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Priekuļi – excellent as always!!!

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Priekuli 2015 all

Latvian downhill longboarding series 2015 powered by Riposhop.lv has officialy finished!

Last weekend fastest riders from Latvia & Estonia gathered for the annual and legendary ‘’Priekuļi cup 2015’’!
This year organizers added a bonus – extra 90degree turn at the end of the course.
On the first day in qualification Toms Dreiblats grabbed #1 spot, but Kaspars Balamovskis, Mārtiņš Kivlinieks, Gustavs Zēgners & Gustavs Gailītis were all less than 1 second behind. Fastest from Estonian riders was Karli Kontkar who qualified 10th.
After the qualis a slide jam was held – Zēgners got the Slide King title, but Elza Volonte was the Slide Queen.

On the fina day some epic racing happened – in junior group Zēgners took the win, fallowed by Bruno Jānis Skrastiņš. In women group Lauma Stepanova got her 3rd win of the year, closely fallowed by Elīza Marija Gailīte and Arta Skudrēna. In Masters Ģirts Vārtiņš showed a dominanting performance by taking the win and series champion title in Masters group! 2nd was Edžus Konošonoks and 3rd Arguts Skudrēns.

In Open group an amazing final happened and 4th time in 5 years there was a crash in the final – after the start Dreiblats was in the lead fallowed by Kivlinieks, Gailītis and Marks Kiseļovs. Soon Kivlinieks took the lead, but on the long straight Gailitis overtook them both. Before the last turn Kivlinieks was next to Gailītis but had to take bad line and ended up crashing taking out also Dreiblats and Kiseļovs. Gailītis won, Kivlinieks got 2nd and Dreiblats 3rd. For Gailītis it was 3rd win in a row and 16th podium in a row at Latvian downhill longboarding series history!
Organizers want to say big THANK YOU to all the riders and helpers as well as the sponsors – Riposhop.lv, NRJ reklāmai, Ponolau, JJ longboards, stampa.lv! See you on the hill in 2016 J

Results:

Masters
1. Ģirts Vārtiņš
2. Edžus Konošonoks
3. Arguts Skudrēns
4. Ints Barkāns
5. Artjoms Smirnovs
6. Mikus Rullis
7. Rojs Dauburs

Juniors
1. Gustavs Zēgners
2. Bruno Jānis Skrastiņš

Ladies
1. Lauma Stepanova
2. Elīza Marija Gailīte
3. Arta Skudrēna
4. Elza Volonte

Open
1. Gustavs Gailītis
2. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
3. Toms Dreiblats
4. Marks Kiseļovs
5. Kaspars Balamovskis
6. Gustavs Zēgners
7. Vladislavs Kuzminskis
8. Kārlis Karlsons
9. Karli Kontkar (EE)
10. Lauma Stepanova
11. Alvils Bijons
12. Ints Barkāns
13. Dairis Putniņš
14. Fred Petersoo (EE)
15. Arguts Skudrēns
16. Edžus Konošonoks
17. Artjoms Smirnovs
18. Mikus Rullis
19. Elīza Marija Gailīte
20. Toms Vaics
21. Tiit Tamme (EE)
22. Aivars Prokopovičs
23. Rolands Stepanovs
24. Henry Themas (EE)
25. Arta Skudrēna
26. Bruno Jānis Skrastiņš
27. Ģirts Vārtiņš
28. Ralfs Gailītis
29. Elza Volonte
30. Rojs Dauburs
31. Roberts Daukševičs

Season ends in Priekuļi

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Priekuli 2015

On 12-13 September the last race of this years Latvian downhill longboarding series will be held – Priekuļi cup!

Schedule(there might be changes):

Saturday, 12 September:
14:30-15:00 registration
15:00-17:00 practice
17:00-18:00 qualification
18:15-19:00 slide jam

Sunday, 13 September:
11:00-12:30  practice
12:30-14:45 finals
15:00-15:30 award ceremony

Entry fee if you register before 9th September 23:59:
Juniors: 15 Eur
Open, Masters, ladies: 25 Eur
If you register later: +10Eur

Rider registration: here

Priekuļi race course is slow and narrow with top speed 55km/h, track length is 1,3km.

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Staying overnight: you can camp at the race place or book a room at nearby hostel 😉

See you in Priekuļi!

Riders list:

Vārds / Name
Gustavs Gailītis
Elza Volonte
Alvils Bijons
Ernests Liepiņš
Krišjānis Liepa
Elīza Gailīte
Ralfs Gailītis
Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
Toms Dreiblats
Ints Barkāns
Rolands Stepanovs
Kaspars Balamovskis
Gustavs Zēgners
Henry Themas (EE)
Edžus Konošonoks
Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
Mikus Rullis
Dairis Putniņš
Girts Vārtiņš
Lauma Stepanova
Toms Vaics
Artjoms Smirnovs
Karli Kontkar (EE)
Fred Peetersoo (EE)
Tiit Tamme (EE)
Arguts Skudrēns
Rojs Dauburs
Aivars Prokopovičs
Bruno Jānis Skrastiņš
Arta Skudrēna
Kristaps Radionovs

Desert heat is not a problem at ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ race heats!

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Alpaca 2015 open finals

3rd annual ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2015’’ was a blast – riders from Latvia & Lithuania gathered to race in on a super hot day with speed reaching 80km/h.
In quali junior Gustavs Zēgners surprised everyone by taking in the lead in first run. On second run series current leader Gustavs Gailītis managed to beat Zēgners time by 0,07sec. Luthuanian Rytis ‘’Godzilla’’ Stankevičius was 3rd with 0,14 sec behind Gailītis! They were fallowed by Kaspars Balamovskis, Toms Dreiblats and Ģirts Vārtiņš.
For ladies, Elīza Marija Gailīte was the fastest, for juniors it was Zēgners, but for Masters  – Vārtiņš. Fastes from the rookies of this fast course was Kristaps Ozols.
Unfortunately, Rolands Stepanovs fell after finish of his 2nd quali run and broke his arm – get well soon!

