[2007] G.O.G. IN GERMANY at the 22nd of APRIL

Sam Gordon · Post by **Sam Gordon** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:28 am

Bunch of pussies. We have no high ramps in the UK because every time we build one, a nude pagan religion pops along and burns a Christian in it.

Still, it means that we are compelled to run 120 races in the allocated hour provided, and our marshmallows are nicely done.

Flavio Badenes · Post by **Flavio Badenes** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:16 am

Carsten Pingel wrote:Btw Sam,
this ramp is not high !! Check this one.....
attached you will find Steve's new starting ramp project for the race season '08.

Remember they will have to built it high enough so that the wines will snap at that very last moment allowing you to land both feet on your board which will be placed right at the base of the ramp.

Carsten Pingel · Post by **Carsten Pingel** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:57 am

Btw Sam,
this ramp is not high !! Check this one.....
attached you will find Steve's new starting ramp project for the race season '08.

Sam Gordon · Post by **Sam Gordon** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:41 pm

Dudes. You've only gone and built a bloody siege tower. Is this whole slalom revival thang just a front so that you have the tools to rescue a bevvy of princesses from the local schloss?

Way to go!

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:31 pm

here are a few pics of the ramp in question
we look forward to see all of you going down this one!!!!!!

HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric · Post by **HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:55 pm

Heiko Schöller wrote:So hello to all. Here is the deal. For everybody who comes to the GOG contest will get a 15% discount on everything in the shop and only on Saturday!!!!!

I spoke with Donald today and he said that we will do it this way. Saturday is at 17-18 o`clock Poolsession with a little barbeque (bring what you need) at the Factorypool in Düsseldorf. Open end!!! Sunday is the contest begin at about 10 o`clock.

So everyone is invited to come on Saturday to Concretewave in Cologne and watch the newest stuff what you can get in Slalom, Oldschool and Longboarding!!!!
This we week we get a large shipment with stuff from: seismic, Holey, Tracker, Abec11, Oldmanarmy, Black Label, Hosoi, Pocket Pistols, Retro, Pavel, GOG, so the shop is full!!!!

See you. kind regards Heiko

There might be two "punitive expedition" from France, the first one will leave Paris friday evening, the second one ( my car ) will leave saturday morning.
We'll meet at your shop Heiko, OK ( around 12 or 1 pm ) ?

looking forward to see the new ramp !

Steve Hinzen · Post by **Steve Hinzen** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:17 pm

Size DOES matter!

All (serious) members of the GoG are very proud to present their new giant starting ramp.
All participants of the race next weekend will start from the highest and steepest slalom ramp of the world so far!

The ramp is 2,1m high (7 feet) and 80 cm wide and it is over 50 degrees steep!
The table is long enough for everybody willing to pull out at maximum power.
The "roll in" has a sharp radius of 80 cm. No worries for long slalomboards about touching. But forget about dropping in with a longboard.
The lower transition has a radius of 3 m and leads into a close-to-flat-end, no bump at all.

The drop is smooth from top to bottom and gives you speed from the first cone.

The ramp is as easy -or even easier- to ride as any other existing starting ramp.
No excuse for racers who are used to starting ramps of any kind.
Last sunday riders of all levels have made the drop without any efforts.

The only difference is the dramatic perspective from the table.

We love it. You will love it.

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:18 pm

dominik,

we always shave before we hit cologne ... you will be surprised with our new designs especially on the breast mate

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Sam Gordon · Post by **Sam Gordon** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:14 pm

Hey Dominik, seems us English love a house party:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6549267.stm

Do you have a shaven Myspace link by chance?

Dominik Kowalski · Post by **Dominik Kowalski** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:44 am

and don't forget: Everyone who will already be there on friday, there is a party at my place.
So, everyone who would like to party on friday, just crash in, but shaved

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:02 am

here's the times for events:
saturday:
bowl session starts at 6 pm
bbq,booze bring some with you,ok?
for first timers:duesseldorf,hansaallee 321,ask the security guys at the front for factory#44

sunday:
registration ams starts at 10.00
practice ams starts at 10.30
race starts at 12.00

registration pros starts at 14.00
practice pros starts at 14.30
race pros starts at 15.00

feeding of the wolves after the event as always...

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:11 am

as it seems our american friend joe iovacelli is in dire need of some shaveing to say so.
on silverfish the guys opened up a thread about joe being shaved or unshaved.
as i know the g.o.g. crew is always superfriendly to guests we should take care of joe latest at the race track if i don't catch him off guard during the night.
so bring some stuff for shaving joe,ok?

Carsten Pingel · Post by **Carsten Pingel** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:52 am

Andi rules !

..this ramp is NOT 2,10m !

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:18 pm

as heiko said before
no pool before you all emptied your pockets at his store
hahahahahaha
the ramp is ready
i just got back from working with steve,frank,christoph,dirty dom on it
2,10 m high
very fast and nice

we surely hope you like it all

since pushstarts are also allowed for the faint-hearted i want to let you know that you can't get the speed the ramp delivers with a push start.
just that you are aware of that fact.

reflecting on past heroes from the early revival of slalom racing in germany i want to proudly announce that we call this ramp the "ANDI PREUSS MEMORIAL RAMP".

