Jason Mitchell, Seismic Nationals 2007, Hybrid Slalom.  Photo by Greg Fadell Northern California Downhill Skateboarding Association
Now in our 28th year! -- 1996-2024

Event Registration

 
HOME: Home  
EQUIPMENT: Decks   Trucks   Wheels   Bearings   Completes   Misc Equipment   Home Made Boards   Vintage Gear  
VENDORS: Vendor's Corner   Buy-Sell-Trade   Skate Shops   Our Advertisers  
DISCIPLINES: Slalom   Cyber Slalom   Speedboarding   Soulriding   Pools & Parks   Banks & Ditches   Freestyle   Buttboarding   Street Luge   Skatecar   All-Terrain   Sandboarding   Riding Techniques   Sidewalk Surfing   Longboarding   Freecarving   Distance & LDP   Sliding & Stopping   High Jump  
GROUPS: Womens   Juniors & Teens   Masters 45+   Shoe Buddies  
Q&A: Race School   GANG OF GERMANY   Slalom Pro Mike Maysey   The Gong Show with Kenny 'Nature Boy' Mollica   Michael Brooke - Publisher, Concrete Wave Magazine   McKendry on Speed   Cliff Coleman on Sliding and Safety   HACKETT & OLSON on RIDING   Going Downhill with David Rogers   Chris Yandall on Skogging  
ORGS: California Republic Stand Up   GSI   IGSA   ISSA   TSR   COSS   UKSSA   DHB   Coast   CSA   SRA   NorCal   ASSA   Tex   Other  
REGIONAL: CAN   UK   EU   Brazil   Asia/Pacific   South America   Africa  
SAFETY: Dr David Hartman on Head Injuries   Crashing   Riding Safety   Safety Equipment   Join the No Helmet Campaign!  
GATHERINGS: Contest Calendar   Events   The Trap   Cyber Slalom Challenge   Cyber Slalom HOF   SAA  
IMAGES: Pics   Pics Preview   Video   Scans  
INFO: Skateboard History   Lords of Dogtown Movie   Skateboarding Law   Riding Locations   Bulletin Board   Interviews   Guest Book   Links  
TOOLS: Search    Summary   30-Day Summary   Pageview Totals  
SITE: Posting Guidelines   User Agreement   Visitors Chart   About This Site   Add URL  

Since 1999: 3771 pageviews on this page, 38473593 pageviews on the whole site.
Since 1996: 42373224 visitors to ncdsa.com, 263803 posts.

This banner ad averages impressions per day.


Slalom St. Louis the 13th!
27 Registered Contestants.
Event Date and Time: Saturday, May 23, 2015  10:00
Event Duration: Two days
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Entry: Open
Helmets: Mandatory
Classes: Giant Slalom
Hybrid Slalom
Tight Slalom
Organizer: STL Daggers
Map: Click here for online map
Entry Fee: 60.00
Contest Info: Slalom St. Louis the 13th has received a MAIN status from the International Slalom Skateboarding Association.


Click one of the buttons below to pay online via PayPal or Dwolla (new!).



or




Slalom St. Louis Event Page on Facebook

RACE LOCATION

Saturday's dual-lane Tight Slalom race will be on the "Turkish Pavilion" hill at Tower Grove Park. It's an S-shaped street with a mellow slope but plenty of speed. Sunday's races will also be at Tower Grove. We’ll also have our usual Friday late-afternoon fun session (not a race, just a session for those who are interested) for anyone who just wants to meet up and hang out.

COURSES
DUAL-LANE TIGHT SLALOM (Saturday): Tight-ish slalom, approx. 70 cones.
SINGLE-LANE GIANT SLALOM (Sunday): approx. 30 cones.
SINGLE-LANE HYBRID (Sunday): somewhere between 40 and 60 cones.

All races on both days will use a standard start ramp, but those who need it will be allowed a limited push start.

FRIDAY, MAY 22, we have two things going on:

1. An afternoon/evening outlaw session at "Spot 2," a mellow hill near the east end of Tower Grove Park. Single lane, no timer, just for fun. To work out the kinks after your travel or just hang out, stop by any time after 5:30 p.m.
2. If you'd rather ride some transition, the Kingshighway Bridge is less than a mile away, and the Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden (built by local skaters with help from Team Pain 'crete gurus) is maybe 1.5 miles away.

View of Friday hill (from top):


SATURDAY, MAY 23, we plan a dual-lane 68-cone race. Cone spacing will be tight-ish, between 6 and 7 feet.

