Kozakov race report
Trav Horsfall has done a race report on Kozakov for the Hopkin Skate Blog.
It is a must read, he tells it how it is, you'll definitely feel dirty after reading.
Jacko's Koz race wrap up is on the way, might post this afternoon or tomorrow.
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
Nice report from Trav!
Re Martin's criticism of the Newton's format - he has a point, although it's not such a big point as to make the format "bullshit".
The problem he (and Mischo, and maybe others) identified is that the 2nd placegetter from the timed run is unable to qualify in 1st place, whereas the 3rd placegetter can. It's a small problem, and easily fixed - one more qualifying race is required between the winners of the odd and even trees. Problem solved.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by nathan on -
Nice one Trav, I like your editorial lack of ass kissing.
Just as long as Heelside doesnt start tapping the phones of prominent skateboarders all will be well
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Permalink Reply by Hop on
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WITH BONUS PICTURE SEQUENCE AT THE END (for those that dont like to read) to answer the age old question...
Is it faster to slide or footbrake?
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
Maybe footbraking Dalua/Henry style is fastest? Hell, not braking at all is fastest.
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Not braking is fastest until you hit the haybale ... then its slowest.
Dalua definitely has the fastest footbrake. Watching him race at Newtons was a highlight for me.
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
Yeah, cos he's already crouched down to footbrake he was very fluid transitioning from braking to grabbing rail around the corner - it was so smooth and seamless and you couldn't really tell when he'd finished braking and when he'd started railing with both feet back on the board.
Hop said:
Dalua definitely has the fastest footbrake. Watching him race at Newtons was a highlight for me.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Benbro on -
mmmmm,that question is hard to answer,.every track is different and have different surfaces.
sliding is an advantage when you really have it dialled,it enables you to slow down using a shorter section of road,..looking at the sequence of p-swiss,ramon,dominic and james,were pat dives thru the footbraking skaters to thro a quik check later and in front of them.,but in the case of mt panorama,the speed you come in to forest at is way to fast for even the best wheels to hook up on that surface,therefore its to easy to over slide,...coupled with the fact you loose the edge off your wheel making sticking a fast line even harder,.footbraking is the go in that scenario.
there will always be a place for both braking techniques.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Benbro on -
i kno dalua etc lose alot of speed in a quick amount of time footbraking as bugs mentioned,but i think its having to set a straight line and steady things before you put your footdown is where the time is lost with footbraking,more so on a track thats always turning.
but yeh,get them both dialled
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Permalink Reply by Nath Aveyard on
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When it is was brought to your attention at the race and was so easily fixed as adding another heat then and there, that is what makes it Bullshit. It's the World Tour and shouldn't be happening. It was so obvious, the same as having a race and just ending it at the semi's.
Bugs said:
Nice report from Trav!
Re Martin's criticism of the Newton's format - he has a point, although it's not such a big point as to make the format "bullshit".
The problem he (and Mischo, and maybe others) identified is that the 2nd placegetter from the timed run is unable to qualify in 1st place, whereas the 3rd placegetter can. It's a small problem, and easily fixed - one more qualifying race is required between the winners of the odd and even trees. Problem solved.
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
It wasn't brought to my attention at the race. The first I heard of that criticism was in an internet posting by Mischo after the race. I immediately saw the problem, which had not occurred to me before, obvious as it might seem now.
Still, it had zero effect at Newton's because Dalua (1st in the timed run) beat Patrick Switzer (3rd in the timed run) in the Odd Tree Final. If Patrick had beaten Dalua in that race he would have qualified 1st, and that would have been ever-so slightly unfair to Mischo, but it didn't happen so it's all good.
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That is not true Me and Mischo spoke to you at the start line about it. And you said there was nothing you could do about it. Obviously you were under pressure on the day, but I 100% brought it too your attention and also gave you the solution to it. What's done is done.
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
Nath, I honestly don't remember that, but I don't doubt you as during the race I'm pretty stressed and stretched and I imagine I forget a lot of what's said to me. Still, I probably could have responded better at the time, so my apologies.
Overall, I was stoked on the new format - it was a big change to what had come before, and I'm glad we got through it with just that one minor bug, which thankfully had no effect.
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