Heiko Schöller · Post by **Heiko Schöller** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:16 pm

So hello to all. Here is the deal. For everybody who comes to the GOG contest will get a 15% discount on everything in the shop and only on Saturday!!!!!

I spoke with Donald today and he said that we will do it this way. Saturday is at 17-18 o`clock Poolsession with a little barbeque (bring what you need) at the Factorypool in Düsseldorf. Open end!!! Sunday is the contest begin at about 10 o`clock.

So everyone is invited to come on Saturday to Concretewave in Cologne and watch the newest stuff what you can get in Slalom, Oldschool and Longboarding!!!!
This we week we get a large shipment with stuff from: seismic, Holey, Tracker, Abec11, Oldmanarmy, Black Label, Hosoi, Pocket Pistols, Retro, Pavel, GOG, so the shop is full!!!!

See you. kind regards Heiko

HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric · Post by **HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:02 am

Donald Campbell wrote: anybody who makes it down that ramp will have max speed from cone #1
the rest will get a good pushstart field though.

Charles, bring your balls ( big duro ) ....

Claude Regnier · Post by **Claude Regnier** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:47 am

Hey Don!

Can you check your pm.

We booked Paris and will be in Hanover from the 29th of may till the 4th of june

C you folks soon

good luck

Charles_Thubert · Post by **Charles_Thubert** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:36 am

It will be a nice giant like brix!
But for me the problem is this big ramp!! I am sure that I couldn't take it!
If it is possible to take the Start on the floor!It is ok for me!

Ramón Königshausen · Post by **Ramón Königshausen** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:42 pm

yeah make it fast!

Thumbs up for hard wheels!

rmn

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:52 pm

some wheel choices might not be a bad idea
since i'm setting the course with frank together we thought about making this thing really fast,no brakes in there,just speed.maybe a few alternate wheels with a different duro are a good choice.which translates into:hrader is not bad....maybe...

Flavio Badenes · Post by **Flavio Badenes** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:32 am

Carsten Pingel wrote:....and bring wheels not harder than 85A !

I got Zig Zags 70 mm 80A

Carsten Pingel · Post by **Carsten Pingel** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:55 am

....and bring wheels not harder than 85A !

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:52 pm

should be ok!!!!!!!!!

Flavio Badenes · Post by **Flavio Badenes** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:48 pm

Hi Don,
I will set my Axe 2 to GS so I kind of hope it will more or less do the job.
I don´t think I will have any trouble getting down the ramp, it is getting up on it that worries me...

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:53 pm

hey flavio:
the distance between cones will range from 2-3m to max 5-7 m.
it would be wise to bring a 34" deck to this race
your axe might be good too but a bit underdimensioned for that race,but it will work
anybody who makes it down that ramp will have max speed from cone #1
the rest will get a good pushstart field though.
we want to make sure that there is a decent speed ratio involved from cone#1 already.

the surface is good and grippy.
the course length will be somewhat between 40-60 secs.

i will have enough prizes for each and everyone attending this race

Flavio Badenes · Post by **Flavio Badenes** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:25 pm

Confirmed, we will be 4 arriving Saturday the 21st hopefully around 11 am.
Can anybody tell me what the distance between cones will be?

Flavio Badenes · Post by **Flavio Badenes** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:24 am

Thank you for the information. See you on the 22nd, we will be either 4 or 5 skaters.

Carsten Pingel · Post by **Carsten Pingel** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:15 am

if someone wants to sleep near the race location go to this youth hostel:

http://www.villehaus.de/

As far as I know it's 5 minutes by car to the race location.

Its 16.80€ for 1 night and breakfast.

But for the Bowl Party its better you stay at Don's Yoth Hostel ! (see above!)

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:53 am

hey flavio: when you come sunday you are likely to pass eindhoven,venlo and then on to the autobahn heading towards mönchengladbach directing the way to neuss and düsseldorf,
if you come saturday give me a ring reg accomodation.
we are very likely having at least a practice race on saturday and a bowl party at least
accomodation,cheapest,is the newly made düsseldorf youth hostel:
http://www.djh.de/de/jugendherbergen/vi ... p?IDJH=442

you can reach them under 0049211557310
rates are 22.50 incl breakfast smallest rooms a re 2 bed but since this event is off-season the house will be pretty empty anyway.

when in cologne here's a printout of a map:

coming from düsseldorf:
take the a57 from krefeld to köln
köln/nord exit to the a1 heading koblenz
exit hürth,right turn at the traffic lights
after approx 1km you will see an industry complex to the left,enter the street heading into that complex,driving through that complex for approx 2kms you will notice the street going uphill a bit,you will also pass and old transport band built right a bove the street,after that band it's only 200m and the street opens up a bitheading into a right hand curve.at that curve make a left and you are there.
you can always reach me:00491775141438 if you face any problems going there.
if you want a clearer vsion of the map shown here go to:map 24.com
type in as target:köln,otto-maigler-see.

