ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Of course not, not without problems not offended.

Of course Brazil is always open to the world and who want to come only warn.

Hugs,
Gardenal - PPS

Thiago Gardenal wrote:Jonathan,

LOW depressed and you saw the difference it is at the GIANT? IF IN 2 would be BETTER IN OVERALL, BUT ALL WELL, OUTROSD VIRA EVENTS AND SUCH AS BOOST FICA experience.

THANK YOU FOR CONCERN.
ABRAÇOS
GARDENAL RATS - PPS

Olá, Thiago. I hope I didn't offend you by saying you might be bummed. I know how it feels to finish fourth by a small margin. But as long as you had fun and did your best, that's all that matters.

I hope someday I can skate with you and other Brazilians.

the latvians have a similar thing going i think

Bruno Leonardo wrote:Ricardo,here in Brasil we need at least 6 associations to form a federation,what we(not me,but a whole group of skaters) did was gather people from different regions of sao paulo and formed associations for each part of town and then a confederation was formed a few years ago but only in the last couple of years applied to this government support,it took about a year for the whole thing to be formed and working, but once everything was organized and contests were being done,it progressed quickly;still though for a skater to apply to such bennefits he must prove him self as a high level competitor and he can only spend the money towards his discipline of competition and must prove the money was spent in that way every end of each year,so it´s not a "take the money and run" situation as many might think;you must do some proving to keep the system going...

We know is a loooong road: a track record of being a solid, serious and honest organization that really pushes the sport forward over a long period of time is needed to get funding. But you guys in Brazil all setting a good example that 1) this is possible and 2) its worth the effort.

Obrigado e um forte abraço

Here is a picture of the train rats.

In the photo we Caco Rats in the front, Thiago Gardenal 2 and Renato Serra 3



Hug.

Jonathan,

LOW depressed and you saw the difference it is at the GIANT? IF IN 2 would be BETTER IN OVERALL, BUT ALL WELL, OUTROSD VIRA EVENTS AND SUCH AS BOOST FICA experience.

THANK YOU FOR CONCERN.
ABRAÇOS
GARDENAL RATS - PPS

Ricardo,here in Brasil we need at least 6 associations to form a federation,what we(not me,but a whole group of skaters) did was gather people from different regions of sao paulo and formed associations for each part of town and then a confederation was formed a few years ago but only in the last couple of years applied to this government support,it took about a year for the whole thing to be formed and working, but once everything was organized and contests were being done,it progressed quickly;still though for a skater to apply to such bennefits he must prove him self as a high level competitor and he can only spend the money towards his discipline of competition and must prove the money was spent in that way every end of each year,so it´s not a "take the money and run" situation as many might think;you must do some proving to keep the system going...

Bruno,

I'm really impressed with what you are achieving!

That's the way to go! There's plenty of money available from local, regional and national goverments to promote both sports and -generally speaking- youth oriented activities, but can't be given to individuals and/or private companies, just to non-profit organizations with a strong track record and a well defined focus. We are starting that same route in Spain: First we are setting up an skate association in Madrid, likely followed by similar associations in other regions in Spain. Then, build a federation. Then (hopefully) achieving something similar to what you have achieved in Brazil!

Yeah, maybe you should check on that,it is kind of a headache but if it works,is awsome,i´ve been working with the city people and government people for 2 years now and i heard every country has funds that they have to invest in sports and it is just a matter of which sports claim the funds(this includes copeting internationally with all expenses paid by the government);here in Brazil the first step was making a federation or confedetation(our case) CBSK(confederaçao brasileira de skate)gathers all disciplines of skateboarding and for each different discipline there is a board of representatives;in case of slalom,it is still part of the downhill discipline but in 09 slalom skaters will have their own board of representatives because of a successfull circuit with 10 contests spread in differente states during this last year.All this, makes the discipline very credible in the government eyes and now with foreigners coming down to compete makes slalom a top discipline which allows skaters to get government money to stay in the top of the game...I know that what Dom and Greg did at the contest in south was very cool but they have to compete against brasilian skaters or the government can cause problems;that´s why last year we had Mitchell and Chicken racing and winning here;besides the whole point of competing with the best is pushing yourself and try to get close to their level...if you guys use Brasil as an example maybe soon slalom will be the only skate discipline with government support world wide!!!!!!

