3rd annual ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2015’’ was a blast – riders from Latvia & Lithuania gathered to race in on a super hot day with speed reaching 80km/h.
In quali junior Gustavs Zēgners surprised everyone by taking in the lead in first run. On second run series current leader Gustavs Gailītis managed to beat Zēgners time by 0,07sec. Luthuanian Rytis ‘’Godzilla’’ Stankevičius was 3rd with 0,14 sec behind Gailītis! They were fallowed by Kaspars Balamovskis, Toms Dreiblats and Ģirts Vārtiņš.
For ladies, Elīza Marija Gailīte was the fastest, for juniors it was Zēgners, but for Masters – Vārtiņš. Fastes from the rookies of this fast course was Kristaps Ozols.
Unfortunately, Rolands Stepanovs fell after finish of his 2nd quali run and broke his arm – get well soon!
Second day was the day of the finals – in Masters, Edžus Konošonoks suprised everybody by taking his 2nd win in a row, fallowed by Vārtiņš and Artjoms Smirnovs.
In juniors last two race winner Emīls Ieviņš couldn’t fallow the speed of Zēgners – Zēgners won by a huge gap!
In ladies 18 year old Elīza Marija Gailīte won 2nd year in a row leaving previous race winner Lauma Stepanova and Elza Volonte behind.
In Open final heats Smirnovs got 10th & Artūrs Pavlovs grabbed 9th spot. In consolation round just my half lenght of a board Konošonoks won 5th place against Darius Stankevičius. They were fallowed by Mārtiņš Kivlinieks (7th) and Toms Dreiblats (8th).
In the big final already from the start Gailītis took the lead, closely fallowed by Zēgners, Balamovskis and ‘’Godzilla’’. While reaching the fastest part of the course they all were superclose, but sadly Rytis Stankevičius lost his balance and fell, leaving the podium for Latvians – Gailītis took another win, fallowed by biggest surprise of the weekend Zēgners and Balamovskis!
Organizers would like to say huge THANK YOU to all the riders, course marshals, sports and recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ for their hospitality and event sponsors – riposhop.lv, ‘’NRJ reklāma’’, ‘’Ponolau’’, ‘’JJ longboards’’, stampa.lv and festival ‘’Playground’’!
See you on the last race of this year Latvian downhill longboarding series – ‘’Priekuļi cup’’ in September!
Qualification results: here
Qualification event analysis: here
Results:
| OPEN | |
|---|---|
| 1. | Gustavs Gailītis |
| 2. | Gustavs Zēgners |
| 3. | Kaspars Balamovskis |
| 4. | Rytis Stankevičius (LT) |
| 5. | Edžus Konošonoks |
| 6. | Darius Stankevičius (LT) |
| 7. | Mārtiņš Kivlinieks |
| 8. | Toms Dreiblats |
| 9. | Artūrs Pavlovs |
| 10. | Artjoms Smirnovs |
| 11. | Lauma Stepanova |
| 12. | Jānis Kundziņš |
| 13. | Andrejs Solncevs |
| 14. | Toms Jansons |
| 15. | Elīza Marija Gailīte |
| 16. | Eduards Vitmanis |
| 17. | Emīls Ieviņš |
| 18. | Mikus Rullis |
| 19. | Ģirts Vārtiņš |
| 20. | Arguts Skudrēns |
| 21. | Elza Volonte |
| 22. | Alvils Bijons |
| 23. | Ernests Liepiņš |
| 24. | Kristaps Ozols |
| 25. | Rolands Stepanovs |
| 26. | Rojs Dauburs |
| 27. | Arta Skudrēna |
| 28. | Armands Sakne |
| MASTERS | |
| 1. | Edžus Konošonoks |
| 2. | Ģirts Vārtiņš |
| 3. | Artjoms Smirnovs |
| 4. | Arguts Skudrēns |
| 5. | Andrejs Solncevs |
| 6. | Mikus Rullis |
| 7. | Rojs Dauburs |
| 8. | Armands Sakne |
| LADIES | |
| 1. | Elīza Marija Gailīte |
| 2. | Lauma Stepanova |
| 3. | Elza Volonte |
| 4. | Arta Skudrēna |
| JUNIORS | |
| 1. | Gustavs Zēgeners |
| 2. | Emīls Ieviņš |