ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Chris,
I just read your post and saw this pic for the first time today. You are right in your description of the optical illusion that is Hobby Park Soap Box Derby Hill. The first board I road down that hill from the top was a Bozi Mad Bomber II with Seismic 180's and Avilas.
It didn't really look that bad...."heck, its mostly uphill" my eyes told my brain. 5 feet into the roll in and my mind was telling my eyes to go get f'ed. Wrong! That hill is steep. Really steep. It's crazy its that fast based on the way it looks.

Thanks again for all of the props and support. Look forward to riding with my new Canadian friends as soon as possible!

that pic pretty accurately captures what a mind-phuck that hill was... it just...keeps... curving!

Chris,
Great article on Silverfishlongboarding.com. Malakai is a big supporter of the DHB. If you talk to him tell him how much I appreciate his support!


Brent, good job bro!

The Downhillbillies would like to thank the following companies, organization and individuals for helping make the 1st Annual Downhillbillies Dixie Cup Race a huge success. Without your support, we could not have pulled it off.

Bahne Skateboards
Bell
Bozi Performance Skateboards
Chi-ill Skateboards
Concrete Wave Magazine
Delicious Skateboards
Insect Skateboards
Juice Magazine
Khiro Skateboard Products
Landyatchz Longboards
Loaded Carving Systems
Longboards by Fatboy
Oust Bearings
Pavel Skates
Pleasure Tools
Pocket Pistol Skates
Purple Skunk
Radikal
Rayne Longboards
Sector 9
Sk8City
Sk8kings
Subsonic Skateboard Company
TailTap
The Factory Skate Park

Alan Sidlo
City of Statesville
Delaney’s Sports Bar
Downtown Statesville Development Corporation
Ed Lynn
Eddleman Reality
ExecQuest, Inc.
Oakbrook Graphic Service
Statesville Convention and Visitors Bureau

If your company, organization or your name has been left off this list, please contact Brent Griffith at brent@downhillbillies.org.

One thing I've been meaning to pass along but it completely slipped my mind until this morning for some strange reason. Here's a little bit of trivia for anyone who cares:

• We had 44 competitors at the Downhillbillie's Pump Cone Fest race on Saturday, Nov. 5.

• The dual courses opened for practice at 8:05 AM

• We qualified from 9:18 AM to 11:30

• We then took a 1/2 hour break while some of us kept working to seed everyone in the brackets.

• We made three brackets of 16, 16 and 12.

• Racing started with the first race in the "C" bracket at 12:10 PM.

• We wrapped up the finals of the "A" Bracket at around 4:10 PM

That's qualifying, a break and double-elimination bracket racing for 44 competitors in three different brackets in a total of seven hours.

Our course was a little shorter than some (37 cones) and times were averaging in the 15-16 second range. But we had dedicated cone marshalls, a pretty good relay of penalties to the timer and a laptop that got the data sorted quickly. We also had NO MAJOR MALFUNCTIONS or slow downs because of the timing system, weather, injuries or other Acts of God.

So, what's the moral? If you get your act together and don't stop for any nonsense, you can run a pretty good race with plenty of daylight left over.


Oh, and one other thing. It really helps to have the courses ready to do on race day. It seems that nothing can slow down an event faster than the course setters trying to get all the kinks worked out at the last minute on race day. That's the difference between getting under way at a decent hour and still standing around waiting for practice at mid-day.

Just a few additional points from the DHB Dixie Cup.

Chris,

Nice job!!!!

I noticed over last weekend how much your skating has improved just since Chicago.
Just keep practicing with the likes of Civ and Sydia and you'll be right there.....
It was great hanging out with all you guys....Thanks for the hospitality!!

Keep ole Fur Trapper in the mix up there too...... You did great Patrick!

