ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Our fifth edition.
The Dutch Nationals.

From now on the Amsterdam Slalom Series will happen every year on the first weekenk of May. We do not have to stop for the bicycles anymore!!

really? awwhh.....too bad. It actually gave us a "day off"...to ehh....enjoy all day

Dominik I will make sure everybody gets plenty of time to explore Amsterdam

BTW:

This weekend I will post full information regarding the event.

Our fifth edition.

Three days of fun, high performance skateboarding and good vibes in the city that has it all.

Free drinks by Red Bull.

Lots of prizes and yes some money too.

Useful information regarding the Amsterdam 2011 contest.


Location:

Sportpark Sloten
Sloterweg 1045
1066 CD Amsterdam

Navigation system:

type: Sloterweg, Amsterdam

How to get there:

Public transport:

* Bus 145 stops in from of the entrance to the sport park.

* Tramline 2 departs from Central Station. Get out at stop: Kasterleepark. From the Belgiëplein is it is just a 10 minut walk to Sportpark Sloten (cross Belgiëplein go down Anderlechtlaan and go right on the round about.

* Bus 19 from station Sloterdijk or Station Lelylaan. Get out at Laan van Vlaanderen (stop Hageland). From the Laan van Vlaanderen is about a 10 minute walk to Sportpark Sloten (Go left at the Anderlechtlaan and go right at the roundabout ).

* From Schiphol take bus 192 or 197 get out at Sloten. From there walk down Sloterweg for about 10 minutes.



Car:

Navigate to:

Sloterweg 1045
1066 CD Amsterdam

the contest side is really neear the exit: Sloten in the A4


Staying:

Free camping site at contest site. You can camp from the evening of May 6th.

Hotels Amsterdam:

low-budget:

http://www.flyingpig.nl/

Located in front of the Vondel park, from this very good Hostel you can reach the contest site with TRAM 2 going towards Nieuwe Sloten


http://www.hostel-meetingpoint.nl/index2.htm

this one is located right in the center of the city, short walk distance from the all the attractions in the city. 20 minutes away from the contest location with TRAM 2.


Hotels near the contest site:

http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-1315-me ... ndex.shtml

you can skate from this hotel to the contest side.

I would like to ask Cyril Schardijn and Sam Gordon:


May we use your pictures on the poster?


Then to everybody else:

If you see your face on the poster and you don't want to be in it please let me know, thank you

Ofcourse you can use my pictures.

If you wish to use any of my photos too Flavio please help yourself.

Cyril Schardijn wrote:Ofcourse you can use my pictures.

Dank je wel C!!!

Rob Ashby wrote:If you wish to use any of my photos too Flavio please help yourself.

I guess we already did ?

Thank you Rob!!!

40 Euro p/n and up to three people can share a room. Skating distance from the contest site!!!!


http://maps.google.nl/maps/place?hl=nl& ... 8395305462


this is the best deal you can get

Fine by me!

Sam Gordon wrote:Fine by me!

Thanks Sam!

you can check the contest location here:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8& ... dc6a733ed3


and here (video)


http://contour.com/stories/sickboards-s ... ark-sloten

I have booked my flights to Amsterdam for the Dutch Championships:

Outward Thursday, 5/4/2011 – LHR 16.00 BA0440

Return, Monday 9/4/2011 – AMS 11.40 BA 0431

Not sure if there will be any other Brits joining me? But I'm looking forward to skating in the Motherland again nonetheless!

is there any kind of registration somewhere?
i can't seem to find it
people are asking me about who's coming...
if not throw it up on ncdsa,i hope we have the registration tool here soon too

I'd love to attend but I'm going to be scraping money together to get to Canada this year.

Friday 06.05.2011

08:00 – 10:30 – registration 
10:45 – riders meeting and opening 


GIANT SPECIAL:

Course: 
Cone distance 1,40 to 2,10 mts. A mix of GS and SPECIAL course, meant to burn your legs. A really fun course. 
70 cones 
Pitch: 10% to 1% 

11:00: training GS (Giant Special) 2 runs per rider. 

