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Chitown
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On 7/24/2005
C & MB
wrote in from
Canada
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Way to go Civ!
Safe trip home boys!
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Civman
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On 7/24/2005
Kash
wrote in from
Canada
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YEEEEEEEAAAAHHHH,,, a couple of 3rds to Mr Mike,,, coool congrats
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Chicago
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On 7/23/2005
Kash
wrote in from
Canada
(161.184.nnn.nnn)
Hey good luck to the homies heading down to chicago,,,rip it up Mike,,and , Chris(??),,,,have a safe trip,,,,,
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Ouch!
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On 7/22/2005 C
wrote in from
Canada
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Too Funny!
LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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LICK
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On 7/22/2005 Rob
wrote in from
Canada
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I do not know what is in the water in Ottawa, but I would not like to LICK either Civ or Chris - I don't think they would taste too good.
Have a great weekend everyone
Rob
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Chi-town
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On 7/22/2005
Claude & MB
wrote in from
Canada
(64.230.nnn.nnn)
Good Lick to Civ & Chris at the event. We were hoping to make the treck but we are now without a funtional vehicle.
Everytime we've returned from an event this season something has happened to the truck. It's parked for good. So , it won't happen again.
C-you all at Da Farm.
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Civ & Chris - Chicago
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On 7/22/2005
Rob
wrote in from
Canada
(65.94.nnn.nnn)
Just sending out positive vibes for Civ and Chris as they head to Chicago to race in the Shootout.
Go fast, race hard and have a blast.
That goes for Joe I as well.
Rob
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Stockholm
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On 7/18/2005
Kash
wrote in from
Canada
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Hi Claude,,,,,thanks for the post
Glad ya made it home safely,,,,,,,quite the heavy field to race against,,,,,,,hope ya get some rest and heal up,,,our old bodies don't recover as quickly as they used
take care
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Stockholm
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On 7/18/2005
Claude Regnier
wrote in from
Canada
(64.230.nnn.nnn)
Hey folks I'm home. Tired as hell. Since leaving last Monday for Stockholm I spent a lot of time awake. My racing suffered but my body suffered more. I went into this contest last minute hoping to iprove of some pretty good racing over the course of the year so far.
Overall I'm pretty content with some of my runs. In the Cyber I had to run off at the finnish line and jarred my groin, wich worked itself into my back overnight. On Sunday I was a little stiff and things got worse as the day went on and there was a 3 hour rain delay. After doing quite poorly in the the Tight (2m instead of 1.8) I tried a couple of runs in the Special Slalom.
I could finnish off the now shorter course ( shorter because of water and debris) so I decided to pack it in. I did not run a 30 odd second run. I had had posted one qualifying run in the morning around 17 plus 22 cones. so i just had to clean up the cones aspect a bit wich I felt confident in doing wich were the result of practice runs ealier in the week.
There was a lot of bitching and complaining as usual. There were delays due to rain, timming system problems and heaven forbid racers not getting there s#@! together and being ready to race or lend a hand when needed.
All in all the planned events got held although not in the complete way that they were supposed to. That's Life. s#@! Happens.
To all you Canucks out there you better start practicing hard if you think you are going to compete. For those of you who simply want to beat me. I'm sorry to inform you that it won't be good enough.
I know where I'm at and if that's your only goal. You may want to pack it in. Get going Canada. I'm almost out of fuel.
I'm tired and need to eat and get some sleep. Two things of wich I have lacked for for about a week. Maybe I'll regret having posted this but FYI, it's for your own good if you want to compete at the highest level.
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Stockholm
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On 7/16/2005
Claude
wrote in from
Sweden
(213.238.nnn.nnn)
Hey all, Thanks for the good wishes. It's been crazy here. The race on friday was good. I took a little more then a second off my time and even ran it clean for a change.
I had to take it easier on the top section to get around the curve. I'm not much into cliff diving through trees these days just in case of a slip. There was some great racing with only a couple of minor rain delays and they were just sprinkles.
