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Epic racing & shooting at Madona

Last weekend the second race of Latvian downhill series 2015 was held in Madona city biathlon complex – ‘’Madona longboard challenge’’!

On the first day riders from Latvia and Estonia competed in downhill.

In qualification Gustavs Gailītis was unstoppable (1:22:15) with almost 3 second lead over Kaspars Balamovskis (1:25:13). Third was Alvils Bijons (1:25:53) fallowed by Jānis Kundziņš and Toms Dreiblats.

For ladies last two years champion Elīza Marija Gailīte was the fastest just 0,8 sec in front of Lauma Stepanova. Third Liene Bērziņa.

For Masters Andrejs Solncevs surprised everbody winning the qualification.

In finals Emīls Ieviņš won the junior title, Edžus Konošonoks won the Masters division (quali winner Solncevs crashed in semifinal), but for ladies Stepanova won with just less than a meter in front of Gailīte.

In Open the final was super dramatic. Gustavs Gailītis was in the lead from start till the end & Toms Dreiblats grabbed 2nd spot while brothers Klāvs & Kaspars Balamovskis crashed, but Klāvs managed to get his first podium!
On the second day the skate&shoot aka longboarding biathlon was held – for ladies 3rd place went to Arta Skudrēna, 2nd to Elīza Marija Gailīte & 1st to Elza Volonte!

For guys Dreiblats managed to again grab a podium spot (this time 3rd place), Ralfs Gailītis was 2nd and Edžus Konošonoks was the winner!

In slide jam Alvils Bijons was judged as the most skilled rider!

Big thanks to event sponsors: riposhop.lv, NRJ reklāmai, stampa.lv! See you on the next race – 4-5July in ‘’Rakši’’!

Results:

OPEN
1. Gustavs Gailītis
2. Toms Dreiblats
3. Klāvs Balamovskis
4. Kaspars Balamovskis
5. Jānis Kundziņš
6. Alvils Bijons
7. Andrejs Solncevs
8. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
9. Rolands Stepanovs
10. Artūrs Pavlovs
11. Artjoms Smirnovs
12. Edžus Konošonoks
13. Emīls Ieviņš
14. Lauma Stepanova
15. Elīza Gailīte
16. Krišjānis Liepa
17. Fred Petersoo (EE)
18. Karli Kontkar (EE)
19. Roberts Daukševičs
20. Liene Bērziņa
21. Ralfs Gailītis
22. Toms Jansons
23. Kristaps Radionovs
24. Ģirts Čonka
25. Arta Skudrēna
26. Baiba Grunsberga
27. Rojs Dauburs
28. Arguts Skudrēns
29. Ģirts Vārtiņš
30. Elza Volonte

MASTERS
1. Edžus Konošonoks
2. Artjoms Smirnovs
3. Arguts Skudrēns
4. Ģirts Vārtiņš
5. Andrejs Solncevs
6. Rojs Dauburs

LADIES
1. Lauma Stepanova
2. Elīza Marija Gailīte
3. Liene Bērziņa
4. Arta Skudrēna
5. Baiba Grunsberga
6. Elza Volonte

JUNIORS
1. Emīls Ieviņš

Skate & Shoot:

Vieta/Place	Vārds/Name	Rezultāts/Result
1.	Edžus Konošonoks	2:12:4 +0 = 2:12:4
2.	Ralfs Gailītis	2:14:3 + 0 = 2:14:3
3.	Toms Dreiblats	2:17:4 + 0 = 2:17:4
4.	Rolands Stepanovs	2:34:9 + 0 = 2:34:9
5.	Ģirts Vārtiņš	2:41:9 + 0 = 2:41:9
6.	Krišjānis Liepa	2:47:8 + 0 = 2:47:8
7.	Arguts Skudrēns	2:50:4 + 0 = 2:50:4
8.	Gustavs Gailītis	2:10:4 + 2 = 2:50:4
9.	Emīls Ieviņš	2:31:2 + 1 = 2:51:2
10.	Kaspars Balamovskis	3:01:7 + 0 =3:01:7
11.	Elza Volonte	2:43:3 + 1 = 3:03:3
12.	Elīza Marija Gailīte	2:49:2 + 1 = 3:09:2
13.	Fred Petersoo (EE)	2:34:9 + 2 = 3:14:9
14.	Alvils Bijons	2:15:1 + 3 = 3:15:1
15.	Arta Skudrēna	3:19:5 + 0 = 3:19:5
16.	Artjoms Smirnovs	3:01:5 + 1 = 3:21:5
17.	Kristaps Radionovs	3:10:5 + 1 = 3:30:5
18.	Lauma Stepanova	3:02:3 + 2 = 3:42:3
19.	Mareks Strods	3:24:2 + 1 = 3:44:2
20.	Klāvs Balamovskis	3:47:5 + 0 = 3:47:5
21.	Andrejs Solncevs	2:45:2 + 4 = 4:05:2
22.	Karli Kontkar (EE)	2:56:2 + 5 = 4:36:2
23.	Baiba Grunsberga	3:42:2 + 5 = 5:04:2

