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ASRA Admin Announcement: ASRA Downhill Rankings

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…

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Added by Bugs on December 15, 2010 at 18:30 — 87 Comments

Premium Member Merrick wins Juniors at Hot heels

according to his facebook post any way becauser there is nothing on IGSA OR SAGRA either

open winners were

1 MIKE ZIESTMAN (fibretec)
2 RAMON
3 MISCHO
4 SOUTH AFRICA RIDER
5 BATT
6 SCOOT
7 RUFLI
8 SOUTH AFRICA RIDER

Dalua had a crash and has damaged ligaments in his knee

Added by Lance and Josh on December 13, 2010 at 8:00 — 1 Comment

Premium Member Newton's Nation 2010 Thanks to Sponsors

Another terrific Newton's Nation IGSA World Cup Race under the belt! This year was by far the best racing we've seen at Mount Panorama in the three years the event has been held. It was the richest race ever and for that a special thanks go out to our awesome sponsors. Without their very substantial financial contributions we would be unable to organise an event of this scale.

Our Main Sponsors…

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Added by haggy on December 4, 2010 at 17:00 — 6 Comments

Premium Member Heelside Magazine

After a few frantic weeks, many late nights and ninja skyping at my normal job, Mr Nischel and myself are happy to announce the official launch of Heelside Magazine! - Australia's very own Longboard / racing / skating and all-round stoke magazine.

The first issue is online now at www.heelsidemag.com

The lucky winners of yesterday's Pump Station Outlaw won themselves an… Click here for the full story

Added by Trav on November 14, 2010 at 7:30 — 40 Comments

2011 IGSA World Cup Schedule Announcement

World Cup Expands To Nine Events!!!

Written by: Marcus Rietema IGSA

Petaluma, California, USA – The International Gravity Sports Association (IGSA) is excited to announce the 2011 IGSA World Cup Series schedule for Downhill Skateboarding and Street Luge. Visiting nine countries and five continents in 2011, the schedule has expanded reflecting the strong… Click here for the full story

Added by Robbo on November 10, 2010 at 6:37 — 17 Comments

ASRA Admin Signal Hill - 1970's LongBoard Skatecar and Luge racing

In 1975 the first professional street luge race was held at Signal Hill CA.

By 1978, however, the races were canceled because of injuries to racers and spectators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEVz18sXUOI

Thanks to mskaelon

Skatecar racing (many of these hit 70mph)…

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Added by bernie on October 20, 2010 at 18:30 — 1 Comment

Premium Member Another Rad Week in Radelaide

Photo: Sanchez Gogh

For those of you who don't know, Adelaide is home to some of the raddest hills in Australia. The city itself is small, flat and quiet, but on the outskirts of the city it's not hard to find some gnarly, fast, windy hills that are now attracting downhill skateboarders from all over the country.

On the weekend of the 1st of October 2010, SAGRA (South Australian Gravity Racing Association) hosted… Click here for the full story

Added by Jacko on October 8, 2010 at 15:00 — 29 Comments

Skate Australia- Premiere in Byron Bay

7 pm on Saturday, October the 16 th

Lounge Cinema at Buddha Bar, Byron Bay will be screening Skate Australia.

Lounge cinema is the coolest cinema you ever been to, sits 130 people in cozy comfy sofas and you can bring all the booze you want. After the screening the Buddha Bar is just next door where Ruby Blue will be jaming a feel-good vibe through a meld of jazz, reggae and hip hop.

We will start the party already at 1 pm, with a Jam… Click here for the full story

Added by Skate Australia Film on October 8, 2010 at 11:47 — 4 Comments

Erban Sets a New World Speed Record of 130.08 km/h

Written by Marcus Rietema

Saturday, 02 October 2010

Boulder, Colorado - Mischo Erban shattered his own IGSA Downhill Skateboarding World Record on Thursday, September 31, 2010 when he reached an official speed of 130.08 km/h (80.83 mph) at a secret location in Colorado. This represents an astonishing increase of 13% over his previous record of 113.02 km/h (70.23 mph).

27-year old Erban, who lives in Vernon, BC, Canada rode a longboard using a… Click here for the full story

Added by Robbo on October 3, 2010 at 12:00 — 29 Comments

Premium Member Canberra or Bust - the whole story

So... people have been asking. How was your skate trip to Canberra? Was it fun? Was it horrible?

And, depending on my mood at any particular time, I have replied in any number of ways:

- It was awesome. - It sucked rotten eggs. - I felt like a superhero - Next time I’m doing it on a motorised skateboard.

