Mount Gravatt Mountain Race

im not sure how fast it is i havent been up there in so long i cant remember. i am planning on going and checking it out next weekend. 

obviously  your gunna need a helmet and leathers if you got them but knee pads and all that for sure.

i havent started planning the races and that yet because i need to know rough numbers. but i was think heats and all that for different experience levels ie beginner, novice, expert. depending on how many we get turn up. and possibly different length tracks and different sections for different experience levels.

60 tops if you push it hard 
some parts are pretty rough
Id recommend not to take it from the very top, the first left hand switchback you leave it a walking speed.

skate it one sundy mornin, it will defs give a better perspective to what you want to happen

dude, get in contact with someone from brisbane who has organized an event before, a bit of experience could help make this thing real

Cover your ass and get the riders to cover theirs.

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!

"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. 

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

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.  

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

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.

Alister,

I applaud your initiative.  Great start on getting an event up and running.  Sounds like you have made the important initial contacts - police, council and local stakeholders (the kiosk). 

There are a few steps you should take immediately if you want this event to be a success.

1.  Get an event team together - get three or four or five willing and serious people together to work on the event with you.  This is pretty much the only way it's gonna come together in a proper fashion. 

2.  Make lists of everything you will need on race day, then think about how you are going to get all those things (eg, radios, hay bales, brooms, volunteers, sponsors, banners, trophies, shade tents, water)

3.  Divide up responsibilities amongst your team members - ie, (a) sponsor contact, (b) community contact, eg police, council, etc, (c) volunteer contact, etc.

4.  First Aid - do you need a St Johns ambo on site?  For one day you can probably get this for a $500 or less donation.

5. Do you need a risk management plan?  ASRA has one you can use if you need to. 

6. Think about your race format.  Think seriously about this, as it needs to be done properly.  ASRA can provide you with excel spreadsheets for virtually every format you can think of.  Eg., do you want to run an elimination tree or a round-robin format?  Both have their pros and cons.  If you run an elimination tree how will you seed riders?  You can either (a) seed based on ASRA rankings, (b) random, or (c) use a timer.

A lot to think about?  No worries, there are people here like myself who have done it all before.  While I'm located in Sydney I'm happy to help as much as possible.  If you'd like to talk just pm me and i'll shoot you my phone number.

Haggy

ASRA President

mabey change it from a race into a freeride

that way there would be less pressure on the safety issues, and less time spent on the formatting.

just chillin down the run with ya mates is good fun jack,

but yea, racing it would be just a bit better...

It would  be great to do  the hill without worring about cars, but a race would be 10 times better.

Even if we just make a free ride happen  this time, then later in the year have a race.  If all goes well if could be a yearly event and downhill gets a better name and more popular in Brisbane!

Yeah, where is the hype and the constant update on progress?

If it isn't going to happen, then just close this page down, and if you can't make a legit event, set up at 3am, make it 4am start and have an outlaw from 4 till 6 when the gates open!

Everyone, just turn up and bomb the hill.

http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/events/covert-assault-on-mt-gravity

Mack and I should be going next Sunday morning if anyone wishes to join as well!  Should be taking footage on the gopro