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Hans Koraeus

I'm in Geneve waiting for Jani and family to pick me up for Grüningen tomorrow. Taking it easy. Don't want to waste energy... and certainly don't want to make a stupid fall... Maybe go for a loose cruize this evening along the Geneve lake. Right now it's way too hot. <font size=-1>[ This Message was...

Hans Koraeus

When I come home after Grüningen I might do a quicktime version as well.

Wha-d-ya say about that?

Hans Koraeus

Came to Geneve today (Thursday) and it must be a record in high temperature. Hopefully it will not be as hot in Grüningen. Planing on a ride along the Geneve lake tonight when things cool down a little. Seen two guys cruizing on slalomboards so there are some sencible people here after all. See you ...

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I have fixed the link above for the third video. Sorry about that. That's the way it goes when you copy and paste. I compressed them a lot so that they wouldn't take too long to download. As Jani mentioned I have now an uncompressed version where the three parts are included. I will bring it to Grün...

Hans Koraeus

For you that haven't seen the small slalom films from Paris yet, have a look. Quite a lot of footage of Jani but not of us other Swedes. Hope to get hold of some more footage later on. I have nothing on the Giant slalom either. Maybe there will be a 4:th film coming up later on. Who knows.

Hans Koraeus

Corky Paris film part 3 is now up for download. See original film post above.

Hans Koraeus

Ooops! I guess I'm the cause of this sudden interest. I have done some marketing for our forum recently in various ways... 1. Right now there is a news article on a very popular swedish skate site, Defekt , about a skate documentary that we are in the making of, "1985 Swedish summer camp nostalgia"....

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Haggy, Oslo is expensive. Even Ryan air in Oslo. :smile: It would actually be cheaper for you to go via Stockholm. But then you have to leave Thursday night to be able to take the flight Friday morning. And you have to stay the night in Stockholm. On the way back Monday it will work ok. Let's see wh...

Hans Koraeus

Corky Paris film part 2 is now up for download. See original film post above.

Hans Koraeus

Great! I saw that Peter Klang from Stockholm has registered himself at the competition site. The Swedish team is filling up.

Hans Koraeus

Ahh, I hate when I miss out on nice slalom films. The film on the site is streamed somehow so I can't see it properly. I guess you have to have a broadband connection or something to make that film show smoothly.

Why not letting people download the film instead? Then everybody could enjoy it.

Hans Koraeus

I will not change plans and go via Frankfurt. Jani is kind enough to pass by Geneve on his way to Zürich. We will be in Grüningen around 13:00 Friday I imagine.

Hans Koraeus

Here are links taken from other topics in this forum.

Event pictures by konogan.com
Event pictures from Globe (Alain)
Event pictures from Brice
Vlad and Victoria photos
Here are some pics of the Paris World Cup 2003 trophies.

Hans Koraeus

This is one of the best pics from the competition I have seen so far.

Jean-Paul Alavoine, France (left),
Bruce Brewington, USA (right)

Hans Koraeus

Here are some short films edited from the competition. They are heavily compressed. Sorry for that. I'm planning to put all the three together with good quality on a CD later on if there is any interest. I have reduced format to 240x180 to get a little bit better video quality. These films will need...

Hans Koraeus

There's a lot of pictures and possible films on the net from the Paris World Cup 2003. Let's have pics, films and links gathered at one place. Maybe a good idea for all other competitions and events as well. Homepage of Paris World Cup 2003 Media players For playing films you need a media player. So...

Hans Koraeus

How did Paris stack up on this point? Joe, here are the Paris DQ levels. Or actually how many % managed to get a result. Special (Hybrid) ---------------- Pro 96% (25 Tot, 1 DQ) Am 96% (26 Tot, 1 DQ) Comment: According to the Corky rule (90% for a good course) the two special slalom courses (Pro an...