Later, Tod

I was approached by silverfish to write an article about the event from my perspective, and here it is..

sorry if I got name's and details wrong, I'm just a newbie. Thanks for giving me something worthy to write about Marion.

http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/a ... 8212412299


had civ proof-read it after the fact (stuppppid me), so try to read it TOMMOROW after the silverfish people make the corrections... again, sorry and thanks.

ohm, I have both of our runs on tape. You hit 5-6 maximum on each run. I can send you the clips when I get a chance to upload them.

I have question about how the overall was awarded. How were the points handed out for the races? Just curious.

First I would like to thank Wesley Tucker for his work on the Timing Table and with the spreadsheets for this past week's Dixie Cup. He has spent a great deal of time and effort on this and I appreciate the effort.

As the race planner I take full responsibility for any discrepencies and problems with timing. In particular, though we had a published rule that no racer was to approach the scoring table for questions regarding times, I personally did not inforce that rule properly. I believe this was the primary factor in any of the small issues that arose. I can assure you next year that will NOT be the case. As Tucker has said, he and I poured over the results Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, in depth and have determined that any of the again, minor issues, did NOT affect any of the riders adversely. NO ONE advanced that should have not advanced.

Regarding next year's 2006 Dixie Cup, the rule that racers are not allowed to approach the timing table for questions regarding their time will be STRICTLY inforced. As a beginning racer who is learning the importance of information as the race progresses I am aware of the riders need for such information. To remedy this from becoming an issue in 2006 we have already plans in the works to create a remote monitor station that will be open access to the racers to review their results immediately after they are posted. By the time you are back at the top of the hill you will be able to view spread sheet data that has been updated from your run. If you feel that there is incorrect data posted for your heat/time there will be a designated official available for you to request a review. This review will not take place until the end of that group's 1st or 2nd set of heats whichever was underway.. If a discrepency is found to be true then appropriate action will be taken at that time to remedy the situation.

The DHB worked very dilengently to put on an efficient, accurate, and fun race for all participants and will strive to improve upon these areas in 2006.

If you have any questions or concerns about the results, your time, or other aspects of your participation in this year's Dixie Cup please address all inquiries to me at karr@downhillbillies.org. I will personally review your requests and respond in as timely manner as possible.

Thank you again to all that made this 1st Annual Downhillbillies Dixie Cup such a success.

I know my run sucked but I didn't have a snowplow mounted on the front of my board.

Anyone got any footage? If you do, erase it.

Mike and everyone else, we have already made plans and have in the works the development of a monitor station seperate from the Timing Table that will be full access to the riders. We are not completely sure if it is going to be hard wired or wireless but this monitor will be available for racers to check their results as they are posted.

Thank you all for your understanding as we learn how to better manage races such as this Dixie Cup.

Please direct any particular questions about timing at the Dixie Cup 2005 to me via email. We will look into each question as we are able to.

I want to thank Wesley for all of his work on the timing sheets and at the race.

Wesley! Like I said there are always mistakes. Ohm you actually hit 23, EH and Thanks for the push!

Some finishes are simply recorded wrong. The wrong guy has the faster time.

Anyhow I know how hard you Marion and the rest of the crew worked.

I certainally know haw hard it is to try to keep up when races run that smooth.

It would be nice if that was a regular occurence.

Noah, thanks for the footage, I never actually get to see much. I may need another copy in case I wear down that tape.

Ohmster,

I remember that race. You hit 22 cones.

But I was feeling charitable (heh, heh, heh.)

Now, it is 8:00. I am OUTTA HERE to go to Columbia to watch Da' 'Cocks DO Florida.

Y'all talk amongst yourselves.

WesT, thanks for all of you hard work. Just one question. Did I really hit 15 cones during my 2nd race with Civ? Must have been a yard sale. Really doesn't matter since Civ clearly beat me.

As long as there is a scorers table there will always be someone peering over the scorers shoulder. The only way to stop that would be up to the minute posting of times.Just a thought. HMMM, Maybe a second laptop with a LAN.

Before everyone gets into a panic about results changing,

No one advanced Saturday who wasn't supposed to. That is not what a couple of minor changes to the published spreadsheets indicate.

In the rush to keep up with the racing, in a couple of instances I punched in "99" for a Disqualified racer's time. This is not the correct way to record a DQ with this spreadsheet. Instead, what needs to be done is you punch in "15" for the cone count (at a .1 second per cone penalty) and then duplicate the time for the racer who did complete the course. This then puts the DQ'd racer at an automatc 1.5 second penalty for the other run in the bracket.

Fortunately for all involved, no racer who DQ and got a "99" made up the 1.5 second penalty in the other run. If that had happened, then we would have a major malfunction. That did not happen during the entire day of racing. Does anyone want to argue that a racer made up a 1.5 second penalty on the Court Street course? I thought not.

Anyway, Marion and I went over everything Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before publishing the results. Yes, in a couple of instances I made a typo and Shannon advanced instead of Ben and Wes didn't make it to the round of 8. I have all the ORIGINAL DATA on the lap top and went back to make sure of the results from Saturday.

Again, NO ONE ADVANCED ON SATURDAY WHO WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO. It was simply a case of the with the "99's" on the spreadsheet instead of the "15s", the results looked really, really weird.

You know, it's really strange. When you are entering data into a lap top at a folding table in the sun during a race and then you have three or four racers completely ignoring the rules and yammering in your ear about what the results were for a race two or three brackets back or whether or not they have enough time to go to the bathroom or change their wheels before their next race, all of a sudden a mistakes gets made.

Gee, I guess next time we'll have to have a rule about racers staying away from the timing table. Why didn't we think of that?

Wesley Tucker,
On B-group, second round, race #4, you have CBarret vs RonO. It was actually WesE vs RonO. Think you could fix that on the PDF?

Also, in the “won by” field for B-group, on first round race#8 and second round race#4, it appears to me that these figures aren’t the actual differential in seconds. When I cancel out the DQs and then calculate the differences on each of these specific races, I come up with .574 for race#8 of the first round and .305 for race#4 of the second round. Do the “won by” figures symbolize something else instead? It isn’t so important to me that I need these “won by” figures be fixed, I just want to make sure that I’m following the PDF correctly.

Thanks Wes.

There are some errors but that is a regular occurence so don't sweat it.

Marty, watch out cuz next season I will PRACTICE and even be in SHAPE.

3 official practice days for 2005 other then that it was a contest sites. What helped me this past season was getting to races and having to put it on the line.

I blew a couple of big leads this past season and was not prepared to do it again. As much as I want Civ to move on I'm not quite ready to pack it in.

We have a good nucleus of Canadian talent coming I'm hoping that the Masters racing is just around the corner so I can still justify being a prescence and helping when and where I can.

You just go to Love this Slalom scene.

thank you very much wes.

<a href="http://members.aol.com/wtucker567/Dixie ... pdf">Dixie Cup pump Cone Fest Results</a>

The results are an 8-page .pdf that's around 1MB in size. Getting those three bracket spreadsheets to fit took some band width.

Claude Regnier wrote:Marty we will host the 3rd Annual Dovercourt Open on July 1,2 and possibly the 3rd if I can get a venue for a nice GS or SGS for the 3rd.

I can't wait! Soooo stokeed.



MORE PICS:These are from Patrick's camera


http://lsv.stylesunknown.com/directive0 ... dixie.html

thats the run marty. 1 too many cones by me. I wanted to chase Barker.

Yeah Claude dupped everyone with the "I haven't practiced in weeks" routine and then ran the fastest run on Saturday. Civ was on the wrong end of that one I believe.

Wow,

Claude was on fire all weekend. Great to see.

Congrats buddy.

