ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Because of no fault of his own, I failed to mention St. Louis's Marshall Presnell joined the ISSA in July.

He's been a member I just did not get an update posted until today.

Nathan Vestal over at Cosmic Skateboards signs up.

Six more members since late May and through mid June:

Christopher Dupont FRA
Michel Dupont FRA
David Baron CAN
Martin Reaves USA
Lisa Scott USA
Tomas Fiala CZE

In anticipation of the 2010 ISSA World Championships in Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic, several Czech slalom racers joined this week:

Vitek Hromadko CZE
Petr Klein CZE
Jaroslav Knettig CZE
Jakub Knettig CZE
Martin Kulhavy CZE
Zdenek Mach CZE
Petr Matous CZE
Stanislav Nozka CZE
Ivo Skrabal CZE
Renata Skrabalova CZE
Roman Totusek CZE
Martin Tuma CZE
Vojta Valena CZE
Pavel Holec CZE

Wesley, I found another mistakes:
1. Peter Novotny CZR is Petr Novotny CZE
2. Josef Stefka CZR is CZE too.
3. Peter Pletanek CZE is GER
Wesley, please change it.
Thanks

Wesley Tucker wrote:The ISSA goes well over 70 paid members for 2010:

Dalibor Danhel CZE
Trish Erickson USA
Mark Gosser USA
Karl Floitgraf USA
Rick Floyd USA
Henry Hester USA
Scott Snow USA
Jourdan Adler USA
Petr Janousek CZR
Zack Levitt USA

When the rolls come in from those who paid at the race in Texas we may be getting close if not over the 100 member mark.

Wesley, I (Petr Janousek) paid membership for Pavel Holec CZE. I´m twice in the list. Pavel Holec isn´t there. Wesley, please change it.
Thanks.

Wesley Tucker wrote:This week the ISSA reached 75 current paid members:

Josef Stefka CZR
John Stryker USA
Petr Novotny CZR

You might want to double-check on Stryker. He attended the Sizzler and (presumably) is already an ISSA member as a result of entering that race.

This week the ISSA reached 75 current paid members:

Josef Stefka CZR
John Stryker USA
Petr Novotny CZR

Wesley Tucker wrote:Brazil Czechs in:

Thiago Gardenal - BRA
Petr Platanek - CZE

nearly correct Wesley you keyboard is fast

my name is -> Peter Pletanek
Nationality -> Germany

Brazil Czechs in:

Thiago Gardenal - BRA
Peter Platanek - GER

The ISSA goes well over 70 paid members for 2010:

Dalibor Danhel CZE
Trish Erickson USA
Mark Gosser USA
Karl Floitgraf USA
Rick Floyd USA
Henry Hester USA
Scott Snow USA
Jourdan Adler USA
Petr Janousek CZR
Zack Levitt USA

When the rolls come in from those who paid at the race in Texas we may be getting close if not over the 100 member mark.

Hi Wesley,


I race for Holland not for Denmark.
Could you please change it?

Thank you.

Nine more:

Peter Cardenas USA
Willy Demis USA
Chris Doan USA
Gary Glasser USA
Lenny Poage USA
Marty Schaub USA
Kevin Lane USA
Erika Schoirfer FRA
Cat Young USA

I don't know if the number is "magical" or not but the ISSA passed 50 paid members this week with a total of 51 on rolls:

Bruce Bjorkvedt USA
Ricky Byrd USA
Glenn Bukowsky USA

See, Glenn? Everything is alive and well.

(I only do these updates once a week.)

Am I a thread killer?! I hope not in this instance.

Payment sent!
See you in Austin!

Glenn

The paid membership is adding up. We've got 48 paid and that includes many new members who were not previously part of the ISSA.

