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Gianluca Ferrero

As far as i know,remembering all we did ,in late 1978 i was the firts to add on my turner and fibreflex decks the arch to support the front shoes for a precision start increasing the grip on board,expecially on bad and wet surfaces. In Italy at that times we used to race also under rain...and i feel...

Gianluca Ferrero

Hi,Bros!...nice to read all we did in past and we still have in mind today. Probably all of you remember Fusion decks too and TransWorld Skateboarding .in Europe we waited for it monthly and personally i was disappointed when it wasn't avaible. In Paris 1978 EuroCup ,event sponsored by Levis's we ha...

Gianluca Ferrero

back from this last summer's holiday i've seen what a success Policka got. First of all it's a great coming back hystorical scene,with all the old friends (Jiry,Thaomas,Joseph,Martin thay several times came to World Cup Italy)and probably next ones too, but first of all the feeling of good images,or...

Gianluca Ferrero

Well, ciao to everybodies! 2007 is getting better for slalom scene and new federation's project: last weekend may 26-27 we had a great time demos among young people with a special test area with INDIANA LONGBOARDS http://www.indiana.ch at the famous 25th "premio Andersen". http://www.andersen.it Thi...

Gianluca Ferrero

Dave is doing a really great goal with young society....In Italy we linked since may his pages on our News and a lot of parents enjoyed that.....gianluca

Gianluca Ferrero

...yeah Lee, it was true.....at 8.30 pm all that spectators were waiting for us,due to an hard work with media,spending a lot for pushing the Event , and doing a very good work with my crew and CONISKATE FED. all in all the prizes: more than 5.000.000 itl 83000 usd and the double in staff sponsored ...

Gianluca Ferrero

...Sure Lee, we will do it SOON.....

thx for the notice and have a good day, there with fun and skate, if you'll be so lucky to have time....

gianluca , and crew

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Gianluca Ferrero

Hi everybodies! Thx to Max, andrew, Fede and Stefano , we are moving on YOUTUBE lla the best of Our CONISKATE FEDERATION'S archive since late 1978.....passing through Prague,Paris 90,Munster,California, Turin World Championship 90 and more.....some VLOGS and best choise about the LONGBOARDING and OL...

Gianluca Ferrero

Hi everybodies! Thx to Max, andrew, Fede and Stefano , we are moving on YOUTUBE lla the best of Our CONISKATE FEDERATION'S archive since late 1978.....passing through Prague,Paris 90,Munster,California, Turin World Championship 90 and more.....some VLOGS and best choise about the LONGBOARDING and OL...

Gianluca Ferrero

Hi everybodies! Thx to Max, andrew, Fede and Stefano , we are moving on YOUTUBE lla the best of Our CONISKATE FEDERATION'S archive since late 1978.....passing through Prague,Paris 90,Munster,California, Turin World Championship 90 and more.....some VLOGS and best choise about the LONGBOARDING and OL...

Gianluca Ferrero

Well, , i'm really agree with Jani about this last race: congratulation to Pierre ,even for the non skating events....Soon some nice shots about the fantastic tribal band and all of us on this last hot saturday's night . Congratulation to the strong Swedish Team and to all the Hadestrands ' family,t...

Gianluca Ferrero

Yes, Pierre Samray changed his mails. I personally spoke to him and it was very fine and friendly, speaking about World Cup. I'm happy to see that his competition will be always better and also that for this edition there will be a good media coverage. The giant is just setted up so don't hesitate t...

Gianluca Ferrero

Yeah,Sean! That was an Ati label not pertinent with the Silver products....The figured deck, hand made in Switzerland, was my son's one, setted for him with Tracker and Banzai Magnesium (the same used by Luca Giammarco in the races, not in pics. On those Andrea put on the ati logo offered with a spe...

Gianluca Ferrero

Gianluca Ferrero wrote: I'm pefectly agree with Lynn and Chris....IN ITALY (till 1989) and Europe (till 1982) we had courses setted up 2 hours before the race by 3 different nation'staff(not competitors)...and then only a walk inside them. The results were a very hi level of competiotors trained to ...

Gianluca Ferrero

Thx for your private reply. As we explained you we mean that it's a different course to pass the cone in the outside ,specoially in giant slalom on technical course. Since late 1978 we used to have this rule and it's still work today,expecially with professional judges and digital instruments(read c...

Gianluca Ferrero

about GS START: no doubt to use what ISSA CONISKATE fixed: Organizers have to use strating ramp(as in Antibes it was done...the one thing that really worked in 2003,and in any case the pushing line for Local comp or deeper couses HAS to be signed line to line and racers that pushing after those DQ.....

