Racing at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, California resumes on Nov. 4 and
continues Nov. 17-19 and Dec. 2. For details see
http://www.gravity-sports.com/events.htm

OK, let's try that again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndQjysweGNc&NR

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Warren Focke wrote:

>
> Here's some video from the downhill race in Ohio last weekend.  It's
> mostly standup and luge, but there's a little inline (around 1:10 and
> 3:30).
>
> I'm the one in white.
>
> w
>
>

Here's some video from the downhill race in Ohio last weekend.  It's
mostly standup and luge, but there's a little inline (around 1:10 and
3:30).

I'm the one in white.

w

Great to hear you are still out there and better yet still keeping
the downhill faith!

I hope your roomies enjoyed the skating video so much they will take
up thte hills, or at least skating!

We are looking forward to skating with you again...

Take care

Dave

--- In DSK8@yahoogroups.com, "Nathan" <winchell66@...> wrote:
>
> You guys did a great job on the Malibu downhill movie.  It had a
lot
> of cool footage, I was quite impressed (as well as my roommates).
>
> Is this weekend the Halloween FNS?  (is everyone dressing up?) It's
> been a while since I have attended a skate, I'm planning on coming
> this weekend.
>
> Nathan
>

You guys did a great job on the Malibu downhill movie.  It had a lot
of cool footage, I was quite impressed (as well as my roommates).

Is this weekend the Halloween FNS?  (is everyone dressing up?) It's
been a while since I have attended a skate, I'm planning on coming
this weekend.

Nathan

I'm late to the party, but it says removed now...any new link?

Thanks, Dave

David Lambert <theeos@...> wrote:

This one speaks for itself: Skitch-0-matic....

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tJWwrSURM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tJWwrSURM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tJWwrSURM

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tJWwrSURM

Updated version with special marketing ploy to up the view count!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eRGQyr00mQ

This one Speaks for itself, skitch-o-matic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7FaFVTbvw


Enjoy the video at youtube....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7FaFVTbvw

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iilw7rUXbc4"


This message is for all our inline downhill fans and followers if
not skaters. In celebration of all the attention youtube is getting
due to the reported interest of acquiring the site by Google, views
of our skate videos have increased tremendously. In recongnition of
the Great Inline Downhill skating that we have done on the Monday
Night skate I have posted a video from the Monday  Night skate of
one of our most favorite hills in the City of San Francisco.

Some say that Downhill skating started here in San Francisco, I
don't know if it's true so don't be offended our friends in Isreal,
France, Germany, South Africa, Brazil you  all know who you are.
Enjoy!

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iilw7rUXbc4"

For those of you who are local, it looks like we are going to have a
Great night to skate, so make sure you come out for the San
Francisco Friday Night Skate tonight!

Who's going to Ohio in October? It's the big one! Hard braking for
"crash corner", followed by the high speed (50+) chicanes and rolls.

I'm ready to book flights, anyone want to carpool?

Scott

New video link for Tunnel Road shoot.

Monday Night Skaters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYYi_SyWTrQ

I will let the video speak for itself, enjoy skaters!

--- In DSK8@yahoogroups.com, "Sean" <sceafast@...> wrote:
>
> Just watched Tilden Park, great to see - is that a permanently closed
> road?  I was just thinking that looks pretty quick, I wonder how fast?
> when up came the speed on screen!  Keep up the vids guys, and also a
> belated thanks for the race reports too, always interesting to read
> about them.
> Cheers
>


We wish it was closed all the time, that road is actually closed from
Feb through April for Newt Migrations and Skaters.

The speed was actually the top speed, probably a little before the
speed actually came up on the screen. Captured on Donald Orlando's GPS!

Cheers

Just watched Tilden Park, great to see - is that a permanently closed
road?  I was just thinking that looks pretty quick, I wonder how fast?
when up came the speed on screen!  Keep up the vids guys, and also a
belated thanks for the race reports too, always interesting to read
about them.
Cheers

This is the hill to skate.......