Donald Campbell wrote:government

Okay, looks like we have to start a revolution in Europe!

rmn

this is actually the sum of the money of 6 skaters receiving a salary every month, for a whole year,it´s a paperwork hassle and it takes about 4 to 6 months to get aproved but it is totally worth it!!!

government

Flavio Badenes wrote: Brazilian riders share the 108 thousand reais (36,000 euros) prize purse

Flavio,

108,000 Reals?

That's $45,000 (US) purse.

Where did the money come from?

Congratulations to Kako, Iuri and Marcio, and to Akemi, Christie and Bruna, but I bet Thiago is bummed! He just barely missed the top three!

And was the prize purse really 36,000 Euros?!!!! WOW!!!

I finally got to a PC here on the beach where I am right now.
We had a great contest, lots of fun. 27 men and 4 women. The time system let us down a few times but we were able to solve all the problems within a resonable period of time. We had all events. Brazilian riders share the 108 thousand reais (36,000 euros) prize purse and Dominik and Greg share the registration fees (minus expenses).

Donimik and Greg both said they wanted to stay out of the competition to allow the Brazilian riders to take the first three places. So they just gave demos. Had they competed they would have won. What these two guys did was NOBLE. All the Brazilian riders respect them very much.


To who do I need to email the reuslts in the ISSA?


Now be aware of IBERIA AIRLINES; THEY SUCK BIG TIME!!

They lost all my luggage. I still don´t have my skateboards!!! I am competing with equipement I borrow from other riders!! Very bad.

All they say is that they are doing their best to find my lugage. I will go to Sao Paulo without my boards and my equipment. F*&¨%$%UCK!

I will leave for Sao PAulo tomorrow. Dominik and Greg will be on the same van.

For me it is back to the waves now. Yes there is a nice 6 foot swell breaking to the left today at Praia Brava.

Frank don´t worry about your trucks (yes they are in the missing bags), I am insured.

they were the only 2 pros to say so


dom and greg didn't really care so much about the results anyway.
they seem to have an incedibly good time down in braziland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let them tell the story when they come back!

Looks like Dominik and Fadell made it but why aren't they listed on the results?


Looks like great fun!

The Results:

Tigth Slalom

1- kako Max 9,361
2- Iuri 9,478
3- Gardenal 9,655
4- Caco R 9,661
5- M4RC10 9,743
6- Juarez 9,877
7- Indião 10,010
8- Perci 10,052
9- Badenes 10,282
10-Ze 10,339

Cat Feminina:

1- Akemi 10,412
2-Christie 10,412
3- Bruna 10,863
4- Raquel 11,140


Hibrid Slalom

Kako Max 16,351
Marcio Benevides 16,656
Juarez Mascarello 16,798
Oscar Medi 16,811
Thiago Gardenal 16,822
Iuri Quevedo 17,006
Perci Selbach 17,029
Caco Ratos 17,180
Renatao 17,635
Renato Serra 17,677
Flavio Badenes 17,697
Cesar Lutfi 17,705
Willians Indiao 17,808
Felipe Martins 18,038
Joao Vicente 18,111
Alexandre Maia 18,203

-FEMININO:
Heloisa Akemi 18,617
Christie Aleixo 19,413
Bruna Govetti 21,087
Raquel Freitas - x


Giant Slalom

1-Kako Max 21,035
2-Iuri Quevedo 21,882
3-Thiago Gardenal 21,888
4-Marcio Benevid 22,131
5-Caco Ratos 22,145
6-Oscar Medi 22,223
7-Perci Selbach 22,472
8-Willians Indiao 22,485
9-Juarez Mascarell 22,545
10-Flavio Badenes 22,840
11-Renatao 22,887
12-Ze Bangel 22,967
13-Felipe Martins 23,010
14-Cesar Lutfi 23,037
15-Renato Serra 23,448
16-Joao Vicente 23,622

