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Pat Chewning

Great idea Richie.... One weekend of around-the-world record setting.

I'll put something together.

Pat Chewning

There is a process for ISSA events to be cancelled or moved. It is the last item described in the sanctioning document. http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4658 8. CANCELLATION AND CHANGES TO EVENTS This formal contest sanctioning process should ensure that cancellation and chang...

Pat Chewning

VOTING FOR THESE OPTIONS IS NOW OPEN IN THE "ISSA MEMBERS ONLY" FORUM.

Pat Chewning

10.1. RACER CLASSIFICATIONS The following racer classifications are recognized. Not every contest will award points, prizes, and medals to every one of these classifications. A racer must race in one and only one classification for each race. · Open: Every racer may race in the “open” classificatio...

Pat Chewning

Etienne, I found the following articles about the deplorable treatment of prisoners and detainees in France. Why don't you work on that, and then get back to us when you have it all fixed up? Thanks, -- Pat PS: I'd love to see you race sometime, but I don't have a rear-view mirror. http://www.washin...

Pat Chewning

I agree Pat. I had previously announced (in the topic, not in the sanction document) that there will be a few slight modifications to the rules and that they were to be announced. It turns out it took quite some time to get here, but I still made the decision to go forward with this change. I consi...

Pat Chewning

I don't know if a random final-beep cadence is better than a uniform cadence, but I do know it does not conform to the current ISSA rules, or to the contest sanction application. If you want to deviate from the ISSA rules, you should list those deviations in the contest application, otherwise you ma...

Pat Chewning

One of the most clever and well-done video's I've seen. Inspirational!

Pat Chewning

I had a look at the rulebook and I'd like to share my thoughts and questions with everybody. some of the points are minor graphic problems. - does the ISSA have a logo? put it in the rulebook - I would call it 'ISSA rulebook' - ISSA can be mentioned in headline on every page - is a pointy nose a sa...

Pat Chewning

Can I make a quick comment about start ramps here..... Why is there a new trand for huge ramps.... You say that this race is for "experienced "racers, now i may not be considered that much of a seasoned racer, but i have raced in Greuningan twice, raced at the Worlds in Brixlegg, raced in various e...

Pat Chewning

Jadranko Radovanovic wrote:Proposal A, "0-Cone awollance" is not correct. There are 10-Cone awollance

J-Rad

Fixed now.

Pat Chewning

I updated the poll in the 1st post of this thread. I think it captures the essence of what proposals have been put forth.

Post here if you have changes to the poll and then I'll set it up (on ISSA-Members-Only forum) once it accurately captures the various proposals.

Pat Chewning

Man! I can't believe what I'm reading here. You are all waaayy too nice with that Chris dude. If I was a serious organizer (only doing outlaws for now) I would at the VERY least "black list" him for life from any of my events just for that suing threat. I hope that guy doesn't call himself a skateb...

Pat Chewning

Now I know. Thanks. The insurance will not cover for anything other than a spectator, or surrounding property damage, I assume it is only public liability, it does not protect the organisers from Health and safety prosecution where all board members of the organisation are liable for the organisati...

Pat Chewning

What age is a junior? I suggest 16- From the ISSA rules: Age: o Juniors: (17 and under) racers who’s age will not reach 18 in the current year. o Teens: (14 and under) those racers who’s age will not reach 15 in the current year. o Kids: (11 and under) those racers who’s age will not reach 12 in th...

Pat Chewning

This is the ISSA sanction application for the World Championships. It has some of your information (e.g. What events they are running and what age groups) http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/ISSA/2008-Contest-Sanction/EUR-SE-AUG01.pdf These are the ISSA rules. They define the events and the age groups...

Pat Chewning

So how many National Championships will be held in the US this year? One. Your race has that title right now. That's the title you chose. It is not in conflict with the N. American Championships, because that would include Canada, the United States, Mexico, Greenland, Bermuda and the French islands...

Pat Chewning

ISSA MAJOR event the weekend of July 18. CSA: lots of work to do on this, let's all help Gareth put on a stellar event.

