At the Breckenridge FCR race, Steve Sherman, Mike Maysey, Paul Dunn and (I think) other members of the La Costa Boys Racing crew; (T. Williams, Lynn Kramer, B. Brown ?) were riding the new Turner "skunk works proto- types". It seems I over-heard (if I am remembering correctly) one was refered to as ...

Its on! for Sat. july 5 at 8a.m. in beautiful Golden, Colorado Single lane GS at the big CoorsTek hill in the morning, Dual TS at Spyderco Hill in the afternoon. Both are good, fast venues. Ramp start. see the contest calendar on NCDSA.com for sign up and more details. $20.00 race fee is a benefit f...

you know, thats a pretty cool thing. For SI
to feature a slalom-boarder, thats a big deal.

Good job!!, Dylan, Lauren and of course, their excellent coach and urethane specialist-in-charge; HG.

Jack; Very sorry to hear about Jack Jr., I cannot imagine what its like to lose a child. May he be at peace, and all of you take comfort in knowing his spirit soars into the realm of angels and unity with a loving God. David Fort Collins Colorado "The darker the night, the brighter the stars that sh...

Yes, great job on the ramp Geo! that combined with the new hill should get us ready for about anything. I took the back way down from the Fort, a way I've never went before,...somewhere near Erie,there is a little airport with some new subdivisions, with just the roads (new asphalt) put in, big hill...

tommrows N. Colorado GRS slalom session for Sat March 15 will be at Legacy Ridge in Westminster CO, which is very close to Vans skatepark. This is a new spot for us, so in the event we get thrown out or decide that things are not jiving, we will move back down to the Vans lot. Time is 1:30 pm MST. a...

George; NCDSA.com is a pretty hostile, intimidating place anymore and recently, I almost stopped going there completely. If it were not for the events listings, the new product announcements and the Q & A with Mike Maysey, I'd be done with it,totally. The Q&A with MM seems the only part of that site...

JG; sorry, did not mean to 'slam' you on the bike-racing thing, I did get your point and I think its valid. So is Arabs point, I hear what hes saying also, but to say more would be digressing from the topic at hand; beginners courses. My point is that if the FCR Series races represent 'beginners' co...

JG; your analogy shows you know nothing about bike racing. Lance Armstrong does quite a few "race -around -the -block" type races; they-re called "Criteriums" or in N.Europe ; its called a Kermesse. Its by far the most common bike race in the U.S. and maybe even in Europe, since its easier to close ...

G- we decided to head back to Vans last sat., the hill was dirty from contruction traffic, but the real problem was the massive headwind. We double-stacked two courses back at the Vans'lot and had a decent turn-out; quite a few spectators,too, including the cops who definetly, don't seem to mind us ...

I just think its cool getting new people to start skating, or to return to the sport say, via longboarding, even if they never touch a slalomboard. My feeling though, is that the more longboarders out there, the more likely some will try slalom, since it seems to me the two are more closely related ...

One thing that we do here in N. Colorado (mainly Fort Collins / Boulder) is find a night on or around the full moon of any given month that seems to work for the most people and schedule alittle night-time hill cruising, maybe a little parking garage- action (lift -service, security-dodge,run from t...

John; I believe there are a large number of downhill-oriented skaters in Colorado riding longboards, the problem is that they are also very caught up in other sports, like snowboarding, rock-climbing, mtn-bike racing, kayaking, etc. as there "first" sport. Some are just not into competitve-type spor...

NCAR is still a blast and very skateable. Several of our current group skates the hills around Table Mesa / Fairview H.S. area, occasionally. Being from N. Colorado, I skate more around Cameron Pass, Rabbit Ears (how about the 10 mile descent into Steamboat?)and the Cache la Poudre Canyon. The wind ...

our Colorado Slalom Series this summer will feature a Jeff Sandlin Memorial Race, or we just may have the whole series in his honor. also, please excuse the typo above, its; Arvada CO. Bman; I'd love to hear more about the early days skating around Flagstaff Mtn, Green Mtn., NCAR, etc. as well as Lo...

Certainly, Boardman, certainly,..any of the old Boulder crew or anyone who raced ARA from around here qualifies for honorary TEAM SANDMAN membership. TEAM SANDMAN takes its name from the nickname of Jeff Sandlin who passed away suddenly (undiagnosed bronchial-pneumonia) in April of last year. He was...

Yes, this is a really good sign, what a fun day, too,.. I had a freaking blast! Is Lynn Cooper a great all-rounder or what ? ditto Jayson and Ric Widenour,..Its such a cool thing to have Lynn there doing his flatland- freestyle routine, pulling some amazing moves..brings us alot of credibility to yo...

When I first really started to get into slalom boarding two yrs ago, like Glenn, I really thought some organization (like USSSF) ought to standardize these to strict definitions; particularly, since coming from a skiing background I felt there was a lot of confusion (and there sometimes is)about wha...

Tom Peterson who owns Hyper / Kryptonics won a World Champonships on those back in late 60's - early 70's. (can't remember, but it was quite a while ago). There were (and still are) a few Quad teams training around here; in Cheyenne, Greeley and Denver. While only a fraction of the size of Inline Sp...

The only regional slalom race series you will see in Colorado this year (or will likely see in the near future) will occur in the Front Range cities of Golden, Longmont, Fort Collins and / or Denver. Estes Park , Boulder and Colorado Springs are also possibilites. They will occur here because thats ...

Chris; yup, no two courses will ever be the exactly the same, but I do not see that as a problem. Track and Field events have a similar challenge to standardize courses, but they do just fine I really like the idea of these "canned course" challenges like Cyber slalom cup, 100 cone-r, etc. The head-...

If weather co-operates, I'll set a 100 cone course at the B. W. Pickett Equine Center parking lot sunday morning here in Fort Collins, CO. We typically set a 60-70 cone monster course for our local races that has a fast dog-leg turn, dividing the course into two sections. For 100 cones, we can stick...

For background on what "Boardman" (Gary H) is talking about, see his excellent interview with Peter Caymann on NCDSA.com / interviews. Peter put on the now legendary ARA race series here in Colorado in the late 70's and has some strong opinions about slalom racing and the direction its going. Whethe...