Madona longboard challenge 2015!

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Latvian longboarding series will continue with ‘’Madona longboard challenge 2015’’ on 6-7th June. Last year riders from Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia & Italy took part, so this year it will be international race too!

On the first day downhill event will happen – practice runs, qualification and finals. On second day skate&shoot and slide contest will take place.

Here is video from dh course

The event will start on Saturday at 13:00 with practice runs, finals will finish at around 20:00.

Award ceremony on Sunday will end approximetly at 14:30 (more detailed Schedule will be published on the race week).

Entry fee (includes entry to all races + riders t-shirt):

Juniors – 15 Eur

Others – 25 Eur

All riders must read race rules before the race!

Race rules – here

Registration form – here

As usual we will stay in guesthouses so please mark if you want to get a place in guest house between race days (the price is 10Eur per person).

See you on the hill!

Riders list:

Nr	Vārds/Name
1.	Gustavs Gailītis
2.	Ints Barkāns
3.	Alvils Bijons
4.	Kaspars Balamovskis
5.	Elza Volonte
6.	Edžus Konošonoks
7.	Rolands Stepanovs
8.	Girts Vārtiņš
9.	Krišjānis Liepa
10.	Elīza Gailīte
11.	Arguts Skudrēns
12.	Toms Dreiblats
13.	Mikus Rullis
14.	Emīls Ieviņš
15.	Emīls Šagījevs
16.	Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
17.	Ģirts Čonka
18.	Artjoms Smirnovs
19.	Ralfs Gailītis
20.	Baiba Grunsberga
21.	Karli Kontkar (EE)
22.	Fred Peetersoo
23.	Klāvs Balamovskis
24.	Liene Bērziņa
25.	Arta Skudrēna
26.	Lauma Stepanova
27.	Roberts Daukševičs
28.	Toms Jansons
29.	Kristaps Dzīvītis
30.	Kristaps Radionovs

Latvian Downhill Longboarding Series 2015 are about to start!

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On the 9th May in Sigulda, Lorupes grava a downhill season opening race will be held – this one day race with 6-man heats will be a start for another amazing season for Latvian Downhill Longboarding Series (LDLS).

The course in Lorupe is super easy with top speed with just around 50-55km/h – wide & friendly course for beginners. Start at 11:00 with practice runs, then one quali run & then finals!

Riders will compete in Open, women, juniors, masters groups and for this race also in Rookie for those guys who never have participated in LDLS events.

Entry fee if you register till 8th May 16:00:

Juniors – 10 euro

Others – 15 euro

If you register after 8th May 16:00 an additional fee 5 euros will be added.

Latvian downhill longboarding series 2015 Official rules

Entry fee must be paid at the race place before the race!

See you on the hill!

