ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Jani, using ranks this could be done quite easily.
For paid members rank could be given like: ISSA member

You're right, but that's what we use to present the members tag line already. I'll see if I can find something more of the same type.

/Jani

Jani Soderhall wrote:You're right, but that's what we use to present the members tag line already. I'll see if I can find something more of the same type.

/Jani

That field is 255 characters, so it should fit both texts :)

I have done some refreshment and cleanup in the thread for 2012 Calendar.
Please feel free and post you planned races for the 2012 season.

If there are some special wishes regarding infos/layout in this thread, do not hesitate and tell me...
http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB ... 244&t=8082

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PS: In 2012, we will have one and only race calendar here
slalomranking.com events calendar for 2012

skate regards from Munich/Germany
Peter

Has anyone heard anything lately from Rick Floyd?
He canceled his account here on SS.com and also on Facebook.

Seems as though he just dropped off the Internet entirely.

Wesley, Rick is just doing other things these days. He was fine last time we exchanged notes.

With four positions open, and four nominees that have accepted their nomination, the ISSA BOD has decided that we will not further extend the election/nomination period, but accept these four nominees into the ISSA 2012 Board of Directors and so without any voting.

Thus, the ISSA BOD 2012 is made up of:

- Jani Soderhall, SWE/FRA
- Flavio Badenes, NED
- Ron "Fatboy" Barbagallo, US
- Petr Janousek, CZE
- Jonathan Harms, US
- Hans "Corky" Koraeus, SWE
- Ricardo Damborenea, ESP


The first meeting for the new BOD is January 15.

Jani Soderhall
ISSA President 2011-2012

Good work, gents.

As a matter of interest, how does the banner sponsor at the top of the page vary from the monthly site sponsor, and on what terms is it held?

Sam Gordon wrote:Good work, gents.

As a matter of interest, how does the banner sponsor at the top of the page vary from the monthly site sponsor, and on what terms is it held?

Thanks for asking!

The banners at the top are from vendors that sponsor the ISSA. They typically pay for a year and can have one or many banners being shown randomly at the forum. Each are associated with a link to the vendors website. The monthly sponsor is traditionally from individual members or local/national associations. We also recognize these sponsors on the ISSA front page.

So far this has been just a trial run for us in 2011 and we're very thankful to the sponsors that supported this trial run, we're renewing the offer to our sponsors in 2012 on the same terms, and as we move along we could further develop these ads, their placing and the intensity of their presentation.
Banners ads can also be associated with a specific forum, so if you like you could have a banner ad in the UK forum with UKSSA on it. Feel free to send one in for UKSSA and any other national association! They can be fairly large but ideally no higher than the current banner ads.

/Jani

Refresh on 2012 Calendar thread

now, with directlinks to the most important documents for organizing a slalom event
plus Status Marshal list, more coming soon...

http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB ... 244&t=8082

feel free and send your comments/wishes/improvements
Thank you for cooperation

Peter

I'm citing Robo Gaisek:

Merry Christmas!

(ps. Swedes celebrate on the 24:th, well and the 25:th and so on, but the main day is today!)

/Jani

Wesley Tucker wrote:Has anyone heard anything lately from Rick Floyd?
He canceled his account here on SS.com and also on Facebook.
Seems as though he just dropped off the Internet entirely.

He's resurfaced. And I am replying to see if my sig line works! :)

Chris Yandall wrote:

Wesley Tucker wrote:Has anyone heard anything lately from Rick Floyd?
He canceled his account here on SS.com and also on Facebook.
Seems as though he just dropped off the Internet entirely.

He's resurfaced. And I am replying to see if my sig line works! :)

It doesn't.

Wesley Tucker wrote:

Chris Yandall wrote:

Wesley Tucker wrote:Has anyone heard anything lately from Rick Floyd?
He canceled his account here on SS.com and also on Facebook.
Seems as though he just dropped off the Internet entirely.

He's resurfaced. And I am replying to see if my sig line works! :)

It doesn't.

This is exactly what's in my sig line at this moment defined with the profile option!
Chris Yandall
1975 World Slalom Champ

http://www.skogging.com

Chris,

Do me a favor and make another post here from your account. I'm not sure if your signature will attach to old e-mails or just to new e-mails since I changed your profile settings. I did find one button not selected (attach sigs by default) and changed it. But as I said I'm not sure if it updates existing posts or just those entered after the alteration.

If it doesn't work this time I'll have to contact Jani.

Wesley Tucker wrote:Chris,

Do me a favor and make another post here from your account. I'm not sure if your signature will attach to old e-mails or just to new e-mails since I changed your profile settings. I did find one button not selected (attach sigs by default) and changed it. But as I said I'm not sure if it updates existing posts or just those entered after the alteration.

If it doesn't work this time I'll have to contact Jani.

my reply should be good enough. this board smells liek phpbb.
cYa

Hah. That did fix it.

