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’’!

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.

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.

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)!

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!

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:

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!

Ladies

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

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!

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!