Riders list

Nr	Vārs/Name
1	Gustavs Gailītis
2	Elza Volonte
3	Kaspars Balamovskis
4	Kristaps Ozols
5	Alvils Bijons
6	Ralfs Gailītis
7	Jānis Pundiņš
8	Ģirts Vārtiņš
9	Rolands Stepanovs
10	Toms Dreiblats
11	Elīza Gailīte
12	Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
13	Mikus Rullis
14	Emīls Ieviņš
15	Edžus Konošonoks
16	Ernests Liepiņš
17	Toms Jansons
18	Ints Barkāns
19	Arguts Skudrēns
20	Renārs Kārkliņš
21	Einārs Lansmanis
22	Krisjanis Krumins
23	Ivars Vitkovskis
24	Roberts Vitkovskis
25	Marks Kiseļovs
26	Henrijs Geidāns
27	Andrejs Solncevs
28	Lauma Stepanova
29	Dairis Putniņš
30	Gints Zommers
31	Oskars Lapiņš
32	Krišjānis Liepa
33	Liene Bērziņa
34	Baiba Grunsberga
35	Karli Kontkar (EE)
36	Fred Peetersoo (EE)
37	Kārlis Karlsons
38	Kristaps Radionovs
39	Arta Skudrēna
40	Roberts Daukševičs
41	Klāvs Balamovskis
42	Arturs Pavlovs
43	Ģirts Čonka

Rasalas dominates the last race

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All good things come to an end. After series warm-up race in Lorupe, the first 3 races in Priekuļi, Rakši, Madona it was time for the last race of Latvian downhill longboarding series at the short & fast track next to recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ at the event ‘’Alpacas 2nd chance 2014’’! Riders from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia took part in the race.

In ladies Elīza Marija Gailīte managed to finish a perfect season with another win (6th win in a row!). Elza Volonte took 2nd place and ended at 2nd place in series overall as well. 3rd was Anna Monika Gailīte – for her this was first downhill race since last June when she won ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2013’’!

Damas

WOMEN

1.Elīza Marija Gailīte

2.Elza Volonte

3.Anna Monika Gailīte

In juniors Toms Dreiblats just by 30cm lost to Gustavs Zēgners and ended his 5 race winning streak in his last race in juniors. With this win Zēgners grabbed 2nd place in overall.

Juniori

JUNIORS

1.Gustavs Zēgners

2.Toms Dreiblats

In masters Ģirts Vārtiņš got his 1st win of the year – adding 2nd place in Priekuļi and Madona was enough to become the series masters champion! Artjoms Smirnovs was 2nd in the race & 2nd in the series, but Ints Barkāns stayed in 3rd.

Masters

MASTERS

1.Ģirts Vārtiņš

2.Artjoms Smirnovs

3.Ints Barkāns

4.Andrejs Solncevs

5.Krišjānis Krūmiņš

In Open group racing the favorite was qualification winner guest rider from Lithuania – Šarunas Rasalas. But the big intrigue was about who will become Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 champion – will it be Gustavs Gailītis (1st in Priekuļi, missed Rakši race because of broken foot & got 1st in Madona) or Jānis Jirgens (5th in Priekuļi, 1st in Rakši, 9th in Madona) – the guy who would finish higher would have the series title!

In the final Šarunas was dominating from the start! Jānis managed to hold his 2nd place and win the series title for 2014! Gustavs after winning the series in 2012 and 2013 this time ended 3rd in the race and 2nd in the series, but 4th place in the race was enough for Kaspars Balamovskis to finally get 3rd spot overall! Interesting that Šarunas win was first time that rider from abroad took the Open group win Latvian downhill longboarding series since the beginning in 2012 ( so far Lithuanians Lukas Kirkilionis had three 2^nd places & Stepas Jonaitis one 2^nd place)!

Open

OPEN

1. Šarunas Rasalas (LT)

2. Jānis Jirgens

3. Gustavs Gailītis

4. Kaspars Balamovskis

5. Klāvs Balamovskis

6. Jānis Kundziņš

7. Toms Dreiblats

8. Artjoms Smirnovs

9. Kārlis Karlsons

10. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks

11. Gustavs Zēgners

12. Ģirts Čonka

13. Toms Jansons

14. Elīza Marija Gailīte

15. Valdis Vītoliņš

16. Elza Volonte

17. Anna Monika Gailīte

18. Ģirts Vārtiņš

19. Rolands Stepanovs

20. Ints Barkāns

21. Andrejs Solncevs

22. Kārlis Gross

23. Krišjānis Krūmiņš

24. Ņikita Izratov (EE)

Qualification results: here.