- There’s nothing like the sensation of a semi-trailer passing you going 120k at 8am to wake you up.

- It was great except I…

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Added by haggy on September 24, 2010 at 1:00 — 15 Comments

Premium Member lost Daddow board and helmet etc

Hey guys Zane was the last to leave the after film venue last night and someone has taken his Daddow cheker plate board ( with pink Daddow sticker) and his black helmet and gloves . the board is on randels and hawgs . Hopefully someone took it to keep it safe not knowing he was the last skater still at the venue .
can you call Zane on 0424 714322

Added by Lance and Josh on September 12, 2010 at 13:18 — 1 Comment

best sport in the world

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1613042490265&ref=mf

Added by Adam 'yatedawg' Yates on September 10, 2010 at 6:48 — No Comments

Ladies Of Longboarding Calendar 2011

Some of you may be aware that a few of the longboarding girls are participating in a calendar in aid of breast cancer research.

The calendar is now available for pre-order on our website - http://ladies-of-longboarding.com/

And it will be officially released on the 21st of September!

Each month features a gorgeous lady either skating, or posing with items from our generous sponsors.

You can also view a few pages from the calendar on our gallery… Click here for the full story

Added by Liz Kinnish on September 10, 2010 at 3:53 — 1 Comment

Newton's Calls for Volunteers

Aussie legend Steve Daddow gets some much needed protection from the crowd by ASRA hard men and Newton's volunteers Dave "Don't look at me" Miller and Scott "The Guff" Guthrie

The only thing better than smashing into a hay wall at 100km/h is watching it happen from 3 feet away. Without our volunteers events like this just would not happen. ASRA is calling out for volunteers to help make the action happen.

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Added by Robbo on September 9, 2010 at 22:30 — 24 Comments

Premium Member Canberra or Bust!

On Monday 6 September ASRA old-timers Trav and Haggy will be setting out on their first long-distance sojourn.

The goal - Sydney to Canberra!

How many pushes do people think it will take to get to Canberra? Ten thousand, Fifty thousand? I really have no clue. And I won't be keeping track, so it will…

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Added by haggy on September 4, 2010 at 12:00 — 64 Comments

Newton's Nation registration is now open!

Unless you have been living on another planet you should be aware that open registration for the IGSA World Cup in Bathurst starts at 8am this Saturday 4th September.

At last years event the total rider cap was set at 200; this year's rider cap across all disciplines has been reduced to 160. In combination with a radical new race format never before attempted at an IGSA event and the reduced rider cap you will have more chances than ever to win or… Click here for the full story

Added by Robbo on September 2, 2010 at 19:00 — 28 Comments

Scars, Tattoos & Skateboards: The Rise of the Phoenix

Polymorph Art Gallery is hosting a 2 week exhibition as part of Fringe Festival. ‘Scars, Tattoos & Skateboards: The Rise of the Phoenix’ will feature the art of Paul Stragapede; an electrician-come tattooed man-come phoenix.

Stragapede was part of a work cover debacle with Energy Australia when in the course of his work he suffered third degree burns across his chest,… Click here for the full story

Added by Robbo on August 31, 2010 at 8:30 — 6 Comments

Downhill Republic - Webcast

Sat 21st Aug 10:30am http://bigpondvideo.com hit the sports news link.

The show will also be on rotation for the next few weeks and then on video on demand and the TBOX.

It features an in-depth look at the fastest growing action sport in the world, hosted by Hopkin team rider Jackson Shapiera.

http://bigpondvideo.com/

First… Click here for the full story

Added by Pitbull Productions on August 20, 2010 at 22:00 — 19 Comments

Skate Australia - Premiere 11 September

The Skate Australia documentary is finally finished! It will be having it’s premiere at The College of Art, 226 Grey st, Southbank, Brisbane, 7.30 pm 11th September.

There will also be a screening in Canberra on the 11th Sept, in association with the slalom event. More info will be up soon….

Watch the new Trailer:…

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Added by Skate Australia Film on August 15, 2010 at 23:30 — 19 Comments

Madness at Midnight Over the Weekend

Twenty two riders assembled themselves in Currumbin on Saturday night to participate in Jamies "MIDNIGHT MADNESS BIRTHDAY BASH", and what a night it turned out to be. The Bus left at about 10pm fully loaded with skaters, some of them not having any knowledge of where we were even going to be racing yet.

The racing format consisted of each rider racing in three heats with each heat to be run at a different track. There was three four man… Click here for the full story

Added by David Adrian Butternut Aitchison on August 15, 2010 at 23:00 — 9 Comments