German skateboard slalom championships, results
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 9:29 pm
Day 1, Giant slalom
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A big bunch of 56 slalom racers had gathered for the first day of this German championships in Giant slalom. 46 Germans and 10 foreigners. 46 Germans! Where did they all come from? Anyhow, that's good news for the European slalom scene. Two German oldtimers in Alex Lütz and Christian Seewalt showed up as well. Christian even bought his board the morning of the same day. Three skateshops on place where ready to set him up. He finally fell for a Fibreflex board.
For you that haven't heard of Christian he was a very good freestyler back in the good old days. An European champion even.
His slalom skills are not well known though and first rumours doesn't tell how he managed the giant course. In either case the course wouldn't have been a problem, it was set up to invite newbies.
The race was done on a street in a forest. That was an advantage this day giving some shelter from the sun. Temperature reached 35 degrees and Jani managed to drink 4,5 liters of water during the day.
The competition format was...
- 2 qualification runs.
- 16 best Germans and 16 best in open class then run for the final.
- The 4 best in each class run a head to head final. 1-4, 2-3 + Final and 3:rd, 4:th place.
4 juniors, 4 girls and the rest were seniors. Noemi Reichel won the girl class with Nastasja Wolfensberger second. Both from Switzerland.
In the Open mens class the four finalists where in the qualify order Maurus Strobel, Jani Söderhäll, Chris Hart and Paul Price.
The final order after head to head changed only the place of Jani and Chris.
Open results
1. Maurus Strobel, SUI
2. Chris Hart, SUI
3. Jani Söderhäll, SWE
4. Paul Price, UK
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A big bunch of 56 slalom racers had gathered for the first day of this German championships in Giant slalom. 46 Germans and 10 foreigners. 46 Germans! Where did they all come from? Anyhow, that's good news for the European slalom scene. Two German oldtimers in Alex Lütz and Christian Seewalt showed up as well. Christian even bought his board the morning of the same day. Three skateshops on place where ready to set him up. He finally fell for a Fibreflex board.
For you that haven't heard of Christian he was a very good freestyler back in the good old days. An European champion even.
His slalom skills are not well known though and first rumours doesn't tell how he managed the giant course. In either case the course wouldn't have been a problem, it was set up to invite newbies.
The race was done on a street in a forest. That was an advantage this day giving some shelter from the sun. Temperature reached 35 degrees and Jani managed to drink 4,5 liters of water during the day.
The competition format was...
- 2 qualification runs.
- 16 best Germans and 16 best in open class then run for the final.
- The 4 best in each class run a head to head final. 1-4, 2-3 + Final and 3:rd, 4:th place.
4 juniors, 4 girls and the rest were seniors. Noemi Reichel won the girl class with Nastasja Wolfensberger second. Both from Switzerland.
In the Open mens class the four finalists where in the qualify order Maurus Strobel, Jani Söderhäll, Chris Hart and Paul Price.
The final order after head to head changed only the place of Jani and Chris.
Open results
1. Maurus Strobel, SUI
2. Chris Hart, SUI
3. Jani Söderhäll, SWE
4. Paul Price, UK