Yesterday the TS was postponed due to rain so we went underground for the Cyber Slalom. Having never done it before I figured I would try and broke the 10 second mark wich isn't that fast but considering my overpower foot start :) (right Civ) I was happy. They missed the time on my second run and I hit the 3rd to last cove on my re-run wich would have been likely low to mid 9's. It was good to finally run one either way.
What's so great is that all these Fast older Europeans are all finding out about it and coming out. It's so nice to get a chance to see these guys that I could only have ever read about and had long thought about not ever getting a chance to see or race.
I guess that's why you have to take life in stride and do the best you can. You just never know. By the way the Masters event at the pool ridding last night was awesome.
Okay time to head out the door for todays events. It's clear for now and we will be trying to run both the Special very, very technical tight and the 1.8 meter TS.
It should be a good day with some great racing. Looking forward to getting home.
See you soon Lindsay and I miss you 2.
Luv M :)
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Thanks Claude!
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On 7/16/2005 mbl
wrote in from
Canada
(64.230.nnn.nnn)
Good times for Canada!
Thanks baby! have a nice evening and good luck tomorow!
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Miss you dad
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On 7/15/2005
Lindsay
wrote in from
Canada
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Hey Dad!
Just wanted to wish you luck and tell you that I missed you but I know I will see you soon! Have a great time, show them how proud you are to be Canadian, and show them how Canada Rocks!!!!!!!!!!
Love you,
Lindsay
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sweden
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On 7/14/2005 Civ
wrote in from
Canada
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good luck Claude, enjoy Stockholm...I love that city. Try not to get whiplash from all of the pretty girls.
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Stockholm Report
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On 7/13/2005
CKnuck
wrote in from
Sweden
(213.238.nnn.nnn)
The course is nice. The pavement is not as good as what was posted so I really don't have anything softenough. I will also end up ridding my Kebbek board rather then the Bonita as wheel base is way to big for this particular course.
The weather is hot and clear. They are calling for some possible showers during saturday or sunday. There will likely be some changes in the schedule becasue of the inpending weather. But you just never know.
For anyone planning on coming here they use their own swedish coins so don't convert your Canadian Bacon to Euro's.
Ian I went to Dan's shop. He opened a month ago right around the corner from Corky's shop. Go figure.
There are 3 nice pools to ride by the shop. 3 Different depths and all very transferable from one to the other when it's safe to do so.
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Stockholm
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On 7/13/2005
Claude
wrote in from
Sweden
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Okay, got some sleep and I'm ready to see Stockholm. I can feel it already however. It's hot and I'm sweaty just like at home.
It was a long trip out here from Ottawa. 12 hours between flights in the Manchester Airport wasn't a lot of fun. It is a nice fairly big Airport so when I was awake at least I wasn't bored.
We are heading into town (Corky & Dan G). Corky has some work to do and Dan and I will just hang till we go to the GS site tonight for some equipment testing.
Hope you folks stay safe and I'll do my best for all of you. Glad you made it home safe Brad and rest up.
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hey
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On 7/12/2005
mbl
wrote in from
Canada
(64.230.nnn.nnn)
glad you're there
rest!
luvya
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here
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On 7/12/2005 cknuck
wrote in from
Sweden
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i'm here and tired and waiting for corky talk to you all tomorow.
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sweeden Claude!
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On 7/12/2005 JF
wrote in from
Canada
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yeah! enjoy and rock out there!
you'Re the man!
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Claude in Sweden
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On 7/12/2005
pierre
wrote in from
Canada
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Hey good luck Claude!!
You're on a roll so you'll kick @55!
Keep us posted on the results.
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Regnier en route to Stockholm
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On 7/12/2005
mbl
wrote in from
Canada
(64.230.nnn.nnn)
Claude is en route to represent Canada and his sponsors in Stockholm.
Thanks to Brad for repping us in Hood River; we just couldn't do both.
Skate safe, baby and have fun!