Joe

Claude, congrats again on a killer year. You really finished it up in style! See you in the spring.
<a href="http://home.comcast.net/~slalomracing/c ... mv">Claude vs. cbark</a>

If anyone has pictures of SAPCO from the party Saturday night at the Downhillbillies Dixie Cup could you please contact me. Also I need pictures from the races for an up-coming article on Hookedskateboarding.com.

PTBDHB
Brent

I'm doing a little maintenance on it Claude....check your Email

Mr Bara is there a particular reason i cam't get to the photo's. I opened and account and can't seem to get to the link.

It asks to sign in????

Marty we will host the 3rd Annual Dovercourt Open on July 1,2 and possibly the 3rd if I can get a venue for a nice GS or SGS for the 3rd.

We have run 5 events in Ottawa over the last 3 seasons. Montreal hosted the 2nd leg of one event in 2004.

The guys in Quebec City, Toronto and even Calgary are working on some stuff so we will se what turns up. There is also a Canadian race series in the works with Concrete Wave and Kebbek or PM Skateboards.

That information will be out early in the new year at the latest.

As for anything else in Ottawa next year I won't know till we dicide what we are doing with the sk8park from April till October. I'm working on a coaching program and plan to hit as many races as possibles and run coaching clinics prior to the events themselves with community centres and sk8parks.

Joe Iacovelli wrote:Start a new thread.
Apply For Prime Status.
Brew up some sweet tea. And tell the folks at the Waffle House I'm sorry, jeez.

Joe

hahaha, hey joe, your punishment is a date with the hair-witch.

Start a new thread.
Apply For Prime Status.
Brew up some sweet tea. And tell the folks at the Waffle House I'm sorry, jeez.

Joe

Just got off the phone to confirm with the Statesville Chamber of Commerce regarding next year's Pumkin Festival. The date is November 4th, 2006. (Pumpkin Festival is traditionally the first weekend after Halloween...that's how we get all the free pumpkins.)

Mark your calendars now! The 2nd Annual Downhillbillies Dixie Cup will be held on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2006 in Sk8tesville and Winston-Slalom, North Carolina.

Should we start a new string for this ?

Wes,

So your telling me that I took 26 years off from racing and was still a competitor in the last major held east of the whatever? WOW!!!

Corky has opened up the debate by saying it's up to US to decide what race get's what. We need to get those that are going to have races in 2006 to at least post dates so this can be reviewed and decided.

Texas, Luna, Athens, Kenny Ohio, Chicago, St. Louis, W. Va, etc. We really need to get dates in order to debate & set "Our" rankings. (Is Texas included in our area? What about Claude in Toronto?)

You see I may have just shown my lack of knowledge, but the truth is that today is November 10th. The 2006 season starts in 4-5 short months, that's only 16 - 20 practice Saturday's for me.

I would love to plan out my year or at least get an idea.

WHADDAYALLTHINK???

M

Marty,

I'll take a stab at it.

Akron 1978 was a major.

From what I can ascertain, I think Mt. Trashmore in 1991 (?) was a major. At least as major as anything that went on beween 1982 and 2001.

Since then, races have been on par with Da' Farm, Mississippi, Boston, West Virginia, Chicago Red Clay and now The Dixie Cup. FCR never came East and I don't think anyone organized a full two-day event until this year's Farm and Dixie Cup. St. Louis this year was two days, but I'm not sure about years past.

If there was anything more major than Akron and Trashmore, I don't know what it could be. Hell, I don't even know how major Trashmore was, only that it seemed like all the surviving major racers took advantage of it to run cones against someone.

Eh! Can I? Can I? Can I?

Nowhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A quick question for the more knowledgeable folks. When is the last time a Major was held anywhere in the Eastern US? East of the Mississippi? East of California?

Marion, can ya tell where I'm going with this?

Troy,

Friday: Marion
Saturday: Marion
Sunday: Marion, Marty Schaub and moi

Had an excellent time at the Dixie Cup.
Came home with something I should'nt have though. (too high on STOKE to realize it at the time). Dipshit.
Anyway... Who set those courses? They were all fun as hell and some of the best courses I have experienced.