Here who's jumped on board in the past two weeks:

Joe McLaren USA
Wesley Tucker USA
Eddy Martinez USA
Sebestien Leger CAN
Louis Ricard CAN
Chad Hegerty USA
Steve Pederson USA
Flavio Badenes DEN
Stefano Bellingeri ITA
Joe Iacovelli USA
Mike Ohm USA
Adam Schwippert USA
Ryan Smith USA
Marcos Soulsby-Monroy USA

A few more slalom skateboarders this week stepped up to support the cause:

Ron Barbagallo USA
Jason Bortolussi USA
Pierre Gravel CAN
Neil Orta USA
Paul Price UK
Tom Mangelsdorf USA

Please make note that Neil "Dr. No" Orta went ahead and paid his dues . . . for the next TEN YEARS. (You can do the math.)

Thanks, Neil.

Umbrella girls! The ladies will probably want "Umbrella guys", but good luck finding such a beast.

Just paid too, i hope we all get a timing chip, gold start ramps and umbrella girls on the lineup like in F1.

paid

where's my ISSA stickers? I need to repulse more women

Paul Price wrote:Just paid my dues for 2010 but it took a lot of work to find out who to pay and how much.
Needs to be on the front page and as the top sticky in the forums

Good point, Paul. We've discussed how to make it easier and are working on doing so as soon as we can.

Paul Price wrote:Just paid my dues for 2010 but it took a lot of work to find out who to pay and how much.
Needs to be on the front page and as the top sticky in the forums
I paid issa@slalomskateboarder.com $25 via paypal.
cheers
see some of you in Texas

...must be the language barrier!

Just paid my dues for 2010 but it took a lot of work to find out who to pay and how much.
Needs to be on the front page and as the top sticky in the forums
I paid issa@slalomskateboarder.com $25 via paypal.
cheers
see some of you in Texas

Well, things are picking up. The ISSA's new membership policy is bringing in LOTS of new people. Also, some current members have already stepped up and paid their dues for 2010. I haven't quite decided yet on a schedule but what I will do is post here the names of new members as they "accumulate."

First Last Country
Brian Parsons USA
Earl Cephas USA
Tim Chason USA
Gary Fluitt USA
Lynn Kramer USA
Pat Chewning USA
Julie Boulanger CAN
Richy Carrasco USA
Ulf Haag SWE
Keith Hollien USA
Glenn Chapman USA
Ricardo Damborenea ESP
Sam Gordon UK
Art Pryde USA

Just paid!

Ulf "Wolfy" Haag, Sweden

Jani Soderhall wrote:Wesley,

Just for the archive, can you do a similar listing for all that were members up until 2010? Ie without the new members?

/Jani

You mean the "old" list? Certainly:



