ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Final reminder:

Portland Oregon Grass Roots race this weekend (one day only)June 29th. Hybrid Slalom. $0 entry fee. Prizes from our sponsors: Daddies Board Shop, Pleasure Tool (Ed's Bearings), Roe Racing, Bogus Sportswear, Curve Skateboards, and Poliwog Skateboards.

The course is 720' long, 68 cones, 22sec long, 3.2 turns/sec, approx 22MPH. Tight 6.5 foot sections mixed with large offset sections. Surface is about an 8 out of 10.

Amateur class only (no prize money). Format is 4 qual runs, best 1 run counts. Then 3 finals runs (for everyone, no elimination) using a "ladder bracket" where you gain/loose positions depending on results but are never eliminated.

Limited push start (from start box to tape switch) approx 20'.

Details at http://www.pgrass.00sports.com

-- Pat Chewning

The next race in the 2003 Portland Grass Roots 2003 Series will be June 29th. We will be having a tighter more challenging course, trophies, computerized timing/scoring, and plenty of prizes!

We will be returning to our site at 167th and Cornell Rd in Beaverton.

We have a couple of racers who will be attending from Arizona and California, as well as the usual contingent from Seattle. Everyone's chances of winning just went up a notch, as Michael Dong will be out of the country on business.

The most complete, up-to-date info is available at http://www.pgrass.00sports.com

-- Pat

Pat, can you let us know how things are going with your series?

We have rescheduled one of the Portland slalom races:

WAS: Sep 13
IS: Sep 6

The latest info is on the Portland Grass Roots homepage:

http://www.pgrass.00sports.com

There will be 3 races this summer in the Portland Oregon area. The exact format, venues, sponsors, and other details are TBD.



The dates are:

Weekend of 26 April 2003 "Spring Thaw"

Weekend of 28 June 2003 "Midsummer Burn"

NEW: June 29th, not June 28th



Weekend of 6 September 2003 "Fall Final"



What to expect:

Beginner to intermediate courses. Not necessarily dual-slalom (some sites only single-track). Prizes. No entry fee (OK, maybe we'll pass around the hat for donations). Electronic timing system. Push starts. At least 2 variations in course setup (Tight Slalom and Hybrid Slalom). Formats will encourage many runs -- as contrasted to other events where you may not get so many runs if you don't qualify, or get "knocked out" early in the race matrix.



We are just learning how to do this, so don't expect perfection in execution.



Contact: Pat Chewning pchewn@attbi.com



Or visit the Portland Grass Roots web page at http://www.pgrass.00sports.com

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