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by Ramón Königshausen
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:10 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs146.snc4/36647_416502170792_47719535792_4806803_5590125_n.jpg Women's Overall European Champion Kathrin Sehl http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs066.ash2/36647_416502175792_47719535792_4806804_5376753_n.jpg Men's Overall European Champion Domi...
by Ramón Königshausen
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:20 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2010] DéSaXé World Ride, June 25-27
Replies: 29
Views: 31771

In the men class, Ramon took the WR but, five minuts later, Janis took it from him! But I went on and reconfirmed my time in three consecutive attempts. That's a new record as well. Anyone who can set the same time in more than three consecutive runs? ;) Anyway, it was an all in all good weekend. A...
by Ramón Königshausen
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:10 am
Forum: ISSA World Records
Topic: 50-Cone records
Replies: 77
Views: 114465

I made a new record in running the same time in 3 consecutive attempts: 9.79 (In other words: setting a new record and missing it 2 times by 0.01)

Janis got the new record 1x 9.78

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by Ramón Königshausen
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:07 am
Forum: Pavel
Topic: KATHRIN SEHL PRO MODEL
Replies: 12
Views: 13346

Gustavs Gailitis wrote:Congratulations ;)

I guess, she's only the 2nd women with her own PRO model (1st was Lynn), am I right?
Brianne Davies has one at Rayne.

Anyway, I guess you're talking slalom. Yay! Congrats on the overall last weekend!

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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:31 pm
Forum: ISSA
Topic: Ideas for Improving Slalom
Replies: 27
Views: 33775

one point too many races here in europe in a certain period of the year. check july august its way too much maybe 4 important races and that's it or.... country championships leading into euros next year here give it some thought and find a structure. There's a simple reason where there are / shoul...
by Ramón Königshausen
Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:14 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2010] BRIXLEGG BLITZ WORLD CUP AND WORLD INVITATIONAL
Replies: 29
Views: 29661

Gary Fluitt wrote:It needs to be more fun and then it will grow organically. Ideas?
No more races on flat ground. How many year's have I been saying this? Anyway we have the next level of slalom. Just wait ;)

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by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:40 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2010] BRIXLEGG BLITZ WORLD CUP AND WORLD INVITATIONAL
Replies: 29
Views: 29661

May be we should dispense with the idea of points/rankings for now, and just try to throw some fun/gnar contests, and have that be that. Maybe EUR/NA/SA/AUS each run their own Series the way they want to run them, BX/GS/Straight/Banked/DH/SG/SL/Park, and we see what rises to the top? -RF "Steps tak...
by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:09 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2010] GANG OF GERMANY - GERMAN OPEN, AUGUST 21/22
Replies: 54
Views: 71649

Yay, I've been defending German Champion for the past 7 years (there simply hasn't been a German Championship since 2003). It's about time someone gets to fight for the crown, Dominik ;)

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by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:06 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2010] BRIXLEGG BLITZ WORLD CUP AND WORLD INVITATIONAL
Replies: 29
Views: 29661

Maybe face reality: Slalom's dying. 28 participants at the Euros? Not a single racer from one of the strongest slalom nations? No Brits but Sam Gordon? No Spanish, two French, two Italians? Merging Pro and Am? Yes, but only because it doesn't make it look pathetic to have to divisions with 14 racers...
by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:34 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

ABEC11's sponsoring gifts for the EuroChamps got here belated today - prizes for the best non-sponsored riders. Open GS: Centrax for Thiago Gardenal, Josef Štefka and Chris Schütz! http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs503.ash1/29779_411323640792_47719535792_4659984_236579_n.jpg More goes ou...
by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:47 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

We did a 3rd round for the top 10 racers that changed the top rankings slightly. Have a look!

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by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:54 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Jani Soderhall wrote:But what happened here?

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/Jani

That's because it was updated before our time keeper Raoul corrected the entered numbers. (They were typed in manually)



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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:35 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Follow the live results:

http://worldcupranking.com/live/index.asp



Today's HS:

1st Ramón Königshausen
2nd Dominik Kowalski
3rd Thiago Gardenal
4th Pascal Weber


WOM

1st Kathrin Sehl
2nd Lea Gasser
3rd Helen Zimmermann


JUN

1st Marc Steinemann
2nd Philipp Enzmann
3rd Julian Roth


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by Ramón Königshausen
Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:20 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Location Friday:

http://tinyurl.com/38cykby


Location Saturday:

http://tinyurl.com/35uosr3


Location Sunday:

http://tinyurl.com/38v7dqx


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by Ramón Königshausen
Sat May 29, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri May 14, 2010 10:01 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Registration and general info is up:

http://burningwheelstour.ch/contentD/em2010EN.php


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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri May 07, 2010 9:53 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Okay guys, I guess you've convinced me and the option of offering a harder and less hard course makes it much more understandable for me. Now I just have to figure out the entry fee. Right now we have €60 AM / €90 Pro so the logical consequence for Open would be €75. What do you think? I need to kno...
by Ramón Königshausen
Wed May 05, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

