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by Jani Soderhall
Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:58 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: Slalom! archive: issues n° 1 and n° 2 posted
Replies: 10
Views: 10723

Armands, You may be right about me making a mistake, so please help me identify the skaters if you find a mistake. However you need to record the image number if you see an image with mistakes in the text. Right click on the image and choose save. Like that you will see which is the name of the imag...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Aug 20, 2003 2:13 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: Slalom! archive: issues n° 1 and n° 2 posted
Replies: 10
Views: 10723

Oh and BTW - the old ISSA image archive (the one you refreshed on the homepage of ss.com) that has been replaced...does that still exist on this site...or is the image directory open???? I miss that feature of this site. The image library is now working again, it required a little bit of re-program...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Aug 20, 2003 2:05 pm
Forum: Media Resources
Topic: Slalom! archive: issues n° 3 and n° 4 posted
Replies: 1
Views: 3690

I have now posted the fourth issue. It took some time but hopefully no 5 shouldn't be too far away. All pages have been scanned and PC PAL's web designer and World Champion flatland freestyler Stefan "Lillis" Akesson puts together the pages whenever he has a spare moment. He then sends them over to ...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:29 am
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Wheel discussion
Topic: Wings wheels
Replies: 2
Views: 6713

You are certainly right about the similarities with other wheels. It's a common way to achieve an inexpensive production for a rather small series. The Indiana website has received a major overhaul recently and has added a webshop so it could be that there are some tuning problems with the new desig...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:16 am
Forum: Pocket Pistol
Topic: Got My Stealth
Replies: 6
Views: 10285

[img/c46439a23f]http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Board ... Pistol.jpg[/img]

Joachim Leonhardt - Team Captain SER
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:29 pm
Forum: Airflow
Topic: Airflow Slalom Skateboards
Replies: 6
Views: 12270

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by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:27 pm
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
Topic: Indiana Skateboards
Replies: 10
Views: 17949

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by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:24 pm
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
Topic: Indiana Skateboards
Replies: 10
Views: 17949

Board display - Autumn 2003

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by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:21 pm
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Wheel discussion
Topic: Wings wheels
Replies: 2
Views: 6713

I came across these wheels at the Open German Championships. Apparently it is Indiana Skateboards own brand. Wheels are mostly in softer duros, such as 78, as that is what is being sold to cruisers.

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by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:06 pm
Forum: Gates & Course Setting
Topic: Let's make it tighter
Replies: 119
Views: 138596

When preparing another scanned issue of Slalom! magazine I came across this article that I wrote years back. Although I'm regarded as a tight slalom specialist I really enjoy the wider type of slalom too. I can do tight well, so naturally I still like it, but I'm not sure I want to go any tighter. W...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:51 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: 99. Racing Handout
Replies: 13
Views: 18704

The Swedish national team has had small booklets several times to hand out during competitions. It allowed us to sign more autographs. At the time though desktop publishing was new and the quality pretty poor, but nobody cared. We got to sign and the kids got their autographs. The one you're thinkin...
by Jani Soderhall
Sun Aug 17, 2003 1:23 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2003][Announcement] Urban Contest, Lausanne, August 22-24
Replies: 1
Views: 3318

[2003][Announcement] Urban Contest, Lausanne, August 22-24

The Urban Contest is a multi discipline contest with skateboarding, rollerskate etc and for the first time they are also doing a skateboard slalom event. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/UrbanContest/UrbanContest2003_Enter.jpg For more information (in English or French) visit http://www...
by Jani Soderhall
Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:31 pm
Forum: Starting Line / Ramps
Topic: Germany - Indiana & Kaliber ramps
Replies: 3
Views: 9202

Germany - Indiana & Kaliber ramps

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/images/Ramps/6900_DSMramp.jpg These are the ramps used for the Open German Championships 2003. They was among the best ramps I've ever ridden. The height was 1.50 m. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/images/Ramps/6933_RampTop.jpg On this picture you can see how lon...
by Jani Soderhall
Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:05 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Bimler, Max - Germany
Replies: 4
Views: 12319

Brady,

I have posted some more pictures of the ramp in the Starting line forum. Click here. It is the best ramp I've ridden in the last two years and one of the better ever.

