Louis Selby and Bruno Silva De Oliveira are the latest additions to the Cult wheels posse following their stunning skate prowess at the Bristol Board Meeting on September 10th.
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“We welcome with open arms the UK Slalom One and Two into the mystical communion that is The Cult.”
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Congratulations gents!
Last Saturday Sam Gordon, Paul Coupe and I visited the new Cyclopark facility in Northfleet near Gravesend in Kent. The facility has yet to be completed but we went to check it out for suitability as another race venue and an alternative to Hog Hill, which next year is booked solid due to the Olympics.
The cycle track itself is 2.9km in length and around 6 meters wide. Whilst much of the track is sloping there are no steeper sections like those at Hog Hill. There is a very nice section with a little bridge going over it, which would be perfect for dual tight or hybrid racing and reminded us of a scaled down version of Brands Hatch. The surface is ultra smooth and we hope to have a test session there in the next month or so – a full report will follow.
"Mini Brands"
Come to Hogtoberfest and join the UK Slalom Skateboarding Association for a couple of days of Cone Avoidence
UKSSA will be back at Hog Hill for the 3rd and final time this year running a race in collaboration with Hogtoberfest
This years British Open Slalom Championships attracted the biggest European field at a British for some considerable time. Riders representing Holland, Germany, France, Sweden, Czech Republic and Spain as well as an “adopted Brazilian Brit” and an expat from New Zealand.
It was NASS! Mud, rain, sunburn, angry teens, pasties, rides, rock and racing.
Images from the weekend here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samg/sets/72157627167578948/
Race Report by Rob
This was the 4th year the UKSSA had raced at the Relentless NASS festival and was once again our racing was sponsored by those stalwarts at Glastonbury Ales.
The queue to get in was horrendous for me and Tom – 2 hours being made to stand in the competitor queue, (in a heavy shower for part of it!), when all we needed to do was hand in a waiver and collect a wristband! This year we were all issued “Hospitality” wristbands which pretty much got you in everywhere. At least the Athlete Camping was closer than previous years – in the field adjacent to the Production Car Park – although you still had to go through the main site to get to it. After setting up we went into the madness of the “wasted yoof” in search of the Glastonbury Ales Cider Shack and check out the Athlete Lounge.
Very few British Slalom Skaters can resist the draw of Brands Hatch. Since the seventies, the Kent Motor Racing Circuit has been the spiritual home of British Slalom Competition. Having played host to Martin Sweeney’s Guinness Book of Records 100 Cone Challenge, the Grand Prix Section at Hawthorn Hill has to be on every skater’s checklist for racing.
Congratulations to Paul Price once again for a string of Podiums at the Wisconsin Wiggle War, another sterling performance from the UK’s top Pro rider.
Just a shame he won’t be around for The Rush 2011 at Brands Hatch this weekend.
Paul powering home against Tod Oles in the Hybrid Final photo by Steve Pedersen
Wisconsin Wiggle War 2011 – Results
Tight:
1. Jason Yerke
2. Steve Pederson
3. Paul Price
Hybrid
1. Paul Price
2. Tod Oles
3. Joe Behm
Giant
1. Tod Oles
2. Paul Price
3. Derek Yerke