Info here: http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/ISSA/ ... -JUL18.pdf

Pat Chewning

ISSA sanction PRIME status to 2008 Sun Prairie Wiggle War

Pat Chewning

ISSA awards MAIN status to Antrim race.

Pat Chewning

How would I find out exactly what GOG trucks are available, and how deep I need to dig into my wallet to get one?

Order from website? Call someone? How do I do this?

Pat Chewning

VRSII vs VRSIII -- what's the main differences?

Wheelbase options are a bit unclear for each deck, can you clarify?

I like the deep concave and spoon nose with kicktail -- looks easy to get your feet set and keep them where you want them, even without a foot-stop.

Pat Chewning

Will it be voted on every Detail ? If you vote on every detail you loose the view for the whole WR-Concept. I want to vote for a Concept and don't for detail points which gives a new concept in the end. Why not a proposal (concept) from the BOD ? And proposals (concept) from Members who want to do ...

Pat Chewning

See the 1st post in this topic area. I have started a draft of the poll questions for ISSA members to resolve some of the alternatives around World Records. If you want me to change the poll questions (clarify, add, delete, make less biased -- whatever), then please do so in this topic area. I plan ...

Pat Chewning

Well, as long as it's OK with the vindictive little prick who purposefully blocked any links to Slalomskateboarder.com for five years. Yes. Let's ask if he's OK with it. Better yet, f#@k him and his 25-cone carnival ride. No ISSA recognition for this ridiculous bullshit. Now you know how I'll vote....

Pat Chewning

I will check with NCDSA to see if they have any objections to the ISSA recognizing world records set with a 25-cone course. I thought that NCDSA had a trademark on "Cyberslalom" (the name) ...... but of course not the **IDEA** of holding 25-cone races. We can probably work with them on this. Adam a...

Pat Chewning

Joe, Glenn, et al: Our discussion about a 50 cone world record try stirred up a discussion on setting rules for attempts. Thought you guys might want to weigh in . . . http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=5949 No word yet on Main status. Hope to see it soon so I can get the PR wh...

Pat Chewning

All, Are these proposals for 2009? Speaking specifically and only about the 50 cones guiness record. We'll be adhearing to the rules as Guiness states them. Doesn't that make sense? Joe Joe, I thought that these proposals would be for "Now and in the future" -- that is, they become effective once w...

Pat Chewning

18 World Records is a bit too much. Should we have age-group classes for world records? (Current proposal is 3 age classes) Should we have no MALE/FEMALE classes for world records? (Current proposal is 2 classes) Should we have 1 course, 2 courses, or 3 courses? (Current proposal is 3 courses) Muli...

Pat Chewning

I will check with NCDSA to see if they have any objections to the ISSA recognizing world records set with a 25-cone course. I thought that NCDSA had a trademark on "Cyberslalom" (the name) ...... but of course not the **IDEA** of holding 25-cone races. We can probably work with them on this. Good po...

Pat Chewning

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. THE RULES ARE IN PLACE AND EFFECTIVE 06JUNE2008 : http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/ISSA/Racing_Rules/ISSA-World-Records.pdf Enclosed is a proposal to formalize the rules for setting World Records. Please discuss here, and then we can finalize these soon. Poll Qu...

Pat Chewning

Why should a ranking be unstable? Of course a ranking should be stable. I think you are wrong there. You say taking into account someones capacity is misleading. And then think it is ok that Joe Nobody is #1 on the world ranking. Talk about misleading. Corky, most of the other ranking systems don't...

Pat Chewning

I already send it to Pat...he said he will upload it soon. Peter is too busy this weekend. Pat, start sorting out America before posting anything regarding Europe. YFPK DOM and DETLEF: I've been asked to stop helping in Euro sanctioning process and I will, now. Peter is correct, he will do all EURO...

Pat Chewning

I agree with Vinzzz comments about the lack of documentation/application forms for the contests. After much pleading I finally received some of the contest application documents from the Euro contest coordinators and placed them here for viewing: http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php...

