ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Some memorabilia - media coverage of all types...

...and here are a few photos picked up from Facebook. Photographer unknown (Thanks! Hope you don't mind).

Straight slalom



Special slalom



Overall

"Why did he get a big suitcase while I only got a tiny one?

The organizers made a little video to say "Thanks and see you next year again". Slalom racing was included!

Sorry, I couldn't link to the video, but I wanted to post a picture of it at least.

/Jani

..coming to Facebook soon too.

Here are some of my photos from the outdoor racing - riders meeting, practise and then qualification of straight slalom.

And the organizers RF - the "Swedish Sports Association" just posted a video as a Thank you and bye, bye - and included some slalom clips! Great that we got in there too!
Hmm, just don't know how to link to a FB only video.

/Jani

Here are links to the TV programs I've been able to pick up covering slalom racing at this event.
Sorry, it's all in Swedish, but please have a look. If nothing else to increase our click count!

Brief intro the day before
To let people know that "the games" are about to start. Interview with Jani.
https://www.svt.se/sport/sm-veckan/vadr ... n-i-boras/

Swedish Championships - Slalom Skateboarding
Head-to-head racing, straight slalom. Indoor finals. Commentary by Peter Jonsson (TV professional) and Jani Soderhall as skateboard slalom racing expert.
https://www.svt.se/sport/sm-veckan/sm-v ... ardslalom/

Olympic champions and true beginners
Brief story presenting the variety of participants at this one week event covering 50 sports.
https://www.svt.se/sport/sm-veckan/det- ... sm-veckan/

Day 1 summary
Extemely long clip, like 7 hours!
https://www.svt.se/sport/sm-veckan/har- ... n-dag-1-1/

Final results:

Tomorrow, Friday June 30th.
Live TV on (www.svt.se) as part of SM-Veckan (the Swedish Championships week): Friday 30th 13.00 - 14.00.

Replay will be available up to a year after, so you'll all get a chance to see it if you miss the live session!

/Jani

Swedish Nationals event page in the ISSA Calendar

This is the Swedish nationals in slalom skateboarding 2017.
It's open to all but to be in the finals for the Swedish Championship title you need to be a Swedish Citizen or been living in Sweden for at least 1 year.

You need to pre-register for this event.
Want to register for an event? Log in on the ISSA World ranking site. Or go to your ISSA racer homepage and click on registrations.

If you have ever entered a slalom or banked slalom event you most likely exist in our database.

If any questions this is the forum you can use.