[FCR 2002] European participation, how? - Contest info?

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Tue Sep 03, 2002 8:44 pm

I am trying to get a few Europeans interested in participating in Morro Bay. Jack could you post something official about the possibilities for wild-cards etc for every European who would like enter? I heard something about it, but it would be good to have official information on that.

All information on how to sign up, costs, when to sign up, rules, etc (in the form of links to suitable sites) would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Howard Gordon · Post by **Howard Gordon** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 4:57 am

Jani - FCR just started the signup for Morro Bay - <a href="http://www.ncdsa.com/contest_registrati ... =66">click here</a> for the signup page.

Henry Hester · Post by **Henry Hester** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 7:31 pm

Jani, you and me baby. You and me...

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 8:42 pm

Hey, Henry - I didn't say I was coming, or did I?

Jack Smith · Post by **Jack Smith** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 8:52 pm

Jani,

As Howard mentioned the Morro Bay info is now online at the NCDSA contest Calendar.
The Swiss skaters have let me know that they are coming.

Jack

[ This Message was edited by: Jack Smith on 2002-09-04 14:53 ]

Chris Eggers · Post by **Chris Eggers** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 1:50 pm

Jani,

I am dreaming about joining you, what are your plans? Anything serious?

chris

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 10:28 pm

Chris, HH,

Yes, I am thinking about coming over to Morro Bay. I have yet to sort out my travelling, but once that is OK I should sign in. I will probably fly in on the 8:th or 9:th and travel back on the 15:th or 16:th.

I think it will be difficult to get many Europeans to come this year, but at least there will be some. The UK will definitely have several skaters participating. I was hoping to find a Swede or two, but it's too short notice for them this year. I'm still trying to talk one of my French friends into joining me, but without success so far.

Jack Smith · Post by **Jack Smith** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 3:34 am

Short notice? The dates for the Worlds were announced in March.

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 3:40 pm

Short notice since I started talking to them. Most Europeans are completely un-aware of the fact that slalom is happening again.

I haven't made any larger attempts either, I've only been working my closest friends so far.

We will need to come up with a common strategy on how to make European slalomers understand that things are happening. One strategy will be to bring some of the old competitors back again, but more importantly we need to interest a new batch of slalomers. Let that be our winter topic on this forum, so that we can work on getting a solid foundation for next year.

Chris Eggers · Post by **Chris Eggers** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 4:09 pm

Jani,
please let me know as soon as your plans get serious, I still have some problems with my elbow, I don´t know if I can pull out of a starting gate hard enough. I will go for some practice later for the first time in a month and see how things are going. I would decide on a very short notice if I would join you if you do not mind.

Jack Smith · Post by **Jack Smith** » Fri Sep 13, 2002 5:11 am

New info on Worlds may be found at:<a href="http://www.ncdsa.com/contest_registrati ... ntestID=66"> FCR INFO</a>

Henry Hester · Post by **Henry Hester** » Sun Sep 15, 2002 11:03 pm

Wow, I'm ranked currently at 32nd. That means I've got a man on man with the fastest Friday qualifier (i.e. some hotshot from Europe). Holy cow, looks like short weekend for BadH!

[ This Message was edited by: Henry Hester on 2002-09-15 17:05 ]

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 8:15 pm

Henry, I'll make my best to get that spot so that we can race! That'll be fun!

Henry Hester · Post by **Henry Hester** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 6:31 pm

Jani, If you show up, I'm sure we arrange to qualify together. Don't forget, I'll have the street announcer mic on for added smack all the way down.

More like... "Hey Jani! Wait for me!"

Chris Eggers · Post by **Chris Eggers** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 2:17 pm

Jani,
my plans are getting more and more solid! Email me!

chris

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 2:48 pm

Chris and I have now signed up. It looks like the European participants will be:

-UK: Paul Price, Martin Drayton, Michael Stride
-Germany: Chris Eggers
-Russia/Washington: Vlad Popov
-Sweden/France: Jani Söderhäll
-Switzerland: ??? Jack says they are coming, but none of them have signed in at NCDSA as far as I know.

Have I missed anybody?

Unfortunately not that impressive a list. We need a strategy for increasing European interest for next years contests. All suggestions welcome in European contest forum.

Chris Eggers · Post by **Chris Eggers** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 3:19 pm

Maurus Strobel told me in an email that he will be there with Chris Hart. We will see, maybe the FCR will be not too strict for uis Euros who make it all the way across the water and land and pay our own way and it will be possible to register on a short notice?
That would be cool!
I can´t wait to meet all you guys and skate in California!

Chris

Adam Trahan · Post by **Adam Trahan** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 4:02 pm

Chris,

I will be attending. I would like to offer you this. I have signed up to qualify. I do not think, this being my first race, that I will make the cut against a field of strong contenders. If there is a problem with you or your friends participation, I will offer you my slot, I would be happy to.

By design of the Race's name, I think that it makes better sense to have an international challenger take my place.

Let me know, this is no problem at all.

On 2002-09-25 09:19, Chris Eggers wrote:
Maurus Strobel told me in an email that he will be there with Chris Hart. We will see, maybe the FCR will be not too strict for uis Euros who make it all the way across the water and land and pay our own way and it will be possible to register on a short notice?
That would be cool!
I can´t wait to meet all you guys and skate in California!

Chris

Howard Gordon · Post by **Howard Gordon** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 8:51 pm

I think there are plenty of places left for racers to sign up - most of the current entries are from racers who are already seeded in the top 32 pro or open class slots, so there are probably still at least 20 available slots divided between pro and open classes.

However, it would be a good idea for racers to put their name on the list now - I believe the deadline for payment will be at the beginning of the race week (somewhere around 7 October), so there is still time to make a decision without losing money.

Chris Eggers · Post by **Chris Eggers** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:52 am

Adam,

this is so nice!
Thank you very much for your offer, but I think there is no need for that, Jack Smith told me I should sign up what I did and pay at the event. I take that for granted and hope we can all race together and have fun without worrying.

see you soon,
chris

John Gilmour · Post by **John Gilmour** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 7:34 pm

Has anyone spoken with Giammarco Luca, Paulo Gatti, Joseph Stevka, Daniel Ridoli, or Andres Sidler recently - those were some the fast European racers. Have they retired since 1995?

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Mon Oct 07, 2002 2:38 pm

John,

I have started a new thread in the European Races forum with information on old-time slalomers of Europe.

I thought it was more appropriate to keep it as a separate thread as the Morro Bay event is soon to happen, and the thread on "where are they now" will continue much longer than so.

Jani Soderhall · Post by **Jani Soderhall** » Mon Oct 07, 2002 7:39 pm

Updated European participation:

-UK: Paul Price, Martin Drayton, Michael Stride
-Germany: Chris Eggers
-Sweden/France: Jani Söderhäll
-Switzerland: Maurus Strobel + 5 others.

...as far as I know.

Adam Trahan · Post by **Adam Trahan** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 2:52 pm

Etienne de Bary · Post by **Etienne de Bary** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 10:47 pm

On 2002-09-12 09:40, Jani Soderhall wrote:
We will need to come up with a common strategy on how to make European slalomers understand that things are happening. One strategy will be to bring some of the old competitors back again, but more importantly we need to interest a new batch of slalomers.

another part of the strategy might be to get more americans in TunnelFest ; how did you like it ?

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