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SEASON STARTS HERE – ‘’MADONA LONGBOARD CHALLENGE’’!

On 12-13 May in Madona, ‘’Smeceres Sils’’ sports and recreation complex annual international longboarding event ‘’Madona longboard challenge’’ will take place! For two days we will rent ”Smeceres Sils” just for longboarders – also in downhill the bus will take riders up to the start!  On the first day riders will compete in downhill – everybody will race in OPEN group, but we will also have separate groups for juniors, masters and ladies!
The course is the easiest that we have, so this is a perfect place to start your downhill adventure!

On the second day already traditional skate&shoot and slide jam events will take place!
Schedule (might be small changes):


12th May, Saturday
12:30-13:00 re-registration
13:00-14:20 practice
14:30-15:45 qualification
16:15-18:30 finals


13th May, Sunday
10:20-11:00 shooting practice
11:00-12:30 skate&shoot
12:30-13:00 slide jam
13:15-13:30 award ceremony


Obligatory safety equipment – half shell helmet, pads (knees, elbows) and gloves (we recommend to use leather suits and fullface helmets if possible)!
Entry fee (includes entry to all disciplines + event shirt):
Juniors – 20 Eur
Others – 30 Eur
If you register after 09.05.2018. + 10 Eur


You can choose to participate only in one day, but the entry fee will stay the same!
Riders have the possibility to stay in guesthouse next to race place – it costs 13 Eur per person (if you choose this option, please mark it during registration – it is a limited offer)!


All riders must read race rules before the registration! -> Race rules
Registration here -> Madona Longboarding Challenge 2018

DH track video

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Video from previous years:

2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

Latvian downhill series champions – Gailītis, Stepanova, Rullis, Ivanovs

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Last weekend in Cēsis Olympic center ‘’Priekuļi’’ the last event of Latvian downhill longboarding series champions were crowned.

First slalom and slide jam competitions were held.
In slalom Gustavs Gailītis took the win, fallowed by Masters Gints Zommers and Edžus Konošonoks. In slide jam Kārlis Karlsons was the most skilled rider, 2nd place went to Mārtiņš Kivlinieks, but 3rd to Kaspars Balamovskis for doing stand-ups with a 1,5m long deck.

In downhill a lot of epic battles took place – in juniors Kristers Ivanovs showed his dominance taking the win, with Lukas Kellijs, Emīls Apsītis and Ralfs Andersons closely behind.
In series overall Ivanovs took the top honors, fallowed by Apsītis and Andersons.

In women Lauma Stepanova once again was unstoppable, Barbara Roskoša was 2nd and Baiba Grunsberga 3rd. In overall Stepanova also won, fallowed by Grusnberga nad Roskoša.

In Masters it was a battle of titans – Ģirts Vārtiņš managed to grab the top spot, Mikus Rullis secured second place un Edžus Konošonoks third place. In overall Rullis won for first time, Konošonoks was close behind, but 3rd place goes to Lukas Kirkilionis.

The tightest battles took place in Open group – Gustavs Gailītis took the win, with Ralfs Gailītis just one meter behind. 3rd place went to Mārtiņš Kivlinieks.
In series overall Gailītis won with almost perfect score (2nd,1st,1st,1st places), Kivlinieks wasn’t far behind (1st,3rd,2nd,3rd), but Karlsons this time ended the series in 3rd place (3rd,4th,4th,5th).

The race was supported by Riposhop.lv, Foxy racks, Fans action sport, Ionic Flux, Born To Ride, Davi boards, LuLū Pica, Ponolau, stampa.lv, NRJ tipography, OHM.LV.

Last race of the year is here – ‘’GiGa Olympics’’

On 23-24 September in Cēsis Olympic center ‘’Priekuļi’’ the last race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2017 will be held. ‘’GiGa Olympics’’ event will be made in honor of godfather of Latvian skateboarding – Gints Gailītis.
Video from last years race

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In the event we will have longboard slalom competition, slide jam and downhill race.

Downhill course Is quite easy but narrow – top riders will reach speeds up to 60km/h. Course –
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Schedule (there still might be changes):
Saturday, 23th September
12:00-12:10 longboard slalom re-registration
12:15-12:35 longboard slalom practice
12:40-13:30 longboard slalom race
13:40-13:55 downhill re-registration and riders meeting
14:00-15:30 practice runs
15:35-16:30 qualification
16:45-17:30 slide jam

Sunday, 24th September
11:00-12:00 practice runs
12:10-14:00 finals
14:30 award ceremony

Entry fee for two day event (including event t-shirt):
Juniors: 25 Eur
Others: 35 Eur
If you register after 20th September 23:59: + 10 Eur
If you attend only one day, entry fee stays the same.

All riders must read rules before registration – Here

Registration here: Registration form

Staying overnight – in tents, local hostel or booking.com

See you in Priekuļi 😉

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“Alpacas” champions have been crowned going 85km/h

First day of annual ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ was full of rain, luckly second was much sunnier & fastest riders from Latvia and Lithuania battled for the win.
In juniors Kristers Ivanovs took the top honors, fallowed by Emīls Apsītis, Ralfs Andersons and Kristofers Raģis.
In masters Lukas Kirkilionis was unstoppable, 2nd was Darius Stankevičius and 3rd Edžus Konošonoks.
In OPEN final Gustavs Gailītis took the win in a tight battle with Mārtiņš Kivlinieks. Toms Dreiblats took 3rd place and Kārlis Karlsons was 4th.
Race was sponsored by Riposhop.lv, ‘’Rakši’’, ‘’Born to Ride’’, pica ‘’LuLū’’, festival ‘’Playground’’, ‘’Ponolau’’, ‘’Born to ride’’, ‘’Sunhill bags’’, ‘’NRJ tipography’’.

Last race of the series 2017 will be in September – info coming soon 😉

OPEN 
1. Gustavs Gailītis
2. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
3. Toms Dreiblats
4. Kārlis Karlsons
5. Ralfs Gailītis
6. Lukas Kirkilionis
7. Gustavs Zēgners
8. Darius Stankevičius
9. Stepas Jonaitis
10. Edžus Konošonoks
11. Kristers Ivanovs
12. Eduards Everts
13. Ralfs Andersons
14. Kristofers Raģis
15. Emīls Apsītis
16. Mikus Rullis
Juniors
1. Kristers Ivanovs
2. Emīls Apsītis
3. Ralfs Andersons
4. Kristofers Raģis
Masters
1. Lukas Kirkilionis
2. Darius Stankevičius
3. Edžus Konošonoks
4. Mikus Rullis