/Jani
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 11:01 pm
Forum: Germany
Topic: German skateboard slalom championships, results
Replies: 6
Views: 47179

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/DSM2003/6980_Ambience.jpg "Riders ready, go!" http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/DSM2003/6960_Noemi.jpg Noemi Riechel, Switzerland, Winner Giant slalom http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/DSM2003/6962_Nastasia.jpg Nastasia Wolfensbe...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:56 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Bimler, Max - Germany
Replies: 4
Views: 12319

Forgot to say that "Yes, he's riding an S-Camber".
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:54 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Bimler, Max - Germany
Replies: 4
Views: 12319

Bimler, Max - Germany

Max Bimler - Germany http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Racers/Germany/7009_MaxBimler.jpg http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Racers/Germany/6999_MaxBimlerRamp.jpg Welcome back Max! Good to see you again. Max was one of the better German racers back in the early 1990's and we became good friends after...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:36 pm
Forum: Gates & Course Setting
Topic: Kaliber cones
Replies: 1
Views: 6016

Kaliber cones

The guys at Kaliber skateboards have had a alternative idea to the standard slalom cone. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Stuff/Cones/Kaliber/7040_KaliberCone.jpg http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Stuff/Cones/Kaliber/7039_KaliberCone.jpg http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Stuff/Cones/Kaliber/7041_Ka...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:28 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: www.slalomskateboarder.com Banners for RACE DISPLAY!
Replies: 10
Views: 8323

Here's a photo of the banner I made and have carried around to the races I've been to this year.

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If it wasn't so expensive I would have made a few more.
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:20 pm
Forum: Seismic
Topic: Seismic Wheels
Replies: 2
Views: 6835

Dan, I guess you will a little bit of explaining to do here... I came across these wheels during the Open German Championships. The guys just "I got them in the shop, why do you ask?" http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Wheels/Seismic/6963_SeismicWheels.jpg Me for one I had never seen, nor heard about...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 5:19 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 2003 Slalom Skateboarder of the Year
Replies: 23
Views: 18712

I've seen the virus attack other threads as well, scary!
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 15, 2003 5:12 pm
Forum: Sweden
Topic: SM - Swedish Championships, September 13, 2003
Replies: 39
Views: 43738

Marcus Seyffarth wrote: Sen har jag gjort en spraymall för att kunna markera upp en parallell bana som ni hade gjort i Troca med lagom avstånd. Vet inte om det är mot 'reglerna' att försöka sätta en special slalom bana nån vecka innan och även markera upp den så att det är klart. Då finns ju verkli...
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:32 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 2003 Slalom Skateboarder of the Year
Replies: 23
Views: 18712

Cool idea, sounds like something for the "after season". Let's make it an annual thing.

Nominations can start any time, but I guess they will be even more appropriate after the two important races of September:
- The European Championships in Antibes
- The FCR World Championships in Morro Bay
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Aug 14, 2003 11:42 am
Forum: Sweden
Topic: SM - Swedish Championships, September 13, 2003
Replies: 39
Views: 43738

Jag haller med om att det ar bättre om det blir dual special slalom istället för rak bana, om det nu bara blir en gren. Det är en bättre utmaning och kräver lite mer av akaren. Jag gillar i och för sig raka banor men ser dem mer som 100m lopp, dvs ren sprint. PS. Jag kommer inte till SM, men nästa a...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Aug 13, 2003 2:34 pm
Forum: Germany
Topic: German skateboard slalom championships, results
Replies: 6
Views: 47179

Here are the complete results provided by Axel Fischer who's now off to some well earned vacation. Women - all disciplines All disciplines Boys - International Giant Men - German Championships Giant Tight Men - International Giant Tight These are the final listings as summary tables (Word documents)...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:54 pm
Forum: Seismic
Topic: Any news at Seismic?
Replies: 7
Views: 12150

David, From what I've heard the release of the aluminium trucks have been delayed partly due to some clever redesign of the truck to shave off some weight in the sizes where it matters. For us slalomers the released truck will be very similar to the prototypes. Hopefully we won't have to wait much l...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:43 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: 100 cone challenge
Replies: 13
Views: 17591

