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‘’PRIEKUĻI CUP 2016’’ IS OVER!

Last weekend at Cēsis Olympic center ‘’Priekuļi’’ 2nd race of this years downhill series ‘’Priekuļi cup 2016’’ was held.

On the first day in qualification Gustavs Gailītis set the fastest time, fallowed by Mārtiņš Kivlinieks, Kārlis Karlsons, Toms Dreiblats and Ralfs Gailītis.
After that the slide jam was held and Karlsons was crowned the winner!
On second day in finals Edžus Konošonoks took the Masters group win, Lauma Stepanova won for the ladies and Gustavs Zēgners for juniors.

In Open final after the start Karlsons took the lead, but after first turn the was overtaken by Gustavs Gailītis, Dreiblats and Kivlinieks. They also finished in that order – 4th year in a row Gailītis won in Priekuļi! Dreiblats took 2nd and Kivlinieks 3rd place.

 

3rd race of the year will be held on 2-3 July and ‘’Rakši’’, the famous ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ which is the fastest race in Baltics!

Huge THANK YOU to the sponsors RipoShop.lv, ‘’Rayne longboards’’, ‘’Born to Ride’’, ‘’Aerodium’’, ‘’Ponolau’’, ‘’NRJ tipography’’, festival ‘’Playground’’ and also Cēsis Olympic center ‘’Priekuļi’’!

Qualification results 1

Qualification results 2

Results:

Open
1Gustavs Gailītis
2Toms Dreiblats
3Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
4Kārlis Karlsons
5Gustavs Zēgners
6Dairis Putniņš
7Edžus Konošonoks
8Ralfs Gailītis
9Rolands Stepanovs
10Lauma Stepanova
11Toms Vaics
12Mikus Rullis
13Ģirts Čonka
14Kristaps Dzīvītis
15Krišjānis Liepa
16Eduards Everts
17Liene Bērziņa
18Eduards Vitmanis
19Lūkass Kellijs
20Emīls Apsītis
21Kristofers Raģis
22Ralfs Andersons
23Edijs Leitašs
24Kitija Blūma
25Baiba Grunsberga
26Kristers Ivanovs
27Henrijs Geidāns
28Kaspars Balamovskis
29Klāvs Balamovskis
Juniors
1Gustavs Zēgners
2Ralfs Andersons
3Lūkass Kellijs
4Emīls Apsītis
5Kristofers Raģis
6Kristers Ivanovs
7Edijs Leitašs
Ladies
1Lauma Stepanova
2Liene Bērziņa
3Baiba Grunsberga
4Kitija Blūma
Masters
1Edžus Konošonoks
2Mikus Rullis

‘’PRIEKUĻI CUP’’ COMING UP!

On 4-5th June 2nd race of this years Latvian downhill longboarding series will be held – legendary ‘’Priekuļi cup’’!
On first day downhill practice, qualification and slide jam will happen, on second day we will have more practice and finals!
Schedule (there might be small changes):
Saturday, 4th June:

13:30-14:00 registration
14:00-16:00 practice
16:00-17:00 qualification
17:15-18:00 slide jam

Sunday, 5th June:
11:00-12:30 practice
12:30-14:45 finals
15:00-15:30 award ceremony

Obligatory registration on longboarding.lv

Registration form

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 events + event shirt):

Juniors – 20 Eur

Others – 30 Eur

If you register after 02.06.2016. + 5 Eur

You can choose to participate only in one day, but the entry fee will stay the same!
Priekuļi race course is slow and narrow with top speed 55km/h, track length is 1,3km.
Video (track continues also with 90 degree turn to the right)

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Video from last year

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

Event sponsors are: RipoShop.lv, ‘’Rayne longboards’’, ‘’Born to Ride’’, ‘’Ponolau’’, festivāls ‘’Playground’’, ‘’NRJ reklāmai’’.

See you in Priekuļi!

LATVIAN DOWNHILL SERIES START WAS EPIC

Last weekend for 5th year in a row international longboard race ‘’Madona longboard challenge’’ was held, which was the 1st race of this years Latvian downhill longboarding series.

On the first day downhill was held – in Masters group Lukas Kirkilionis from Lithuania was unstopable, fallowed by locals Edžus Konošonoks and Artjoms Smirnovs.

In ladies group Lauma Stepanova took the top spot, Liene Bērziņa was 2nd and Alīna Garejeva was 3rd.

In junior group Kristers Ivanovs was first, fallowed by Gustavs Rullis.

In OPEN group things got complicated – Kārlis Karlsons took top spot in quali fallowed by last years last race podium finishers – Toms Dreiblats, Mārtiņš Kivlinieks and Gustavs Gailītis. In qualification 5th was Kirkilionis, 6th Edvardas Lunys, fallowed by Balamovskis brothers – Kaspars and Klāvs. 9th was Justinas Nargela, but 10th Ernests Liepiņš, who pushed Ralfs Gailītis out of top10.

Finals turned everything upside down – Nargela felt and didn’t make it to top16, but in top16 Kirkilionis and Gustavs Gailītis tangled in start, leaving last 4 years winner in gravel and out of semifinal or top8.

In small final Klāvs Balamovskis grabbed 5th spot, fallowed by Dreiblats, Kivlinieks and Dubovikas.

In big final it was a fight till the finish – Lunys won the race, Karlsons took 2nd and after a crash with Kirkilionis, Kaspars Balamovskis grabbed last podium spot finishing 3rd!

On second day in skate&shoot Dreiblats was took the honors, fallowed by Lithuanians Kirkilionis and Dubovikas. In slide jam Kivlinieks was crowned the best!

This race was held in honor of Arguts Skudrēns – Latvian boardsports legend, who passed away few days ago – rest in peace!

Race was organized by ‘’RipoShop.lv’’, sponsored by ‘’NRJ reklāmai’’, ‘’Ponolau’’, festival ‘’PLAYGROUND’’,’’JJ boards’’, ‘’Born to Ride’’.

Next race of Latvian downhill longboarding series will happen on 4-5th June and will be held in Cēsis Olympic center ‘’Priekuļi’’ – https://www.facebook.com/events/1564835310484065/ – see you there!

Qualification results

Results

5th year of Latvian downhill longboarding series starts here!

On 7-8th May in Madona, ‘’Smeceres Sils’’ sports and recreation complex annual international longboarding event will take place! For two days we will rent ”Smecers 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 – everbody will race in OPEN group, but we will also have seperate 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

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On the second day already traditional skate&shoot and slide jam events will take place!

Schedule (might be small changes):

7th May, Saturday

12:30-13:00 re-registration

13:00-15:00 practice

15:00-16:30 qualification

17:00-19:30 finals

8th 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 events + event shirt):

Juniors – 20 Eur

Others – 30 Eur

If you register after 04.05.2015. + 5 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 11 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 2016
See you soon in Madona!