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Comment by ruddy on April 5, 2011 at 15:31

Im a grom and i only hav a full face and pads soo is that cool to race in

Premium Member Comment by Skittles on April 5, 2011 at 8:55

This needs some work...

 

If you want a legit race, leathers are needed.  IF you pull it all off, then people from all over Australia will come and I'm pretty sure that the pros wont want to be worrying about getting in the way of groms who can get serously hurt or killed in a racing environment on this track without proper safty gear.

 

You already have people like Leigh Griffiths, Leeso, Daddow, English, Wildash and even Goodtime interested...

 

If you just want it to be a freeride, all good, put an entry fee up and hire a bus to truck people back to the top.

 

If you don't own a full face helmet and pads, you certainly can not pull a shut down slide at that speed right at the end...

 

Sorry to start being negative, but people like Aych and Jamie have a good idea on what they are talking about.

 

I would be happy to help out and have sent an e-mail to Alister Mearns about it, but either make this a full professional race, or just get a group of people from brissie together and ride the hill.  Either way, I will be there and so will most brissie guys.

Comment by Aidan Heijnen on April 4, 2011 at 20:28

lol, al u can answer this :S

Comment by Aych on April 4, 2011 at 19:03

I have a couple of observations; by "sponsors" I gather you are talking about financial ones to cover the cost of the road, safety barriers or hay, ambos and general ancillaries and set ups that will be required by the police and council no matter who owns the road as well as advertising and media budgets. If this is the case, bearing in mind the event is less than 3 months away what are you offering your sponsors in return?

Have you any media contracts that will promote the sponsors? anyone liasing with press and publicity? or just hoping someone is going to put their hand in their pocket to have a banner up on the side of a road for 6 hours with little publicity or public awareness and under 200 spectators?

 

Also I would have thought, in my opinion and with some considerable years attending and holding events behind me, for a first event the safest possible rider wear would be encouraged to promote what is seen by the layman a dangerous sport.  

If it happens I may well happen along, Aych

Comment by Aidan Heijnen on April 4, 2011 at 18:50

haha yea :D

yea i understand what your sayen about pads and stuff but alot of people dont have leathers and/or full face helmets and i doubt that they would buy some just for this event.  

Premium Member Comment by Skittles on April 4, 2011 at 18:00

I only say full pads and full face helmets because that road eats you up and spits you out.  If anything goes wrong (hospital visit because of injury) the news will swoop in on it and give bad press.

 

and there will be stacks, lots if people have never raced on it before.

 

It sucks that it can only be closed to the gate though!

 

Have you got your essay writing on for the requests you have to write out? :p

Comment by sammy T on April 4, 2011 at 17:05

sounds rad

Comment by Aidan Heijnen on April 4, 2011 at 17:00

"Aidan,

 

I have received your request to hold a long boarding race day on Mt Gravatt Mountain.

 

Prior to the QPS considering your request the following would need to be addressed:

• Authority from the owner of the road to have it closed;
• Name of the organisation operating the race;
• The logistics of the event including safety & staffing, parking etc;
• Parking and spectator arrangements for event;
• Impact on local community and their involvement;

 

 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions

 

Thanks"

 

this is the email i got from the police.

and to Tim, we'll only be able to close it to where the gate is at the bottom, radios are obvious but i think it should be the riders choice on what they ware. 

Premium Member Comment by Skittles on April 4, 2011 at 12:55

A couple of things (not meaning to take over this or anything)

Get the road closed all the way down until gosford street enters it.

Make it full face + pads only, leathers advised

Haybales, don't really want to hit a rock wall or metal guard rail

Race from the first hairpin as mack said before.

and for the love of god, get radios to contact from the bottom to the top, plus spare batteries, I have two that may work...

 

I hope this all works out, keen as anything to get it happening!

Comment by Michael English on April 3, 2011 at 23:13

skateboarding is rad so i'll come

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