Adrian Alderson,
Greg Ambler,
Fabrie Andre',
Rob Ashby
Jean-Michel Attia,
Ron Barbagallo
Chris Barker,
Erik Basil
Colin Beck,
Stefano Bellingeri,
Vincent Berruchon,
Max Bimler,
Stefan Bölsterli
David Bonnell,
Ricky Byrd
Donald Campbell,
Maria Carrasco
Richy Carrasco,
Petr Cervinka,
Chris Chaput
Pat Chewning,
Mike Cividino,
Jeremy Coffman,
Justin Collins
Steve Collins,
Ricardo Damborenea
JS Dennebouy,
Martin Drayton,
Kevin Dunne
Michel DuPont
Chris Eggers,
Timo Elverkemper
Mike Ernst,
Chris Favero,
Gianluca Ferrero,
Gareth Fitzgerald,
Dieter Fleischer,
Karl Floitgraf,
Rick Floyd
Gary Fluitt,
Yuriy Fomin,
Gints Gailitis,
Robert Gaisek
David Gale,
Kevin Gamble,
Daniel Gesmer,
Luca Giammarco
John Gilmour,
Gregory Girard
Gary Glasser,
Jeff Goad
Howard Gordon,
Lauren Gordon,
Sam Gordon,
Eric Groff,
Pelle Gustafsson
Jonathan Harms,
Mark Harris
Chris Hart,
Pierre Hazera
Noah Heinle,
Keith Hollien,
James Hopkin,
Paul Howard
Radim Hromadko
Frédéric HUYNH BACH SAC
Joe Iacovelli,
Petr Janousek
simo-jukka kalliokoski
John Karg,
Marion Karr,
Malakai Kingston
Peter Klang,
Ramon Konigshausen
Hans Koraeus,
Dominik Kowalski
Kaupo Kukli,
Janis Kuzmins
Stephen Lavin,
Mary-Beth Lavoie,
Zack Levitt
Chris Linford,
Sven Lippert,
Aleksey Makarov,
Tom Mangelsdorf,
Miguel Marco
Eddy Martinez,
Anatoly Matsukevich,
Zak Maytum
Joe McLaren,
Steve Michael,
Johnny Miller
Stanislav Mironenko,
Jason Mitchell
Kenny Mollica,
Leonardo Ojeda,
Ron Olsen,
Neil Orta
George Pappas
Steve Pederson
Danilo Percich
James Peters
Carsten Pingel,
David Pirnack
Peter Pletanek
Lenny Poage
Vlad Popov,
Paul Price,
Art Pryde,
Jadranko Radovanovic,
Erik Raitviir,
Martin Reaves,
Claude Regnier,
Frederic Reveillard
Daniel Ridoli,
Marcus Rietema
Gary Saenz
Guillaume Saint-Criq,
Antonio Saluena
Heiko Schöller,
Valdis Sermols,
Marcus Seyffarth,
André Sidler,
Salvis Skaranis
Jack Smith,
Peter Smith,
Jani Söderhäll,
Marcos Soulsby-Monroy
Rick Stanziale,
Josef Stefka,
Chris Stepanek
Michael Stride
Maurus Strobel,
Haggy Strom,
John Stryker
Martin Sweeney,
Rob Sydia
Johan Thiel
Jesper Thunstedt
Adam Trahan,
Wesley Tucker,
William Tway,
Rolf von der Crone
Henrick Wadsten
Toby Warg
Jim Weatherwax
Joyce Wheldrake
Tiger Williams
Matthew Wilson,
Jun Yokoyama,
Cat Young,

Wesley,

Just for the archive, can you do a similar listing for all that were members up until 2010? Ie without the new members?

/Jani

robert gaisek wrote:Some names have no country......


Elverkemper, Thiel and Thunstedt - Sweden
Kallikoski - Finland
Pletanek and Janousek - Czech Rep.
Kuzmins - Latvia.

I am now German nationality, not Czech
Regards
Peter

robert gaisek wrote:Some names have no country......


Elverkemper, Thiel and Thunstedt - Sweden
Kallikoski - Finland
Pletanek and Janousek - Czech Rep.
Kuzmins - Latvia.

Thanks, Robert.

Some names have no country......


Elverkemper, Thiel and Thunstedt - Sweden
Kallikoski - Finland
Pletanek and Janousek - Czech Rep.
Kuzmins - Latvia.

Mr. Steve Lavin of Chicago, Illinois is the FIRST to pay his annual dues for 2010. Spain's Ricardo Damborenea was a close second by just a few hours.

I'm not going to announce each and every payment received but did want to give Steve and Ricardo their props for getting on the stick and doing the deed.

Please remember: there are two different payment amounts and it costs MORE on race day. Paying early not only grows the ISSA but also makes things so much simpler when what's important is getting on the hill and down the course.

Thanks again Steve and Ricardo!

For those who have not read the release from the ISSA, the dues schedule is as follow:

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So in 2010, we will begin charging an annual fee for ISSA membership. Racers in Main and Major ISSA-sanctioned events in 2010 will be required to join the ISSA and pay this fee. The fee will be $25 USD (€20) if you pre-pay before going to your first race. If you choose to pay at your first race, the fee will be slightly higher: $30 USD (€25). The PayPal address for membership dues is

issa@slalomskateboarder.com


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The complete release detailing the ISSA's new initiatives, racer and organizer benefits and where the dues is going is at:

ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association :: View topic - 2010 ISSA Membership

robert gaisek wrote:Who is Antonia? Antonio after dark?