Pat Chewning

Guillaume Saint-Criq wrote:don t the Euro's give Major points?

The MAJOR contest in Europe this year is the World Championships. You only get one MAJOR....

Pat Chewning

Great Idea Joe, Sounds good to me.

Pat Chewning

I would like the ISSA to produce a guide to give out to our cone judges and race organizers. Something written that shows them what cone judging is all about, how to do it, what is expected of them, and how the racers and officials rely on them. It should cover (among other things): 1) Why are we co...

Pat Chewning

Here's the deal: 1) The contest organizer asked the ISSA for an answer on how to treat the questionable results of the race. 2) The ISSA gave the contest organizer two different answers. (Two for the price of one!) 3) The contest organizer seems to prefer one answer over the other. The contest organ...

Pat Chewning

I agree with Kevin Dunne that there should not be any "virtual points". It is confusing and misleading. It is less misleading and confusing to start from 0 each season and earn points. Even if this shows Joe Nobody as #1 temporarily because of winning some BASIC contest in January. That's just an ea...

Pat Chewning

http://earthpatrolmedia.com/wordpress/?p=272#more-272

The link above takes you to an article with pictures about our park slalom last year.

And this link has better pictures of yet another event in Oregon:
http://www.earthpatrolmedia.com/wordpre ... 6#more-346

Pat Chewning

Racers, contest organizers, Corky: Do you have suggestions for how to avoid this problem in 2008? That is, how do we ensure that contest results are posted and included in the rankings? A) In a timely manner B) That the results are complete and accurate? The racers really should be able to expect be...

Pat Chewning

What we're seeing here, is a very unfortunate situation where things are supposed to be settled after the facts. That is completely inappropriate. Any decision, even a bad one, taken during the race, would have been way better than what is happening now The contest organizer asked for the opinion f...

Pat Chewning

It was just an example of how to construct a rule proposal... not a real rule proposal.

Pat Chewning

Do you have travel suggestions as to airport (Boston or MHT -- Boston much cheaper), hotel, transport, etc? What would be a reasonable departure plan? For example, would this make sense: Arrive Boston 11pm Stay somewhere Drive to Antrim next morning Slalom, party, sleep, Slalom, party, sleep, Slalom...

Pat Chewning

1) Describe the problem you are trying to fix. 2) Describe your solution in terms of what the current rule is, and how you want the future rule to be. 3) Be clear if you are describing a change to the existing rule, adding a rule, deleting a rule, or providing for an optional rule. 4) At some point,...

Pat Chewning

Yes, I know that the ink is still drying on our 2008 ISSA rules, but recent events have reminded me that eventually near the end of 2008 we will have an opportunity to update the rules. So I have created this message to outline how to submit a change request, and what might happen near the end of th...

Pat Chewning

The 2008 Nationals are on. I want to thank Pat Chewning for keeping open a line of communication. However, the other two members of the sanctioning committee did not return email or private messages. This is great news -- I was also losing some sleep if the event should be cancelled. That is defini...

Pat Chewning

We would like a ruling from the ISSA that our revised order should be a) the single fastest time for those ranked 5-11 , ie their qualifying time remains the result. b) that the ISSA rule that even though the rounds of 8 was omitted, and the round of 4 was a 'sudden death ' format (the four racers ...

Pat Chewning

Jack Smith wrote: Just a side note...how many races in 2007 ran their events in strict accordance with the ISSA sanction guidelines?

Answer: Somewhere close to 100% of the ISSA sanctioned races were sanctioned according the ISSA sanctioning guidelines....

Maybe you were trying to make some other point?

Pat Chewning

from a noobs perspective this rocks....I would much race this way than cone penalties...I think it would also promote cleaner racing especially it the max cone numbers gradually fell down to less than 10%. I know there are all kinds of tactics and stragedy with criddling and such but every other fo...

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Final beep cadence is specified in ISSA rules

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What airport? How far? Travel in/out

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2009 ISSA Rule Update Proposals - Process for applying

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