ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

1. The Latvian Skateboard federation is preparing for biggest slalom event in Baltic States.

2. Special and straight parallel slaloms will be in Jurmala 50 meters from beach.

3. This event will be organized during the Jurmala festivity on July 14- 15.

4. Competitors will be in 4 groups – Pro, Am, Women, Juniors.

5. We work together with Jurmala city council and Latvian Sport department.

6. We hope to see slalomers from Europeans countries, including Czechs and riders from other parts of the world too.

Dear Gints,
I would like to attend the race.
Should I consider the dates FIXED in order to book my air ticket? Could you tell me at what date/time should I be there? I will have to speak with LH which have to pay for my flight because of a previous overbooking (one day delay happened last summer).
So, please, as soon as you can post all the details about.
Thanks, in advance
Stefano

I'll be There!!!!!!!!!!

I'll try to be there!!!

Attention, who will came to the World Baltic sea cup please check sometimes the www.airbaltic.com, because often there are actions to the tickets, now for example you can find good prices from Berlin.

Is the race in 2007 on for sure? We are looking at booking flights! Thanks, Paul

It was a great to be there last year and more English racers want to come!

The date will not be changed and the race will start in early morning and finish both days at afternoon.
The starting order: juniors, women, AM, PRO.

I'm coming this time!

/Jani

Weather is very hot in Latvia these days!

Welcome to the beach of Jurmala ! ! !

We have opened the registration for WORLD BALTIC SEA CUP 2007 in the website:

http://www.skateboardinfo.lv

It would be nice to see some guys who participated in Paris and Hannover.

The next race in our country - Latvia cup - will be in 30 june in Dubulti (near of Riga) in Baznicas street.

Welcome to Jurmala!
World Baltic Sea Cup is not so far away! Those who would like free T-shirt with WBSC logo please note that latest day for registration is first on July.
All who would like to stay in Hotel “Daina” – free number of rooms on this day are not so many. If you prefer other hotel please check www.jurmala.lv
After party we are planning in beach near the hotel “Daina” at 19 p.m. July 14.
www.skateboardinfo.lv

Hi Team Uk are arriving on Friday 13th at Arriving: Riga (RIX), Latvia 22:50 Fri .
So far its me, Sam, Niall and Pat. Rooms would be ace.
Looking forward to racing in Latvia, another of my favourite places!

Hi I ll try to be there (ask my boss for holydays today ), and I think to be the only french pirate who will come.
Gints, i ll contact you as soon as I get my plane tickets.

whats the start time? looking att paul price arraival time at friday,it´s kinde of late if there is a race at friday...???? i be there at 14,10 at airport. some body who can pick us up? we are 5 people who coming. Thanx pelle

HI, Pelle Plast! It is nice to hear that you are coming to this competition. The race is only in saturday(special slalom) and sunday(parallel slalom). The race starts at 9:30.More about the program of World Baltic Sea Cup you can read in www.skateboardinfo.lv (after the list of already registrated slalomers just click : WBSC 2007 Program ).

About picking up-I must ask my father.

Thanx gustav.

Me and my father we had really good emotions from Gothenburg World cup so we putted some pictures from this competition in :

http://www.skateboardinfo.lv/index.php? ... lder_id=15

Nice shots! Thanks.

rmn

something new about the hotel? price???? Thanx pelleplast

I will be at Riga airport on Friday 13th 12h25 (KLM flight from Amsterdam), then take a taxi to the Daina hotel (if someone want to share)...

See you on Friday

Heris klangis wantis knowis ifis straightis willis beis 1,70 m oris 1,80 m C2C (Not cone to cone, center of cone to center of cone)?

Batteris not included
PK

I hope to meet you in Riga airport on Friday 13th.

See you on Friday

Gints
www.skateboardinfo.lv

Friday 13th? Peter can be glad there is no row 13 at the airplanes or will Ryanair make an exception for him?


rmn

Have fun guys!! Bryan and I had an amazing time in Latvia last summer, the beaches, the weather, the girls, the ramps, the courses and the skaters make it the perfect race venue!! Hopefully we will make it back one day!

Good Luck guys. Have great time.

Sk8 safe anddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd Wiesh we we're there!

RIGA IS tHE PLACE NO:1 IN THE WORLD! JUST LOVE IT.

some one who going to riga that can sell me a radikal kingpin? Please let me know...

NO PELLE BUT MAYBE A KINKPIN

I should be getting up and get my ass to the airport to catch my flight to RIGA,
got some asses to kick.