Rene, I remember I was going pretty fast the 50 first cones, thinking that maybe I have a chance of getting a good time. Up to 60, still doing OK, coming closer to 70 I was getting tired, To get to cone number 80 I had to work harder and for sure I had lost some speed by now. Getting to 90 was a pai...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:25 pm
Forum: Germany
Topic: German skateboard slalom championships, results
Replies: 6
Views: 47179

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/DSM2003/6968_PodiumGiantGirls.jpg Giant slalom - Girls http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/DSM2003/6970_PodiumGiantBoys.jpg Giant slalom - Boys http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2003/DSM2003/6973_PodiumGiantGerman.jpg Giant slalom - Ger...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:10 pm
Forum: Kaliber
Topic: Kaliber skateboards
Replies: 26
Views: 62481

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Boards/Kaliber/KaliberClose.jpg Here's another brand for the listing of deck manufacturers: Kaliber Skateboards . They were one of the sponsors of the German Championships 2003 and their team and staff were present both as sponsors, spectators and cone marshals. Gr...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:51 pm
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
Topic: Fibretec Skateboards
Replies: 5
Views: 6066

This weekend I met Christoph Peller of Indiana Skateboards and I asked him. His answer was that yes indeed many different brands are made in the Fibretec factory, but not those of either Indiana or Airflow.
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:04 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Gilmour, John - USA
Replies: 20
Views: 38368

Gilmour, John - USA

John Gilmour - USA Year of birth 1963 Skateboarding since 1974 2002-2003 World Longboard Slalom Champion 36" 1st, 42" slalom 1st, 42" slalom Masters 1st, Shortboard slalom 1st 2003 "da Farm 3.0" East Coast slalom race TS 1st, GS 1st 2003 Paris World Cup special slalom 4th, Parallel slalom 2nd 2002 ...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:14 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 2003 Skate Across America For Lowe Syndrome
Replies: 32
Views: 84726

Dateline: Casper, Wyoming. 150 miles skated today. Started at 7:45am finished at 5:00. My teammates, Josh Maready, Nick Krest and Scott Kam are incredible. Nick took a fall when he hit a storm drain during a downhill stretch, bloodied, but yet undeterred. Paul Dunn and my boss, Jeff Reynolds left o...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:15 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2003] Gruningen - Pictures & films
Replies: 21
Views: 31095

Corky, The fourth part is superb!! The bails on that video are among the best I've seen from slalom racing. I don't know how you managed to capture them - you were racing yourself! The criddling section is excellent and very fun. Made me want to reevaluate if criddling should be something I should m...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:49 pm
Forum: Germany
Topic: German skateboard slalom championships, results
Replies: 6
Views: 47179

Corky sure does have a talent for telling tales from competitions he's not been to. I call hime up, chats for a while and all of a sudden it is up on the web. Great! Here's a few words to summarize the event this past weekend: It was great! It wasn't the best event ever, it wasn't the biggest event ...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:20 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Slalom was hijacked...........
Replies: 66
Views: 63707

In a way the smaller races may be more beneficial to the development of slalom racing than the high level pro races - strangely enough. But if you want to encourage a new skater to come along, for sure he won't be tempted to enter a Pro race, but when he sees a bunch of guys just having fun he might...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:03 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: The Mosh Pit - How to find threads
Replies: 8
Views: 9042

Jani, is it in the programming where we can have the thread in reverse order? When you click on a topic, the last post comes up instead of the original? That should be fairly easy to do. I'll just think of a way to let users decide which way they prefer it. I'll probably do it some simple way for n...
by Jani Soderhall
Mon Aug 11, 2003 12:48 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: 100 cone challenge
Replies: 13
Views: 17591

Thank's to the Carrasco family for opening up new views on the 100 cone challenge. I can now race in the >40 category and not have to fight those young guys full of muscles. It gives us all more milestones to reach. I think it is only a matter of time until all of us old boys will be blown away by t...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 08, 2003 1:57 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: The Mosh Pit - How to find threads
Replies: 8
Views: 9042

Basically "Random slalom topics" is the place to post whatever, but if you want to be more structured then post it in the appropriate forum. We used to have pretty good speed in the Random forum, but now certain popular topics have found their places in their dedicated forums. I personally think we ...
by Jani Soderhall
Fri Aug 08, 2003 1:27 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: 7000 messages July 4th 2003
Replies: 2
Views: 4420

Hmm, 1000 in a month is definitely more than 5 a day. Vlad check your math. (I hope there are no calculations involved in making those Plankers or we all will start worrying).