Second day was the day of the finals – in Masters, Edžus Konošonoks suprised everybody by taking his 2nd win in a row, fallowed by Vārtiņš and Artjoms Smirnovs.

In juniors last two race winner Emīls Ieviņš couldn’t fallow the speed of Zēgners – Zēgners won by a huge gap!
In ladies 18 year old Elīza Marija Gailīte won 2nd year in a row leaving previous race winner Lauma Stepanova and Elza Volonte behind.
In Open final heats Smirnovs got 10th & Artūrs Pavlovs grabbed 9th spot. In consolation round just my half lenght of a board Konošonoks won 5th place against Darius Stankevičius. They were fallowed by Mārtiņš Kivlinieks (7th) and Toms Dreiblats (8th).
In the big final already from the start Gailītis took the lead, closely fallowed by Zēgners, Balamovskis and ‘’Godzilla’’. While reaching the fastest part of the course they all were superclose, but sadly Rytis Stankevičius lost his balance and fell, leaving the podium for Latvians – Gailītis took another win, fallowed by biggest surprise of the weekend Zēgners and Balamovskis!

Organizers would like to say huge THANK YOU to all the riders, course marshals, sports and recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ for their hospitality and event sponsors – riposhop.lv, ‘’NRJ reklāma’’, ‘’Ponolau’’, ‘’JJ longboards’’, stampa.lv and festival ‘’Playground’’!

See you on the last race of this year Latvian downhill longboarding series – ‘’Priekuļi cup’’ in September!

Qualification results: here

Qualification event analysis: here

Results:

OPEN 
1.Gustavs Gailītis
2.Gustavs Zēgners
3.Kaspars Balamovskis
4.Rytis Stankevičius (LT)
5.Edžus Konošonoks
6.Darius Stankevičius (LT)
7.Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
8.Toms Dreiblats
9.Artūrs Pavlovs
10.Artjoms Smirnovs
11.Lauma Stepanova
12.Jānis Kundziņš
13.Andrejs Solncevs
14.Toms Jansons
15.Elīza Marija Gailīte
16.Eduards Vitmanis
17.Emīls Ieviņš
18.Mikus Rullis
19.Ģirts Vārtiņš
20.Arguts Skudrēns
21.Elza Volonte
22.Alvils Bijons
23.Ernests Liepiņš
24.Kristaps Ozols
25.Rolands Stepanovs
26.Rojs Dauburs
27.Arta Skudrēna
28.Armands Sakne
MASTERS
1.Edžus Konošonoks
2.Ģirts Vārtiņš
3.Artjoms Smirnovs
4.Arguts Skudrēns
5.Andrejs Solncevs
6.Mikus Rullis
7.Rojs Dauburs
8.Armands Sakne
LADIES
1.Elīza Marija Gailīte
2.Lauma Stepanova
3.Elza Volonte
4.Arta Skudrēna
JUNIORS
1.Gustavs Zēgeners
2.Emīls Ieviņš

‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ is back!

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Alpaca Festival

On 4-5th July, in Amatas region, next to the recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ (which is famous for exotic zoo – camels, lamas, alpacas etc. ) the ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2015’’ will be held (it will be the third race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2015).

On the first day will be have practice and qualification runs, but on second day more practice runs and finals.
The race will be held in 4 groups as usual – OPEN, women, juniors & masters!

Planned Schedule:
Saturday:
11:30-12:00 registartion
12:00-15:00 practice
15:00-16:30 qualification

Sunday:
11:00-13:30 practice
13:30-15:30 finals
16:00 award ceremony

The course is the fastest in Latvia, where the speed reaches 80km/h. The course is less than a kilometer long

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Video from last years ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ competition

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The course will be closed during the practice runs, the bus will be taking the riders up the hill, there will be security nets and matrases on course and the doctor just in case 😉

The entry fee for ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ is EUR 25 (for juniors EUR 15).

The entry fee If you register later than 1st July 23:59 or on the place + EUR 10
Rider can compete in just one day but it doesn’t change the entry fee!

Staying overnight – during the two day event we are planning to rent a guest house, where a bed costs EUR 15 per night (please during registartion mark in you are planning to stay in the guest house between the race days).
GPS coordinates: Atpūtas komplekss “Rakši” 57.275887, 25.193367

See you there!

Rider list:

Nr.Vārds/Name
1.Gustavs Gailītis
2.Elza Volonte
3.Elīza Gailīte
4.Ģirts Vārtiņš
5.Kaspars Balamovskis
6.Gustavs Zēgners
7.Edžus Konošonoks
8.Kristaps Ozols
9.Mikus Rullis
10.Toms Jansons
11.Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
12.Toms Dreiblats
13.Rolands Stepanovs
14.Lauma Stepanova
15.Darius Stankevicius (LT)
16.Rytis Stankevicius (LT)
17.Artjoms Smirnovs
18.Dairis Putniņš
19.Arta Skudrēna
20.Gints Zommers
21.Armands Sakne
22.Rojs Dauburs
23.Arturs Pavlovs
24.Marks Kiseļovs
25.Emīls Ieviņš
26.Baiba Grunsberga
27.Arguts Skudrēns
28.Alvil Bijons
29.Ernests Liepņš
30.Andrejs Solncevs