)
After the "coffee" tour comes the Bananan Bar, then you walk around in circles until you find "home"...

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 5:16 pm
by Cyril Schardijn
Peter Klang wrote:Will the drug tests be manetory, or can I stick to my diet coke?

YFPK
If you skip the weed you can stick to your diet on coke ;-)

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:37 pm
by Ricardo Damborenea
Flavio,

I'll try to be there with some of the Spanish crew. After Paris, the (slalom) bug has definetely bitten us !

Um abraço

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:54 pm
by HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric
Ricardo Damborenea wrote:Flavio,

I'll try to be there with some of the Spanish crew. After Paris, the (slalom) bug has definetely bitten us !

Um abraço
Was REALLY cool to meet Spanish racers ( who speak french too ! ).

Looking forward to race in Madrid.... some day ?!

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:03 pm
by Flavio Badenes
HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric wrote:
Ricardo Damborenea wrote:Flavio,

I'll try to be there with some of the Spanish crew. After Paris, the (slalom) bug has definetely bitten us !

Um abraço
Was REALLY cool to meet Spanish racers ( who speak french too ! ).

Looking forward to race in Madrid.... some day ?!
Ricardo speaks Portuguese as well Fred.

Welcome to the forum and to Amsterdam!!
I checked 40sk8, good website, beautiful beaches. Viva Espana, lindo lugar
Espero poder recebe-los aqui para o campeonato.

Grande abraço

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:36 pm
by Flavio Badenes
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In Amsterdam drug testing means doing a Tour of the 'Coffee Shops' then staggering home to make notes ;)
Martin.
When you get home you realize you forgot completely about what you were supposed to make a note of and then you have to go out and start it all over again :-)

Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:39 pm
by Pablo Ballester
Flavio nice to meet you in Paris, we raced together in Sunday same lane.
Hope We´ll be in the Beautiful Amsterdam!

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:59 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Pablo Ballester wrote:Flavio nice to meet you in Paris, we raced together in Sunday same lane.
Hope We´ll be in the Beautiful Amsterdam!
Hola Pablo.

I do hope to see you here.
I have a video of our race check the link:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=lOHG7MladnU

Saludos!!

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:14 pm
by Pablo Ballester
Nice video Flavio
Thks!

;)

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:52 pm
by Pelle Gustafsson
Ricardo Damborenea wrote:Flavio,

I'll try to be there with some of the Spanish crew. After Paris, the (slalom) bug has definetely bitten us !

Um abraço
hope to see you all there!!

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:13 pm
by Flavio Badenes
The website in on the air.

http://www.amsterdamslalom.com/

you can register on line but you pay when you are here.
Please note that the riders list is not automatcaly updated, so it will take some time after you register to see you name on the list.

This is only the beta version of the website. I will add a lot more this week. Please be patient because we are woking very hard at this contest.

PRO´s fee is € 100,00, AM´s € 50 and Girls: FREE

This will entitle you to meals (yes you read it right MEAL) during the two days of the competition. Also a small breakfast for the people how will be camping.
Camping on site , with showers and facilities. Please bring your own tent.

Event T-Shirt

MOST of the money will go into the PRO`s prize purse.
Goodie bags for the AM´s

and a lot more.

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:32 pm
by Jani Soderhall
Flavio Badenes wrote:... and Girls entry fee: FREE
I hope we have hereby started a new trend. Let's make it free for the girls all the time.

/Jani

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:10 pm
by Donald Campbell
one quick question:
why does the header of this topic say prime?
i heard its a main
could somebody change that?

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:35 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Jani Soderhall wrote:
Flavio Badenes wrote:... and Girls entry fee: FREE
I hope we have hereby started a new trend. Let's make it free for the girls all the time.

/Jani
Indeed Jani. You started it and I am glad to be able to do the same. This is the least we can do to get more girls involved in slalom skateboarding.

By the way, are you the one that can change the title on this topic from PRIME to MAIN ? I would really appreciate if you could do that. Thanks!!

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:46 pm
by Bart Brunninkhuis
nice work flavio!

if i dress up like a girl, do i get a free entry too?

daam

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:08 pm
by Pelle Gustafsson
i use to have tits before... just trade it away in paris...

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:17 pm
by Martin Drayton
Donald Campbell wrote:one quick question:
why does the header of this topic say prime?
i heard its a main
could somebody change that?
Shouldn't it say European Champs too? Sounds like its going to be a great event! Good luck Flavio.

Martin

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:30 am
by Flavio Badenes
Martin Drayton wrote:
Donald Campbell wrote:one quick question:
why does the header of this topic say prime?
i heard its a main
could somebody change that?
Shouldn't it say European Champs too? Sounds like its going to be a great event! Good luck Flavio.

Martin
Thank you Martin, I hope to see you here.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:09 pm
by Jani Soderhall
Flavio Badenes wrote:Jani, Are you the one that can change the title on this topic from PRIME to MAIN ? I would really appreciate if you could do that. Thanks!!
Done.

