A Skateboarder made the Box Magazine Community Spirit CrossFit Faces

Photo Jessica Wade

And it was me. I had posted on the CrossFit Blog after racing at Worlds the past few years each year seeing a huge improvement in my skating because of doing CrossFit. This year in Kentucky the morning of the first day of the World Championships I realized that I had brought two right skate shoes and my CrossFit shoes. Of course I knew where the closest CrossFit was if I had time and energy. All my skate gear is black. Imagine that. I looked at my shoes and thought really? And so it goes luckily the right show is my stopping shoe which matters to me most for foot braking. My front shoe not so important but it helped to have a flat shoe sole instead of a taller running shoe. CrossFit has helped my skateboarding to keep endurance. It has helped me in so many ways mentally.

I am passionate about it as much as I am about skateboarding.

Happy New Years 2016.

Be Badass Everyday! is my goal for 2016.

Big thank you for getting an article in The Box Magazine

US Nationals Slalom Skateboard Race 2015 go Aptos

Back from a great racing weekend. Got lucky that the Screaming Hand show was the same weekend.

A twofer.

Kevin called us on Saturday asking about the race we told him to come down. He flew in Saturday night we met up in San Clemente staying at my friends Condo. Went to Oceanside in the am and he killed it. John Ravitch, Kevin and I train together in San Jose. Great to get a plug in the today. Masters Slalom Skateboarding is a fast division.

local paper

Thanks to local sponsors Independent Trucks and Bronson Bearings super fast bearings. Practice.

Slalom skateboard in San Jose from Daniel Carettoni on Vimeo.

2015 Gold Rush Giant Slalom Results and a few pic's

Back from a great weekend in Sacramento, staying at Shannon and Jamie Hart's house with Cliff Coleman. Jamie, Cliff and I have been skateboarding together for almost 40 years. We do it for the ourselves not for anything else. Being from NorCal we were not Skateboard Magazine material. Living North of the media is like living on another planet. We laugh we hug and we encourage each other to go fast and have fun. Our boards are high tech our bodies are not. Though I have to say since I have been doing Crossfit for almost 2 years and the past 6 months going 4 days a week I can say I am stronger than I have ever been in my whole life. It helps on the walks up the hill and turns going around the cones. My only regret was not going off the big ramp, otherwise no complaints. I may not be the best skater and never would claim to be. But I can say I have skated competitively longer that any woman skateboarder that I know of.

Thank you Cliff for the women's skateboard history lesson we will be talking more soon. I learned their are a few women never mentioned in the skate history that were from Norcal in the 60's. The SHOF folks only know the SoCal history they don't know about NorCal or other places all over the world that have been as passionate about skateboarding. As mentioned before just because you were never published in a Skateboard Magazine does not mean you are not dedicated to the life long passion and addiction of being a skateboarder.

Results:

Hybrid Junior Class:

Final Position Racer No. & Name Best Time

1 Michael Ambry 19.891

2 Jake Knudsen 20.146

3 Grant Banas 20.592

4 Josh Wells 21.202

5 Andrrew Gromel 22.235

6 Kylie Knudsen 24.756

7 Adien Knudsen' -

Hybrid Open Class

Final Position Racer No. & Name Best Time

1 Ryan Ricker 18.183

2 Martin Reaves 19.495

3 Eric Tokle 19.686

4 kifer kronner 19.809

5 Chris Mescalito 20.261

6 Nick Dicus 20.329

7 Chris Warwen 20.636

8 Jonny B 21.095

9 Dylan Smith 21.159

10 Greg Harlow 21.244

11 Scott OZ 23.484

Hybrid Master Class:

Final Position Racer No. & Name Best Time

1 Scott Hostert 18.589

2 John Ravich 18.783

3 Gary Cross 19.449

4 Paul Chestnut 19.505

5 Jeff Wills 20.091

6 Jamie Heart 20.965

7Judi Oyama 21.189

8 Bruce Norski 22.080

Giant Slalom Open Class:

