Yarra Ranges Downhill Festival

Event Details

Time: December 2, 2012 all day
Location: Monbulk VIC
Street: Baynes Park road
City/Town: Monbulk
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q…
Event Type: downhill, slalom
Organized By: Matthew and Aaldert
Latest Activity: Sep 23, 2013

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Event Description

The 2012 Yarra Ranges Downhill Festival is Victoria's first legal, closed road slalom/downhill race event. It's been a long time coming but will be a chance for us to show the locals that downhill skaters are not 'playing russian roulette with cars' (thanks Tracy) and are above all, awesome to watch.

Schedule

Downhill Racing, Slalom, Music, Barbecue all in one jam packed day of fun. If you call yourself a long boarder and live in Melbourne, you better be there.

What does it cost?

$55 for downhill
$15 for slalom and $5 for the Penny riders
All riders receive free raffle tickets!

Registration

Open Registration will begin on Thurs, November 11th at 7pm (AEST). Payment is made via Paypal at time of registration. Once rego is paid there will be no refunds for any reason, you use it or you lose it.

Please download the Full Event Waiver - You must return this form signed on the day

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Comment by Gilly on November 17, 2012 at 11:52: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-l0hFtlmM&feature=youtu.be

Try there Hayden.

Comment by Hayden Telford on November 14, 2012 at 21:00: any video's of the hill?

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on November 13, 2012 at 18:19: There are some great prizes being put up by the sponsors.
Store vouchers, hardware, decks, wheels and completes.
Don't forget the raffle
Everyone who enters is in with a chance to win some excellent kit!

Just the other night, I saw an excellent Globe complete in the prize pool.
They now make a serious drop deck, with trucks and wheels that "look the goods" for speed and sliding, and it is fair to say that this is waaaaay beyond the level of esplanade cruiser that we have seen before! I think it might have come from Noel's development laboratory.

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on November 13, 2012 at 18:02: Any kid that shows up on a standard plastic board with a helmet can run.
Those under 15 will need a responsible adult to attend and sign the indemnity form.

Let's not suck the fun out of this with hair splitting rules.

Premium Member Comment by Daniel Monaghan on November 13, 2012 at 15:29: Hi Guys, if I were to talk any kids into a long drive to town, I think a definition of what is a "Penny", is a "Nickel" ok? A Penny is 23" X 6" and a Nickel is 27" X 7.5" so there is a big advantage. I think this is fair question.

Premium Member Comment by blackwood on November 13, 2012 at 13:27: They were called Banana boards and it was the first skateboard i rode as a kid.I loved it.

Maybe a "Plastic Fantastic" race could deal with the branding issue in the future. Either way think its great to engage the kids and get em into the sport. These plastic fantastics are as cheap as $20 in Kmart, granted they probley have plastic bearings as well, but who cares ...its one less kid on a scooter. We've already lost one generation to the scurge of the scooter, let us never forget the great toll it has taken on skate parks all over Australia.

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on November 13, 2012 at 10:56: You guys really need to drop a Bex and have a good lie down!

It is a slalom race for kids on plastic skateboards, which are now becomming known generically as Penny's. Racers need to be under 15 years of age.

Any kid that shows up on a standard plastic board with a helmet can run.

And anyone who saw the penny class at Bulleen will know that this is a great addition for any event, and it really spreads the stoke to our little brothers and sisters, and their parents.

If you have any nieces or nephews, tell em!

Of course any kid that shows up on a plastic board with Gog's and Cults on it can expect to be booked into the open slalom race also!
(Fitz, don't bother, we already know how old you are!)

We have some very nice prizes from Penny!

ASRA Admin Comment by Bugs on November 13, 2012 at 8:56: Dan has a good point. I'm not keen on a race limited to a single brand - it seems like an ad more than anything and you'd expect Penny to pay for it.

Premium Member Comment by Daniel Monaghan on November 13, 2012 at 7:46: Penny race. What is a Penny? It must be Penny Brand? What about Globe? Wheels and truck upgrades? Must be PU? Mini cruzers? Size?