NOTE: The race hill is NOT steep. This race will reward anyone who can generate his/her own speed. So practice your pumping skills, cuz you’re gonna use them!

Here’s a brief video of what the hill at Tower Grove looks like:


SUNDAY, MAY 24, will be single-lane GS and single-lane Hybrid. Courses will emphasize speed and fun--makeable for newbies, challenging for experts to go fast on. In each race, you’ll get a minimum of three runs; the combined times of each racer’s two fastest runs will be used to determine the winner.


TIMING
Trackmate timing system, using RANDOM beep for dual-lane racing.

AMENITIES
Free food for racers on both Saturday and Sunday!

As in the past couple of years, we'll have a DIY food spread where you can make your own PB&J sammich, or grab a donut, a banana or other fresh fruit, ice water or Gatorade-type drinks. On Sunday every racer will get their choice of wrap (turkey, roast beef or veggie), hand-prepared by "Dagger Kitchens, Inc.," i.e., Laura Graf, Mary Hessler Goad or some combination of the above, plus chips and/or other munchies.

We'll have a portable restroom (with sink) at top of course, plus public restroom about 300 yards away; plenty of shade from the park's many trees; event-only pavilion with picnic tables and water pump 50 yards from top of the course.

PARKING

At Tower Grove, there's room for about 8-10 cars near the barricades at the top of the course, and there's plenty more room to park on South East Drive, just on the other side of Central Cross Drive. See map for details.

SURFACE
Decent asphalt, good runout at the bottom--no footbraking required.

CASH PRIZES & SWAG
Top three Pro finishers in each event will win CA$H money as follows:
1st place: At least $200.00
2nd place: At least $100.00
3rd place: At least $50.00


Top three OVERALL*** finishers in each division will receive a custom trophy, handmade by one of the Daggers. And of course we will have numerous other prizes from many amazing companies that support slalom and other forms of skateboarding – and maybe even a surprise or two. Stay tuned...

***OVERALL placing (total of both Saturday and Sunday) will be calculated by official ISSA rules, which assign a point value to each racer’s placing. Note: We're working on creating an automatic calculation of the overall results so we don't end up finishing in the dark. (D'oh!)

LODGING
The "bad" news: There is no "official" race hotel. The good news: There are plenty of other hotels in and around the area, including the following:

Only a couple of miles from Tower Grove Park is Red Roof Inn. About $89/night.

The Pear Tree Inn in Fenton About 10 miles west of Tower Grove Park, but it's a quick 10 miles, straight in on I-44.

The Drury Inn and Suites in Fenton Literally next door to the Pear Tree Inn, with a few more amenities. See Hotel Special Services for more details.

One other option: You can often get a really nice hotel within 5 miles of the park for less than $100 on Priceline or Hotwire. Just specify downtown or Union Station as the area.

Finally, a small number of racers may be able to find a place to stay with one of the Daggers. If finding a place to crash will make the difference between coming and not coming, let us know, and we'll try to work something out.

WEATHER
In the event of the "R" word, we have three options:
1) Cancel the race (nooooooo!)
2) Race anyway (rain or shine), or
3) Move the race to an "undisclosed location" somewhere out of the rain.

In the race organizers' opinion, Option #1 just totally sucks; Option #2 is pretty darn unworkable, so it's not REALLY an option. Which leaves us with Option #3: If we get dumped on, we will attempt to move the race either to a parking garage downtown (location TBA) - or, more likely, to the Kingshighway skatepark (still going!) about a mile away, where we would set up a course through the flat areas of the skatepark. It would result in a much different race than at Tower Grove, but we’d give it a shot. No guarantees, though.

If we get just a little rain, we may be able to dry the course with some help from Mother Nature--and a propane torch, as shown in this photo of the one and only Clifton Jennings:


OTHER STUFF

Free T-shirt for every racer!

Free BBQ immediately after SATURDAY's race. All you'll have to do is walk over to the Turkish Pavilion, sit down and chow down!

Once again, Char-Master Goad will be holding it down on the grill.


Location of awards ceremony after Sunday’s race TBA.

Turkish Pavilion

Assorted images from previous years:

2012






2011





2011 trophy

2010

Deron “D-Ron” Rehma. Photo: Scott Spaeth


Paul Price and Chris Doan. Photo: Kevin Kissel


David Tolley (almost) gets a trim from his son Evan.

