[2007] Wasteland 07:2 - August 19, 2007

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Paul Price
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[2007] Wasteland 07:2 - August 19, 2007

Post by Paul Price » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:52 pm

Wasteland Race is on! Just got it booked. Sunday 19th August 2007

Grass roots slalom race for allcomers, beginner to Pro. Must wear a helmet to skate.

2 timed individual runs decides qualifying spreadsheet for head-to-head.

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Video of a previous race is here: http://www.ukslalomskateboarding.com/pics.htm

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Wasteland07:2

Post by Sam Gordon » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:52 pm

Less than one week to go. Gentlemen, start your engines.

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Post by Paul Price » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:45 am

Wasteland 7.02

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsteev/s ... 554390231/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/39089904@N ... 558137939/

Rain started the day so it was decided not to rent a van to transport the ramps.
This meant a strong push was essential to get a good time, and Martin's Achilles did him no favours. In all other races they use ramps, and that's what we need to practice.

Attendence was low as many people were on hoilday.

A few of us arrived and it dried out by 1pm enough to race. Timing equipment problems meant we did 2 runs by stop watch in case of more rain. Curt and I both had stop watches on the finish line and our timing reactions was within 1/10 of a second - with a few identical times recorded. We averaged our stop watch times. and added cone penalties. Thanks to Curt for helping out (and fixing my back) - good luck with the wedding next week!

Just as well we got some times as we did not have dry time to complete the double elimination racing. Rain started and stopped us. We did get some good racing in though.

Everyone was riding well, and Big Steev would have finished much higher than his qualifying time. Bish and Crowbar (unbeaten) were skating faster too. Ella was the best female and junior, with Pam taking to the cones too.

After the rain stopped play we gave out prizes donated by Octane Sport and Pavel Skateboards (I think nearly everyone got something) and then hit the pub.

Thanks for the willing help from everyone, it made everything flow smoothly.

When I win the lottery I will buy big ramps, a tag heuer timing system and Brands Hatch.

Until then - see you at Hyde Park - then in September are the Europeans in Grenoble and the World Championships in North Carolina. Super!

Results - Qualifying times - fastest of 2 runs

1. Paul Price 12.305
2. Mike Stride 12.705
3. Martin Drayton 12.750
4. Mick Reiss 12.965
5. Pat Holden 13.485
6. Luke 14.785
7. Bish 14.800
8. Crowbar 14.895
9. Ella 15.175
10. Rich 15.245
11. Big Steev 15.46
12. Munch 18.725
13. Chris 20.435

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