-FEMININO:
1-Christie Aleixo 24,634
2-Heloisa Akemi 26,472
3-Raquel Freitas 27,918
4-Bruna Govetti 28,995


OVERALL

3000 Kako Max
2390 Iuri Quevedo
2285 Marcio Benevides
2276 Thiago Gardenal
1863 Caco Ratos
1831 Juarez Mascarello
1633 Oscar Medi
1541 Perci Selbach
1292 Willians Indiao
1167 Flavio Badenes
1062 Renatao
917 Cesar Lutfi
896 Renato Serra
868 Ze Bangel
722 Felipe Martins
686 Joao Vicente

-FEMININO:
Women

2900 Heloisa
2800 Christie
2349 Bruna
2268 Raquel

Looks great! I´m sitting here in the cold dark Sweden and waiting for spring......only 4 months left...........GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

What are the results?

Some pictures from the event:


http://picasaweb.google.com.br/JosueSou ... greMasters#

Wes,

I think the home team may have an advantage with the conditions, i.e. the sun is pretty high and intense down there south of the half court line...

Mr. Kolwalski might keep his tan in tune under a disco ball and I think Fadell might be genetically pardoned, but Konigshausen sounds pretty "sunburnable"

Good luck to all and have fun!!!

Tod

From cold, wet North America:

Y'all have fun this weekend. Sounds like it's going to be a blast.

And don't forget: Dominik likes to slalom mostly naked. But, I guess in Brazil that sort of thing is expected, yes?

Today we had a late afetrnoon session , in a very sunny day. We setup the GS course.A lot of fun

Flavio,

Good luck.
Enjoy the game and come back as The Dutch No 1!
Don't forget the Dutch (s)Crew is supporting you.

Hey guys I really really envy you!!! ... have fun!!



... here it is snowing!!!

Ok, It is my turn to take off.

Don your books are on the way indeed. They are gone from my bookcase. The librarian told me it is a question of one or two days.

I am starting my jorney to Brasil on 3 AM tomorrow morning. Since I will first go to my parent's in law's in Florianopolis I will only arrive Saturday morning in Porto Alegre, by the way Porto Alegre means Happy Port in Portuguese. And that is exactly how I feel

**** HAPPY ****

After 5 different flights, and a total time of 36 hours I finally made it! It´s very humid today with some little showers of rain from time to time.
But I was able to check out the road, which is super nice, i think...got to see some stuff and allready holding a good brazilien beer in my hand....ahhhh, super nice! I think I stay here for a year...as a brazilien athlete, with 500 euros a month...hehe...

more later...beer is empty

Three days to go now.

Weather report for Saturday and Sunday in Porto Alegre

Saturday: Sun with clouds, maximum temperature 30 C, minimum 19 C , DRY

Sunday: Sunny with a few clouds, maximum temperature 30C, minumum 18 C, DRY

Winds from the SE 9 km/h on Saturday and 11 km/h on Sunday.

Expected rain 0 mm


It is raining today after three days of temperatures around 39 C !!!
They expect the rain to move on to the North tomorrow morning

Certo Flavio, valeu, estamos ai.

Abraços

No Flavio, I wasn't kidding.

I'm bringing a real girl and she's not gonna take 4th.

That's why we were wondering.


rmn

Finally someone takes this seriously! If only more goverments will understand the potencial of this sport we could have a blast all over the globe.
A big hand for Brazil!!!

Ramón Königshausen wrote:

Flavio Badenes wrote:Good news for the girls too:

To the girls that place 1, 2 or 3rd in the competition and bear a brazilian passport we also have 500 euros per month for a period of one year!!!

What about Canadian girls? can they win money too?

rmn

What are you planning now? Putting on a wig AND getting a Canadian passport? It is amazing to see what people will do for money!!

No Ramon, this money comes from the government, this is money that they give to sports associations to help develop a certain sport in the country. This is something to help the brazilian athlete.

What we have seen happening in Brasil now is that skateboarding has become the third most popular sport in the country, only behind soccer and formula 1.

We kind of lucked out on this, we came in at the right time. So it is now a question of promoting slalom skateboarding. The scene is big in street and vert. Downhill, as you probably know is coming up as well. Dalua gets money to skate and a few other riders too.

