The most important "events" in the history of downhill and slalom in Australia - ASRA - Australian Skateboard Racing Association2024-03-28T21:38:37Zhttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/forum/topics/the-most-important-events-in-the-history-of-downhill-and-slalom-i?commentId=2144162%3AComment%3A754833&xg_source=msg_com_forum&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYeah Fitz i checked it out a…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-26:2144162:Comment:7555922012-08-26T04:48:46.838ZKanufihttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/Kanufi
<p>Yeah Fitz i checked it out a few years back and the surface was terrible.</p>
<p>I think it hasn't been re surfaced since the mid 70S .</p>
<p>Yeah Fitz i checked it out a few years back and the surface was terrible.</p>
<p>I think it hasn't been re surfaced since the mid 70S .</p> Uh......Has anyone checked th…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7554742012-08-24T13:37:02.185ZFitzhttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/Fitz
<p>Uh......Has anyone checked this venue out recently? I'm down with keeping tradition. Looks good on google maps. :)<br></br> <br></br> <cite>nathan said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/forum/topics/the-most-important-events-in-the-history-of-downhill-and-slalom-i?commentId=2144162%3AComment%3A755376&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2144162Comment755377"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>My uncle competed in a slalom race at Catalina raceway Katoomba in about 76, blue…</p>
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<p>Uh......Has anyone checked this venue out recently? I'm down with keeping tradition. Looks good on google maps. :)<br/> <br/> <cite>nathan said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/forum/topics/the-most-important-events-in-the-history-of-downhill-and-slalom-i?commentId=2144162%3AComment%3A755376&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2144162Comment755377"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>My uncle competed in a slalom race at Catalina raceway Katoomba in about 76, blue mountains have always been on the map.</p>
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</blockquote> My uncle competed in a slalom…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7553772012-08-24T06:55:28.074Znathanhttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/nathan
<p>My uncle competed in a slalom race at Catalina raceway Katoomba in about 76, blue mountains have always been on the map.</p>
<p>My uncle competed in a slalom race at Catalina raceway Katoomba in about 76, blue mountains have always been on the map.</p> Slalom racing 1976
Paul Fletc…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7553762012-08-24T03:59:56.445Zberniehttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/bernie
Slalom racing 1976<br />
Paul Fletcher at Doncaster<br />
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Noel Forsayth's history....<a href="http://www.vicskatehistory.com" target="_blank">http://www.vicskatehistory.com</a>
Slalom racing 1976<br />
Paul Fletcher at Doncaster<br />
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Noel Forsayth's history....<a href="http://www.vicskatehistory.com" target="_blank">http://www.vicskatehistory.com</a> The first time Bathurst was c…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7553752012-08-24T03:46:32.289ZSakamotohttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/Sakamoto658
<p>The first time Bathurst was considered as a race venue was in 2000. The IGSA World Championships were going to be staged, all infrastructure and necessary paperwork was organised for it to go ahead, and at the last minute Bathurst Council raised the track fee's by 400%. Financially this situation killed the event. A small festival style of event, similar to Newton's, however not as big, was planned, with PowerHouse looking after the festival side of the event.</p>
<p>The event was…</p>
<p>The first time Bathurst was considered as a race venue was in 2000. The IGSA World Championships were going to be staged, all infrastructure and necessary paperwork was organised for it to go ahead, and at the last minute Bathurst Council raised the track fee's by 400%. Financially this situation killed the event. A small festival style of event, similar to Newton's, however not as big, was planned, with PowerHouse looking after the festival side of the event.</p>
<p>The event was Streetluge, Classic Luge and Standup, with Inline going to be a demo discipline. At the time the event was cancelled, the organisers were going to talk to the G-Bikers to see if they would be interested in coming. Unfortunately it didn't happen.<br/> <br/> <cite>bernie said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/forum/topics/the-most-important-events-in-the-history-of-downhill-and-slalom-i?xg_source=activity&id=2144162%3ATopic%3A754707&page=3#2144162Comment755288"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Three things standout as significant for me<br/> <br/> August 2006<br/> the birth of ASRA<br/> <a href="http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1126&highlight=association" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1126&highli...</a><br/> <br/> October 2006<br/> Eddie Spearing's outrageous suggestion that Mt Panorama Would be a good spot for a downhill race.<br/> <a href="http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1270&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1270&postda...</a><br/> <br/> <br/> Neither of which would have happened without the establishment of a website forum that got us all together in<br/> October 2004<br/> <a href="http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&am...</a><br/> Cheers Braden!</div>
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</blockquote> We need to bring back the "Ed…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7551952012-08-24T03:41:18.972Zberniehttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/bernie
We need to bring back the "Eddie Spearing" slalom race!