Hans Koraeus

A good personal slalom course is one that test your skills and pushes you to around 90% of your capacity. A good competition course is one that let's 90% of the skaters making it. Putting these values into my secret ekvation I get the following result of what people think about a good competition co...

Hans Koraeus

Pelle and Haggy,

Come to think about it. Why don't you both buy the cheap air flights to Frankfurt. Then you could rent a car together for the trip to Zürich.

If you do that maybe I'll throw my Geneve ticket in the fire and go to Frankfurt too. Then we are three people for the car rent.

Hans Koraeus

Haggy, With Ryan air you can get very cheap tickets to Frankfurt from Oslo (Stockholm too by the way). But then of course you are in the same situation that I'm in. From Frankfurt to Zürich is a 4 hour drive if you rent a car. With some chance you could find a cheap train ticket or lift with some Ge...

Hans Koraeus

It seems like Peter Klang is planing to come to Grüningen. Great! Maybe we will manage to get a little Swedish team after all.

Hans Koraeus

I wish I was as fast in slalom courses as I'am with my mouse on the computer. I saw this cheap flight to Geneve and "click". :???: I have had a look at the trains. It didn't seem cheap enough and I have to carry bags and stuff. A car have some practical advantages. And a drive through Switzerland sh...

Hans Koraeus

Welcome to Scandinavia Haggy, I've already bought a cheap flight to Geneve. Now I realize that I couldn't have got further away from Zurich being inside Switzerland. Now I have 300 km to get to Greuningen. By foot that will take me... hmm no. Probably I will have to rent a car. Anyway, let's see if ...

Hans Koraeus

As I see it there are two main ways of doing slalom: The cruizing way and the racing way. The main difference between the two is that when doing it the cruizing way you seek the good feeling, joy and nice lines. When doing it the racing way you seek efficiancy, speed and maximum force. We all probab...

Hans Koraeus

Here are some nation classifications I did for the swedish forum. I realized they would make sense here as well after taking away the Swedish flags. Points given according to current ISSA rules. - 3 best/discipline: 3 best results for each nation in the 3 different disciplines (special, straight, gi...

Hans Koraeus

Here are the Swedish results from Paris... http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/Paris/SweResPro.gif http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/Paris/SweResAm.gif http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/Paris/SweResNatProAm.gif http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/Paris/Swe...

Hans Koraeus

Vincent,

Send your picture to Adam Trahan (Moderator of this site) with some friendly words and voilà.

It's about time I do the same but I haven't come across any good picture yet. In my case that's a tuff nut to crack.

Hans Koraeus

Welcome back Shane! The answer to your question can be very complicated or very easy. I'll explain the easy way. Set up your cones in a straight line. Start with measuring up 7 of your own feet between the cones. Have a go. If it seems long between the cones put them tighter. If it seems tight try a...

Hans Koraeus

According to Chris Eggers:

"Accomodation: for free in the bunker, Hotels will be listed on the homepage."

No hotels listed yet on their homepage.

I guess a sleepingbag is requiered for the bunker. Sounds scary though!

Hans Koraeus

I was out walking my skateboard for the first time after Paris. And gee was I better than before I left for Paris. It's increadible how much you can progress among skater friends. And still I didn't think I skated that much. For all of you who needs a boost for your skating pack your bags and be sur...

Hans Koraeus

Here is an example of how to measure wheelbase on a deck.

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Hans Koraeus

Innerhole to innerhole it seems to be. You are absolutley right Vlad. But I think the term is then missused. That should be called Truckbase. And from axle to axle it should be called wheelbase. By the way Chicken sent me a great photo showing the thing. I'll put it up here soon. It just reminded me...

Hans Koraeus

Also, the Paris trophies are great. Trophies have more value than money. Money gets spent. Trophies get to stay.

I totally agree! At least until we have the Volvo Skateboard Slalom Series rolling. Here are some pics of the Paris World Cup 2003 throphies.