11:30: Race, 4 runs per rider best time wins. 


Saturday 07.05.2011

TIGHT SLALOM

Course: 
Cone distance 1,40 to 1.80 mts. 
50 cones 
Pitch: 8% 

10:30 – training 


10:30 – Qualifications men, women, juniors

FINALS

LONG DISTANCE SKATEBOARDING RACE
(two laps, best time wins)


Sunday 08.05.2011

DUAL HYBRID SLALOM 

Course: 
Cone distance 2 to 3 mts. 
50 cones 
Pitch: 8% 


10:30 -
10:30 – qualifications (open men, women, juniors) 

FINALS

15:00 – Prize ceremony 



Registration fees are: 
MEN:      45 euros 
Women: 30 euros 
Juniors:  15 euros 

You can register at the ncdsa site (I will post the link in little while)

For each one of the first three places of each slalom modality: Trophies 

For the first three places OVERALL from each category: Money prize (1.000 Euros to be shared), by a minimum of 20 racers.
From 4th place  overall to 10th place overall: Goodies

For the first 3 WOMEN overall:  Goodies, and I am trying to get a prize money for the women as well.

Free camping site, real toilets, showers, storage rooms etc.  
T-shirt 

Free Red Bull and water 
I am sorry to inform that we can't provide a full lunch in 2011 like in the previous editions, I hope to be able to do it again next year.

Donald Campbell wrote:is there any kind of registration somewhere?
i can't seem to find it
people are asking me about who's coming...
if not throw it up on ncdsa,i hope we have the registration tool here soon too

Iam doing it right now!

Soon you will be able to register at the NCDSA.

Rob Ashby wrote:I have booked my flights to Amsterdam for the Dutch Championships:

Outward Thursday, 5/4/2011 – LHR 16.00 BA0440

Return, Monday 9/4/2011 – AMS 11.40 BA 0431

Not sure if there will be any other Brits joining me? But I'm looking forward to skating in the Motherland again nonetheless!

Nice to see you are coming over Rob!

Steve Pederson wrote:I'd love to attend but I'm going to be scraping money together to get to Canada this year.

Maybe in 2012 Steve!

and Good Luck at the Worlds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok you can sign up online now, please go to

http://www.ncdsa.com/contests.asp

ok...thanks i will spread the news to the folks who asked,you can expect at least 5 pavel guys to be with you for sure, the others who asked just got the info from me

Donald Campbell wrote:ok...thanks i will spread the news to the folks who asked,you can expect at least 5 pavel guys to be with you for sure,tzhe others who asked just got the info from me

Ok, thanks Donald.

18 and counting in 2 days...

Working very hard at getting everything ready. We have about 27 men competing plus 6 to 8 juniors and unfortunately only 3 girls so far!!! this is not a problem though we will sort everything out!

I think it is worth mentioning that we will be the first contest to pay the ISSA fee's. From each rider's registration fee 5 Euro will go to ISSA.

Weather forecast is SUNNY all three days, temperatures between 19 and 22 C.


Wednesday I will post the last information.

Tot ziens in Amsterdam!!!

Weather forecast for the next 14 days:


http://www.weeronline.nl/Europa/Nederla ... am/4058223

click on 14 dagen

I'm looking forward to it!

I arrive at Schipol at 6pm local time. Are any of you going to be out on Thursday as it is Bevrijdingsdag? I am travelling solo so would good to meet up somewhere if anyone is out and about - Flavio, Cyril, Ernst, Bart or Jeroen?

Cheers

It sounds like a good idea Rob, send me a SMS when you are here and we make an appointment.

+31(0)6 42 50 97 80

Tot Donderdag!

To Flavio and all attendees:
Send me results, photos, stories, rumours, whatever and I'll put them up overnight.

Enjoy the contest!

/Jani

Thanks Jani.

Riders:

ALL COURSES will be fresh, that means they will be set up on the day of the competition by one Dutch and one foreigner rider.

