National Capital Slalom Championships 2013

Event Details

Time: October 19, 2013 at 9am to October 20, 2013 at 5pm
Location: Stromlo Forest Park, Canberra
City/Town: Canberra
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com.au/?ll…
Event Type: slalom, ditch
Organized By: Scotty Taylor
Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2013

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Event Description

WE'RE BACK FOR ANOTHER HUGE EVENT!

What is it

The National Capital Slalom Championships will be run by the guys at CROSS and is happening at:

Mt Stromlo on October 19, and
Ainslie Ditch on October 20, 2013.

Format

Head to Head Hybrid slalom at Stromlo with a mixture of single race double elimination and duel race single elimination. The ditch slalom will be done on a Time-trial jam format.

The Ditch

Ditch slalom with wicked acid drops and teeth of doom

Location

The Ditch slalom will be at the famous teeth of doom at Ainslie Drains. The head to Head slalom will on the Mt Stromlo criterium track at Stromlo Forest Park

Categories

Everybody will race in the Opens but prizes will be given for Juniors, Womans and over 50s according to how they place in the opens

Registration

Rider fee is $25 for Stromlo, $10 for Ainslie or $30 for both. Registration on the day will cost $5 more per event.

Online entry coming soon.

Safety Requirements

Mandatory - Helmet
Recommended - Gloves and pads

Accommodation

The best place to stay is the Statesman Hotel in Curtin which is located a short ride to each event. Other shenanigans including presentations and the famous raffle will happen at the Skatesman across the weekend.

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ASRA Admin Comment by Scotty Taylor on August 17, 2013 at 22:09: I'm getting ready, dunno about you?

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Comment by Boomerdog on June 30, 2013 at 18:35: Great idea Bernie...lol...

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on June 30, 2013 at 14:38: Convert Frequent Flyer points to ASRA Points! [TICK]

Premium Member Comment by Marek on June 29, 2013 at 15:41: Maybee we could use the CROSS collection of timers to run a single lane loose longboard slalom course at the same time down the backside of the hill. Just need a table, timers and someone to run the timers.

Comment by Mark Gorman on June 27, 2013 at 20:04: Cool ! Hopefully not as cool as last year

ASRA Admin Comment by Scotty Taylor on June 27, 2013 at 19:58: I've tried the SbA guy before and from memory they got the gov to sponsor the public liability when they ran events as the gov are also a sponsor. I'll ask again though.

Shredders/CDDH SlalomX ;)

How about guys that have a second tight slalom board (I don't, had to sell mine to buy the new beast) could also bring it so any downhillers wanting to come along could try it out on a smaller tight course on the adjacent hill. We have the entire top half of the track, and the other side is steeper so it would be good for the so called SlalomX :)

Premium Member Comment by Lachlan Cashman on June 27, 2013 at 12:41: Henry is hell of the radar but myself and the other CDDH boys are keen to get bulk grommets racing, we'll be running a warmup day in the ditch and possibly a loose slalom for the locals to give it a go before race day.

If you want to chuck boarderX elements into the race we've built up a small assortment of kickers and whatever.

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on June 27, 2013 at 11:28: Good idea Scotty.

If you can make the longboard friendly course count for ASRA downhill points, then you should get the groms out. Henry could also help with that.

Here is an idea to see if SbA have changed their position on longboarding yet:
Ask Dave Pang to set you up with a meeting with ACT SbAHub manager, then ask him to sponsor the third party insurance cover, and track hire fees.

ASRA Admin Comment by Scotty Taylor on June 27, 2013 at 10:17: Ah damn guys, we changed the date because the long weekend was hard for some people to make last year, and the weather is likely to be less harsh. Looks like we bumped into wedding season tho :( There'll always be other commitments on any date.

We are looking at flipping it back to April next year as we used to run around that time of year, what are people's thoughts on that?

On slalom day 1 we'd love to see more groms come along, as a secondary event on the day the 100 cone was great, but limited again to those with slalom rigs. What about a loose slalom for longboarders after the tight is run and won? Some Boarder X elements, like hit a kicker otherwise go round some extra cones? Something like 1 run for 2 bucks on the day, 3 for $5 (3 being max you can do). Always up for more ideas.