[Oct 15, 2003]
The World Championships 2003 ended the list of major
events this season and was yet another highlight. 3
races: Slalom Cross, Slalom and Tight slalom. 3 new
World Champions in the Pro class, and many more in
the ladies and juniors division. Read all about it:
2003Worlds and you'll find the
Results here.
[Oct 11, 2003] By Jani Söderhäll
The forum got an overhaul with the update to the
latest version of the PHP forum. New design, new
functionality and plenty of goodies to discover. The
new update will make it even easier to browse and
it'll be more modern and welcoming for new visitors
as well as for the hard core regulars.
[Sep 21, 2003] By Pierre Samray
The European season ended this year with an action
packed Saturday of slalom racing in Antibes, just
meters from the beach. Luca (Italy) was there,
Maurus (Switzerland) was there, even Dong made it
from the US. The three battled it out among other
guys like Ugolini (Italy). Martin Siegrist took the
overall title (downhill and slalom combined) but who
won the individual slalom titles?
[Aug 9-10, 2003] By Axel Fischer
During the summers heat wave in Europe Axel Fischer
of Cologne put together an enjoyable event gathering
some of Europe's best racers to battle it out for
the title of Open German Champion.
[Aug 23, 2003] By Jack Smith
Jack Smith and friends set a new world record
(beating their own) across the entire USA on a
skateboard. 21 days, coast-to-coast. All proceeds
from the crossing went to Lowe Syndrome Association
in honor of Jack's son who died earlier this year.
[Jun 21-22, 2003] By Jadranko
Radvanovich
Among the Europeans the Swiss are among the most
active. Yet again the little Swiss town of Grüningen
hosted an international slalom event visited by
racers from all over Europe and even the US as
Richie and Maria Carrasco and the whole Gordon
family showed up and raced. Needless to say the US
carried away a couple of titles, but both top Pro
titles were taken by Luca Giammarco of Italy.
[Jun 8, 2003] By Gary Fluitt
The FCR race season started off with Gary Fluitt
putting together yet another great event. With
slalom cross being a new discipline for the year
speed, and the potential risk of slamming, was
something to be counted with.
[May 24-25, 2003] By Jani Söderhäll
Slalom is back at the Trocedero! 70 racers battled
it out on this classic race site on a partly rainy
May weekend, contributing to a memorable event. Luca
returns to racing, takes it all, despite attempts
from US racers Vlad Popov, John Gilmour and Kenny
Mollica.
Check out
pictures & films the
Results and read the
First impressions of visiting skaters. Be sure
not to miss the event in 2004!
[Apr 12, 2003] By Judi Oyama
Jack Smith put together an excellent slalom cross
race in Paso Robles. The results have been published
in the forum already, but here Judi Oyama gives us
her view of the race accompanied by photos of the
women racing.
Read the article >
[Apr 10, 2003] By Vlad Popov
In the 1990's Elena Sinodalova was the undisputable
World Champion, winning most titles during the
period and setting the World Record on 100 cones
straight. Vlad called her up and talked to her about
old times, today and the future.
Read the interview >
[Mar 31, 2003] By Adam Trahan
The 2003 FCR Elsinore event was one of slalom
skateboarding diversity.
The course was on a smooth, fairly steep hill that
lead to a Fire Station but interuptions to the
racing were kept to a minimum. Race fans were nearly
absent in the gusting winds but racing was fierce on
the fast action course. Many new racers were in
attendance as a "all around skateboarder" ramp /
park contest was embedded in the FCR event. With all
the distractions, racing was still at the helm and
the course was challenging for all in attendance.
Forum thread...
[Feb 1, 2003] By Glen Shotwell
Don't miss this post with complete results and
plenty of photos! Richy Carrasco 1st, Paul Dunn
2:nd, John O'Shea 3:rd. Among the juniors Nathan
Groff takes 1st a second ahead of Dylan Gordon.
Forum thread...
