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Tiia (right) riding the race line with Mel

It all began when... (words of Maga)

So its taken me ages to write something up and races have been and gone but when I received this reply from Matti Rae the other day i though i should pass it on. I had been waiting for photos cause Yatesy had a rad set up on the night but he has been away for work and stuff.  If you read this Mr Yates we would love to see some of those shots one day.

This thank you goes out to all who raced. $226 deposited into Matti's account.

"money is…

Deep in the backwaters of Woonoona, a South Coast local happened upon a tight, twisty, pathy nirvana. The grom-friendly concrete was perfect for a fun race and Tim Day decided to make it happen, drumming up support and setting a date.

 After a postponement due to rain, the race was rescheduled for a few weeks later. Stoke grew as the date approached, with more and more crew clicking that attending button. The 26^th came and with it a clear, still day, unseasonably…

scarce details right now, just talked with Bow on the phone. Kelly killed the juniors and took first place!

Opens was:
1- James Kelly

2- Andrew Chapman

3- George Mackenzie

4- Brendan Davidson (junior winner for Brittania and Vernon)

Little shitty poof Kelly is on fire! Next stop, Maryhill. Looks like we might have an Australian taking the junior world champs this year! Kill it Kelly! 

The weather forecast had not been looking good for a whole week leading up to the race, but a whopping thirty seven riders (not counting spectators, bystanders and photogs) actually showed up to take on Kongwak Road, rain or shine. The drive to Kongwak was ominous. Dark clouds as far as the eye could see and rain about half an hour out. Crossing our fingers and closing our eyes we chanted to ourselves…

Lea Robbo was the fastest of the women, and there were too many groms to figure out who was the fastest, but Jack Meyn is the fastest runner - he always seems to get the long-distance proddy…

ASRA is proud to unveil our new rider rego system. If you're organising a race you can use this system to register riders and collect their rego fees prior to your race. It's free, it's easy, and it takes away one of the big headaches of organising a race.

So what is it exactly? If you're organising a race, ASRA will create a Rider Registration Form especially for your event. Riders will have to use this form to register and pay prior to attending the race.…

Hopkin Skate seems to be the local hangout for all the grom skaters these days, we have seen numbers rise dramaticly every month with more and more kids getting stoked on longboarding. Every school holidays the shop is jam packed with kids frothing on the skate gear, meeting up for sessions and just general stoke. There are so many kids around the Sydney area ready to shred these days it's not funny. Kam and myself have put together a few ride days in the past few…

In 2010, Radelaide's first outlaw was held on the bottom section of Eagle on the Hill. With about 30 riders on a road which is divided from oncoming traffic, the race was over quickly enough that a second race could be run at a different location afterwards.

This year was a little different. Eagle on the Hill is now a hot spot for police and our scene has…

   We woke to a bright sunny day, it was on. We arrived at the track a set up safety barriers as the influx of competetors starterd around 9;30 and the comtinued to arrive right up until racing started. There were alot of first timers out and the more experienced guys were only to willing to offer advice and help with gear. Grits was rippin as a fist timer and his skills…

Words by Sean Meaney

Kongwak was a sick event put on by some great riders. Cam and Louis really know how to throw an event together, the traffic was very well controlled and the hill was absolutely amazing; nice and steep sweepers leading into a banked hairpin and then running out into a right handed turn before crossing the finish. Speeds where up around 60kph+ and there were plenty of guys who sorely regretted not bringing leathers, or in Ben's case, elbow…

Because you guys love it.

2011 boards Specs

KebbeK Smoothcut 37

Length: 37”

Width:10

Wheelbase: 27.75

Features: 10 plys, SC Concave, drop through, wheelwells, gaspedals



KebbeK Topmount - Pascal Jean

Length: 38”

Width: 9.8”

Wheelbase: options from 28” to 30.5”

Features: 10 plys, SC Concave,…

Josh E , Chad and Dean were at a Millwood sesh this avo with another 10 or so crew , when whilst doing the long run down Lochnivar had a local resident drive his suv directly in front of them as they came down and around a mild right hander accelerating up to full speed on their own side of the road. He just turned and jamed on the brakes right in front of the trio who barely missed his car whilst riding off the road and onto the gravel and dirt verg .

the police came and were…

Greetings fellow longboarders!

Welcome to 2011 and another year of exciting things happening here with ASRA.

Looking back over the past year there has been a tremendous growth in this sport we all love and do - longboarding. When I first moved to Australia nearly eight years ago you would rarely see anyone with a longboard. Nowadays they are everywhere. I've skated my local haunt in Manly for the past three years without seeing a single other person there skating.…

Words by Tony Graves, Photos by Trav Horsfall (Heelside Magazine)

The Eastern Suburbs of Sydney are a sprawling expanse of Steep urban streets. This was the setting for Gabe gwynns Beasturn Suburbs Sunday Freestyle jam. 20 Riders attended keen to shred the eastern suburbs like it's never been done before.

The format for the competition was open slope-style, each rider had roughly one hour of riding to pull off the biggest slides, steeziest tricks and impress…

NSW rider Ben Hay has continued his recent dominance of the Australian domestic racing scene with a commanding performance to take out the the 3rd Master Of The Hill event. In a highly fancied field he led from start to finish beating  QLD rider Corey Leeson who was in a tight battle for second with Jackson Shapeira. 

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(first of all i dunno if im posting this in the right place please re-direct me if i am)

So know this is a write of passage into grom hood,i offically passed it today and wanted to share what it was like and was wondering what your first car hit was like.

Okay so im doing my slide hill practising stand ups so I can do them and show gabe next time we go skating.

and a car pulls up behind me going kinda slow, i can tell they wanna overtake so i go to move…

Welcome to the launch of the perpetual ASRA Downhill Rankings. 2010 has seen an explosion of downhill races throughout Australia, so from this moment on we're going to start collating the results and officially ranking all downhill riders in Australia.

We will start the rankings from January 1, 2011, which means the winner of the first race next year will become the No. 1 ranked rider in Australia, at least for a little while. Subsequent races will be added, and once…