2009

"Best Beef" trophy with its owner, Tom Mangelsdorf

2008
2008 Trophies
2008 trophies

2007

2007 trophy

2006

2006 trophies

Plus other cool stuff – stay tuned!
1st Place Finisher: Jason Yerke
2nd Place Finisher: Joseph Kyle Smith
3rd Place Finisher: Lou Statman
Overall Results:


































































































































































































































































































































































































































OVERALL
PLACING
Name GS Placing GS Points TS Placing TS Points Hybrid Placing Hybrid Points TOTAL POINTS
1 Jason Yerke 3 160 1 200 2 180 540
2 Joseph Kyle Smith 2 180 5 145 1 200 525
3 Lou Statman 1 200 12 122 3 160 482
4 Steve Pederson 5 145 2 180 6 140 465
5 Jonathan Harms 4 150 3 160 4 150 460
6 Oshean Lehrmann 10 126 4 150 8 132 408
7 Keenan Thompson 9 129 7 136 7 136 401
8 Alex Kwiecinski 7 136 14 118 5 145 399
9 Lynn Kramer 6 140 9 129 13 120 389
10 Derek Yerke 13 120 6 140 10 126 386
11 Nate Favero 8 132 24 107 9 129 368
12 Orion Lehrmann 14 118 8 132 16 115 365
13 Brad Burnell 12 122 16 115 12 122 359
14 Marcos Soulsby-Monroy 11 124 15 116 14 118 358
15 Paul Graf 16 115 10 126 15 116 357
16 Chris Favero 15 116 17 114 11 124 354
17 Jeremy Coffman 23 108 11 124 18 113 345
18 Noah Ellison 17 114 13 120 25 106 340
19 Jeff Goad 20 111 21 110 19 112 333
20 David Tolley 19 112 20 111 23 108 331
21 Dennis Blevins 24 107 25 106 17 114 327
22 Kevin Stallings 25 106 18 113 24 107 326
23 Ricky Byrd 21 110 26 105 20 111 326
24 Steven Lewis 26 105 23 108 21 110 323
25 David McCampbell 18 113 28 103 26 105 321
26 Jeremy Jones 31 100 22 109 22 109 318
27 Eddy Martinez 32 99 19 112 30 101 312
28 Kyle Fields 27 104 32 99 28 103 306
29 Scott Kamins 30 101 27 104 31 100 305
30 Glenn Bukowsky 28 103 33 98 27 104 305
31 Reuben Wielms 33 98 29 102 32 99 299
32 Brenden Cerney 22 109 36 95 37 94 298
33 Russel Cantor 29 102 37 94 29 102 298
34 Anton McCampbell 34 97 30 101 33 98 296
35 Aliera Soulsby-Monroy 37 94 31 100 34 97 291
36 Sasha Goad 36 95 34 97 35 96 288
37 Atom Blanford 35 96 35 96 36 95 287

