King of the Zig

Event Details

Time: February 11, 2012 all day
Location: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Phone: 0415 693 967
Event Type: super, session
Organized By: Ben
Latest Activity: Oct 5, 2012

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Event Description

g'day guys this is to let everyone know what is happening...there will be an event held at Zig Zag during feb. pretty straight forward stuff...starting at 9 and has everyone meeting at royal park skatepark in Launnie before going up to the hill.

there is an emergency hill as a back up. And a few other spots that we know we will be able to transport people too for some free riding fun later the same day/ the next day.

this event is *ahem* non sanctioned, so.....everyone has to just be cool about it.... gold coin donation and all funds will pay for the cars to run up and down the slopes eh? plus some water, which will be provided.

by signing the sheet you state that if you crash and get hurt you wont be a fat girls blouse about it and wont sue.

no helmet, gloves? no ride. that simple.

The revised idea is to run a 2 man heat- using double elimination.

1st goes through, stays in the winners circle. 2nd goes into the 2nd's circle.

1sts keep racing and if you keep winning you stay there.

2nd's keep racing until the come second again. At that stage your out.

final will be the last remaining 1st and the last remaining 2nd.

meaning: everyone has done a fair whack of racing and had every opportunity to claw it back.

Numbers permitting Groms (u/18) will have their own class to shred in.

drinks after....as always...even some red stuff for the groms eh?

more news to come- finalizing sponsors etc...but we have a cash prize and some goodies....so....

rego and etc will be opening ASAP and after reading the regs etc we will be getting the OON points allocated if possible.

accom: lots of crew have places to stay- but there are still heaps of cheap places to get rooms all over hobart or Launnie...but honestly, most of the crew is travelling up and back in one day- stay in the capital and come shred with the crew for the day before/after/ etc.

finalising some prices etc as we speak.

We will have a 7 seater van and multiple cars going up, we can organise another 9 seater if that makes likes easier and people are keen. There is also a bus that runs daily to head up....but it takes FOREVER...so.....

questions? contact: Tasmanian Longboarding or Longboarding Launceston on FB.

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Premium Member Comment by Jacko on February 14, 2012 at 9:33: Epic day, thanks heaps to all those who put on such a rad event. I still cant get over that hill! We had a huge choice of hill to go ride the next day, however we just went straight back there and shredded until it was time to go home!

Had such a blast down in Tassie, cant wait to get back there.

For full race recap and epic stories from the Tassie Trip check out the hopkin blog! www.hopkin.com.au/blog

Comment by SteveC on February 14, 2012 at 0:20: Hail Jackson Shapiera!!! King of the Zig!!!

Thanks to - The Men In Blue who were super chill - Cre8ive Sk8 - Everyone who put time, money, thought and stress into it - Hopkin Racing - The legend with the BBQ! - Gravity Skateboards - The rain for staying somewhere else - Hemley Longboarding - Every single mainlander who hopped the puddle to get down here and shred - Loose Threads - the fault line that created the terrain - Slippery Dip Slide Pucks - Everyone who held a flag for hours, or 10 min for that matter - Randal Truck Co. - Everyone for the serious lack of kookage - Heelside Magazine - The locals who smiled and watched - Northern Pine Longboards - The 18th century London bureaucrat who (in ignorance of the terrain) planned silly roads, that then required fixing with a squiggly one - Skate Scoot Ride Swansea - Scotty & Glenda for doing a sick job at the finish line - Hill Street Boards - and everyone I've forgotten!!!!

Comment by SteveC on February 6, 2012 at 21:32: Getting a decent pile of swag building up here :)

Personal thanks to Gravity and Randal !!!

this day is going to go off!!!

Premium Member Comment by Mack Daddie on February 2, 2012 at 20:47: if anyone has a place that I could crash at from friday till sunday arv in launny that would help me A LOT!!
Will repay with grom services and moolah!

Premium Member Comment by Jacko on February 1, 2012 at 12:28: you should setup the online rego system here on your event page, that way you can get a rider list well in advance and have an accurate number of entrants before the day starts, and have heats and brackets already in place. hit up RobTech and he can set it up for you

Premium Member Comment by Benbro on February 1, 2012 at 12:02: keen to escape sydneys weather for sunny tassie,.super keen,cant wait.

Comment by Ben on January 26, 2012 at 15:11: yes to prac. runs.....but not many!

Comment by Ben on January 26, 2012 at 15:11: products rolling in as we speak ladies and gents....Heelside, Cre8ive Sk8, Hemleys, Jimmy's skate and street, Gravity, Randal, Slippery Dip Slide Pucks, Loose Threads, and Dangerous Decks UK have all got their boxes and bags of wonderful goodies sent to us...more coming! 2 WEEKS!!!