I amaze me sometimes.

Wesley Tucker wrote:Hah. That did fix it.
I amaze me sometimes.

was it a code change or a checkbox problem ? :) whatever the case, it works. maybe i can make some contributions here and there :) last post was in 2003. not 2002! :)

Chris Yandall wrote:

Wesley Tucker wrote:Hah. That did fix it.
I amaze me sometimes.

was it a code change or a checkbox problem ? :) whatever the case, it works. maybe i can make some contributions here and there :) last post was in 2003. not 2002! :)

On your control panel under BOARD PREFERENCES is EDIT POSTING DEFAULTS. The "Attach my signature by default" button was NO and I changed it to YES.

As I said I was unsure if it would then add your sig to all your posts but I guess it only starts to posts made after the selection is made.

And of course YOU had to go and psyche me out. Your picture was missing. I was like, "what happened to the damned pic? Why isn't it displaying?"

I see you deleted the image tag.

Thanks for nothin'!!! :-)

Wesley Tucker wrote:

Chris Yandall wrote:

Wesley Tucker wrote:Hah. That did fix it.
I amaze me sometimes.

was it a code change or a checkbox problem ? :) whatever the case, it works. maybe i can make some contributions here and there :) last post was in 2003. not 2002! :)

On your control panel under BOARD PREFERENCES is EDIT POSTING DEFAULTS. The "Attach my signature by default" button was NO and I changed it to YES.

As I said I was unsure if it would then add your sig to all your posts but I guess it only starts to posts made after the selection is made.

And of course YOU had to go and psyche me out. Your picture was missing. I was like, "what happened to the damned pic? Why isn't it displaying?"

I see you deleted the image tag.

Thanks for nothin'!!! :-)

My bad. I was gonna mention I needed to resize it. i'm freakin blind or missed the well organized cp config for posting options. I'll try to behave now!
cYa

The updates on the front page of SlalomSkateboarder.com are looking very well!!!
Congratulations !!

Peter Pletanek wrote:The updates on the front page of SlalomSkateboarder.com are looking very well!!!
Congratulations !!

Thanks!

It's a technological update, not necessarily a design update. But we are showing our intentions here, then we can look at improving the overall design coherence over the entire site.

It is now the work of Guillaume, George, Corky and myself. Corky did the final touches too. There are still a few glitches to be fixed (some links not working correctly) and some additional texts that need to be added.

/Jani

I tried to register for a race today, but it said that I must be logged in before I could do that....but I was.

robert gaisek wrote:I tried to register for a race today, but it said that I must be logged in before I could do that....but I was.

There is no single sign on process between the forum and the ranking section... you have to log in again... but maybe you did :D

I did....no result. It kept asking me to log in.

Check out these old ad's from the 70's:
http://www.visualnews.com/2010/12/07/vi ... rtisments/

Enjoy!

Ron Olsen wrote:Check out these old ad's from the 70's:
http://www.visualnews.com/2010/12/07/vi ... rtisments/

Enjoy!

I got all those ads on my bookshelf.

Hi Robert, I signed in through the Slalomranking section and then registered for my own races as a test. It seemed to work. Don't know whether I'll turn up to them though.

Just helping spread the word about the passing of Jeff Ruiz . . . this announcement is courtesy of Dale Smith and Glenn Miyoda:

Noted 70's Hobie Skateboard Photographer & Creative Director, Jeff Ruiz, went home to be with our Lord on Thursday, February 2, 2012. He was born July 14, 1947 in Santa Monica, Ca.

Many in the Skate and Surf Community knew that Jeff attended Pasadena Art Institute and pursued a successful career in the field of graphic arts. Jeff became the creative force in the 70's while on staff at Hobie Skateboards. His duties were creative director, photographer, and illustrator. During that time, Jeff also was a contributing photographer for Skateboarder Magazine. His many friends & colleagues also knew Jeff by his many nicknames, aka: " El Hefe," Buffalo," " Paco," and "Jeff Reece."

A memorial service for Jeff Ruiz will held on Sunday, February 12, @ 2:00 PM at Christ Lutheran Church, 760 Victoria St., Costa Mesa, Ca. All friends and family are welcome to come celebrate his life.

I'm very sorry to hear that, Maria. My condolences to Jeff's family, and to his friends, which I imagine included Richy and others who rode for Hobie. Sad news, but thanks for posting.

robert gaisek wrote:I tried to register for a race today, but it said that I must be logged in before I could do that....but I was.

Where are you going Robo?

Paris (if they let me)......and it worked.

Robo wrote:Paris (if they let me)

Rob, we will be happy to welcome you in Paris!

More news about Paris race will come end of this month, as we actually face some problems with the city council...

BTW, just to remember the 2008 edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHp8_n_eRPg

So maybe I should wait booking tickets?

robert gaisek wrote:So maybe I should wait booking tickets?