Friday and Sunday were particularlly fun (and fast).

Marion, you're f#*n awsome. As well as the rest of the DHB Crew.

Lets do it again next weekend ok?

By the way, that Pavel was beautiful. Fadell is a lucky (and very fast) dood.

Jaybird...quit your job and come back to Asheville to get you some more. This park is too much damn fun. Rode my Fatboy on the upper section yesterday and was way smoother than on my park rig. A few locals showed me the kine lines in the bottom bowl where I carved until my legs gave out. See you this afternoon around 2pm. The stoke continues....

Marion, Call all the DHBs, grab your park board and take the afternoon off. Shred all day and wind down with a relaxing dinner at the Grove Park Inn before heading back to Statesville.

tway
917-364-5987

Greg Fadell!

Who won the Pavel Board ?

So, was Fat Boys worth the drive to Mooresville? And who's inclined to do it again?

Damn, those pork ribs were good!

MB & I just got home and we just want to say what a great time we had. Marion and the DHB crew did such a great job on the event. Tucker nice great work with eveything as well.

We will have to start calling Kenny Mr. MC soon, EH! Dave Gale sorry we didn't get to say goodbye. I know you won't be reading this either so someone pass on the message.

Congrats to everyone that was part of the event and I can't wait till next season already. Ha! I need a rest.

Marion....DHB's....you put on a great show....i could say what the others have said about this past weekend, but i'll let the pictures do the talking...and if you weren't there.....this is the kind of stuff you missed


This is the link to the rest:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v228/KCRC ... 5/?start=0

I tried to get as many races as i could, but the truth is this race ran so smoothly and there was so little time between runs that it was difficult...if i missed ya, i apologize...

Lookin forward to seein' ya all again next year...around the horn and wrapping it up again at the pumpcone..

Sorry Mike,

You can't claim my #1 slot that easy. I intend to have the #1 bib every year they have a race. DHB racer FOR LIFE!!!!!

Marion and the DHB's, I can't think of a better way to finish off the season than racing for the Dixie Cup!!!!! Stoked to the Max..Stoked to the Freakin' Max!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for everything!

Sign me up for next year.

Well, I have tried my best to stay away from the computer since Sunday but my phone has been ringing off the hook and I just couldn't help myself. A great deal of you have said some incredibly great things about this past weekend and I am humbled by them. I am very glad that you all had such a great time, enjoyed our venues, enjoyed our food, and got stoke fuel not only spewed all over you but also lit in to a raging blaze!
I have so many people to thank I will not go into that here (5000 character spaces wouldn't come close). I will do that individually as I recover from the weekend and catch up at my real job that has been neglected a great deal this last two months.
I do however, want to make sure that all of you understand why this weekend was so successful and who was responsible. I want to personally thank Brent Griffith, Darren Holt (Dholt), Rookie Rudisill, Shannon St. Claire (SST), Jay Mishoe (Jaybird and C Group Champ), Mark Nix (Mr. Ramp), Eric Ciampanella (Lil E), Evan St. Claire (Mac T), Dex (Dex Skateboards),Wesley Tucker. Without these guys efforts no matter how obsessive/compulsive I might be this weekend would have not happened! These Guys are an amazing group of men who I am so blessed to call my friends. I love this group of people and they deserve ALL the credit. Most had never even seen a slalom race before yet worked tirelessly to make it big! The DHB is a group of exceptional people.

To all the racers that came: You are all awesome....and as I said Saturday night you have all become DHB and Legacy attendees of the future Dixie Cups!