Na zdorovje
Petrov

Na zdorovje!!!!!

Do it!

Hei! WBSC participants who stay at hotel Daina - we have special buss for you
tomorow morning 9:00 a.m. to Dzintari.

Press meeting July 11:

What is happening? Where are the results from Saturday race? It's been at least 4 hours since it was finished.

pro special
1. macster
2. janis
3. hadestrand

am special
1. sam gordon
2. gustav galitis
3. PELLEPLAST!

Congrats to Sam, 2nd podium !!! ( and you of course Pelle ! )

Thanx Frédéric miss you there!

no:1 in highjump is.... MATTIAS GUSTAVSSON!! congratulations!

Thank you Gints and the whole Latvian crew for putting on a world class event!

It was great to meet all riders and hang out in the friendly wibe that surrounds Jurmala! I'm sorry I took of kind of quickly but there was a flight to catch...

Anyways, the special was the tightest ever, this far. Hopefully it won't get any tighter cause then I gotta get myself some rollerblades... I'm super stoked that I managed to survive that course, and also that I improved my personal best in highjump from 40cm to 110cm...

Most of all I'm happy that I was lucky enough to got a second chance battling GÖTIS in the final and pulling it off. Team Sweden is stronger than ever, something Götis proved when he denied the Latvian Lightning a place in the final.

Finnaly I would like to say congrats to Mattias for his insane 135cm in his first highjump ever. Did anyone say talent?

Thanks!

World Baltic Sea Cup 2007 results:

Excel spreadsheet with all times here: Results Special slalom


Special slalom

Juniors
1.Gustavs Gailitis 15:04
2.Viking Hadestrand 15:09
3.Viktor Hadestrand 15:31
4.Ondra Spade 17:71

Am
1.Sam Gordon 14:88
2.Gustavs Gailitis 15:15
3.Palle Plast 15:17
4.Viking Hadestrand 15:28
5.Peter Klock 15:48
6.Ainars Jermacenko 15:57
7.Guillaume Saint-Criq 15:63
8.Viktor Hadestrand 15:81
9.Antonio Saluena 15:84
10.Marko Takanen 16:36
11.Niall Horton-Stephens 16:87
12.Igor Shcherbakov 16:93
13.Aleksey Ikon 17:03
14.Gunatrs Gailitis 17:50
15.Ondra Spade 18:17
16.Andis Pelcmanis 18:70
17.Theresa Lantz (wom) 21:25
18.Marks Kisilevs 23:47

Pro
1.Marcus Seyffarth 13:08
2.Janis Kuzmins 13:29
3.Mikka Hadestrand 13:95
4.Hans Gothberg 14:26
5.Petr Klang 14:34
6.Sergey Smirnow 14:46
7.Paul Price 14:72
8.Anatoly Matsukevich 14:72
9.Jani Soderhall 15:13
10.Salvis Skarainis 15:24
11.Didzis Jasukaitis 15:96
12.Gints Gailitis 16:61

Special thank's to Marko Takanen for coming! He is first slomer from Finland who participate in Latvia.

World Baltic Sea Cup 2007 results:

Excel spreadsheet with all times here: Results Parallel slalom


Parallel slalom

Junior boys (under 12)
1. Alexei Soderhall
2. Dimitri Soderhall

Juniors
1.Gustavs Gailitis 13:61
2.Viktor Hadestrand 14:02
3.Ondra Spade 16:52
4.Vinking Hadestrand DQ

Am
1.Peter Klock 13:91
2.Guillaume Saint-Criq 13:92
3.Ainars Jermacenko 13:49
4.Gustavs Gailitis 13:52
5.Palle Plast 13:53
6.Sam Gordon 13:77
7.Antonio Saluena 13:96
8.Igor Shcherbakov 14:09
9.Viktor Hadestrand 14:26
10. Niall Horton-Stephens 14:30
11.Juris Plavins 14:93
12.Guntars Gailitis 15:04
13.Aleksey Ikon 15:50
14.Jānis Spodris 15:64
15.Mattias Gustavsson 16:38
16.Andis Pelcmanis 16:64

