Category Archives: rakši

“Alpaca speed festival” coming up!

Alpaca Speed Festival 2014

On 5-6th July, in Amatas region, next to the recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ (which is famous for exotic zoo – camels, lamas, alpacas etc. ) the ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2014’’ will be held (it will be the second race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014).

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 (born in 1996 or later), masters (born in 1979 or before). More detailed schedule coming up next week!

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 for ‘’Level up: Rakši!’’ practice days and ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2014’’ race is EUR 30 (for juniors EUR 20).

The entry fee If you register later than 2th 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).

Registration for Level UP: here.

Registration for Alpaca Speed festival: here.

GPS Coordinates: Recreation Complex “Rakši” 57.275887, 25.193367

See you there!

Riders list:

Nr	Vārds/Name
1	Elza Volonte
2	Oleg Soulshaker (BY)
3	Kaspars Balamovskis
4	Aivars Kārkliņš
5	Alvils Bijons
6	Artjoms Smirnovs
7	Olafs Bura
8	April Whitlow (US)
9	Jānis Jirgens
10	Jānis Geisters
11	Kārlis Gross
12	Ernests Liepiņš
13	Toms Dreiblats
14	Krišjānis Liepa
15	Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
16	Liene Bērziņa
17	Edžus Konošonoks
18	Toms Jansons
19	Jānis Pundiņš
20	Elīza Gailīte
21	Erikas (Rico) Jaksiboga (LT)
22	Ritmars Stivriņš
23	Gustavs Zēgners
24	Āris Muitinieks
25	Kristaps Dzīvītis
26	Kārlis ''GEO'' Karlsons
27	Arguts Skudrēns
28	Klāvs Balamovskis
29	Ģirts Čonka
30	Rytis Stankevičius (LT)
31	Dominykas Peckys (LT)
32	Darius Stankevičius (LT)
33	Karolis Mazulis (LT)
34	Ģirts Vārtiņš
35	Lukas Kirkilionis (LT)
36	Stepas Jonaitis (LT)
37	Martiņš Liepiņš
38	Baiba Grunsberga

Downhill longboarding practice days – Level up: “Rakši”!

Leave a reply

LevelUP Raksi

On the 28th and 29th of June just one week before ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ race, a two day downhill practice/freeride will take place!

The course is the fastest in Latvia, where the speed reaches 80km/h. The course is less thana kilometer long

Video from last years ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ competition – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZGesdU7-k

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 course is on open road, so everybody is more than welcome the ride it during those two offifical practice days on 28th and 29th of June.

The entry fee for ‘’Level up: Rakši!’’ practice days is EUR 15.

The entry fee for ‘’Level up: Rakši!’’ practice days and ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2014’’ race is EUR 30 (for juniors EUR 20).

Staying overnight – tent place EUR 3,5 per person.

Registration for Level UP: here.

Registration for Alpaca Speed festival: here.

GPS Coordinates: Recreation Complex “Rakši” 57.275887, 25.193367

Don’t miss it!

List of riders:

Nr	Vārds/Name
1	Elza Volonte
2	Kaspars Balamovskis
3	Alvils Bijons
4	Aivars Kārkliņš
5	Artjoms Smirnovs
6	Jānis Jirgens
7	Jānis Geisters
8	Kārlis Gross
9	Krišjānis Liepa
10	Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
11	Liene Bērziņa
12	Edžus Konošonoks
13	Toms Jansons
14	Jānis Pundiņš
15	Jānis Kundziņš
16	Āris Muitinieks
17	Gustavs Zēgners
18	Krisjanis Krumins
19	Kristaps Dzīvītis
20	Kārlis ''GEO'' Karlsons
21	Arguts Skudrēns
22	Elīza Gailīte
23	Valdis Vītoliņš
24	Klāvs Balamovskis
25	Ģirts Čonka