Link to video "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bes3-hio0-k"

Vidoe from CA, not the best one, but the first test of using youtube.

Enjoy!

Hey keep up the nice video posts Schturman. I hope to have some
video Skater Nation video from the streets of San Francisco up on a
site soon, different kind of skating, negotiating traffic and
bombing steep hill, you guys will love it.

Keep the downhill peace rolling!

--- In DSK8@yahoogroups.com, "schturman" <schturman@...> wrote:
>
> Update 18.08.2006
>
> New Movie here:
>
> The DH session on Giv'at Ze'ev spot (12.08.2006)
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4893358165997825440
>
> All 27 movies here: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Schturman
>

Update 18.08.2006

New Movie here:

The DH session on Giv'at Ze'ev spot (12.08.2006)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4893358165997825440

All 27 movies here: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Schturman

I just got an email from Davide Taccini, who is hoping to come to
California around 9/22. If there's a race, even a small regional, he
could get his sponsor to help pay the way.

Any news on having races at McClaren park in SF?

If that's still not ready, would anyone be interested in a small
outlaw slalom in LA, perhaps a dual slalom in Tujunga?

Scott

Update (04.08.2006)

NEW long film - DH session (SUN & RAIN) feb 2006 - It's two parts

1) The "SUN" - part 1 (30 min) - http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=5203773019542152165

2) The "RAIN" - part 2 (1 hour) - http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=-7036535687055323648


NEW version of old movie

3) Bursa Slide & Slalom session (20.05.2006) -
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2121174493676619669

Good video without stopping, new effects and music.

All 25 movies here: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Schturman

Europe 2006: Chill on a Swiss Hill - IGSA World Championship
by Scott Peer
http://www.chillonaswisshill.com/?menu=race

On July 14 Lynn and I departed from LAX on a direct flight to Zurich
on Swiss Air (11 hours). In Zurich we picked up the rental car, and
headed to the Zurichburg Hotel for the evening. The hotel looks over
the city, and has a traditional old part next to an ultra modern part
that is round and wooden, reminiscent of a ship, with rooms spiraling
up along the outside and inside an open area and spiral ramp going to
the rooms with no stairs. Sunday morning we picked up Bill Smrtic at
the airport, drove to Chur for a bit of sightseeing and to get a map
to get to the race. We found the course and camp with ease, and then
looked for food and lodging in the village of Tomils at the base of
the course. Being Sunday, everything was closed (which was only a
convenience store, post office, restaurant, and gasthaus). So we
headed on to the larger town of Thusis 10 minutes down the road and
got food and lodging at the Hotel Weiss Kreuz.

On Monday practice started at 11 or so, definitely not on "Swiss
time". So we loaded on the cattle truck, which was a good choice
having ramps to get in and lots of fresh air. The course protection
was not all in place yet, but there was plenty of time for taking some
slow runs to get to know the course. The course started out at about
10% grade, which is about as level as the road is anywhere along the
route from the valley floor to the top of the mountain about 20km
above. The start area had some shade from the surrounding woods, which
was good because every afternoon the temperatures got well into the
80's, making leathers pretty hot. From the start we'd get up to about
35mph before slamming on the brakes for the first hairpin turn to the
right, which was so tight that the luges could barely pull off the
radius to make it around. From there it was a short shot to the second
hairpin, which was a replay of the brake from 35 to 20, then go left.
The next section was longer, with high speed section of chicanes,
including a 90 degree left that generally required braking (one young
Brazilian attempted it without braking on his luge and destroyed his
ankle in the crash and went to the hospital for surgery). Speeds of
about 50 mph were reached by the most daring of the racers in this
section. Just after the chicane was the braking zone for the third
hairpin, to the right, which seemed even tighter than the others.
These hairpins are really tight, tighter than the ones on Mt. Baldy or
any of the other races we've had except perhaps Zell Am See, Austria.
After the third hairpin it was another short section followed by,
guess what, more braking for the fourth hairpin to the left! That was
followed by a longer high speed section which included one chicane
that most luge riders did a brake tap for (but was no brakes for
inline). With speeds going up to around 50 again, it was time to brake
for the fifth and final hairpin to the right, which was slightly more
open, and was in an open field with a spectator area and beer/snack
tent. The finish line was shortly after the fifth hairpin, and the
stopping area was on the pitch (around 10%), about 2.2km after the
start. Overall the course was very technical, enough so that many
riders rode their brakes down all the way on the first practice runs,
and a couple of riders withdrew from the race upon seeing it. The fact
that the side of the course was mostly steep woods, with some drop
offs, probably didn't encourage them to race, either. I found the
braking on inline to be a major challenge, and on buttboard the
braking was fine but the sharpness of the turns made them a challenge
to get around.

