On 30-31 August in Madonas city sports and recreation complex ‘’Smeceres Sils’’ two day international longboard event was held called ‘’Madona longboard challenge 2014’’! Riders from 5 countries attended the race – Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia and Italy.
On the first day the 3rd race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 was held. In the qualification in both OPEN and junior groups the fastest was Toms Dreiblats. 2nd place went to Gustavs Gailītis, for whom it was first downhill event after breaking his foot on the 1st race of the series. 3rd place went to Jānis Jirgens, 4th Mārtiņš Liepiņš, 5th Rytis Stankevičius.
In Masters group Edžus Konošonoks dominated the qualification, but for ladies Elīza Gailīte was unbeatable again.
The finals were exciting in all the groups and luckily there weren’t serious injuries.
In juniors Toms Dreiblats dominated 4th race in a row winning all the heats, leaving behind him Ernests Liepiņš, Gustavs Zēgners and Jānis Geisters who was first after the start but felt during one of the turns. With this win Dreiblats became also the series junior champion before the last race!
In ladies group just 17 year old Elīza Gailīte also was unstoppable and also managed to win and become series women champion in advance! Second place went to Elza Volonte, third Arta Skudrēna, but fourth Zhanna Ramanovich from Belarus.
In Masters Ints Barkāns grabbed the 1st spot, but Ģirts Vārtiņš was close behind. 3rd place was Artjoms Smirnovs, 4th Arguts Skudrēns, but 5th Edžus Konošonoks. All of them still continue fight for the series title in 2014!
In OPEN group every heat was super intense. In quarterfinal previous race winner & series ranking leader Jānis Jirgens felt which leaved him in 9th place.
From first semi final Gustavs Gailītis and Moscow rider Sergey Aksenov grabbed places in final, but from second Toms Dreiblats and Lithuanian rider Rytis Stankevičius.
In the big final Latvians dominated from the start – Gailītis managed to win but junior Dreiblats got his first OPEN podium grabbing 2nd place. 3rd went to Aksenov but Rytis Stankevičius got 4th.
With this win Gailītis went back to the lead in series ranking (2 wins and one race missed because of injury) just one point in front of Jirgens (5th, 1st, 9th) and Ramanovich (6th, 3rd, 5th). Series champion will be decided in the last race n 20-21 September in ‘’Rakši’’.
On the second day ‘’Skate&shoot’’ event was held of 2nd day in a row – in men group Ramanovich won, Ernests Liepiņš was second, but Masters rider Edžus Konošonoks third. For ladies Elīza Gailīte won again, Arta Skudrēna was second and Elza Volonte third.
In ‘’Slide jam’’ just 13 year old Jānis Pundiņš was awarder as hardworking grom with his impressive stand up slides.
The Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 will end on 20-21 September with ‘’Alpacas second chance 2014’’ race next to recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’!
Qualification results: here.
