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Last race of the year is here – ‘’GiGa Olympics’’

On 23-24 September in Cēsis Olympic center ‘’Priekuļi’’ the last race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2017 will be held. ‘’GiGa Olympics’’ event will be made in honor of godfather of Latvian skateboarding – Gints Gailītis.
Video from last years race

In the event we will have longboard slalom competition, slide jam and downhill race.

Downhill course Is quite easy but narrow – top riders will reach speeds up to 60km/h. Course –

Schedule (there still might be changes):
Saturday, 23th September
12:00-12:10 longboard slalom re-registration
12:15-12:35 longboard slalom practice
12:40-13:30 longboard slalom race
13:40-13:55 downhill re-registration and riders meeting
14:00-15:30 practice runs
15:35-16:30 qualification
16:45-17:30 slide jam

Sunday, 24^th September
11:00-12:00 practice runs
12:10-14:00 finals
14:30 award ceremony

Entry fee for two day event (including event t-shirt):
Juniors: 25 Eur
Others: 35 Eur
If you register after 20^th September 23:59: + 10 Eur
If you attend only one day, entry fee stays the same.

All riders must read rules before registration – Here

Registration here: Registration form

Staying overnight – in tents, local hostel or booking.com

See you in Priekuļi 😉

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

Priekuļi cup is here!

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Latvian downhill longboarding racing season is in its peak – 3rd out of 4 rounds will happen on 24-25th of August, in the lovely Cesis Olympic center ‘’Priekuļi’’ skiing and biathlon complex! Fight for higher place in seasons overall standings will be tougher than ever – situation after 2 rounds – standings. This time not only the best and fastest local longboarders will compete but also guests from Belarus, Estonia and Lithuania! We can expect as usual great races in open, masters, ladies and junior groups!

Although the main event in this competition will be downhill race on Sunday, there will also be Speed trap and Slide contests.

Speed trap – riders who would be signed up for speed trap will have 3 runs down the steep side of Saules kalns measured by radar.

Slide contest – riders who would be signed up for slide will have 3 runs down the steep side of Saules kalns, where they would need to make the slides that are obligatory and also a bit freestyle.

Also every participant will have a chance to win a price in a prediction contest – in the morning of race day, based on their knowledge and qualification results everybody will be able to predict the top riders in the race – who gets the closest prediction wins!

Race Schedule:
Saturday, 24th August
10:15-10:30 registration for speed trap
10:30-11:15 speed trap race
11:15-11:30 registration for downhill and riders meeting
11:30-14:00 downhill practice
14:00-16:00 qualification runs
16:00-16:15 ‘’King of the hill’’ run
16:15-17:00 slide contest

Sunday, 25th August
11:00-12:30 downhill practice
12:30-15:30 downhill finals
16:30 award ceremony

There might be some changes in the schedule!

Registration and further info here.