/Jani

Junior

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:47 pm
by Gints Gailitis
Hi, Flavio!

I hope you will include junior group in European championship 2008.

They are not so many and need only gratitude and diploma.

Junior group was last EM in Latvia 2006 and in France 2007.

No juniors - no future!

www.skateboardinfo.lv

Re: Junior

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:32 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Gints Gailitis wrote:Hi, Flavio!

I hope you will include junior group in European championship 2008.

They are not so many and need only gratitude and diploma.

Junior group was last EM in Latvia 2006 and in France 2007.

No juniors - no future!

www.skateboardinfo.lv
Agreed, juniors for free as well.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:33 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Thanks again Jani!!

Amsterdam/Acomodation

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:20 am
by Robert Thiele
Hi Flavio,

are there some special rates for the competitors
in Hotel Mercure ?
(Last year in Hannover was Mercure a sponsor
and the cost of a doubleroom were about 35,00 EUR.)
What about the campsite - Is it in the same area ?
If you go to Riga we can speak there about it.


Kind regards

Robert

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:19 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Hi Robert,

I have two meetings this week with managers from two hotels in that area. More info soon.

The camping site is on the racing site. It is almost like sleeping on the course. :-)

It is a quite nice grass field. You can place your tent there. There are also all the facilities, like lockers, showers, WC and dressing rooms. All very nice. They are part of the sport complex and they are used for the events that happen in the sport complex.

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:06 pm
by Flavio Badenes
I am on holidays. I will be back on July the 23rd. Please bear with us if you have registered and you don't see you name on the website.

I amat work, but under the sun and on my surfboard :-)

See you soon!!!

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:54 pm
by Ricardo Damborenea
Flavio,

Hope you are surfing a lot! Is it in Brazil? lucky you!

When you come back, pls post the agenda of the event so I can adjust planes & hotels. I'm coming from Mundaka (good surfing too!, he he), so logistics are a little tricky.

I'm also trying to abduct some other guys from Spain. Argument being we are on a historical winning streak we need to mantain (Eurocup, Wimbledon...)!

Rgds.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:23 pm
by Flavio Badenes
Ricardo Damborenea wrote:Flavio,

Hope you are surfing a lot! Is it in Brazil? lucky you!

When you come back, pls post the agenda of the event so I can adjust planes & hotels. I'm coming from Mundaka (good surfing too!, he he), so logistics are a little tricky.

I'm also trying to abduct some other guys from Spain. Argument being we are on a historical winning streak we need to mantain (Eurocup, Wimbledon...)!

Rgds.
Hola Ricardo!! and all the others!!!

Man I must congratulate Spain for the worderfull victory in the European Cup, great football and Nadal was also very good. So it is now up to you guys :-)

Ok:
The contest starts Saturday morning on 10 AM with the qualification for the TS AMs. Please go to our website on www.amsterdamslalom.com there click on info and you will find a link to a lot of really good and cheap hotels in Amsterdam.

Please keep in mind that the website has not been updated in the last week or so due to the vacation period, so you your name is not on the riders list do nt worry eventually it will be (sorry....).

The contest goes on through Saturday and Sunday, we plan to finish at around 5 PM on Sunday. So everybody can catch their flights back home on Sunday eve. The location is really near by the airport.

This is it for now.
Oh yeah before I go...I have surfed Mundaka in 1987, I was a much younger fellow then but I still remenber the lefts I surfed. :-)

Regrets

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:21 pm
by Joyce Wheldrake
Gentlemen of the ASS. I regret not being able to go to your contest this year. Maybe I was the first woman to go down your big windmill start ramp. The ramp made me almost flat bottom out but it gave me just the right speed to go into the course for a good run. Hope to come back another year.
Some of you guys are looking for hotels. The location is a bit away from the Red Lights. If one were to stay by Overtoom, Osdorp, Sloten, Slotervaart area you would be closer. The prices have increased since I started going there big time. The cheapest hotels on expedia are closest. Tulip Inn Amsterdam City West and Basion Centrum Zuid West.
If you have a car stay at Zandvoort En Zee at Pension Irma Louise B+B. There are lots of other B+Bs, way cheaper out this way than staying Centrum. ($50Euro a night single ++) Its only a 15 minute drive to the contest and it is nice out there by the beach. There doesn't appear to be any hotels by Haarlem that are affordable.
Hoping to go to Grenoble in September, maybe see some of you then.
Later Skaters!

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:07 pm
by Mika Hadestrand
Joyce,send me the T-shirt you promised me in Hannover!
I love you!

T-Shirt!

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:08 pm
by Claude Regnier
Joyce send me Mika's shirt and I'll bring it to him!

Mika, nice to see the boys kicking some big time butt out there.

Should be booking soon!