DH Race results
| Masters |
|---|
| 1. Ints Barkāns |
| 2. Ģirts Vārtiņš |
| 3. Artjoms Smirnovs |
| 4. Arguts Skudrēns |
| 5. Edžus Konošonoks |
| 6. Krišjānis Krūmiņš |
| Women |
| 1. Elīza Marija Gailīte |
| 2. Elza Volonte |
| 3. Arta Skudrēna |
| 4. Zhanna Ramanovich (BY) |
| 5. Baiba Grunsberga |
| 6. Kitija Blūma |
| 7. Ieva Sefere |
| Juniors |
| 1. Toms Dreiblats |
| 2. Ernests Liepiņš |
| 3. Gustavs Zēgners |
| 4. Jānis Geisters |
| 5. Jānis Pundiņš |
| 6. Eduards Dainis |
| OPEN* |
| 1. Gustavs Gailītis |
| 2. Toms Dreiblats |
| 3. Sergey Aksenov (RU) |
| 4. Rytis Stankevičius (LT) |
| 5. Oleg Ramanovich (BY) |
| 6. Kaspars Balamovskis |
| 7. Edžus Konošonoks |
| 8. Mārtiņš Liepiņš |
| 9. Jānis Jirgens |
| 10. Klāvs Balamovskis |
| 11. Alvils Bijons |
| 12. Jānis Geisters |
| 13. Krišjānis Krūmiņš |
| 14. Artjoms Smirnovs |
| 15. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks |
| 16. Ernests Liepiņš |
| 17. Jānis Kundziņš |
| 18. Darius Stankevičius (LT) |
| 19. Gustavs Zēgners |
| 20. Ints Barkāns |
| 21. Arguts Skudrēns |
| 22. Rolands Stepanovs |
| 23. Elīza Gailīte |
| 24. Jānis Pundiņš |
| 25. Ģirts Čonka |
| 26. Eduards Dainis |
| 27. Krišjānis Liepa |
| 28. Elza Volonte |
| 29. Arta Skudrēna |
| 30. Baiba Grunsberga |
| 31. Zhanna Ramanovich (BY) |
| 32. Ģirts Vārtiņš |
| 33. Mikus Rullis |
| 34. Kitija Blūma |
| 35. Ieva Sefere |
| 36. Aivars Prokopovičs |
| 37. Timo Lorenzo (IT) |
Skate& shoot 2014
| Vārds / Name | Rezultāts / Result |
|---|---|
| 1. Oleg Ramanovich | 2:17:12 + 0 = 2:17:12 |
| 2. Ernests Liepiņš | 2:10:96 + 1 = 2:30:96 |
| 3. Edžus Konošonoks | 2:31:79 + 0 = 2:31:79 |
| 4. Vladislavs Kuzminskis | 2:48:87 + 0 = 2:48:87 |
| 5. Kaspars Balamovskis | 2:50:93 + 0 = 2:50:93 |
| 6. Jānis Jirgens | 2:32:16 + 1 = 2:52:16 |
| 7. Rolands Stepanovs | 2:54:66 + 0 = 2:54:66 |
| 8. Darius Stankevičius | 2:35:63 + 1 = 2:55:63 |
| 9. Mārtiņš Liepiņš | 2:36:94 + 1 = 2:56:94 |
| 10. Jānis Kundziņš | 2:38:97 + 1 = 2:58:97 |
| 11. Rytis Stankevičius | 2:27:50 + 2 = 3:07:50 |
| 12. Artjoms Smirnovs | 2:52:16 + 1 = 3:12:16 |
| 13. Alvils Bijons | 2:32:28 + 2 = 3:12:28 |
| 14. Elīza Marija Gailīte | 3:13:75 + 0 = 3:13:75 |
| 15. Gustavs Zēgners | 2:34:72 + 2 = 3:14:72 |
| 16. Sergey Aksenov | 2:36:37 + 2 = 3:16:37 |
| 17. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks | 2:17:81 + 3 = 3:17:81 |
| 18. Krišjānis Liepa | 2:45:00 + 2 = 3:25:00 |
| 19. Klāvs Balamovskis | 3:05:91 + 1 = 3:25:91 |
| 20. Eduards Dainis | 3:06:13 + 1 = 3:26:13 |
| 21. Ints Barkāns | 2:47:40 + 2 = 3:27:40 |
| 22. Arguts Skudrēns | 3:09:41 + 1 = 3:29:41 |
| 23. Arta Skudrēna | 3:16:87 + 1 = 3:36:87 |
| 24. Gustavs Gailītis | 2:22:97 + 4 = 3:42:97 |
| 25. Valdis Sermols | 2:56:00 + 3 = 3:56:00 |
| 26. Jānis Pundiņš | 2:59:53 + 3 = 3:59:53 |
| 27. Timo Lorenzo | 3:01:44 + 3 = 4:01:44 |
| 28. Ģirts Čonka | 3:49:22 + 3 = 4:49:22 |
| 29. Elza Volonte | 3:16:00 + 5 = 4:56:00 |
| 30. Ģirts Vārtiņš | 3:22:40 + 5 = 5:02:40 |
| 31. Kitija Blūma | 3:36:15 + 5 = 5:16:15 |
1 penalty = 20 seconds (raw time + penalties = final time)