ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

... some photos from Paris

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59092895@N00/sets/347674/

Good to see y'all.

... and please... could you all please stop practising... we really don't want you getting any faster...

Niall
xx

P.S Thank you RiderZ... it was a fantastic event...

This goes out to Richy: Illegal training, eh?

Great weekend guy, thank you a lot!

One thing to critisize: The Prize giving was only down to 5th place and not like last year down to 8th place....who cares....

BLR: Shut up and ride.
Thanks Dave for teaching...gna.

oh....the fastest run w/o couting cones was mine....just half a second faster than the rest....these §ç#¬ cones...

rmn

Thanks to all the french Guys for organising such a good contest. Vinzzz you are the Giant Man. Congratulations again to your win on the last day!!!
Did anyone took some pictures from the AM ceremony on Sunday???

Thank you so much Jani and Dan
Thanks to all the racers who came and especially to the fantastic Radikal Team, I want this poster of you all guys in my living room!

Yeah, Paris was a real blast.
Great courses, perfect organization, lot´s of fun beside the racing (belgian Duvel beer really IS special).
I really don´t think it was coincidence that Donald and me were racing in the tight qualification together.
It was a good thing: It really helped pushing me and made me ride my best quali placement (22.) of the contest, even if this is my most disliked discipline.
But the best thing about it was that after this race it was easy to settle our dispute and concentrate on the sport and fun again.

thanks for an absolute fantastic event.
all the efforts being made to make this thing happen,didn't go unnoticed.
PAVEL wants to thank each and everybody of the paris orga.crew for the accurate and professional work they put into this.dan and jani:timing and coordination was so excellent and accurate-thank you both!!!!!!!!!!
the guys on the tracK:excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!
vinzzzz:fast as lightning in posting pics and stuff,yeah keep the world informed.
the racers:bunch of nice guys,good vibes,good atmosphere.
mccree:you made this event a special thing and you know why.

that was one of the best competitons ever.

thanks again for this beautiful event-see you next year,same place,same time.

Thank you John!
I cannot do as much as I wanted because days are long, I try to race and help on organization, but also to meet and celebrate with most of skate brothers who came on our hill... so I came back at home late and tired.

But this last day was incredible:
Giant Day

Rain came and went so many times... the Pro race was near to be cancelled.



Hopefully Trocadero slopes dry really quickly, and all the pros get their two runs.

We -amateurs- were quite lucky. The rain stop us one time but not for long time.
For me it has been a crazy day... Giant was my race but I really did a bad first run. I probably went in the race too hard too early; even if it was the best raw time of the first AM round I really hit too many cones (6 x 0.2s! = +1.2s)!!
Heiko Scholler took the head one more time
So before my second run I was 16th but I don't know how, I just did the second one like I wanted to do it: clean and fast. Wooooooow

AM results:
1st Vincent Berruchon (Fra)
2nd Heiko Scholler (Ger)
3rd Florian Lombardo (Fra)

Rain made tricky jokes to pros, raining-drying-raining-drying....
But they did their two runs after all and it was great!
Big show!

<A HREF="http://slalomsk8.online.fr/media/PSWC20 ... nt_250.gif" >See the fastest giant run of the day:
Jason Mitchell was the man of the hill today! (1Mo Aninated Gif)</A>

I can be wrong but I think that Chris Hart got 2nd, Ramon 3rd and Kenny 4th.


I really want to thanks Riderz and all the people that help to make this competition happened.
They had hard times and so many problems, but it was really an unforgettable weekend.
Good racing, good sessions, good times, good friends.
It was so good to see all of you on our little hill, I wish we will see you back soon with those that missed it, next year I hope.

For the updates and photos, myself and many others appreciate it!

01:00 After session is still on!

Great day under the sunshine here in Paris - I got "nice" protections sunstroke!!!
Special Slalom was incredible.

Luca first again
and Paul Price is second, first after Luca
Jason Mitchell did a great first on qualification times and third,
black four for D.Hackett.



I fall down in a late after session session, got to check that and go to sleep.
See you tomorrow!

Quick report of the day (I'm so tired...):
We wake up with the rain on.



but luckily the rain stopped in the beginning of the afternoon.
Races could start quite late, but yes it was a real racing day like we were all waiting for!



The competition level seems to be higher and higher every year
and from 16:00 to the night we could enjoy great races on the 2 meters tight slalom.


Anders Helquist, one of the best amateur lst year, against Luca Gianmarco


After hard struggles, M.Dong (USA) get to the final against Luca (ITA).
But one more time Luca won!
He is the first to win the 500$ from the Radikal Challenge.
G.Fluitt (USA) 3rd
K.Mollica (USA) 4th



For the AMs: Heiko Scholler (GER) won, B.Weber (SWI) is second
B.Jackman(USA) 3rd
M.Molhmann(Ger) 4th
and I am 5th (I have to train my chrono start )

Complete results here:
viewtopic.php?t=2691

I hope I will be able to give more news tomorrow:
Sunday -> Special Slalom and Slide Contest

(But now it's ever time to go to bed and I still got some stuff to prepare for next races)

Saturday morning 10.00: The rain is still pouring down.

/Jani

The competion begin tomorrow, I'll try go give you some fresh news during the next days.

The last good news is that the spot is ready.
It should have been wet this friday but finally the rain began only after 20:00.
Rain is menacing tomorrow but it should be nicer after that... and perhaps we could race in the evening if it's dry enough and everybody OK.

See Ramon training in the late evening on the AM special slalom course.

I got a cold at the begining of the week, but I could train a little bit at the end of the day ;)


I'll try to get you some fresh news and pictures

But now the show must go on!