ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

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

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

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...

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

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

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

I got Zig Zags 70 mm 80A

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...

yeah make it fast!

Thumbs up for hard wheels!

rmn

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!

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

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 ) ....

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

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".

Andi rules !

..this ramp is NOT 2,10m !

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?

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...

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

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,

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

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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.

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 !

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

Four of us will arrive friday night, Dominik,we're comming to your party .... is it still possible to sleep at your home?

...you can pass out anywhere you want

Hi Fread and the others

The shop is open at 11 o`clock but I will be in the shop at 15 o clock because I have to work at my real job. The Kaliber crew and some other guys from Cologne will come to my shop at about 16-17 oclock and then we all drive together to the Pool for the BBQ and Pool Session at the Factory in Düsseldorf.

Although all the guys from Berlin, Holland, USA, Swiss, UK...are welcome to come and visit
the shop.

See you all next weekend. Hopefully the weather is as good as this weekend.

Heiko

btw, here comes the WEATHERFORECAST for sunday....tataaaaaa

http://www.wetter.com/v2/?SID=&LANG=DE& ... D&id=21530

same procedure as every year james...
this weatherforecast has been brought to you by our offical mascot carsten"froggy"pingel!!!!!

Dudes,

I'd be there if it didn't cost a grand +!!!!
Sounds like fun to me!!

I want video!!!


Continental Airlines
Flight 1049 / 110 7:15am
San Francisco, CA (SFO) 8:30am - Sat, Apr 21
Next day arrival
Cologne/Bonn, Germany (CGN) 16hrs 15min - 1 Stop

Change planes in Newark, NJ (EWR) $1,628 per person

TO ALL:
we know this is an outlaw...
to make sure we can stay at that place,here are a few important rules which help to make the stay at the place SAFE.
#1
parking can be done at the end of the race track,around the corner.
don't try to park anywhere else,you will have to move from that section anyway.
#2
no bbq at the track at any time during that day
#3
please make sure you don't junk there,pick up your stuff and take it home,please

thnaks for reading this and enjoy the race

another TO ALL
carhartt is stepping up big time for this race.
mascha(the nice secretary of ollie)pulled all the strings necessary to get some really good stuff
for this event.
so whoever comes can expect something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rumors say this event will have approx 60 people.
not bad for an outlaw contest,eh?

Dominik, can you send me your phone number? were do you exactly live? we need to know where are we going

Unfortunatly, we won't be able to come tonight because of mister ALLAN PATRICK who's probably M.I.A..... we'll come tomorow morning. Sorry dom...

Looks like it will be a great event - the ramps are killer. The Guns of Brixton are on their way!

We're leaving Paris in half an hour, YEAH !!!

the weather forecast for tomorrow:
sunny,no clouds 25 degrees celsius
perfect weather!!!!!!!!!!!

ah yes another perfect day
good pool sessions,lotsa good friends hanging out at the bowl
perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and it still won't rain tomorrow

to the ones who didn't make it:you missed something good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the crews came in over the weekend,berlin,england,holland,sweden,france,switzerland,even america was there.joe iocavelli stayed at my place,what a nice guy.thanks joe for visiting us!!!!!.
the bowl session on saturday evening was supergood,lots of bbq,grinds and fun.
hell,i even managed to partially destroy my left knee.having had no sleep due to the swollen ball the left knee turned out to become i headed sunday morning with joe and sam and paul to the track in cologne.the experienced G.O.G. crew was already there and we started working on the ejector which got almost lost on the highway.
a very nice race went on with a good crowd and a good list of racers.a few newbies showed up too and the overall vibe was excellent.
i want to say thank you to everybody who came to either race or watch.
carhartt filled the bag big time again with lots of good prizes and the pro section took quite a few euros home too.joe iocavelli stepped up the plate offering a geezerized bennett truck which looked way better than the crappy canadian version.
thank you joe for being so kind to donate schwag.
we had special awards for the oldest nutsack which from now on is flavio badenes with 49 years and lots of fire.
longest travel award went to our american friend of course.

again:thank you all for coming and making the event as enjoyable as it was.
without you it would have been nothing!
now we wait for vids and pics which will surface the next few days.

well done Donald !
That was really an exiting weekend. I allways like to meet the "old" and "new" slalom friends.
Sunday race was a lot of fun with some unexpected AM results. Some did very good ( Max and Manfred), some did expect a better final place.
I would like to see some more experienced cone marshalls in the upcoming races.
PRO class was fast and Dominik won as expected.
Mikael from Team Kaliber raced like a true viking with some self motivating roars on the starting ramp!
btw, everybody loved our "Eiffel-Tower" starting ramp !
See you all in Hannover !

Don,
Once again thank you very much!

We had a great time.

The race from yesterday is something I will never forget and I am sure the other members of the Dutch team entirely agree with my words. See you in Paris!

Great week end in GOG land: bowl, bbq and slalom in the sun.
Bravo to organizers and generous sponsors!
Nice to see you all again and to welcome some new skaters. Hope to see these newcomers often at next races.
on of course: see you in Paris

Thanks a lot to Don and the GOG crew and various sponsors of this fantastic event.
It was so much FUN to race this track, altough my time did not reflect this.
The new start ramp was a great experience, I had a hard time to climb it up LOL.
We'll call it the Free-Climbing-Mega Ramp from now on. If you make it to the top, sure you will go down without a problem.
I will probably invest in a GS board in the future, Donald

the other guys said already everything ... great weekend. BERLIN just says THANK YOU to donald and the crew. thanks to all the crazy travellers from europe to make an outlaw race such a huge event.

special props to DOMINIK and his homeboys for the nice facility, BEER AND FOOD. dominik say HI to pogoandi and matze ... these guys RULE !!!!!!

cheers from BERLIN
svenne

Yes! A big thanks to Donald, Heiko,Steve,Dominik, Catherine fot this nice event!
I am happy because i am not the last like at GOG#1,GOG#2 and great western series#1!!

Results ?

thanks for the great atmosphere cool skateboarding!!!

drewling over too sexy equipment was cool too!

hope to meet again!!

HUGE THANK to the GoG crew, good vibes all over the Week end, always a pleasure to meet our german friends and of course the others from england, switzerland, USA, Holland !!!

SPECIAL thank to Heiko and Dom for having taken care of the french crew !!!

The start ramp was scary but faaast, the spot perfect, excellent organization and generous sponsors !!!! Who needs more ?

The boss...


The french crew..


The ramp...




PAVEL domination on GoG land...


more to come...

Pavel domination ? But only in PRO division !