We will use just one side of the bridge this year.

Many THANKS to our sponsors:

REDBULL

SICKBOARDS

SEISMIC

CONCRETE WAVE MAG

BAKABOARDS

HARDCORE

ETNIES

THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM SLALOM SKATEBOARDING SCHOOL

Thanks Flavio, I'll send you guys a message once I have checked in.

Please write down another cel number, just in case:

+31 (0)6 21215185


sometimes the other number doesn"t work as it should!

thank you

Thanks Flavio speak tomorrow.

Sun cream packed!

Almost everything is ready, I am off to go get the trophies now.
On Friday we will start the training a little later because some riders will arrive around 12. We have plenty of time.

As usual the press will show up for interviews, TV will be there as well. Try to look good PROMOTE THE SPORT. Tip: Telling the press that the sport is really small, doesn't really help us, say instead that it growing

As in the previous years your are allowed to camp on the location, please do not make fires!!!!!

On Saturday, there is a bicycle event, that WILL NOT interfere with us, but they have 1,500 competitors, they will start and end the race at the park, that means lots of people and lots os spectators, we will profit from it.

Sunday, we will have the longboarding race at around 12 PM

Kid's race will be Sunday 3 PM

Prize ceremony will be around 4 PM on Sunday afternoon.

The weather is perfect.

We have plenty of time on all three days.

We, The Dutch Crew, are looking forward to seeing you here.

TOT MORGEN!!!

Gustavs Gailitis has arrived in Amsterdam.

Get ready for Saturday's temperature: 28C !!!

have fun boys and girls !
Sandrine and i wish we could be there, but we are waiting for our mini-skater in the days to come!

and Go Team ConeRacing !!!

Thank you my friend and et us us know when the baby is born!!!


We are ready to go here.

See you all tomorrow

PAVEL CREW hit the spot yesterday already

i won't say shit... just wait and see ROOKIE ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KOWALSKI 1st
GALITIS 2nd
ROCH 3rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just got off the phone with markus and we will see full results and pics in a few...

Donimik, Gustavs, and Markus' EXCELLENT adventure in Amsterdam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gustavs rules

Perfect day in Amsterdam. Dominik took first place. We will publish the full results later on!! Ready for more tomorrow morning, at least 6000 people will be there tomorrow for a huge cycle event, that means lots of spectators for us.!! Even too many I would say.

Great competition, Dominik was skating full bore, Gustavs as well. Flying machines.

The Spanish will arrive this evening.

Nice to see 9 year old Dutch rider Mella Stolk taking first place among the juniors and clearing the same course all skaters were skating at with e very nice 29 sec run and 0 cones.

The atmosphere is simply great. The weather?? Tomorrow 29 C !!!!!!!

I have to agree with Sj......Gustavs is the best!

Results of the very fine first day!

Giant special
1 Dominik Kowalski 16,249
2 Gustavs Gailitis 17,358
3 Markus Roch 17,367
4 Ernst-Jan de Boom 17,421
5 Ferdinand Lindrner 17,760
6 Bart Brunninkhuis 18,076

7 Rob Gerlings 18,216
8 Kathrin Sehl 19,181
9 Jeroen Steggink 19,467
10 Silvio Endrezzi 20,076
11 Wouter van Hamburg 20,124
12 Martin Hoppe 20,197
13 Flavio Badenes 20,297
14 Fabian Laute 20,870
15 Arjan Koek 21,304
16 Rob Ashby 21,934
17 Rolf Oskamp 22,071
18 Mike Rutten 22,218
19 Marcus Kaffke 22,280
20 Jan rumstadt 22,858
21 Gwyn Schardijn 29,438

PDF:
Qualifications open class
Finals open class
Junior

Seems like domination by Europe's two leading brands: Pavel and ConeRacing!
Hope you have a great racing day tomorrow!

/Jani

Front page news are up!

/Jani

Congrats Dom, Gustavs, and Markus!

Gustavs: Fullbag is very proud of you! You rock!