After dark there was the opening ceremony in camp, a nice affair with
flags from the 15 countries with racers. Most racers stayed in the
camp, which was a slightly inclined field accessed by dirt roads.
There was one building used for registration and cooking the group
meals, with a few picnic tables in the shade of a canopy for eating
and hanging out. Luckily we only had a couple of hours of rain in the
week, because there was shelter enough for less than half the crowd.
There was also a larger tent for shade, but it was not tall enough to
stand under most of it, and it had a dirt floor. There was also a
stage/screen with amphitheatre type layout on the field for awards and
entertainment. Off on the side of the field where porta-potties,
Spartan tent showers, and further off a swimming pond. The  camp was
filled to capacity with cars, campers, trucks, and tents; a major
party scene as at most races.

On Tuesday there was more practice, after which Lynn and I headed to
the top of the mountain for dinner in Feldis. The road to Feldis is
not all paved, and we thought we were lost at the point where the road
went down to being a one lane steep dirt track with drop offs into the
forest and no guard rails. But at the top of the mountain the roads
were paved again, and there was a small ski area and a couple of
hotels. We had a delicious and inexpensive dinner with incredible
views of the Alps in a rustic hotel where they didn't speak English,
didn't take credit cards (Swiss Francs only), and used an old
mechanical cash register to produce the check.

On Wednesday there was more practice, with everyone picking up more
speed. I decided that on my 6 wheel skates I could take the chicanes
between turns 2 and 3 without braking, having gone close to full speed
on a previous run. It turned out that I was correct about that, but
what I hadn't accounted for was completing the turn and getting
started braking in time for the next hairpin. As I exited the turn
later and faster than before I started thinking things were not quite
according to plan. Then as I slammed on the brakes it was clear that I
was starting too late and wouldn't get enough speed off. So I braked
as long as I could, and attempted the hairpin with the extra 5mph. I
almost made it, but since we weren't doing horseshoes, I clipped the
mattresses towards the end of the turn, which spun me around, twisted
my ankle, and spit me out on the pavement. I finished the run, and
decided my hip and ankle were just a little sore, and took a final
buttboard run. When we got out of the car at the hotel, I realized the
ankle was more than a little sore, I could hardly walk at all. The
evening was spent with the foot elevated and iced and the
anti-inflammatories flowing, which got the healing moving along enough
for me to get through the rest of the racing (somewhat off pace but
not too bad).

Thursday morning was more practice, and in the afternoon were
qualifying runs for inline and dirtsurfer. They were having problems
with timing, and the qualifying got later and later. I had decided to
go ahead and do one inline qualifying run in spite of my sore ankle,
or possibly because of it, to make sure that no matter what happened
later I would at least have a race result. There were to be 2 runs,
but I left after the first, which turned out to be a good idea,
because Yvon waited for over another hour to get his second shot at
it, and they lost that time. In the end, inline qualifying was:
1. Yvon Labarthe (France)
2. Lionel Lefevre (France)
3. Scott Peer (US)
Jean Yves Blondeau (buggy roller) was not listed, I think because he
may have not paid race fees.

