German Slalom Championship, August 9./10. 2003 in Cologne

[Daniel Poweleit]

Some early pictures are available on http://www.cruisin.de -> "Presse & Events" -> "Deutsch Slalom Meisterschaft"

Movies will follow next.

[Paul Price]

Thanks Jani, slalom and travel are a great combination!

And thanks to Andi Preuss and his wife for offering to meet me at the airport in Cologne!

I'm looking forward to a hot weekend of slalom racing, more so because of the heatwave. Cheers! See you at the races...

[Jani Soderhall]

It would be great to get some last minute information from the organizers to convince those of us who are still hesitant to make the trip.

Good to see that you're coming Paul. You really are the most travelling racer of us all!

[Paul Price]

Hello Slalom racers.
(Wie gehts?)
I have booked a flight to Cologne on Friday 8 Aug but I don't have any transport or a place to stay yet.
(Ich habe ein flugzug nack Koln am Freitag 8 Aug aber habe keine Auto oder platz um zu schlafen.)
Any advice or offers of help would be fantastic!(Konnen Sie mir helfen bitte?)
See you at the races!!!
(Bis spater!)
I arrive from London (LHR)to Cologne (CGN) Arrive Fri 8-Aug-03 12:00 noon Terminal 1
(Ich komme von London nach Koln am Freitag 8 August am Mittag 12 uhr.)
Flight: 3545 OPERATED BY LFTNSA CITYLINE -- LH5955
Thanks!(Danke!)

[Joachim Leonhardt]

I have added some questions for Axel Fischer (king pin of the Cologne race) into the German forum (pics of the race site in Cologne (= Köln)).

viewtopic.php?topic=968&forum=98

viewtopic.php?topic=874&forum=98

May be we can put the two threads together.
One is in German language and the other is in english language.

Thanks Joe.

[Joachim Leonhardt]

Axel Fischer is the king pin.
His e-mail: Axel@dsm2003.com

Best Joe

[Jani Soderhall]

Can we have some more information and contact with the organizers to find out if it is worth us travelling to the event?

Anybody else outside of Germany planning to go?

[Karl Floitgraf]

Findet das Rennen in Köln jedes Jahr statt?

[Adam Trahan]

German Skateboard Slalom Championship

German Skateboard Slalom Championship, August 9./10. 2003 in Cologne

Slalom Racing is back! The last German Skateboard Slalom Championship was held in 1978 and we are therefore very proud to present the first German Slalom Championship in Cologne for the first time in 25 years. We are looking forward to a great race, international competitors, good vibes and hard rides!

Date: August 9./10. 2003 in Cologne

Saturday, 9. August Giant Slalom
Sunday, 10. August Tight Slalom

Location: At the crossing Gleueler Street/Decksteiner Street

Registration: On both days, starting at 10:30 a.m., at the location. Registration will be closed as soon as the races have started.

Training: 11.00 a.m. until 1.00 p.m..
The races will start approx.1.00 p.m.

Entry fee: 10 € per race

Safety gear is obligatory during the race.

Categories, rules, classes:

First of all: Everybody is allowed to enter!

There are two categories:

-Giant slalom (Saturday). There will be an offset course
with a cone spacing between 1,80m – 2,50m
-Tight slalom (Sunday). There will be an offset course
with a cone spacing between 1,70 – 2,20m

If you hit a cone 1/10s will be added to your time.

Classes:

There will be two main classes for entering the race.
The German competitors will start in the class
"Deutsche Meisterschaft". You need to bring your
identity card or passport.
All international competitors will start in the "Open class ".

These two main classes are each divided in four subclasses:

-Men (17 years and up)
-Men Juniors (16 years and under)
-Women (17 years and up)
-Women Juniors (16 years and under)

How to get there:

Public transport from city centre (Cologne):

Follow Aachener Straße, Dürener Straße or Luxemburger Straße in city outbound direction until you reach "Sülzgürtel". Change to Gleueler Straße and follow city outbound. Shortly after the junction Gleueler Straße/ Militärringstraße there’s a parking area on the left side
of the road. Please leave your cars here! Follow the road for another 400m and you will see the race location on the left side of the road.

From the freeway (A4):

Take exit Köln-Klettenberg (no. 11) on A4. Follow Luxemburger Straße (B 265) in the direction of city-centre. Turn left at the junction Luxemburger Straße/Militärring into Militärring. Turn left into Gleueler Straße after another 1,8 km (That’s the second crossing!).
You will cross "Militärringstraße" again. Shortly after the junction Gleueler Straße/Militärringstraße there’s a parking area on the left side of the road.
Please leave your cars here!
Follow the road for another 400m and you will see the race location on the left side of the road.

We will also post direction signs at the race weekend on the relevant junctions.

History:

Back in the days
Slalom skateboarding is as old as skateboarding itself – skating around cones was already quite popular in the mid-sixties. Although, it had its peak in the late seventies when plenty of new technical innovations (invention of urethane-wheels, of flex-decks and specific slalom trucks) and more polished techniques did open new opportunities.
Slalom-Skateboarding underwent a quantum leap.
Legendary American slalom-specialists like Henry Hester, Bob Skoldberg, Denis Shufeldt, John Hutson and naturally Bobby Piercy– who was famous for his incomparable parallel stance – were the measure of all things.
But the Swiss were also rocking back then, as the case of Martin Eggelin proves. Slalom disappeared in the early eighties. Vert riding was the big thing and only some ten years later, in the early nineties, slalom had a gradual comeback when a small bunch of enthusiasts
- mainly in the US and Switzerland – took care of the forgotten sport.
Since a few years, slalom is experiencing a renaissance: there are regular contests, many new products are appearing in the market and the number of drivers in continually increasing

Party:

If you are looking for something to relax from victory or defeat and to digest your experiences from the race, don’t
miss out the record-release-party of the Cologne based Diggler-label (www.diggler.de) on Saturday night!
Watch out for the presentation of a new compilation with skateboard music from the heydays of skateboarding
– back in the 70's!
There will be plenty of space for remembering the good old times of your youth and to shake athletic bodies to
skateboard-uh-ah-chorals!

Location to be announced.