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Premium Member Comment by Marek on January 21, 2011 at 7:51

James could we just turn up for a slalom session without closing it off or is it too busy for that?

 

Bozac I'm keen for any session in the next couple of weeks Sun the 30th or Sunday the 6th? Either at Sutherland if suitable or the traditional Allawah track? Have cones will travel. If we get enough takers maybee borrow the timer?

Comment by Bozac on January 20, 2011 at 15:02

any church sessions on the horizon? took the board for a wiggle to the pub yesterday and now i am keen for a skate. got some weird looks and plenty of questions about the board from the older guys haha

Premium Member Comment by James on January 20, 2011 at 14:21

Sutherland/loftus cycle track has very recently been resurfaced. It has a 600m downhill section with an uphill runout at the end.

There are toilets, plenty of parking, and shops nearby. For those without cars it is a 5 minute skate from the station.

I reckon it would be an awesome spot for a race. The cyclists get it closed off occasionally for their races, so I assume we could do the same.

If there is interest, I will contact the council and see what we have to do
to get the track to ourselves for a day....

Premium Member Comment by PC on December 15, 2010 at 23:56

I agree Fitz. Luxford rips everything.

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on December 14, 2010 at 18:00

Lux would destroy any such comp put on like that. Even if we handy capped him with 55mm 98a wheels, crap bearings and a fence paling for a deck. I feel sad now just thinking about it! Ha!

Lets do it though. Some variety like this always sparks fresh interest and crosses over into skaters from different backgrounds.

Premium Member Comment by PC on December 14, 2010 at 15:58

That sounds rad Mark.

might have to scope out somewhere to set one up if I can.

 

Premium Member Comment by Marek on December 8, 2010 at 13:42

This looks different and fun. The street slalom course I mean. Could be a good alternative to full on skater cross or park slalom.(taken from ISSA site - here for pics http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7441 ).

"At the Cathlamet Downhill Corral just a couple weekends ago, Skip Marcotte blew minds with his "Mystery Slalom" course --- it kept a lot of us wondering, and none disappointed.

The course begins off a starting ramp that shoots you UP the hill, to do a kickturn on another ramp, just to get around the first cone. Then after a couple mellow cones, squeeze by the sidewalk and zip across the street through a 3-cone stinger and up ON to the sidewalk on the other side! After a line of cones on the sidewalk, down the transition to street, and up onto the sidewalk of the next block! A few turns later, a jump off the curb, a couple tight cones, then over and off a specially-built 6"-8"? JUMP -- few more cones, then JUMP again, before a couple offsets to the finish line.

Everyone was stoked, spectators and skaters alike. The spills weren't as numerous as you might predict, it wasn't really a "death race" - it was just cool to see the adjustments to speed that a 3-D course and landing small airs threw into the game.

Lot of guys were rocking kicktail GS-sized poolboards or longboards with Randals, and I wish I'd just set up with an Indy-Bennett type board instead of my boutique Radikals which seemed way too delicate for the jumps.

Skip deserves huge applause for opening up wide the definition on the "format" of slalom and I hope there are more courses set up this creatively in the future!

Not to mention Judy Edmonson's / Addison's planning of the weekend event as a whole, with a mix of events that appealed to a much larger crowd: TS, slide comp, Push race, street-slalom, finishing off with a technical DH race through downtown. "

Premium Member Comment by DA BEAR on November 16, 2010 at 19:53

Hi all,
Lookin at new wheels for next season, I'm wondering has anyone used the,
Orangatang InHeat 75mm yellow 86a, for slalom wheels? (or for anything at all)
any feedback would be appreciated.

Comment by Elliot O on November 14, 2010 at 23:04

Finally got my new wedges, kingpins and bushings in and it pumps!
I was very amazed when I went for a run to the beach and back.
Thanks for your help everyone.

Premium Member Comment by nathan on November 6, 2010 at 14:36

Fitz said "measurement is taken from the shaft length without head"

Am i the only one who giggled at this?

"my shaft is so big - Steven Hawking has a theory about it"
"my shaft is so big - it wont return Spielburgs phone calls"
"my shaft is so big - its already fucking somebody tommorrow"
"my shaft is so big - it has its own shaft and even that is bigger than yours"

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