In the evening there was one of the installments of the Gravix film
festival after dark. The films were gravity related events, mostly
skating but also some others like base jumping. Most were short, on
the order of 5-10 minutes, and most included some goofy parts and lots
of awesome footage of racing, skating bobruns, jumps, and all kinds of
athletic feats. On the last day judges (riders and organizers) voted
for the award, which was given to Yvon Labarthe for his film. The film
festival was a great addition to the race, and I hope it is repeated
at future events.

Friday was qualifying day for all that hadn't finished Thursday.
Buttboard qualifying was in the morning (and into the afternoon).
After that Lynn and I went sightseeing to the deep gorge at Viamala,
and then on to the ski area of Lenzerheide. Qualifying ran smoother as
the day progressed and in the end everyone got all their runs in. That
was a handful of inline, dirtsurfer, skeleton, and gravity bike, plus
the big classes of classic luge/buttboard (35), street luge (over 40),
and skateboard (over 80).

Saturday was race day for all but inline. It turned out that Yvon
Labarthe was racing almost every event, and the organizers were racing
the small classes mixed with the big ones. But Yvon was in all
classes, and so we decided to race inline whenever he got knocked out
of a big class. In the end he made the final or consolation of every
big class, and at the last run of skateboard at the end of the day the
crew was beat, as were the riders, and we went with qualifying times
as final results. Earlier Lionel and I had done a run race (which was
as close as we got to having a real race). I had problems with my
brakepad rubber which wore through the good layer on turn 1, and was
watching Lionel getting further and further ahead, until turn 4 when
he crashed and I got past to win the beer. In the buttboard race, I
was paired up with one of the fastest French riders, plus Riley
Meechan and I as the middle seeds, and one slower qualifier. Off the
line I was in last place as I often am. Unfortunately, the fourth
rider was fast off the line but slow in the turns, and I worried as
the other two pulled away after turn 1. Wasting no time I passed in
turn 2 and pulled up on Riley. In turn 4 it was time to pass, but in
the exit of the turn I was concerned that if I went too wide I might
tangle with Riley and leave no American advancing from the heat. So I
made a quick line adjustment that caused me to scrub hard and watched
Riley zoom back past me. At least I held on to third to the finish
line, but that was the end of racing for me. In the evening was the
awards party, with lots of beer, speeches, live music, and partying
until dawn.

Sunday we headed off to Scotland to see relatives and sightsee. I
didn't even put on the skates, everywhere we went was awful for
skating; either rough, narrow, potholed, or cobblestone.

--- In DSK8@yahoogroups.com, "gleb_bud" <theglob@...> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I'm so glad I found this group. I just started skating inline again
> and downhill inline skating always facinated me. I ski and alpine
> snowboard and I'm not too scared to go fast. I love going fast. Thats
> why I chose alpine snowboarding over regular soft boot.
>
> Anyways, are there ever any events goin on on the east coast,
> preferably New England? Glad to be here and thanks in advance.
>
> Gleb
>

Yes, Tim Cayer has a group based in New Hampshire, mostly street luge
but all gravity racers welcome, they actually have a dedicated gravity
racing road. Check out:
http://www.gravitysportsinternational.com/index.htm

Scott

Hey all,

I'm so glad I found this group. I just started skating inline again
and downhill inline skating always facinated me. I ski and alpine
snowboard and I'm not too scared to go fast. I love going fast. Thats
why I chose alpine snowboarding over regular soft boot.

Anyways, are there ever any events goin on on the east coast,
preferably New England? Glad to be here and thanks in advance.

Gleb

Skitching story in Europe

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060710/od_nm/dutch_blader_dc;_ylt=AvQgvGpLn5VQ0EVRf\
6dKxris0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-

I supose you just have to check out the video....