To the winners: Mollica: Man you ride fast in the dark! Can you have a bum knee next year so I can have you as the MC for Saturday?...talk about a town never being the same! (I also had fun fussing with you Sunday...LOL)
CBark: You know you're my new bro and man you and Jason battled it out! What a race on Saturday and I am glad you didn't get too hurt in your crash on Sunday but I am not sure if BP's timing system will completely recover!
Noah: Ever since we met at Athens I have liked you! Dude you killed it Sunday and you sure scared me in the Downhill!
Jason: Overall World Champ represented! Way to win the overall at the first Dixie Cup! You totally rock...but I wouldn't try out for "So You Think You Can Dance".
Jack Smith: Dude shows up on Thursday, share's his knowledge and stoke and goes on to podium not once but twice! GEEZ! Thanks Jack. Especially for calming me down a few times.

Other Key People:
Keith-dude, you will never know how much your support means to me.
Tway, Cfav, Cnova: Dudes, you saved my ass! I owe you BIG!
Joe I: Dude, you were one of the first to get me jacked up on this thing called slalom....you're the best...but leave those ugly ass britches at home next year!
Bobby Mandarino: Do you ever stop smiling?

My GASS Boys: Marty, Ron, and Tom...I consider you teammates and brothers.
DAVE G: DAmn dude, glad you came....thanks for all of your hard work.
The Canadien Contingency: All I can say is I wish you were all closer so we could ride together more than a few times a year! Awesome group!
ALL THE SPONSORS: Thank you for trusting we would put on a race worthy of your support. Later this week Promotions will shout it from the roof tops who all was involved! We had an amazing amount of stuff to hand to the deserving riders and it would not have been possible without your sponsorship!

I could go on an on...(yeah, I heard one of you tell me to shut up under your breath..you know who you are). I am sure I am leaving someone out. I hope you all know how much I care about you.

Thank you for making the 1st Annual Dixie Cup a huge success! We look forward to seeing you next year........the wheels are already turning...

Thanks Tom Thompson for the inspiration and skating tips. Nice call on the bushings for Sunday.

Marty - thanks for the call out on NCDSA. We are quite a pair, and you are rockin the A group bro, it's just a matter of time now and you'll crack the top.

66: I didn't make my best run in practice. Thanks.

Keith Hollien: Thank you for your advice! This guy is pure class.

DHB's:

Marion, Rookie (60" slalom board!!), Brent, DHOLT!, SST, E, Evan, Jaybird (C Group champion!), Mark the rampbuilder (ramps were awesome, and I hope your Mom is ok). To the wives, familys and others, thanks for supporting the DHB crew.

I told Brian Parsons on Saturday, that riding Hobby Park last spring with him, the GA. boys, John Dillon, WT, and the DHB's was the best day of skateboarding in my life. Well... Sunday, Nov. 6 is now the best day. I can't wait to go back.

To everyone I talked with, new friends and old, Thanks, it was GREAT!

RonO

Cool vid Ronnie....Setzer and slalom works for me!

Great racing too bro. You were solid all weekend.

First off, I want to thank Civ and Jeff for hooking a brotha up! I will be racing next year so watch out…the cones will be flying, check your welcome bags for eye protection.

Secondly, I want to thank everyone for all the kind words and compliments on our first ever race. We, the DHB really went into this thing with very little knowledge of how to put on a race but we knew that we wanted to make The Downhillbillies Dixie Cup something to remember. Phone calls, advice, imagination, creativity, energy, emotion, hard work and a lot of understanding from wives and girlfriends went into putting on the Dixie Cup and it was worth every late night, every early morning, every letter written, every phone call made, every nail hammered and every ass chewing on the home front.

I know that I speak for all the “core” DHB when I say that the real thanks needs to go to the friends, families and riders who took a chance and traveled from various parts of Canada and all over the U.S. to an event put on by a group of southern hillbillies who had never put on a race before. So a big thanks to all of you who traveled from near and far to the Downhillbillies Dixie Cup and helped make it one hell of a good time.

See you next year…..if not sooner……. PTBDHB

Brent Griffith
Downhillbillies Race Promotions
SAPCO Guitarist
New slalom rider