Flavio Badenes · Post by **Flavio Badenes** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:30 pm

I will be there on April the 22nd. May I please have the exact location? Like an address or so? I will drive from Amsterdam.
I seem not to be able to find it anywhere in the forum.

Thank you!!
I look foward to meeting all of you.

Carsten Pingel · Post by **Carsten Pingel** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:52 am

cool....gang bang racing !

HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric · Post by **HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:54 pm

Free hugs... for you Sam...

Sam Gordon · Post by **Sam Gordon** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:13 pm

Gotta special one for you, Joe. It's a groupie including Patrick, Fred and Donald. Maybe Carsten too.

Even gives me the jitters.

Joe Iacovelli · Post by **Joe Iacovelli** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:29 pm

It's not the ramp that scares me, it's Sam's man hugs.

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:29 pm

hey patrick
we got all that stuff
one difference though to the latvian ramps
ours don't fall apart!

Patrick Allan · Post by **Patrick Allan** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:16 pm

Can you just make sure that there are handles on the top of the ramp to hold on to, and something at the back to stop the board from falling off... i'm kind of scared of heights...

Other than that, the height and angle looks cool... reminds me of the ramps in latvia...

Sam Gordon · Post by **Sam Gordon** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:39 pm

...and one man to man hug. No tongues.

Is there a map to the new race location?
And will there be a rendez-vous bar on Saturday for race briefing over a small beer?

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:13 pm

yeah we got to put the beginners into consideration i know that
i tend to make the stuff a bit gnar here and there
but the experienced(more or less) get the chance to skate a bit harder this time
the faster you go the sketchier the course will be,the slower skaters will enjoy the ride down there,so no neckbreaking stuff.
oh yes,i forgot to say how sad we all are because chris hart had to cancel his trip down to the race.
here's a shoutout to chris:we miss you and we love you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a thousand kisses follow this message!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric · Post by **HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:42 pm

Hopefully, no more wall to jump over in Germany !

Steve Hinzen · Post by **Steve Hinzen** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:33 pm

No worries, guys! You're all going to make it down the ramp, safe! After You made it You'll love it.

It's like going down any other starting ramp, just longer and, o.k., maybe a bit steeper.
Right now I got the feeling that I should build the ramp higher. I could easily ad another 10 cm.

As Donald said chicken-pushstart means you lose.
Look at Danny Way's starting ramps. And the guy can't even slalom, can he?

Should we use this ramp for this year's Giant race in Hanover ?

Sam Gordon · Post by **Sam Gordon** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:39 am

..and add a chairlift to the top of the ramp.

Or one of these:

Well, SHE's smiling.

HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric · Post by **HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:01 am

OOOOOOOOOOOkkkkkkkkkk Don, I get it ( portap... )

Pushstart could be a good idea, we may have a beginner with us, and maybe two more "beginners" from Belgium...

please Steve, could you please cut a few degrees ?!!! ; )

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:41 am

sam is a gentleman and has ALWAYS a portable toilet with him which he generously offers to strangers now and then.
the ramp is fast and fun maybe a bit scary for others,we'll film the highlights...
pushstart is also possible,i got overruled,sad to say so but at least the pushstart happens in the dimensions of the ramp,right next to it.so whoever pushstarts has no chance anyway
har har har

HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric · Post by **HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:33 am

Sam Gordon wrote:Hey Fred, I'll let you chew my fingernails clean off if I can use your PortaPotty a coupla' times before the start.

I will, if I knew what it means ?! ( portapotty ? ) anyway.... you already had your revenge at Antibes !

Now, Oliver owes me one from the last "pirate" too !

See, I'm not happy ?!!!

Carsten Pingel · Post by **Carsten Pingel** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:42 am

it seems that the race will be decided right at the start !

This ramp is a nice challenge for some racers !

But.....the bigger , the better, the faster!

Sam Gordon · Post by **Sam Gordon** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:08 pm

Hey Fred, I'll let you chew my fingernails clean off if I can use your PortaPotty a coupla' times before the start.

Besides, I still owe you for your blistering run in Brix. And, come to think of it, Donald.

Better stop now. This list could run and run.
Just like my sweet lil' @#$£ (not for sale)

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:45 pm

we'll bring a cam to film the happy faces then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric · Post by **HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:19 pm

may be I should buy some new wrist guards...

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:12 pm

... hope the nose didnt srew directly into the surface, when leaving the transition

Donald Campbell · Post by **Donald Campbell** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:45 am

since we think that road is NOT steep enough we will add the ramp,or to say the topping on the icecone.

7 feet high
you don't see the bottom of the ramp when rolling in
you get really fast right from the start.

all riders are welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[2007] G.O.G. IN GERMANY at the 22nd of APRIL

WickerRamp

trojan work

Re: Discounts

steep and deep / the need for speed

Right Royal Kneesup

PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Discounts

PM

Fear

love it or ...

Ramp it up

Re: Orbit around Smack Minor

Orbit around Smack Minor