/Jani
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:46 pm
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
Topic: Fibretec Skateboards
Replies: 5
Views: 6066

That would be pretty interesting if that was the case. I don't know, but I would be very surprised if that was true. I knew Christoph Peller at Indiana when they started and they were proud to be making the boards themselves. I also suspect Chris Hart prefers to make them himself rather than subcont...
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Aug 07, 2003 6:46 pm
Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
Topic: Fibretec Skateboards
Replies: 5
Views: 6066

I came across this brand and their site today and I thought I'd share it with you.
It's another one of those many Swiss brands.
The site is difficult to understand for us over 40, but I'm sure you'll all manage.

www.Fibretec.ch

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by Jani Soderhall
Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:37 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2003] Moscow, Russia, September 7, 2003
Replies: 20
Views: 20102

Howard Gordon at 3dm deserves real credit here. He has been very generous and kind all along. I'm pleased to see that his generousity is paying off and that some of the guys are ordering wheels. I've also seen some Russians buy Avalons to complement those that I brought last time. The giveaways are ...
by Jani Soderhall
Thu Aug 07, 2003 12:38 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Slalom Skateboard Brochure (200K art files enclosed)
Replies: 34
Views: 35777

Wes, Great job! This is the kind of stuff that really makes it worthwhile to spend time with this site. If we can all contribute little pieces like this we might be able to expand the horizon of this sport and make our fun last longer. As for European use I think the leaflet serves as a useful idea ...
by Jani Soderhall
Wed Aug 06, 2003 11:44 pm
Forum: Germany
Topic: German Slalom Championship, August 9./10. 2003 in Cologne
Replies: 8
Views: 10561

It would be great to get some last minute information from the organizers to convince those of us who are still hesitant to make the trip.

Good to see that you're coming Paul. You really are the most travelling racer of us all!
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 05, 2003 9:15 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Linford, Chris - England
Replies: 1
Views: 8989

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2002/eastbourne/images/Chris_Chris_MS.jpg http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2002/eastbourne/images/ChrisL01_MS.jpg http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/events/2002/eastbourne/images/ChrisL02_MS.jpg Check out http://www.Ukssa.net for more info on what Chr...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:05 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Aszodi, Attila - USA
Replies: 0
Views: 5835

Aszodi, Attila - USA

by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:57 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Eggers, Chris - Germany
Replies: 4
Views: 10002

Eggers, Chris - Germany

by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:50 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Linford, Chris - England
Replies: 1
Views: 8989

Linford, Chris - England

Chris Linford - Englad Information from the former TurnerDownhill site, last updated in 2002, so some information may no longer be accurate. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Racers/England/Linford_titlefoto.jpg When did you start skateboarding? It all began for me in the heady Punk days of 1976. T...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:45 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Holl, Gary - USA
Replies: 2
Views: 7918

Holl, Gary - USA

Gary Holl - USA Information from the former TurnerDownhill site, last updated in 2002, so some information may no longer be accurate. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Racers/USA/Holl_titlefoto.jpg Hometown: Palo Alto (Midtown), CA Age: 40 When did you start skateboarding? 1976. I knew immediately ...
by Jani Soderhall
Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:33 pm
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Maysey, Mike - USA
Replies: 0
Views: 5634

Maysey, Mike - USA

Mike Maysey - USA Information from the former TurnerDownhill site, last updated in 2002, so some information may no longer be accurate. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/Racers/USA/Maysey_titlefoto.jpg Hometown: Los Osos, CA Age: 30 When did you start skateboarding? I started skateboarding when I w...