One way or the other, would it not be good if the main competions in Europe this year would all be held the same way? Yes that would be ideal. - Grenoble is in favor of Open class and has already adopted that change of the rules. - Worlds I guess will have to follow the ISSA rules, and they seem to...
by Ramón Königshausen
Mon May 03, 2010 10:31 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

If that is the case it would severely mess up the schedule indeed. As I posted earlier, the 2010 rules still state that there is a separate Pro and Am category. Honestly I wouldn't know what to do if we had to run the Tight Slalom Open Class. But sadly it looks like real TS will be dead. Good I made...
by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:00 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: What is the effectivity date for 2010 "Decisions"?
Replies: 6
Views: 8597

So is the Pro category water under the bridge?

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by Ramón Königshausen
Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:40 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Janis, that's why I put the ladies after everyone else and in front of the Pros since I knew Lienite is travelling with you. If you take the direct train service (S2) it'll take you exactly 45 minutes from Zurich Airport to Richterswil. The train leaves '51 and '20 every hour. However, there are mor...
by Ramón Königshausen
Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:35 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Rough Schedule detailed schedule will be published on our website Friday - Hybrid 08:10-08:50 Confirmation of online registration, starting number assignment, pre-training 09:10-15:50 Amateur + Juniors + Women Racing (in that order) 16:10 - 21:50 Pro Racing Saturday - Tight 08:10-14:50 Amateur + Ju...
by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:37 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Huh okay maybe it wasn't clear. Sorry for that.

It's hard to make a good guess of what and how people want things to happen. I know we're late with info. Next week the registration, schedule, and additional info will be on www.burningwheelstour.ch


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by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:56 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

I can give you a better answer Janis:

Pro and Women won't race until noon on Friday.

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by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:09 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

how come that a seemingly good event is moving to another location and then becoming a 1 day show which is called euro-championships? One-day show – what are you talking about? The topic clearly says "June 4-6". The move to a different location does not change much at all. It actually helps the eve...
by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:02 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Not sure, that there was some quite straight info-but we booked the tickets few months ago. You know for coming to Zurich, there need to plan flight before. Now it's 24 of April and there are no schedule FOR competition but price for flights come up every day. Info are coming not so fast on Forum a...
by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:29 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Janis kuzmins wrote:Hi Ramon,
Lienīte and me book the tickets to plain pretty early when the previos info was about two days competition. Our plain arrives Friday at 13.00.! We are intrested in competing on all three events.

Hello Janis,

where did you read that it was two days?


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by Ramón Königshausen
Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:53 am
Forum: Movies
Topic: Breathing Swiss Air
Replies: 0
Views: 2753

Breathing Swiss Air

For those among you who haven't seen it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9NQ934qbCU

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by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:35 am
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Wheel discussion
Topic: Grippins
Replies: 2
Views: 5264

They'll be coming out in Reflex Urethane for ultimate grip. Makes more sense for a high traction slalom wheel.

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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:13 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: OFF TOPIC: Ash Cloud?
Replies: 8
Views: 8113

Yeah actually just got back from ash boarding today. 230nm of fresh ash...awesome conditions! It was more than mind blowing, almost earth blowing I'd say.


Got a brand new board made by Airflow. I guess we're pretty much the market leader in making ash boards.


You guys should get onto that!


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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:19 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

The quick answer:

Fri: HS - full day
Sat: TS - full day
Sun: GS - 3/4 of a day or so...

Starting no later than 9/9:30 a.m.


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by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:59 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

Re: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SU

AM/WOM: roughly €40-60 PRO: roughly €80-110 JUN: roughly €30-50 How about changing the ladies to FREE and Juniors to 20-30? (of course it also depends on what is in the package, ie meals and t-shirts, etc). But the point is we need to encourage these two categories. If there would be a KIDS (under ...
by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:55 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI
Replies: 85
Views: 85994

European Championships - June 4-6 2010 - Richterswil, SUI

It's about time I give you some more information as things are really starting to roll here. We hope to have most information as well as the registration up in 1-2 weeks. Location There's a little change in location as the event is not held IN Zurich anymore but in its suburbs at about 25km from Zur...
by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:43 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: European Status Marshals 2010
Replies: 13
Views: 12199

Re: Status migration 2010

To European Status Marshals 2010!!! Kowalski Königshausen Klang Are you alive???? We have to migrate the old race status to the new one. Since the rules revision was made AFTER most of the statuses were set, we were under the impression that the new rules would come into effect with the next applic...
by Ramón Königshausen
Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:29 pm
Forum: Virage
Topic: New Virage 'Vite' front quick turning truck
Replies: 73
Views: 111501

Michael Stride wrote: seems like everyone and their dog have DH trucks in their line up.
I've always liked your style of speech :) But that is very true.