Registered Contestants (27) -- Slalom St. Louis the 13th!
Name Home City Classes Sponsors Bio Comment Date Submitted
1. Jonathan Harms Saint Louis, MO  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  JBH/PG  Co-organizer, sometime announcer/timer/ publicist/troubleshooter, chief bottle washer, an' I also help run da flower shop  Come for the STL-style pizza and toasted ravioli, stay for the slalom race  4/30/2015 5:47:16 PM 
2. Aliera Soulsby-Monroy Somewhere in Texas  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  The feeling of speed  I'm just a Punk  My dad is Disavowed  5/2/2015 9:13:57 PM 
3. Ro gue Hell TX  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Like there is sponsors!!!!  Not much to say, I'm just a skater.   Disavowed  5/2/2015 9:18:45 PM 
4. Alex Kwiecinski Lansing, MI  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Bees Knees Boards, Action Board Sports  Terrified of Ferris wheels on roofs, but not skateboards.   Hey where's Eddy?  5/2/2015 10:51:30 PM 
5. Scrott Kamins Poopconda Hillinoises  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Hooked on Phonix  I'm taking Lenny out one way or another  Poop  5/3/2015 12:24:38 AM 
6. Lynn Kramer San Diego CA  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Sk8Kings, ABEC11, Khiro, Timeship Racing  http://www.sk8kings.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=SK8KINGS009UC&Category_Code=D  I'm bringing my secret weapons.   5/3/2015 9:13:17 AM 
7. Brad Burnell Rockford, IL  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Don't Trip  I eat paint  I'll be gloating over the Blues first round playoff elimination.  5/4/2015 9:14:35 PM 
8. Eddy Martinez Harlingen, Texas  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Texas Outlaws , Pavel Skates, Pro-Designed Pads   I'm just having a good time. I also ate paint chips  I'm right here. Was there ever a Doubt!!!!!!   5/5/2015 3:26:58 AM 
9. Jeremy Coffman LOUISVILLE  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  HOSS and "Honey can I go"" skates.  I skipped the Derby to go to Disneyland. That's how we roll in the Coffman house.  I'm falling apart bit by bit but that's okay. I'm just here to have fun.  5/5/2015 8:16:24 PM 
10. Dennis Blevins Kenova, West Virginia  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Marc's Board Shop, HOSS  Always up for a race....  Wonder if people would look at me funny if I wore pads to the City Museum....  5/5/2015 9:14:43 PM 
11. brenden cerndizzle libertyville  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  green room  Paint chips are deeeeelicious  Hide the beer  5/8/2015 9:50:30 AM 
12. Russel Cantor High Point  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  STOKED Skateboards, Cape Fear Slalom Racing, HOSS      5/8/2015 12:48:05 PM 
13. Steve Pederson Minneapolis  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  P P P A A A V V V E E E L L L      5/8/2015 1:22:23 PM 
14. Chris Favero CHIxILL  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Freak Bros. Racing  I love skateboarding and I am grateful it loves me back.  in the land of bud  5/9/2015 5:37:33 AM 
15. Natron the destroyer Favero CHIxILL  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Freak Bros. Racing  started racing this event when I was 8. Now 18  trim the trees , i'm coming through  5/9/2015 5:40:29 AM 
16. David Tolley Huntington, WV  Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Marc's Board shop 1998 Skates  I want to go fast. I mean...if you're not first....you're last  Shake and Bake  5/11/2015 5:14:31 AM 
17. Paul Graf Alton  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  JBHPG      5/11/2015 10:28:28 AM 
18. Lou Statman 214-534-2262  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Texas Outlaws, entropy and urban squared Realty   I like to ride my skateboard and have fun   That thing isn't working I just wanted to be known I need an extra large shirt and I'm looking forward to skating.  5/14/2015 7:05:23 PM 
19. Anton McCampbell Florida  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Original Skateboards, Surf_Rodz, Riptide Bushing, Seismic Wheels, NorthShore Surf & Skate  I might be a lot smaller than you, but not a lot slower. I'm 9yrs old  Anyone up for a game of skate? I'll have my boards and I don't like to sit around doing nothing. Hit me up.  5/17/2015 3:01:42 PM 
20. Derek Yerke Lansing, MI  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Go Green Longboarding and Bees Knees Skathletics. For life!  thinner, younger, faster, and better looking version of that Jay guy  sleeping in a van down by the river  5/18/2015 5:06:58 PM 
21. Ricky Byrd Madison, Mississippi  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Radikal Trucks, Pleasure Tool Bearings, RKR!  I haven't raced since 2007... Yeah, so qualifying is a win. Road Kill Racing! MSGRS!  Keystone Light... Always smooth... Ain't no doubt. Thanks Daggers!  5/18/2015 7:23:19 PM 
22. Joseph Kyle Smith Ashland, Ky  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  HOSS, Don't Trip, Sk8kings    Let's skate!!😁😁  5/19/2015 4:52:47 AM 
23. Atom Blanford St. Louis, MO  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  No Coast Skateboards  3rd grader, skateboarder and ventriloquism enthusiast.     5/19/2015 9:31:11 AM 
24. Oshean Lehrmann Carlsbad,CA  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  SK8kings Axe Army and The Grind Skate Shop  Been riding for a few years now. Owe my success to my Coaches Lynn Krammer, Richy Carrasco, Pat Brickner, Chris Yandel (RIP). Owe my parents for support.   Little hand says its time to rock and roll.  5/20/2015 7:48:07 AM 
25. Orion Lehrmann Carlsbad,CA  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  SK8kings Axe Army and The Grind Skate Shop  Love Slalom. Thanks to my coaches, Lynn Krammer, Richy Carrasco, Pat Brickner, and Chris Yandel (Who we miss at our weekly practices). Oh, I shape and compete on my own surfboards.  Red is the fastest color.  5/20/2015 7:57:10 AM 
26. jeremy jones MO  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  Need some  Skate!  Stoked  5/22/2015 5:07:35 PM 
27. Noah Ellison Winthrop Harbor, IL  Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom, Tight Slalom  State Line Skate Design, Thanestore, Nevada Decks, Mercury Bearings      5/22/2015 9:07:07 PM 


Return to Menu

© Copyright 1996-2024 NCDSA - All Rights Reserved
Site-related comments to
webmaster@ncdsa.com
Site by Norcal Internet LLC