Yes better wait a little. But it's being worked at, but it's still maybe like 50/50.

/Jani

Hi...new here and wanted to say hello.

I just picked up a Turner GS / Hybrid deck and I was wondering if someone might give me an idea of the year this was produced?The serial number on it is 020267.

Thank you in advance,

Andy

andy rodgers wrote:Hi...new here and wanted to say hello.

I just picked up a Turner GS / Hybrid deck and I was wondering if someone might give me an idea of the year this was produced?The serial number on it is 020267.

Thank you in advance,

Andy

Hi Andy,

I'd guess 2002 or there abouts. I guess its the 267 board made and the preceeding "02" is the year.

Hi new to this site. I know many of you on the east coast. Looking for people to push skate Boston at night and to slalom skate with on weekends. Will be going to Antrim twice a month. I lije skating jp and kenmore area by the charles. I live in Waltham

Lindsey, welcome to the forum! Hope you can find someone in Boston to run cones with. Paging Karl Floitgraf!

JBH,

You've probably met Lindsey in Antrim. She kick's ass from the middle of the hill :-)

Hi Lindsey! Look for Dr. Dan's race in Holyoke early summer and maybe, just maybe, a Farm.

Oh! great idea ya I think I may be ready for the farm this year! Who organizes it? Do they need bands to play?

Dr. Dans can't wait more people need to come! Thanks for your help with the pavel Joe

Hi Lindsey :)

Did someone say FARM?

Let's go ... Clean your bearings and wear your pads... race to Trocadero is on : http://www.skateslalom.fr/?p=1592&lang=en

Welcome aboard Lindsey! Missed you Sunday, looking forward to next. Are you free on a pattern (like 1st and 3rd) or just sort of random? I ask because I'll need someone else to set and strike courses a few times during the Summer, if we could pin down a few dates in advance we'd get more skating in.

Anyone close enough to skate Antrim is welcome to "host" one of these sessions.

Here are the winners of the $100.00 bursaries from last years World Championships of Slalom Skateboarding 2011. The good news is they will be in time to offset this years Worlds in Stuttgart, Germany July 27 to 29. Good Luck to everyone.

They were randomly picked by Jonathan Harms on behalf of ISSA and the organisers. Thank you, Jonathan and Good Luck to everyone this season and of course at the worlds.

Bursary winners!

North American

John Stryker
Glen Chapman
Paul Price
Mike Ohm
Louis Ricard

Non North American

Janis Kuzmins
Lienite Skaraine
Sebastian Vorholter
Felix Thiele
Pelle Plast

2012 KHRT Outlaw Slalom #1

I completely forgot to post on here the announcement of our first local race of the season, which took place yesterday. Very sorry about that.

Here are the results and the first pics to surface.


Results:

• 1- Seb Leger - 13,208
  2- Louis Ricard - 13,318
  3- Pascal Jean - 13,444
  4- Claude Regnier - 13,674
  5- Miguel Marco - 13,685
  6- Stéphane fournier - 13,913
  7- Danilo Percich - 14,129
  8- Pierre Gravel - 14,410
  9- Julie Boulanger - 14,477
  10- Kélian Duplain - 14,538
  11- Thomas Duplessis - 14,558
  12- Etienne Salvail - 14,793
  13- Gabe Duquet - 15,045
  14- Dan Duquet - 15,081
  15- Steve Blouin - 15,105
  16- Jonathan Gosselin Couture - 15,874
  17- Hubert Roy - 16,110
  18- Louis-Philippe Déry - 16,311
  19- Francois Morency - 16,804
  20- Cyrille Hogan-Saindon - 18,062
  21- Francic Côté Tremblay - 19,200
  22- Charles Ouimet - 19,220
  23- Gabriel Loiselle - 19,820
  24- Maïté Fournier-Parent - 19,936

Pics by Louis Ricard:













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Way to go, Julie! Top 10!

No Emilie?

And congrats to Seb and the guys too! ;-)

Emilie had to attend a friend's wedding. Seb managed to get out of it... Haaa! Haa! Ha! He performed flawlessly with his two fastest runs being clean and with the same exact time to the thousands of a second. Seb, Louis, the Rockin Rookie, and Claude gave a great show. They all were very very fast. Julie raced very very well. Seeing her within a few hundreds of a second of Pierre, who is a super experienced racer and the fastest qualifier in the Am Tight at last year's Worlds, makes me very very proud of her. :)

Wow Julie! Great job!

Hey Mig, Buddy!

Don't sell yourself short! You raced very well all while doing the timing for the event. I know you did not practice much either. Everyone did really well. It was really nice to get back into some racing. It's been almost 3 years and I wasn't sure how I would feel.

Also for those of you who don't know we celebrated Mig's 50th Birthday over the weekend with a surprise party!!!!

Congrats man!!!! Thank you!!!!