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Hood River
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On 7/12/2005
Kash
wrote in from
Canada
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Hi Claude,,,,thanks for the encouraging words,,,,,,made it home in good time and had a lot of time to recap the weekend,,,,,,
in regards to yr comments about making yr course tighter,,,, no,,, the course you set was very good and was challenging for all racers and their skill levels,,,,if we had made it any tighter,,some of the kids would have found it tooo tough and wouldn't have had any fun that day.
The hill at hood was a lil steeper than Roosevelt and the grade of the hill was alot longer,,,, from what I understood,,, they had the start ramps set up higher than the previous years and that added some addition speed to the course.
The course set was really good,,,,,mostly 6.5'ers at the top, with a couple 7'offset sections, a 6.5' curved section and finishing with a 6.5' - 7'straight section,,,,all the rythym changes were set at 9' or 10' apart,,,,
alot of it is just gaining some more race experience,,,,especially the mental part,,,,and mine wasn't there,,,,one good example was my first head to head run in the c bracket,,,,I hit the first cone on the wrong side,,, dq right away,,,,,
My cousin Jeff and his 2 kids, Natalie and Garrett came out and watched the race and were pretty supportive,,,,,,I still chuckle about this .....after one of my practice runs ,,,young Garrett, whose never seen a slalom race gave me some serious coaching advise,,,,,,"Brad, ya need to bend yr knees more and get the feet moving",,, which pretty much said it all,,,,,
The top guns at Hood were pretty helpful and gave me some advice on some equipment changes,,,through out the weekend, and with winning the C bracket,,,,I managed to pick up a new Roe, g/s board,,,,,so I'm looking forward to setting that up,,,,,
You, Mike and Pierre gave some insight on what to expect out here,,,,it's too bad none of you guys could have made it out here.... I'll have to make you guys a deal for next year,,,,,,I'll come out for the Ottawa race again and you guys all have to come down here to Hood with me,,,,,It's a great venue, great time and Great people.
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Hood River
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On 7/11/2005
Claude Regnier
wrote in from
Canada
(64.230.nnn.nnn)
Hey Brad!
No need to apologize buddy. The fact that you made the treck to rep for the rest of the country is great. Aren't you just a little sorry I didn't make the Canada Day a real Tight Slalom course.
Getting more race experience is the key to success. Proper practice makes racing better. Better racing oponents make each and every racer better.
Gad to hear you were happy with the GS. I remember our conversations regarding the event.
Congrats on the C Win.
Have a safe drive home.
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Hood river
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On 7/11/2005
Kash
wrote in from
United States
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Hey,,, Just stopped in the Dog River Cafe,Hood River, making my way home,,,,,this past weekend ,to say the least was FFFFFUUUUUNNNN,,,, saw some great racing, met alot of great people.
The G.S. was unbelievable,,, my 1st time racing G.S. on a skateboard and had to look back to my snowboard racing experience to get me thru the course,,,,man the legs were shaking thru last 5 cones and just hoping to have enough strength to foot brake at the end of the course,,,plaing 19th for the day......
as for the ts,,,,sorry gang,, I feel I let the Canadians down,,let alone myself,,, dqing both runs,,,,fast hill and a killer set,,,,,luckily for the 3 tiered format,,, I got the opportunity to redeem myself in the c bracket and winning.
gotta get back on the road,,,,another 15 hrs to go,,,,,,,
have a safe trip to Stockholm Claude and Good Luck
ciao for now
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Claude in Sweden
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On 7/11/2005 Ian
wrote in from
Canada
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Good luck Claude and thanks for bringing Canada to these world events.
Kick some hass buddy!
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Hood River
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On 7/9/2005
C & MB
wrote in from
Canada
(64.230.nnn.nnn)
Brad if you were feeling good enough in the end we hope you have some great racing buddy!
It was so nice to see you. 1986 was a long time between visits. Some of the folks in the field last weekend were not even born the last time we raced, LOL.
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