Longboarding LV: “Alpaca speed festival 2013” Rakši/Latvia

Leave a reply

On 29-30th June in Latvia, next to the recreation complex ”Rakši” (www.hotelraksi.lv) an amazing downhill longboarding race was held — ”Alpaca speed festival” aka Latvian downhill championships 2013! Thanks to the event sponsors — RIPO longboard shop, longboarding.lv, Battery energy drink, FULLBAG skateboards, stampa.lv, NRJ reklāmai, ZIMTS, NESVB! In AWEsome battle between fastest Latvian & Lithuanian riders the top guys where:
OPEN final:
1.Jānis Jirgens
2.Gustavs Gailītis
3.Āris Muitinieks
4.Aivars Kārkliņš

Ladies top3:
1.Anna Gailīte
2.Elīza Gailīte
3.Elza Volonte

Masters top3:
1.Ints Barkāns
2.Lukas Kirkilionis
3.Arguts Skudrēns

Junior champion:
1.Ernests Liepiņš

All info about Latvian longboarding scene — longboarding.lv
See you on the hill or in next Latvian race — Priekuļi cup-2 on 24-25th August!

“Alpaca speed festival 2013” has ended

Leave a reply

Last weekend in Amatas region next to recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ an amazing downhill longboarding event ‘’Alpaca speed festival’’ was held (it was also Latvian open championships 2013)!

Saturday in wet conditions the practice and qualification promised a lot of action in speed reaching over 70 km/h. Latvian champion 2012 Gustavs Gailītis won 3rd qualification in a row in Latvian competitions fallowed by Latvian champion 2011 Jānis Jirgens. 3rd was Kaspars Balamovskis, 4th Āris Muitinieks fallowed by 3 superfast Lithuanians – 5th Lukas Kirkilionis, 6th Rytis Stankevicius, 7th Stepas Jonaitis and 8th was Latvian Ints Barkāns.
After the qualification the ‘’King of the hill’’ race was held with top4 guys from the qualification on the starting line – Gustavs Gailītis won in, leaving Jirgens in second!

Sunday was the main day of the whole event – weather was sunny and super hot & riders where ready to push the limits in 4 men heats!

Semi finals where full with surprises – in first semi final on the starting line were Gailītis, Muitinieks, Kirkilionis and Ģirts Vārtiņš. On the start Muitnieks slipped and lost few seconds that theoretically would leave him out of the big final. But thanks to perfect run in rest of the course he managed to catch and overtake Vārtiņš and also Kirkilionis and get into the final.

Second semi final was predicted to be easy for Jirgens and Balamovskis (2nd and 3rd in qualification), but everybody was surprised by Aivars Kārkliņš who managed to draft Balamovskis, finish just after Jirgens and got himself a place in the final for the first time in Latvian races, leaving Balamovskis and Rytis Stanekvicius to race in the small final (consolation round).

Final heat was super intense + it decided who will be Latvian downhill longboarding champion 2013 – after the start Jirgens was in the lead, Gailītis, Muitinieks and Kārkliņš were fallowing closely. In the last straight Jirgens managed to leave everbody behind him and regained his champion title!!!

In ladies final second year in a row Anna Gailīte managed to win over ther sister Elīza Gailīte, who won the qualification and was in the lead half the course. 3rd was Elza Volonte.

In masters group big surprise was Ints Barkāns who left the win for Latvia, leaving favourite Kirikilionis in second and Arguts Skudrēns in 3rd. Junior winner was Ernests Liepiņš.

Huge THANK YOU to lovely recreation resort ‘’Rakši’’, also thanks to sponsors ‘’Battery energy drink’’, ‘’Ripo longboard shop’’, ‘’stampa.lv’’, ‘’FULLBAG skateboards’’, ‘’NRJ reklāmai’’, ‘’ZIMTS”!

Now there will be a pause in Latvian downhill longboarding series because 3 fastest Latvians will participate in World cup event in Czech Republic, also many Latvians will go to World famous KnK longboard camp in Slovenia and of course those who ride slalom will participate in international competitions, that includes also European championships in London! So the next downhill race in Latvia will be 24-25th August in Priekuļi and after that 14-15th September in Madona. See you on the hill !

