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‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ is back!

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

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

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

Madona Longboard Challange 2015 – Video

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Video of the downhill, longboard biathlon and slide festival in Madona – “Madona Longboard Challange 2015”.

Epic racing & shooting at Madona

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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

Racing season has officially started!

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Last weekend officialy the 5th season of downhill longboading racing in Latvia started with ‘’Longboarding chill on the hill’’ racein Sigulda.

Although last years Latvian downhill longboarding series (LDLS) champion Jānis Jirgens was not present because of an injury, the riderlist was strong with few guests from Estonia as well.

The race season started with this race for 2nd year in a row – the head wind already last year showed that results here can be really unrepdicatbale.

Already in the qualification last years winner of ‘’Longboarding chill on the hil’’ Marks Kiseļovs set a time of 1:22:42 leaving LDLS 2012 & 2013 champion Gustavs Gailītis almost 2seconds behind. 3rd in quali was Kaspars Balamovskis, 4th Jānis Kundziņš.

“Chill on the hill” Lorupe 2015 qualification results

After the qualis first the winners for juniors, ladies, Masters, Rookies were deremined.

For juniors Emīls Ieviņš won, but for ladies Lauma Stepanova, leaving last years 2 fastest girls of LDLS – Elza Volonte, Elīza Marija Gailīte behind in 2nd and 3rd.

Masters group was once again dominated by Ģirts Vārtiņš, fallowed by Artjoms Smirnovs and Andrejs Solncevs.

In Rookie group guests from Estonia showed a surprise by Fred Peetersoo getting 1st and Karli Kontar 4th. Between them Artūrs Pavlovs got 2nd and Kristaps Ozols 3rd.

In Open group final already after the start Gailītis got the lead fallowed by Kiseļovs and Kundziņš.

Soon both of them overtook Gailītis grabbing first 2 spots – win for Kiseļovs, 2nd for Kundziņš, 3rd for Gailītis.

The race was sponsored by ‘’riposhop.lv’’, ‘’NRJ reklāmai’’, ‘’JJ longboards’’, ‘’stampa.lv’’.

Next LDLS 2015 race will be held in Madona cituy on 6-7 June – last year riders from Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Italy participated there, so this year another great international

Results

Open
1. Marks Kiseļovs
2. Jānis Kundziņš
3. Gustavs Gailītis
4. Ģirts Vārtiņš
5. Andrejs Solncevs
6. Kaspars Balamovskis
7. Edžus Konošonoks
8. Rolands Stepanovs
9. Artūrs Pavlovs
10. Fred Peetersoo (EE)
11. Kārlis Karlsons
12. Gints Zommers
13. Artjoms Smirnovs
14. Arguts Skudrēns
15. Karli Kontkar (EE)
16. Kristaps Ozols
17. Ralfs Gailītis
18. Lauma Stepanova
19. Dairis Putniņš
20. Renārs Kārkliņš
21. Roberts Daukševičs
22. Toms Dreiblats
23. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
24. Alvils Bijons
25. Mikus Rullis
26. Emīls Ieviņš
27. Henrijs Geidāns
28. Elīza Marija Gailīte
29. Aivars Prokopovičs
30. Ernests Liepiņš
31. Liene Bērziņa
32. Anna Marija Gailīte
33. Arta Skudrēna
34. Baiba Grunsberga
35. Elza Volonte
36. Kristaps Radionovs
37. Ivars Vitkovskis
38. Krišjānis Krūmiņš

Masters
1. Ģirts Vārtiņš
2. Artjoms Smirnovs
3. Andrejs Solncevs
4. Edžus Konošonoks
5. Arguts Skudrēns
6. Gints Zommers
7. Ivars Vitkovskis
8. Mikus Rullis
9. Krišjānis Krūmiņš

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

Juniors
1. Emīls Ieviņš

Rookies
1. Fred Peetersoo (EE)
2. Artūrs Pavlovs
3. Kristaps Ozols
4. Karli Kontar (EE)
5. Ralfs Gailītis
6. Lauma Stepanova
7. Renārs Kārkliņš
8. Ivars Vitkovskis
9. Emīls Ieviņš
10. Kristaps Radionovs