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Hans Koraeus

Really cool Marcus. Just what I want for Christmas.

Tell us more about the "spectator timing board". Where do you find that and what are the costs?

Hans Koraeus

Pat, I like that as a version. But how do you get your initial placement. 2 Qualification runs? If so being 50 racers with 5 runs each will give a total of 125 races (250 runs/2 lanes). Hmm. Lot's of races. Lot's of fun. But taking some time. Doubled amount of races compared to a 2Qual 16bracket ver...

Hans Koraeus

Head to head racing can be fun but also a waste of time. With the current system there are many heats that are of no interest for the audience and the skaters themselves. When the skill difference is too big between the racers it becomes more of a Sunday walk than a race. Is there no way we could ma...

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Here is what the ISSA rules says... 21. CONES The cones used for slalom should have a base diameter of approximately 140 mm, approximately 250 mm high and be made of plastic. If the wind is strong enough to move the cones, two cones could be placed on top of each other, however a hit and displaced p...

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After the Swiss competition I had a rerun because of a cone misplacement. Now, several days after I have a question about this. It was a duel during the head to head. When we saw that the cone was wrong we did a rerun both of us. So now I'm wondering how to handle such a situation in the future. The...

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Giant on Saturday, Special on Sunday.
10 Euro per discipline. If you have a German passport you can enter the German championships.
Cheap accomodation in Youth hostels. 20-30 Euro/night.

Here is the map.

Hans Koraeus

I propose for everyone wanting to go there to get tickets from Ryan air to Frankfurt. It's only SEK 199-299. In Frankfurt we rent a car. Or a van if we are more than 4. From Frankfurt to Köln is only a 2 hour drive.

What do you all say?

Hans Koraeus

Major impression from the race was... - Too hot! As a Swede I like sunny and warm weather but this was too much for me. - Again lot's of Am racers. With all these young racers it looks promising for the European slalom future. - A really tight special slalom for the Pro's. A tuff course that unfortu...

Hans Koraeus

For next race in Köln see new topic in the Swedish forum.

Hans Koraeus

So who's coming to Köln?

What I understand Jani will be there. Big chance that I will come along too. It will be a German national championship but open also for other nationalities.

For more info look here .

Hans Koraeus

Rumours say that Luca is convinced that one can do much better than his record. He was too tired after 70 cones and after a full day of skating he couldn't do his best. Hold on to your hats! He thinks he can shave off another 1-2 seconds of that old record! So if someone wants to have a go at that w...

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Yes, he was there on Saturday. We talked quite a lot. Mostly about old times but also of his current slalom ambitions. He entered a race last year but was disapointed with course layout and how the competition was handled. Since then he haven't got close to a slalom race. He agreed that the course i...

Hans Koraeus

Thanks TK,

I brought along a full version to Grüningen but there was no opportunity to show it on big screen as I had hoped. I showed it for Jani on the hotel TV though and he was very impressed.

Hans Koraeus

This was one of the hottest competitions I can ever remember. And when I say hot I’m talking about temperature. It must have been some kind of record I’m sure. I was constantly trying to avoid the sun, to drink water as much as I could, to just sit down in the shade. But on the Sunday evening I was ...

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. [ 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 ...

Hans Koraeus

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

[ This Message was edited by: Hans Koraeus on 2003-05-31 14:07 ]

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 ...

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