Standings for 2014: Standings

That was the final race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 powered by RIPOshop.lv! Thank you to all the riders – see you all next year!

‘’Alpacas second chance 2014’’ downhill race coming up!

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Raksi 2nd chance

Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 last event is just around the corner! The last race ‘’Alpacas second chance 2014’’ will happen on 20-21 September next to recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ (GPS coordinates – 57.275887 , 25.193367 ).

On this course also ‘’Alpaca speed festival race was held in 2013 and 2014 – check the videos

The course is less than a kilometer long, fast with top speed a bit over 80km/h (average speed 65km/h for fastest) – raw run

Riders will compete in 4 groups – juniors, ladies, Masters & OPEN.

On the first day we will have practice runs & qualification but on second more practice and head-to-head finals.

Entry fee is 30 EUR (juniors 20 EUR). If you register later than 16th September 23:59 + 10 EUR are added (you pay on the race place),

Racers can compete in just one day, but it won’t affect the entry fee!

As usual we are planning to rent a guest house for riders and their friends – bed will be 10 EUR per person (you must bring your own sleeping bag/pillow).

Don’t forget to register and see you in ‘’Rakši’’ – Alpacas are waiting 😉

Riders list:

Npk	Vārds Uzvārds / Name Surname
1.	Gustavs Gailītis
2.	Kaspars Balamovskis
3.	Kārlis Gross
4.	Ģirts Čonka
5.	Elīza Gailīte
6.	Jānis Geisters
7.	Toms Dreiblats
8.	Jānis Pundiņš
9.	Nikita Izratov (EE)
10.	Ģirts Vārtiņš
11.	Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
12.	Gustavs Zēgners
13.	Marks Kiseļovs
14.	Artjoms Smirnovs
15.	Rolands Stepanovs
16.	Elza Volonte
17.	Valdis Vītoliņš
18.	Toms Jansons
19.	Ints Barkāns
20.	Jānis Jirgens
21.	Klāvs Balamovskis
22.	Kārlis ''GEO'' Karlsons
23.	Āris Muitinieks
24.	Jānis Kundziņš

Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 ranking before last round!

Point system (Masters, Women, Juniors) – 1st-25 points, 2-18, 3-15, 4-12, 5-10, 6-8, 7-6, 8-4, 9-2, 10-1.

Masters

Top5 riders are so close that the rider who wins ‘’Alpacas second chance’’ will win the series as well!

#	Name Surname	Priekuļi	Rakši	Madona	Total
1	Arguts Skudrēns	12	18	12	42
2	Edžus Konošonoks	15	12	10	37
3	Ģirts Vārtiņš	18	-	18	36
4	Artjoms Smirnovs	6	15	15	36
5	Ints Barkāns	10	-	25	35
6	Erikas Jaksiboga	8	25	-	33
7	Lukas Kirkilionis	25	-	-	25
8	Ritmārs Stivriņš	-	10	-	10
9	Krišjānis Krūmiņš	-	-	8	8

Ladies

Elīza Gailīte won all the races and already is the series champion for 2014!

#	Name Surname	Priekuļi	Rakši	Madona	Total
1	Elīza Marija Gailīte	25	25	25	75
2	Elza Volonte	12	15	18	45
3	Liene Bērziņa	18	18	-	36
4	Baiba Grunsberga	8	10	10	28
5	Arta Skudrēna	10	-	15	25
6	Līga Žvingule	15	-	-	15
7	April Whitlow	-	12	-	12
8	Zhanna Ramanovich	-	-	12	12
9	Kitija Blūma	-	-	8	8
10	Ieve Sefere	-	-	6	6

Juniors

Toms Dreiblats during his last season in juniors is unstoppable – he is series champion and if he wins in Rakši again, he will have perfect season!

#	Name Surname	Priekuļi	Rakši	Madona	Total
1	Toms Dreiblats	25	25	25	75
2	Jānis Geisters	18	18	12	48
3	Gustavs Zēgners	12	15	15	42
4	Ernests Liepiņš	15	-	18	33
5	Jānis Pundiņš	-	-	10	10
6	Eduards Dainis	-	-	8	8

OPEN

Point system for OPEN – 1st -115 points, 2-95, 3-85,4-76, 5-68, 6-61, 7-55, 8-50, 9-46, 10-42, 11-41 (one position lower – 1 point)

Gustavs Gailītis, Jānis Jirgens, Oleg Ramanovich – top3 guys in the ranking! The champion will be the one who wins the last race (or finishes highest)!