Gianluca Ferrero

I'm pefectly agree with Lynn and Chris....IN ITALY (till 1989) and Europe (till 1982) we had courses setted up 2 hours before the race by 3 different nation'staff(not competitors)...and then only a walk inside them. The results were a very hi level of competiotors trained to do their best with ADDI...

Gianluca Ferrero

Great Corky, thx a lot!! have a great Summer there gianluca

Gianluca Ferrero

http://www.zboys.net/ We at coniskate in Italy have seen a faboulous impressive TRAILER about TONY ALVA VS HENRY HESTER slaloming ,figured by abc network in late 1976. It is at a third of the page linked upon with written TONY ALVA 1976 abc news Sport events.... HAVE A LOOK AND BELIEVE US, Henry HE...

Gianluca Ferrero

I'm pefectly agree with Lynn and Chris....IN ITALY (till 1989) and Europe (till 1982) we had courses setted up 2 hours before the race by 3 different nation'staff(not competitors)...and then only a walk inside them. The results were a very hi level of competiotors trained to do their best with ADDI...

Gianluca Ferrero

as the upon one,thx for your attention,we appreciate your work glf and staff

Gianluca Ferrero

[quote="Lynn Kramer"]In ski racing, if you ride the course, you will make GIANT ruts in the course. With skateboarding, we don't have this problem. Definitely should limit warmups to 2 runs, one each lane, between heats, but at the beginning of the day, let people run for an hour or 1 1/2 hours. The...

Gianluca Ferrero

Thanx to You all for following the Cerimony . As most of You wrote , on world wide it was a success but, we wished to be more in evidence, expecially because all of You know what Luca and the others should have done , but ( storyboard was written in these acts ) probably the regist kept them only a...

Gianluca Ferrero

Our Best to all the Athletes entering the Games and the Event. Tonight Yuri Chechi ,Lord of the Rings -Gymnastic, will breake a big iceberg and inside an iron.....YOU WILL SEE THAT.!!!! GMT ROME 8.00 PM tonight , february 10TH-2006 Hope to see You all soon in Italy Gianluca Ferrero & Alberto Lomusc...

Gianluca Ferrero

Thx John! I and all the other appreciated your interest and come to visit us. Well done since you could skate the NEW SURFACE of the faboulous VALENTINO PARK, International Historic Slalom spot. Please do it and let us know about your trip's schedule... Gianluca Ferrero and staff www.coniskate.it

Gianluca Ferrero

Thx for your invitation,man, we had never forgotten your race , ,and we hope to enter in future on it.Well done about the display...we used them in all of our world cup and invitational races in Turin and Italy. About all the old school and new school , actually they are practising and ....so we are...

Gianluca Ferrero

....at 8.45 pm in front of the Valentino Castle with Antonello Gai and the OLD SCHOOL.

be there with your board...... and some friends.

CARVING COURSES FOR BEGINNERS AND SNOWBOARDERS - MATERIALS TO BE TESTED - BEERS AND DRINK

http://WWW.CONISKATE.IT

OTHER NEWS AND PICS soon

Gianluca Ferrero

as i wrote before, Turin during 2005 and 2006 will be captured by a lot of international events, and our one could be obscured in all these plans. We seriously spoke about the biggest event even organized in slalom, with the renewed of surface in Valentino after the Olympics, but if there will be so...

Gianluca Ferrero

yes,man ,we skated there too,in 1998 and also in front the M.Jordan's restaurant.

andrea,gianluca and some other of the crew coniskate. glf

Gianluca Ferrero

....thx chris for all yoy think about Italy and her slalomers. Well we had a lot of big races till 1994 and we are planning to have a big race on 2006(better in 2007 for more attention in the Media....since Turin is still captured as favourite spot from all the Big Italian sport events till this yea...

Gianluca Ferrero

yeah,thx John! we are in touch with General Granlund J.A.-Hope to meet you all gianluca ferrero Olympic Italian Skate Pres. http://www.coniskate.it

Gianluca Ferrero

....why do we get troubles in opening pages also with this link?

Gianluca

gianluca.ferrero@fastwebnet.it

Gianluca Ferrero

where can we find them? thx

gianluca
pres@coniskate.it

Gianluca Ferrero

sounds cool.my great aunt and cousin still live on via mattorelli in turin.have not been there for 20 years,sounds like its time to go back.cf dont you just love how this thing called skateboarding ties the world together.vlad,thanks for breaking down your philosophy on your skate set up in athens,...