Pro
1.Marcus Seyffarth 12:32
2.Hans Gothberg 12:35
3.Jānis Kuzmins 12:42
4.Petr Klang 12:76
5.Paul Price 12:73
6.Sergey Smirnow 12:86
7.Anatoly Matsukevich 12:90
8.Mikka Hadestrand 13:20
9.Salvis Skarainis 13:56
10.Jani Soderhall 13:45
11.Armands Sausins 14:02
12.Edzus Konosonoks 14:13
13.Gints Gailitis 14:61
14.Didzis Jasukaitis 14:99

so great week end.
Many thanks of course to the Latvian team for putting on the race
And thank you all, I really had great time meeting all of you! It was really friendly , and Latvia is such a beautiful country...hum not really see the country but see some so wonderful girls And I did my first podium ... so cool.
I must agree : Swedish team is really kicking asses, and also in beach soccer !
Only bad thing for me, my airplane company loose my luggage, with my skateboards and my second place trophy Hope I will get it back.
Anyway, I will be in Jurmala next year, and hope to see you all in Grenoble!


STIMMOOOOORROOOLLLLL

Gints Gailitis wrote:Special thank's to Marko Takanen for coming! He is first slomer from Finland who participate in Latvia.

Thank you Gints! It was great experience. I had never attended any slalom race before. Never started from a ramp before. Never done 50 cones in a row before. Never done that sick offsets before. Never skated in fever before. I had never seen that fast guys before! I've learned a lot. E.g. next time I won't register for the pro class.

Gotta try to build some slalom scene here in Finland. It won't be an easy task. Currently I know only 3 guys who have slalom boards. But I hope some day we're able to put a race in Helsinki and to invite all you guys in...

BTW: My friend was filming both days. Expect to see some video link here sooner or later.

See you soon!

you always welcom to sweden and race whit us!

Marko Takanen wrote:

Gints Gailitis wrote:Special thank's to Marko Takanen for coming! He is first slomer from Finland who participate in Latvia.

Thank you Gints! It was great experience. I had never attended any slalom race before. Never started from a ramp before. Never done 50 cones in a row before. Never done that sick offsets before. Never skated in fever before. I had never seen that fast guys before! I've learned a lot. E.g. next time I won't register for the pro class.

Gotta try to build some slalom scene here in Finland. It won't be an easy task. Currently I know only 3 guys who have slalom boards. But I hope some day we're able to put a race in Helsinki and to invite all you guys in...

BTW: My friend was filming both days. Expect to see some video link here sooner or later.

See you soon!

World Baltic Sea Cup 2007 results:

High Jump

1. Mattias Gustavsson 135 cm
2. Edzus Konosonoks 130
3. Hans Gothberg 125
4. Martins Liepins 125
5. Janis Kuzmins 115
6. Viking Hadestrand 115
7. Pauls Price 110
8. Marcus Seyffarth 110
9. Mikka Hadestrand 100
10. Peter Klang 100
11. Guillaume Saint-Criq 100
12. Viktor Hadestrand 90
13. Sam Gordon 90
14. Niall Horton-Stephens --

Another fast contest - in the best location. Nice to see everyone again, and some talented new slalom racers. The spectators were quite talented too, as you can see from the photos.

The high jump was a lot of fun - someone must post the winners story!

Here are some photos - taken by the English lads
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39089904@N ... 874157866/

Paul Price wrote:The high jump was a lot of fun - someone must post the winners story!

I agree paul, it was my first comp. in high jump. before i have just jumped over small obstacles in streetskating

Edzuz told in the competition that his personal record was 1.47!(back in 1994) so i got a little nervous, since he had practiced it for 20 years or something. but on on 133cm he didnt made the landning in his last jump, i made 135 i my first try so i won:)

it was really an experience to ride that (clumsy) high jump board. just a regular plank about 1m long. the landnings was'nt to easy...

but i think my highjump carrer will be short, its so odd, and almost no competitions at all!

/Mattias

Thanks to Gints and the team for some excellent racing in Jurmala. With the beach and promenaders close to hand it's very difficult to concentrate on the racing.

Still, we didn't want to disappoint the fans:



Think we're all impressed by Rubber Man Mattias:


Marcus and Hans seemed to do astonishly well in all of the skate challenges too:

And then there was the slalom!

Thank again for the prizes and the occasion. Here's the snaps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samg/sets/ ... 869610250/


Sam

P.S. Hangover lasted three days!

But enough of that. Here's more promo girls:


Stim-O-ROLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!

Sam, your the man:-)

PK

Peter Klang wrote:Sam, your the man:-)

PK

no your the man klang...or the woman??

Here is short LQ summary of saturday Pro special slalom:
www.flegmatic-carving.com/films/jurmala_special_pro.wmv
I try to do also same for rest of groups plus also from sunday parallel, in next few weeks
-pokkis-