Looks like this went off! Here’s some video and the results:
Hard:
1. John Kreutter
2. Andriy Dash
3. Brandon Harrison
Soft:
1. Ben Vaughan
2. Dan Fontz
3. Sam Abramson
Women:
1. Jessica Corchia
2. Chelsea Egan
Best Bail: Mike Mayhugh
Longuest slide: Nick Glaudemans
Earthwing finally made a video! Andriy is the man! Sorry I missed you in D.C. this weekend dude!
If you skate on the Beast Coast then you probably know the name Jeremy Ross or have seen him in a video or at an event. You might of even seen his SkateHouse video from last year. Basically he is gnarly as shit and always goes big with seeming total abandon for his well being. He knows how to bail and bounce back like those little kid street skaters that make you feel like shit at the skatepark. This video shows some ballsy passes of cars and we at BCL never, ever want to see you do this. Sometimes though it’s cool, in this case it was a lot of clean passes and a lot of sketchy blind passes.
Remember when riding open roads that your life can end because of a rock in the wrong place not to mention when you put cars, other skaters, pedestrians, animals or whatever. It’s an unpredicitable activity and as in control as you feel you must keep in mind that it can all end in an instant. A good example is my great friend Justin Metcalf. Skate safe and skate to ride another day. Pushing your limits is one thing; making dumb decisions is another.
With all that said though, this is super gnarly and props to Jeremy for putting the gopro on.
Kolby Parks is hosting this event once again up in Ontario. It’s an IGSA NorAm event so if you want to go grab some points and get on the world ranking list here’s your chance. There were some heavy hitters last year and it rained like mad on race day making for some interesting racing. Here’s the low down.
This will be round 4 of the IGSA NORAM Series (North American) featuring Downhill Skateboarding, Street Luge and Classic Luge (Butt Boarding) with Women’s and Junior (Under 18) classes participating as well.
The event will be held on the Prince Edward Heights Hill that is 1.2 KM long and features a top speed of 80 KPH in Downhill Skateboarding and 90 KPH in Street Luge.
Registration is $125 and includes practice on Saturday and Sunday morning where riders will be able to get one run in every 20 minutes, two timed qualifying runs on Saturday and racing on Sunday. Also riders will get a dinner Saturday night with live entertainment. This price is an early bird special and will be $150 after August 30th. So act fast!
$2000 total prize purse and other downhill prizes will be given out to the winners in all classes.
Camping is available for $5 per person per night to all riders in nearby Delhi Park just beside the finish line.
To register and all other info check out website at http://www.pecgravityfest.com/
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RESULTAS – RDP DH 2011 “TRIPLE TRACK CHALLENGE!!!”
1 MGR
2 SAM C.
3 CHARLES O
4 JFT
5 FRANCIS CT
6 PATE
7 SEB L
8 LAURENT G.
9 MAX R
10 ANDRE N
11 NIKO
12 GAB C
13 K-MONEY
14 MAX B
15 KARIM
16 VICI
17 ARNEAU
18 MATT P
19 KALIE
20 DIMM
21 STEVE S
22 MARC
23 MIGUEL T
24 BASH
25 ABF
26 XL
27 CRISS G
28 SAM L
29 J-G
30 ERIC H
31 TRISTAN
32 ANTOINE M-J
33 GAB L
34 ALEX M
35 CHARLES ANTOINE
36 JEROME G
37 ROOF
38 MAUER
39 OLI C
40 JASON
41 SIMON A
42 CLAUDIE
43 FRED D.
FELICITATION A TOUS!
Team Quebec keeps putting up some great content. There is an awesome interview with Kelcey of NJK up there now that is a good read as well as their videos and sick pictures.
Here’s the results:
Men’s Downhill
Women’s Downhill
Men’s Freeride
Check out Serge’s report and videos from the race on Silverfish.
This week I’m posting two videos from the NSA. One is the gnarliest snake run you’ve ever seen and the other is some big mountain bombing. Check these guys out:
With Dmitri Komarov and Dmitri Komarov
So… we’ve all been there. All down hill skaters have spent time on this question: should I buy a suit? It’s a tough, complicated decision with no right or wrong answer. There are a lot of factors to consider and going to experienced skaters for advice often does not help as they all seem to have different opinions on the matter. Contradictory advice will not help you, will it? Aside from that getting a suit is something so personal that only you can decide. So I have put together this article highlighting the pros and cons of having a suit vs not having one. (Although I do suggest talking to experienced skaters about it.) I hope this will help you ask yourself the right questions to help you make your decision.
Just found this info on facebook about a slide jam in Long Island that shredder Josh Wright is putting on. Check it:
motherfucker get your fucking game face on! its time to kill the fucking hill!!!!!
I will post the location of the hill a day or two before to keep it from getting blown up. no cars on the hill but you can park in the surrounding neighborhood or you can take the train and skate the 2/3 mile[ish] to the hill.
HELMETS AND GLOVES REQUIRED!!!! no bucket = no skating. knee pads strongly recommended.
OH YEAH AND THERE WILL BE A NYC LONGBOARD HOCKEY LEAGUE GAME HELD AFTER THE JAM. BRING YOUR STICKS, BRING YOUR BALLS.
IF YOU HAVE A CAMERA BRING IT!!!! THE MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS THE BETTER!!!
*****!!!!!!THIS EVENT WILL BE RAIN OR SHINE!!!!!!*****