Oops, my fingers slipped.

/Jani

Who is Antonia? Antonio after dark?

I'm on this thing, dude, like white on rice.

Here are all the site sponsors for 2010, but I guess they've already been added to the listing above.
/Jani

Jani,

I have just sent my joining fee, I thought I had done this a couple of years ago, my mistake!

By the way Martin Sweeney still comes along to races in the UK. He is a legend!


Ed note: Confirmed - money received! /Jani

Jesper Thunstedt,who is jesper thunstedt?

Jesper is "HeffeBomb" Thunstedt, Sweden. A great guy.

Mary-Beth is Claude Regnier's "significant other." She's probably been to more races in the past eights years than most of the racers in the ISSA.

The ISSA offers LIFETIME membership for a one-time fee. I am not going to take it upon myself to decide who's dead or alive.

Fortunately, the ISSA does not have any rules regarding the necessity of a quorum of paid members in order to accomplish anything. So it's not like those absent somehow affect the ongoing decisions and operations of the organization.

If this is something the new Board wants to address and discuss with the members then at that time it can be adjusted.

Donald Campbell wrote:just looking at the list i found a few that a quasi non-existant anymore
needs to be updated for sure,i bet there are more dead bodies in there

couldn't we get this done sooner or later to make it a bit more credible?

Donald,

The new ISSA started it's life by giving an automatic membership to all ISSA representatives from the 90's. It was the best I could figure out to honor the effort they did back then getting this association started. Many of them may, as you know, not be active right now, but as long as the membership is for life (could be changed by the board) they'll stay members until they personally withdraw (has only happened once).

Here's a who's who (of those that you reacted upon):

Former ISSA representatives:
Mike Ernst,a rollerblader these days for along time already - true, but many others have come back from their other lives to rejoin slalom, why not Mike?
Dieter Fleischer - longboarder, lives in France nowadays
Kaupo Kukli,norway?huh? - No from Estonia, lives in Finland. Doesn't skate I think.
Daniel Ridoli,aha? who is this? - Former Ranking #1, once ahead of Luca in the ranking!
Valdis Sermols,and who is this guy? - Latvian ISSA representative. Still helps out at races.
Martin Sweeney,doesn't race or post anymore - True, doesn't skate, but is world famous.

Monthly sponsors/paying members
Eric Groff,arab,gone for sure,sad but true - True, but still a member
Mary-Beth Lavoie,a girl,lady,from when? - Helped out a many races, probably at yours too! and paid her membership!
Jesper Thunstedt,who is jesper thunstedt? - Don't know, but he paid, so he's in.

The maintenance of this list is shared between me and Wesley. Can you tell me what needs updating?

/Jani

Mike Ernst,a rollerblader these days for along time already
Dieter Fleischer, who is dieter fleischer?germany?when?
Eric Groff,arab,gone for sure,sad but true
Mary-Beth Lavoie,a girl,lady,from when?
Daniel Ridoli,aha? who is this?
Valdis Sermols,and who is this guy?
Martin Sweeney,doesn't race or post anymore
Jesper Thunstedt,who is jesper thunstedt?

just looking at the list above i found a few that a quasi non-existant anymore
needs to be updated for sure,i bet there are more dead bodies in there

couldn't we get this done sooner or later to make it a bit more credible?

I just paid with paypal. Thank you.

Ed note: Confirmed - money received! /Jani

Wesley,

Your list does not include the site sponsors for 2009, so we need to add those.
That done Robert Gaisek will be in twice. Stephen Lavin too and maybe a few more. Needs to be looked into.

/Jani

Just paid.

Robo Gaisek. Sweden.


Ed note: Confirmed - money received! /Jani

Please add Ricardo Damborenea, Spain.

/Jani

All the ISSA members have this list as I sent it out last fall as an excel spreadsheet with all the members's names and e-mail. I'll repost here the names: