Rain Washes Out Teutonia

Written by Marcus Rietema IGSA
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Silva Declared the Winner.

Douglas Silva at 112+kph (70+ mph) down Teutonia. Photo Marcus Rietema


Teutonia Brazil – Rain spelled complete disaster for the Malarrara Pro Teutonia World Cup. Both Saturdays and Sunday’s activities were canceled due to heavy rain and thunder storms that created unsafe conditions on the race-course and caused flooding in the city of Teutonia. Final results were based on the lone qualifying run made on Friday. Douglas Silva earned the victory based on those times with Kevin Reimer finishing second and Everton Alves was third.

Scoot Smith clinched the 2008 World Cup Series title. Photo Marcus Rietema

Brazilian Everton Alves finished an impressive third. Photo Marcus Rietema

Mischo Erban was the highest finisher with no prior Teutonia experience. Photo Marcus Rietema


Scoot Smith also clinched the 2008 World Cup Series Championship. Kevin Reimer was the only skater with a mathematical chance of beating Scoot coming into Teutonia. Reimer needed to win both Teutonia and the upcoming race in South Africa to win the title. By him finishing second, Smith automatically clinches the 2008 title.

Erik Lundberg, Bricin Lyons, Douglas Silva, Pete Connolly, Scoot Smith and Kevin Reimer awaiting the start. Photo Marcus Rietema

One of the trackside concession tents set up for the spectators. Photo Marcus Rietema

Erik Lundberg showing off his "Swedish Torpedo" prototype. Photo Marcus Rietema


The rain also ruined any chances for the riders to make attempts at the official speed record. Next year the organizers have already decided to expand the event to four days giving more opportunity to complete it should rain strike again. Everyone was really disappointed but it did turn into a great social event with a huge party lasting the entire weekend.

Marcus Rietema doing an interview for ESPN Brasil. Photo Alexandre Maia

All the riders stayed at the Lagoa da Harmonia Resort. Photo Marcus Rietema

The daily lunch and dinner buffet at Lagoa da Harmonia was awesome. Photo Marcus Rietema

The Teutonia landscape is a mixture of farms and jungle. Photo Marcus Rietema

Promotor Paolo Martins and IGSA South American Rep Alexandre Maia watching the action. Photo Marcus Rietema


Special thanks go out to Event Promotor Paolo Martins, the entire event staff including Gilberto & Ivandro, IGSA South American Representative Alexandre Maia and event title sponsor Malarrara. We look forward to Teutonia in 2009 and will hope for better weather.


Final Results

Downhill Skateboarding
No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qualifyed
1	Silva	Douglas	BRA	1:20.452
2	Reimer	Kevin	CAN	1:23.455
3	Alves	Everton	BRA	1:24.198
4	Erban	Mischo	CAN	1:24.957
5	Finck	Rafael	BRA	1:24.967
6	Garcia	Alysson	BRA	1:25.421
7	Lunderg	Erik	SWE	1:25.800
8	Smith	Scott	CAN	1:25.852
9	Brasil	Vinicius	BRA	1:26.190
10	Mercante	Alexandre	BRA	1:26.528
11	Bastos	Rafael	BRA	1:26.977
12	Garcia	Silon	BRA	1:27.076
13	Alemparte	Diego	CHI	1:27.649
14	Pacifici	Arthur	BRA	1:27.820
15	Malessa	Wendel	BRA	1:28.345
16	Oliveira	Sandro	BRA	1:28.361
17	Connolly	Pete	GBR	1:28.556
18	Lamb	Fabio	BRA	1:29.180
19	Martins	Felipe	BRA	1:29.447
20	Cassemiro	Juliano	BRA	1:29.811
21	da Rosa	Antonio	BRA	1:30.361
22	Paletti	Luciano	BRA	1:30.539
23	Sabella	Rafael	BRA	1:30.639
24	Stein	Henrique	BRA	1:30.696
25	Arrata	Michel	BRA	1:30.954
26	Lyons	Bricin	CAN	1:31.202
27	Lau	Ethan	USA	1:31.575
28	Rosa	Rosa	BRA	1:31.952
29	Slalzar	Vitor	BRA	1:32.303
30	Castagna	Vinicius	BRA	1:32.459
31	Dubois	Justin	USA	1:33.320
32	Junior	Paulo	BRA	1:33.722
33	Gomes	Johnny	BRA	1:34.743
34	Cazon	Diego	BRA	1:35.701
35	Guilherme	Joao	BRA	1:35.828
36	Cabral	Henrique	BRA	1:35.915
37	Marques	Israel	BRA	1:36.651
38	Ignacio	Rene	CHI	1:38.101
39	Paixao	Carlos	BRA	1:41.314
40	Carvalho	Bruno	BRA	1:42.632
41	Preto	Andre	BRA	1:43.456
42	Netto	Abel	BRA	1:45.335
43	Torres	Andre	BRA	1:51.120
44	Haddad	Hugo	BRA	DNF
45	Junior	Walter	BRA	DNF
Final Results
Street Luge
No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qualifyed
1	Araujo	Denis	BRA	1:17.221
2	Lemes	Caue	BRA	1:17.847
3	Saldaha	Rodolpho	BRA	1:19.866
4	Jardim	Mario	BRA	1:20.518
5	McBride	Chris	USA	1:22.848
6	Alves	Jacques	BRA	1:37.171
Final Results
Classic Luge
No.	Surname	Firstname	Nat	Qualifyed
1	McBride	Chris	USA	1:27.113