Gustavs won the 1st race (Priekuļi), but felt in the finish and broke his foot. He wasn’t able to praticipate in the 2nd race, but came back and won 3rd one (Madona).

Jānis was 5th in Priekuļi, won Rakši, but made a big mistake in Madona – he felt and finished just 9th losing 1st place in the ranking.

Oleg had a solid season (6th in Priekuļi, 3rd in Rakši, 5th in Madona), he also participated at ‘’Kozakov challenge 2014’’.

Theoretically there are 6 more guys that might win the series, but it won’t be easy! Also there are few fast names on the rider list who haven’t raced this year, so finals and fight for top10 in the series overall will be spectacular!

#	Name Surname	Priekuļi	Rakši	Madona	Total
1	Gustavs Gailītis	115	-	115	230
2	Jānis Jirgens	68	115	46	229
3	Oleg Ramanovich	61	85	68	214
4	Kaspars Balamovskis	76	50	61	187
5	Toms Dreiblats	50	29	95	174
6	Klāvs Balamovskis	46	68	43	157
7	Stepas Jonaitis	40	95	-	135
8	Edžus Konošonoks	35	43	55	133
9	Mārtiņš Liepiņš	-	76	50	126
10	Jānis Kundziņš	41	37	35	113
11	Dominikas Pečkys	85	26	-	111
12	Āris Muitinieks	43	61	-	104
13	Jānis Geisters	34	28	40	102
14	Rytis Stankevičius	-	23	76	99
15	Elīza Gailīte	33	36	29	98
16	Lukas Kirkilionis	95	-	-	95
17	Arguts Skudrēns	39	25	31	95
18	Elza Volonte	31	38	24	93
19	Erikas Jaksiboga	36	55	-	91
20	Sergey Aksenov	-	-	85	85
21	Artjoms Smirnovs	10	35	38	83
22	Gustavs Zēgners	23	24	33	80
23	Darius Stankevičius	-	46	34	80
24	Ģirts Čonka	17	33	27	77
25	Karolis Mažulis	37	39	-	76
26	Kristaps Dzīvītis	32	41	-	73
27	Aivars Kārkliņš	30	40	-	70
28	Mārtiņš Kivlinieks	28	-	37	65
29	Baiba Grunsberga	13	30	22	65
30	Ernests Liepiņš	24	-	36	60
31	Ints Barkāns	25	-	32	57
32	Edijs Jermačenko	55	-	-	55
33	Kārlis Karlsons	27	27	-	54
34	Alvils Bijons	12	-	41	53
35	Liene Bērziņa	19	34	-	53
36	Rolands Stepanovs	16	-	30	46
37	Krišjānis Liepa	18		25	43
38	Ģirts Vārtiņš	22	-	20	42
39	Krišjānis Krūmiņš	-	-	39	39
40	Jānis Podiņš	38	-	-	38
41	Arta Skudrēna	14	-	23	37
42	Aivars Prokopovičs	18	-	16	34
43	Kārlis Gross	11	22	-	33
44	Valdis Vītoliņš	-	32	-	32
45	April Whitlow	-	31	-	31
46	Vladislavs Kuzminskis	29	-	-	29
47	Jānis Pundiņš	-	-	28	28
48	Dāvis Andersons	26	-	-	26
49	Eduards Dainis	-	-	26	26
50	Olafs Bura	-	21	-	21
51	Henrijs Geidāns	21	-	-	21
52	Zhanna Ramanovich	-	-	21	21
53	Ritmārs Stivriņš	-	20	-	20
54	Arnas Repečka	20	-	-	20
55	Toms Jansons	-	19	-	19
56	Mikus Rullis	-	-	19	19
57	Kitija Blūma	-	-	18	18
58	Ieva Sefere	-	-	17	17
59	Līga Žvingule	15	-	-	15
60	Timo Lorenzo	-	-	15	15