Gianluca Ferrero

Unfortunaly me and Luca will not enter this year in Morro. All our best to everybodies. we will not forget the sport and we are working for slalom hard in Italy. We had a big party to celebrate Luca and the new skatepark : there were a big slalom session of junior too, and the v.pres. of Olympic Win...

Gianluca Ferrero

All the best skaters were there,in Turin on oct.2 2004 for the opening of the concrete skatepark moduled,presented by Italian Federation and the national and political members. Also the Major of the Turin's council ,Chiamparino ,was there with his sport delegate dr. Montabone and the v-president of ...

Gianluca Ferrero

...AND We are really satisfied of the first training session using Trackers x and S on Indiana pro swiss hand made decks. Times are still the same compared to the others trux , but the experiences of Banzai trucks( the one mytic and out of sale used till now by LUCA GIAMMARCO) and thE OTHER trux use...

Gianluca Ferrero

...AND We are really satisfied of the first training session using Trackers x and S on Indiana pro swiss hand made decks. Times are still the same compared to the others trux, but the experiences of Banzai trucks( the one mytic and out of sale used till now by LUCA GIAMMARCO) and thE OTHER trux used...

Gianluca Ferrero

fastest temporary times GIANT Federico Ferrero 16. 36 ON 9.09.2004 RECORDS 15.34 Andrea Ferrero 17.39 16.50 Luca Dellepiane 19.67 hybrid 40 cones 1.80 3 STRONG PUSHES AT 8 METERS BEFORE federico Ferrero 11.70 USING BANZAI-SEISMIC 3DM ON 9.09.04 personal records with TRACKER TRUCKS -INDIANA 10.24 and...

Gianluca Ferrero

we are very happy to know that everything passed and you are well.

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Gianluca Ferrero

We are very happy to have knew all the news about the Race.

Expecially for Chris Hart ' first place, for the Indiana Podiums and the coming back to our field of Elena.

We hope she will get in shape soon

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Gianluca Ferrero

Gianluca Ferrero

Thx to Jani's reply about the comment asked by Martin. About all the other events, the answer is still the same. No events will be held on that date. Hope to let you known more positive things for the imminent future. Congratulation from all the Italian staff to Chris Hart for winning the MONACO CON...

Gianluca Ferrero

terrorism new laws ,Euroelection day fixed after the date coosed and without change to move in other period and the Organizers that have not been motivated to assure all Our fed. needed to be sure that competitors should be feel good in that event. We will try to do our best in future for other news...

Gianluca Ferrero

In spite a lot of work has been done for this comp, a matter of national and international facts didn't enable Our Federation to support veen this project: this is ABORTED ANDD CANCELLED. Most of the troubles as you know and Jani was advanced before, were about TERRORISM new laws and emergency of th...

Gianluca Ferrero

That's the new faster address new-new-new-NEW,NEW,NEW

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NEW DIRECT MAIL coniskate@coniskate.it

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Gianluca Ferrero

Just got off the phone with former slalom great, Jim Korten. SEND HIM MY BEST WISHES He is living in LA, "with my old best friend Ray". Couldn't resist the Ray line, from an old Jim Croce song. ... and may show at JPL and West LA. I have his phone # if anyone wants it. YES,PLEASE DO IT AND IF YOU'L...

Gianluca Ferrero

ricki how is possible to vote,since clicking on HERE doesn't move anything?

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gianluca ferrero

we,as federation would like to vote for the Italian Champion Luca Giammarco,also if the others,from Vlad to Jack should be voted if we can used several ones.

Gianluca Ferrero

Personally I've met and skated with Jim Korten. We (I and Dani Ridoli) met him in late 1990 in Oceanside after a visit to G&S HQ and H. Hester. Jim was a fast and well styled US slalomers, full of technique in Giant and incredible fast on narrow courses (4 foot) - He explained us to practising also ...

Gianluca Ferrero

< EVENT CANCELLED > Hi to everybodies... it's a couple of weeks i haven't seen the forum ,but in anycase i 'm quickly reply to Maria and all the others about the events in Italy. we will have some national events ,not open around the country from march to september The only one International event ...

Gianluca Ferrero

We are very glad that all the slalom community enjoyed the work we did with the important aid of our friend Vlad. soon more news about our history and future.....that it's coming soon on 2004 www.stream-games.com WORLD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP IN SLALOM SKATEBOARDING-Italy Rimini ciao to everybodies Gianluca

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