We need to bring back the "Eddie Spearing" slalom race! The other cool thing was Brad…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7553742012-08-24T03:41:05.479ZFitzhttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/Fitz
The other cool thing was Bradens open mind toward skateboarding in general.<br />
After hearing stories of Oldskool team and myself riding panorama he wanted a picture of me screaming down the straight in full leathers on his CDS site. It might even still be there.<br />
That helped open up the sport to videos online which was as Hop mentioned another big turn point in history.
The other cool thing was Bradens open mind toward skateboarding in general.<br />
After hearing stories of Oldskool team and myself riding panorama he wanted a picture of me screaming down the straight in full leathers on his CDS site. It might even still be there.<br />
That helped open up the sport to videos online which was as Hop mentioned another big turn point in history. we all knew panorama would be…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7551622012-08-24T03:33:40.243ZFitzhttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/Fitz
we all knew panorama would be good. we'd already been riding it. the outrageous thing was the 1/4 million price tag that had been quoted in the past. what eddy did was call council and ask again and to our delight they wanted us!
we all knew panorama would be good. we'd already been riding it. the outrageous thing was the 1/4 million price tag that had been quoted in the past. what eddy did was call council and ask again and to our delight they wanted us! Three things standout as sign…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7552882012-08-24T03:25:32.332Zberniehttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/bernie
Three things standout as significant for me<br></br>
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August 2006<br></br>
the birth of ASRA<br></br>
<a href="http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1126&highlight=association" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1126&highli...</a><br></br>
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October 2006<br></br>
Eddie Spearing's outrageous suggestion that Mt Panorama Would be a good spot for a downhill race.…<br></br>
Three things standout as significant for me<br/>
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August 2006<br/>
the birth of ASRA<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1126&highlight=association" target="_blank">http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1126&highli...</a><br/>
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October 2006<br/>
Eddie Spearing's outrageous suggestion that Mt Panorama Would be a good spot for a downhill race.<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1270&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0" target="_blank">http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?t=1270&postda...</a><br/>
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Neither of which would have happened without the establishment of a website forum that got so many more of us all together in<br/>
October 2004<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2" target="_blank">http://www.charliedontskate.com/bb2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&am...</a><br/>
Cheers Braden! Another one from the Ncdsa ar…tag:www.skateboardracing.org.au,2012-08-24:2144162:Comment:7551932012-08-24T00:58:32.269ZKanufihttp://www.skateboardracing.org.au/profile/Kanufi
Another one from the Ncdsa archive.<br />
Abecs invade Oz On 4/29/2002 Kanufi wrote in from 144.134.xxx.xxx:<br />
Just the other week i recieved a big box from the states.I went nuts when i opened it up for there they where 10 sets of abecs,all the sizes and duro,s of the rainbow.I was looking at something special ,unique as these where the 1st abecs to set foot in oz.A mad flurry of spanners and bearings flew around as 4 guys franticly tried to be the 1st to ride them in the country.My spanner skills…
Another one from the Ncdsa archive.<br />
Abecs invade Oz On 4/29/2002 Kanufi wrote in from 144.134.xxx.xxx:<br />
Just the other week i recieved a big box from the states.I went nuts when i opened it up for there they where 10 sets of abecs,all the sizes and duro,s of the rainbow.I was looking at something special ,unique as these where the 1st abecs to set foot in oz.A mad flurry of spanners and bearings flew around as 4 guys franticly tried to be the 1st to ride them in the country.My spanner skills where not as quick as some so i settled for 2nd the 1st roll of the wheels went to stewart mercer who bombed the lounge room to the kitchen.Now the road test was on.1st push on tar and off they went.Smooth fast grippy predictable and damm fast in a staight line,all that i have read about these wheels is true.What was going to be a short ride ended up going for a few hours but as the night went on there was drama,s and pain lurking around the bend.In our frenzy to go skating wheel nut tension must have taken a back seat.So as Ado went sreaming down the road and entered another classic no hands break away his rear wheel flys off(yes it was a flywheel)the guy fully bounced on the tar and was,nt happy.Then realised that he was missing a wheel which could off bounced anywhere and it was late at night.We looked for well over an hour but could,nt find nothing.The next day (6.00am)we went back and found it.Everyone is very happy with the wheels performance and are madly saving for some more.