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     Be sure to make a note of these not to be missed Hog Hill dates for 2015 in your diaries. Registration for The Crackling is now open here: http://crackling2015.blogspot.co.uk/

  The last official race in the UKSSA’s 2014 Slalom Racing Calendar took place at the annual two day Hogtoberfest event at Hog Hill. Once again Kryptonics were proud to support another UKSSA slalom race. This year was the biggest ever Hogtoberfest with some 200 riders gathering to ride the smooth hills at the Redbridge […]

Hot on the heels of Turn & Burn came Summer Swine Stomp and once again saw us returning to Hog Hill.  With the ever present treat of rain hanging over us no time was wasted in setting up. However it appeared that the forecasters had got it all wrong and soon the sun shone through. […]

This years Turn & Burn began under cloudy skies but despite that it remained warm and dry except for one little short shower, but undeterred the racing went on. Saturday began with the Tight slalom and after a fairly relaxed morning practice session by lunchtime qualifying was underway. Pig Citylocals Mmedo Duffort and Ben Williams […]

Race Report by Mmedo Duffort Following our prowess in Paris, Louis and I agreed to represent team GB in Grenoble for a three day slalom event hosted by the Désaxé Worldride Festival. The trip took a slightly healthier turn than our recent attempts at climbing the slalom peaks but was fun (nonetheless). The flight to […]

Race report by Patrick Dumont.  Team GB made their separate ways to the city of light on the last week end of May. Saturday opened under clear skies and radiant sun. Team comprised a wide range of style and experience, from juniors to masters, through amateur and pro plus a wounded soldier, Amaury who had dislocated […]

The Crackling is the first major Hog Hill event of the year and signals the start of the UK slalom racing season. Once again the UKSSA teamed up with Timmy Peters of Das Industries to organise the weekends Longboard and Downhill elements. Saturday began under heavy skies with scattered showers thrown in for good measure, […]

The UKSSA were asked if we could put on a slalom jam as part of the Long Live Southbank “One Year On” Anniversary. We of course said yes and were accordingly allocated a slot at the start of the day and with Octane Sport kindly providing the timing and prizes from sponsors Kryptonics we were […]