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by Ramón Königshausen
Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:39 pm
Forum: Virage
Topic: New Virage 'Vite' front quick turning truck
Replies: 73
Views: 111501

So what's the deal on DH trucks? Just going with the trend?

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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:55 am
Forum: England
Topic: X in the City: 22-24th October 2010 [Cancelled]
Replies: 11
Views: 13173

Michael Stride wrote:Yeah Baby. Lets start the 'what will the weather be like?' conversation now!
Probably won't get any worse than at the Tunnel Slalom ;)

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by Ramón Königshausen
Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:07 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: Désaxé World Cup GRENOBLE, June 25/26/27 2010 MAIN CANDIDATE
Replies: 20
Views: 25986

JSD, you do DH too. Next time I come to the Grenoble area let's go to Chamrousse!

No, seriously: Vinzz is right about the last people to organize events. All the "old folks" are stepping back and there is no young guns to step into their shoes. Why?

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by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:42 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: Pro class - getting more racers in
Replies: 46
Views: 47709

Dear all, this is my suggestion: - 2 dynamic classes, one PRO and one OPEN (or AM) - a limited number of PROS for each continent, for ex: 32 Noth America, 32 EU, 8 South America, 4 AUS. - automatically at the end of each season the worst pros drop to OPEN and the best AMs move up to PRO, for ex: 10...
by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:33 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: Pro class - getting more racers in
Replies: 46
Views: 47709

I agree with Chris Barker that we should have courses that are dificult enough for the top racers to be truly challenged. I'm sorry we did not achieve that at Hood River last year. Dito. EDIT: I guess it's more common for Euro races to make a difference between Pro and Am TS courses. All the other ...
by Ramón Königshausen
Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:42 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: Pro class - getting more racers in
Replies: 46
Views: 47709

Wesley Tucker wrote:The answer is ELIMINATING the "pro" class.
For me that would pretty much mean goodbye TS. Oh well, glad to be a speedboarder.

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by Ramón Königshausen
Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:35 am
Forum: Movies
Topic: Airflow's video flashback 2009
Replies: 1
Views: 3482

Airflow's video flashback 2009

Here's our little Airflow 2009 video flashback for all you depressed and frustrated skaters that can't wait for summer!

Push the button


Enjoy!


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by Ramón Königshausen
Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:49 am
Forum: 2010 Contest Calendar
Topic: Preliminary 2010 race dates
Replies: 15
Views: 17567

June 4-6. Might be Euros. Zurich.

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by Ramón Königshausen
Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:37 pm
Forum: For Sale - Wanted
Topic: Taking pre-orders for GOG/Pavel
Replies: 1
Views: 2912

Get DH trucks!!!

;)

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by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:30 pm
Forum: Movies
Topic: Maybe a new discipline?
Replies: 2
Views: 3724

Has been done. I'm not too fond of it but it's a litterally a cool input for the off season.

Often the problem is the carpark security.

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by Ramón Königshausen
Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:39 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: Désaxé World Cup GRENOBLE, June 25/26/27 2010 MAIN CANDIDATE
Replies: 20
Views: 25986

Looks like we're finally not racing against the wind anymore. But it seems like the drawback is we're not in front of the stage anymore.

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by Ramón Königshausen
Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:43 pm
Forum: Virage
Topic: New Virage 'Vite' front quick turning truck
Replies: 73
Views: 111501

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed t...
by Ramón Königshausen
Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:37 pm
Forum: ISSA - Old topics
Topic: time to say goodbye
Replies: 15
Views: 15867

Start converting to the DH scene, it works well for slalom guys, believe me!


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by Ramón Königshausen
Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:07 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: [2008] Policka World Cup
Replies: 2
Views: 4943

Thanks Jani!

But this is from 2008 already ;)

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by Ramón Königshausen
Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:04 pm
Forum: G.O.G. Trucks
Topic: Cheap.O.G.
Replies: 18
Views: 24824

Yes they fit on Indy baseplates.


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