What was it like? Here's some snaps:
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Pin-up boy for hungry office girls
Airport called Team UK to get on the plane or they'd throw our 'friggin' luggage' out of the hold.
Heiko's shop in Koln is a dangerous skate porn environment
www.concretewave.de. More than you need, all that you want. With a great pizza bar just up the street.
Factory bowl was a first time for me. Thanks for the education, Joe and Don. What a facility to have on your doorstep. And what a demonstation of versatile skating from the young Peek team and craggy slalomers alike.
DDorf's Night of Museums offered up a picture show in a public toilet (no ales? - no thanks) and a beer attic where a band play the EP version of Bela Lugosi's Dead to projections of Nosferatu.
Joe Iaco does the Elk Test on the autobahn to avoid damaging Pavel soft goods as the ramp frames lever Donald's truck across two lanes.
Ramps 2'10" high leading to a smooth downhill GS with the occasional approaching vehicle to test your nerve.
Overall, excellent organisation by Donald and the Pavel crew. Ramp built in a trice, timer never failed and a great friendly, yet competitive, vibe throughout. Katrin in one piece and skating hard whilst sorting out the race times also. Racers chipped-in with a bit of cone-marshalling. Goes to show what can happen when a slalom communities pull together under crazy, visionary guidance.
A full supply of French and German squads battling away, with places being picked off by USA, Switzerland, UK and Holland. It's taken a while, but the Dutch boys are now 'GO.' Spain next???
Thanks to Donald, the GOG clan, to race sponsors Carhartt and a special big thankyou for the Geezer X Bennett truck award. Its provenance makes it very special. As the Donmeister might say, 'PERFEKT.'
Roll on Paris!
Sam
P.S. Crikey, Carsten; where'd you get that speed?
And where did that ice-cream van come from?