Hans Koraeus

Jani’s announcements in English complimented the race. It was really good to know who’s racing whom/when, and especially good to know times AND ranks after each run. Thank you Jani. Please find a good English-speaking announcer who would do just that next year while you race. Vlad, very goodie thin...

Hans Koraeus

Rumours goes that Jani is testing some new boards. :eek:

They where supposed to be there for the Paris competition but never made it in time. Maybe we will see Jani on some new setup in Switzerland?

Hans Koraeus

I was looking for a slalom board with a wheelbase a little bit smaller than what I currently have and I just realized that I'm not 100% sure how you measure the wheelbase on a board. Is there any agreed standard on this? I just assumed wheelbase was from center of back truck axel to center of front ...

Hans Koraeus

Those trophies was clearly one of the most goodlooking skate trophies I've seen. And I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of them.

Hans Koraeus

Är det någon som ska ner till Schweiz. Jag och Jani kommer att vara där. Tyvärr faller det ju in på midsommaraftonshelgen så jag antar att det är svårt för de flesta.

Det verkar som om det blir pro/am uppdelning vilket är bra för min del.

Hans Koraeus

ISSA did something like this in issue 18. While not intended as trading cards they were "cards" of the top European and US racers racing in a major race in 93 (Pyrenean Adventure Games?). Chris, I remember Jani and me doing this for the "Olympic Adventure Games" in the pyrenees. It was a big succes...

Hans Koraeus

If there will be World Champ in Paris next year I would have liked to include Friday as a race day also. It would be interesting to know what people think about this. It's true that some would have to be forced to take one day of vacation for this but I mean, it's the World Championships we are talk...

Hans Koraeus

John, this year we will not be very strict on what will be considered ISSA competitions or not. If it's big enough and gather enough of people from different countries it will get a high status. For Greuningen this is not a problem. If you are thinking about rules see the ISSA rules as general guide...

Hans Koraeus

Nice idea. These cards could be printed up for every major slalom competition for everybody in the Pro class. Perfect for kids (and old boys) to run around getting autographs on.

For World championships you should also put on the flag. And when we have a World ranking we could put on that as well.

Hans Koraeus

Very good news about splitting skaters into two different course setttings (Pro and Am) for Tight slalom. Is this also done for Giant slalom? For giant slalom it is generally not as critical since it's easier to control speed. But that doesn't mean you can't have 2 different result lists afterwards....

Hans Koraeus

I have found some cheap air tickets to Geneve.

Is there anyone in Geneve going to the race in Zurich on Thursday or Friday?

Hans Koraeus

Wow, jag har gjort mer än 100 poster!

Hans Koraeus

Fan va kul att vi fick ihop ett litet svenskt team i Paris. Och för oss amatörer gick det ju utmärkt med 2 förstaplatser och 2 andraplatser. Utöver detta tyckte jag att de andra resultaten också var bra. Kolla in overall resultaten så ser man ju tydligt att Sverige är klart med i början av denna nya...

Hans Koraeus

There are a couple of nice pictures on this site. If it's for your schoolwork I don't think anyone would mind you copying them right off to your computer. If you need pictures for printing you will most likley need better quality though. Don't hesitate to take contact to anyone in person if you thin...

Hans Koraeus

Maybe we should start protecting our shoulders and hips as well. Seeing Simon Levene slamming his shoulder in Paris and laying on the ground for 10 minutes was not a pretty sight. Falling with control/body facing down the hill is ok. We have our kneepads and wristguards. But if you get the slightest...

Hans Koraeus

Henry,

I think Eric is having this "driving syndrome". You know people who are really nice and friendly but when they get into a car and start driving they lose control of their social behaviour. Maybe in our digital age we have a new syndrome "the forum syndrome" that is spreading.

Hans Koraeus

Trocadero in Paris is a skate mecca. We should always at least once a day get down on our knees turning our heads in the direction of the eiffeltower and remember all the skate history that has past by there. And now we have another happening incrusted in the Trocadero stone of history. Seriously, t...

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