Results:

Place	Name, Surname	Points
1	Jānis Jirgens	60
2	Gustavs Gailītis	54
3	Āris Muitinieks	48
4	Aivars Kārkliņš	43
5	Kaspars Balamovskis	40
6	Lukas Kirkilionis (LT)	38
7	Rytis Stankevicius (LT)	36
8	Ģirts Vārtiņš	34
9	Klāvs Balamovskis	32
10	Artjoms Smirnovs	31
11	Erikas Jaksiboga (LT)	30
12	Alvils Bijons	29
13	Ints Barkāns	28
14	Stepas Jonaitis (LT)	27
15	Arguts Skudrēns	26
16	Ernests Liepiņš	25
17	Anna Gailīte	24
18	Elīza Gailīte	23
19	Elza Volonte	22

“Alpaca speed festival 2013” is here. Information and participant registration

Leave a reply

On 29th & 30th June, in Amatas region, next to the recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ (which is famous for exotic zoo – camels, lamas, alpacas etc. and also for variety of active leisure time acitivities) the ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2013’’ will be held (it will also be Latvian open championships 2013 & second race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2013)! Results after first race here.

First day will start with practice, two qualification runs and ‘’King of the hill’’ run, in which fastest guys from qualification will participate – this run won’t influence the race day results – it will just be a show element to end the first day! Second day will again start with few hours of practice and then the race heats (we will have a cut of 32), which means that everybody will have 5 runs to fight for good final position. Also there will be finals (if many participants also semi-finals) for women, juniors and masters groups!

Detailed schedule (there might be changes depending on the weather and number of riders):
Saturday, 29th June
10:00-10:45 registration on place
10:50-10:55 riders meeting
11:00-14:00 practice runs
14:15-16:30 qualification runs
16:40 ‘’King of the hill’’ run

Sunday, 30th June
10:50-10:55 riders meeting
11:00-14:00 practice runs
14:15-16:15 race heats

There will be shuttle bus to take riders up to the start!

Race course – the race course is less than 1km long, it takes less than minute to reach the finish line, but the speed exceeds 70km/h. There is a great oportunity to fight untill the last streight that is long and during the run you have a great chance of drafting till the end. Raw run from the race course – here.

Entry fee if registered untill 26th June 23:59 Latvian time:
Men – 10ls (15 euros)
Ladies, juniors – 5ls (8euros)
If you register later or on race place, there will be 10ls (15 euros) added to your entry fee.
Rider can compete in just one day but in that case entry fee won’t be lower!
We will use international downhill longboarding competition rules, with some small exceptions. We remind that downhill longboarding event can be held on wet surface if organizer and riders agree!
This race will also be Latvian championships 2013, so there will be medals awarded for best Latvians in each group.
Also this will be the second race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2013, so everybody will have a chance to improve their position in the rankings!
Registration form here.

Staying overnight – tent place in recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ costs 4lats per person (approx. 7euros). Of course you are free to find alternatives on booking.com  Majority of riders will stay in ‘’Raksi’’ . More info about the place – http://hotelraksi.lv/en/index_en.php?cat=raksi!

Race is organized by – Latvian skateboarding federation

Sponsors – recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’, ‘’Battery energy drink’’, ‘’Ripo shop’’, ‘’FULLBAG skateboards’’, ‘’Stampa.lv’’ and ZIMTS.

If you need some more information you can also write us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/LatvianDownhillLongboardingSeries2013?fref=ts

Or contact me: Gustavs Gailitis +371 28201459, gustavsgailitis@inbox.lv or write me on Facebook!

Riders list:

Vārds/Name	Uzvārds/Surname
Kaspars	Balamovskis
Gustavs	Gailītis
Ints	Barkāns
Āris	Muitinieks
Aivars	Kārkliņš
Elza	Volonte
Anna	Gailīte
Elīza	Gailīte
Jānis	Jirgens
Arguts	Skudrēns
Ģirts	Vārtiņš
Artjoms	Smirnovs
Lukas	Kirkilionis (LT)
Stepas	Jonaitis (LT)
Rytis	Stankevicius (LT)
Rico	(LT)
Alvils	Bijons
Kārlis	Karlsons
Ernests	Liepiņš
Klāvs	Balamovskis