The girl situation in this contest is pretty funny, because there are only three girls competing, all of them brazilian, so it is a SURE thing all of them will be entitled to the money.

Flavio Badenes wrote:Good news for the girls too:

To the girls that place 1, 2 or 3rd in the competition and bear a brazilian passport we also have 500 euros per month for a period of one year!!!

What about Canadian girls? can they win money too?

rmn

On this link you guys can watch a video of the location of yet another contest happening in Brasil this December.

http://www.skateperformance.blogspot.com/

The hill is on the Interlagos Racing circuit in Sao Paulo

Well.....I put on a wig then.

Good news for the girls too:

To the girls that place 1, 2 or 3rd in the competition and bear a brazilian passport we also have 500 euros per month for a period of one year!!!

This the location where the contest will be held.


http://www.vimeo.com/2460328

robert gaisek wrote:Do you have a private jet?

No, and you?

Do you have a private jet?

Who knows Robert, may be we can all go there next year.

Maaaaan.......I wish I was there!

Antonio Saluena wrote:Wow, Brazil is comming on strong in the slalomm scene! Great news Flavio!
I would love to go to Brazil to compete!

Antonio

You would be certainly very welcome Antonio.

We had a radio interview yesterday evening.
This week the radio will start with 100 calls, during the week to promote the contest.

We will also have girls competing.
Christie Aleixo will take part on the event. Christie has been featured on Concrete Wave magazine and she is a driving force in girls skating in Brasil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlOAbMXr ... re=related

When I started this whole thing about a month ago I never though it would become such a event so fast.

I am now really looking forward to next week-end's competition and to my one month vacation in Brasil!!!

Yes!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, Brazil is coming on strong in the slalom scene! Great news Flavio!
I would love to go to Brazil to compete!

Antonio

Parabéns a todos os envolvidos neste processo.

O Skate Brasileiro só tem a ganhar quando é promovido de maneira profiisional .

A Homologação dos eventos é necessária para o crescimento ordenado do esporte.

Fico Feliz por isso , skate na veia...
um grande abraço

Rogério Nogueira "Sammy"
www.myspace.com/fimsk8

The first three best placed brazilian riders on this event will receive from the Brazilian government a purse of the equivalent to 500 euros per month for a period of one year.

This has just been confirmed.

The rider must be older than 14 years old and bear a Brazilian passport.

This is a major step to develop slalom skateboarding in Brazil. I dare to say this is unique in the slalom skateboarding world but may be I am mistaken I don't know.

I would like to say THANK YOU very much to my friend Edson Scander from the Brazilian Skateboarding Federation for making this possible and for making our competition a South American santioned event for the FBSk.

Bruno Ribeiro wrote:infelizmente nao vou poder estar presente, mas desejo sorte para todos e que o evento seja perfeito, para que aconteça varios outros no Brasil e se possivel na cidade maravilhosa. Quero muito ver a galera causando na Lapa...
abraços,
Bruno.

Bruno o Rio certamente esta na nossa lista!

Thiago Gardenal wrote:é isso mesmo é o Brasil crescendo e aos poucos chegaremos lá.

RATOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Bem vindo ao forum Gardenal!

I am glad to inform that the Federacao Brasileira de Skate (brazilian skateboarding federation) has joined us.

This means that we are now a South American Slalom Contest for the Minestry of Sports in Brazil. This also means we are entitle to a financial help that will allow the three best slalom skaters to receive a financial help of the equivalent of 500 euros per month for a period of one year.

We are all very excited about this contest.
Porto Alegre is the leading center when it comes to slalom skateboarding in Brazil.

I know I am suspect to say this but we all know that Brazilian skaters are indeed a force to be recognized in the Vert and Street scene, in the Vert Sandro Dias has been the world champion for the last 5 years and I do not need to talk about a skater call Bob Burnquist, many many time a gold medalist in the X-Games and Megaramp master. Just give the skaters in Brazzil some time to practice and we will see what will happen. I know motivation is running HIGH!

Oh yes and before I forget..

Brazil will apply to host the Worlds in 2010.