[2004] LA COSTA

[Steve Collins]

Hey folks - heard about this race? Who's going?

I'll be there both days. This'll be my second slalom race so I'm totally stoked.

OH YEAH BABY!

[Gareth Roe]

<img src="http://roeslalom.com/images/LaCostaGdLck.jpgf">

<b>Best of luck to everyone racing at La Costa</b>
<i>Got Carbon!</i>

[Steve Collins]

(The following was copied and pasted from the other site.)

La Costa Open
July 24, 2004
El Fuerte Street
La Costa, California, USA

Giant Slalom
Group A
1 Kenny Mollica ($400)
2 Steve Olson ($200)
3 Barrett “Chicken” Deck ($100)
4 John O’Shei ($75)
5 Richy “Brown Bomber” Carrasco
6 Noah Heinle
7 Palmer
8 Gary Fluitt

Group B
1 Mike Maysey
2 Josh Englund
3 Wes Eastridge
4 Miko Biffle
5 Michael Kaelon
6 Rick Stanziale
7 David “Cowboy” Carrasco
8 Adrian Pina

Women
1 Lynn Kramer
2 Isabelle Caudle
3 Lauren Gordon
4 Elisa Campbell

Boys
1 Joe McLaren
2 Russell Weber
3 Kyle McLaren

My little comments:

Mollica ripped! That guy is clearly a cut above, although every single A-list top 8 racer was incredible to watch.

An announcement was made that they were going to finish up the A's right then and put off finishing the B's until the following morning, because of police pressure to vacate the hill at the agreed-upon time. The B's were going to have to finish their runs this morning. The above times for B's may be preemtive. Maybe there a decision to go with the standings as they were rather than doing the final runs?

[Steve Collins]

(More cut & paste from the other site:)

~~ [Tight] Results~~

A-Pro
1. Stevie Evans (ICK)
2. Richie 'Brown Bomber" Carrasco
3. Michael Dong
4. Noah Heinle

B-Open
1. Brian Parsons
2. Mike Ohm
3. Lynn Kramer
4. Richie DeLosada

Women Pro
1. Lynn Kramer
2. Isabele Caudle
3. Lisa W

Women Am
1. Lauren G
2. Elisa
3. Katii

Boys
1. Joe Mc.
2. Kyle Mc.
3. Russell W.
~~~

That should do it.
The race this weekend was great. I want to personally thank everyone who put it on I had an awesome time!!!!

Hope everyone else did too.
See you all soon

~Ickchick~

More of my little comments:

Wow! Not as tight as some might have liked but certainly fast!. The 'A' finals were awesome: Dong vs. Mollica. Brown Bomber vs. Evans. Woo hoo! Many, many other incredible matchups. I was humbled by what I witnessed today. Woo hoo!

[Steve Collins]

Oh yeah! I'm still flying high from this weekend. I am so totally stoked I got to meet and skate with these great people. Good vibes and selfless hard work for two long days. We are all so fortunate to have had an event like that. Thanks to Lynn, Hamm, Tiger & Sherman. My first (real) race. I'm the luckiest. Everybody that I met & skated with - I love you all.

[Rick Stanziale]

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[Steve Collins]

(Here's my last cut & paste from the other site. Thanks guys for reformatting the previous posts, as I hope you will here also. The following is an expanded list of the tight slalom results, which just happens to include yours truly.)

Better late than never...

La Costa Open
El Fuerte Street, La Costa, California, USA
TIGHT SLALOM - July 25, 2004

OFFICIAL RESULTS


GROUP A
1 Steve Evans
2 Richy “Brown Bomber” Carrasco
3 Michael Dong
4 Noah Heinle
5 Kenny Mollica
6 Jason Mitchell
7 Keith Hollien
8 Brent Kosick
9 Charlie Ransom
10 Bobby Mandarino
11 Gary Fluitt
12 Barrett “Chicken” Deck
13 Steve Olson
14 Steve Sherman
15 Mike Maysey
16 Joe Lehm


GROUP B
1 Brian Parsons
2 MIke Ohm
3 Lynn Kramer
4 Richie De Losada
5 Jeff Goad
6 Tim Kienitz
7 Mike Gorman
8 David Hamm
9 Steve Collins
10 Mike McLaren
11 Joe McLaren
12 Tiger Williams
13 Kyle McLaren
14 Jonny Miller
15 Katii Campbell
16 Tom Blankley


WOMEN
1 Lynn Kramer
2 Isabelle Caudle
3 Lisa Woodward
4 Katii Campbell


BOYS
1 Joe McLaren
2 Kyle McLaren