Final Position Racer No. & Name Best Time

1 Ryan Ricker 21.278

2 Martin Reaves 21.985

3 Johnny Miller 22.091

4 Jeff Will 22.647

5 Gary Cross 22.857

6 Chris Mescalito 22.983

7 Kiefer Kroner 23.362

8 Eric Tokel 23.429

Giant Slalom Master Class:

Final Position Racer No. & Name Best Time

1 Johnny Miller 21.801

2 Scott Hostert 21.936

3 John Ravich 22.472

4 Paul Chestnut 22.489

5 Jeff Will 22.959

6 Gary Cross 23.500

7 Martin Radan 24.881

8 Cliff Coleman 25.528

9 John Nakama 25.589

10 Judi Oyama 26.009

11 Bruce Norski 26.055

12 Jamie Heart 26.426

13 Randy Katen 27.184

Big thank you to all that helped out on the race...Marty, Jonny and to all the neighbors that let us have a race on that hill.

Sk8Kings US Nationals 2013 - Slalom Skateboard Racing at Oceanside

Great weekend of racing. Thank you Lynn Kramer, Richy, and Maria for a great weekend. Di for timing help and everyone that helped.

Little video Harvey Hawks took of my clean tight run

The legacy of the La Costa Open lives on with the 2013 US National Championships - July 13-14 at Loretta St. in Oceanside, CA. LaCostaBoys & SoCalRacing - promoting slalom skateboard racing with annual events in Southern California.

Lance Smith photos

Trent Video

Partial Results Day 1 - Sk8Kings US Nationals at Oceanside

Hybrid Head to Head Pro:

1. Joe McLaren

2. Richy Carrasco

3. Mike Maysey

Am:

1. Scott Hostert

2. Oshean Lehrmann

3. Patrick F. Lehrmann

Masters:

1. John Ravitch

2. Jonny Miller

3. Brad Jackman

Women's

1. Lynn Krammer

2. Judi Oyama

3. Lisa Scott

GS on Sunday

Miller, 1st

Hollien, 2nd

and Cliff Coleman 3rd

Skateboard Slalom World Championships taking place in Ottawa

Wish I was there and happy for my friends that are.
Slalom worlds taking place in Ottawa article
And this one too. World Championships of Slalom Skateboarding take Ottawa has a news clip video.
Another article Slalom skateboarders fuel their need for speed could be a dupe of the first one: way to go Claude on the marketing, well done.

Skateboard Slalom World Championships 2011
www.worldslalomskateboarding.com
Twitter
Facebook

Photo link
Not official results I saw posted on the FB page.

Pro Tight Slalom
1. Janis Kuzmins, LAT
2. Joe McLaren, USA
3. Louis Ricard, CAN
4. Richy Carrasco, USA

Women's Tight Slalom
1. Lynn Kramer, USA
2. Julie Boulanger, CAN
3. Lienite Skaraine, LAT
4. Emilie Gascon, CAN

Masters Tight Slalom
1. Keith Hollien, USA
2. John Ravitch, USA
3. David Hackett, USA
4. John Stryker, USA

Photo link on FB
http://www.clbuchananphotography.ca/
http://www.blog-clbuchananphotography.com/
photo by- Cherie-Lynn Buchanan

Long board post. Congrats to everyone.

Oregon State Games results 2011

Full results at: slalom skateboarder.com
USA Seattle-Portland 2011 State-Games of Oregon.
HYBRID SLALOM 
Place Name Masters Open 

1 Richy Carrasco Gold
2 Brad Jackman Silver

3 Jordan Houtari Gold

4 John Ravitch Bronze 

5 John Stryker 

6 Skip Marcotte Silver 

7 Lynn Kramer Bronze

8 Corey Moy 

9 Tay Hunt

10 Paul Howard

11 Pat Chewning 

12 Pete Ingraham 

13 Paul Steiger

14 Tim Eney

GIANT SLALOM 
PLACE
MASTERS OPEN 

1 Richy Carrasco 26.728 GOLD 

2 Jordan Houtari 27.056 GOLD
3 Tay Hunt 27.096 SILVER

4 John Ravitch 27.472 BRONZE

5 Brad Jackman 27.536
6 John Stryker 27.936 

7 Skip Marcotte 28.352 SILVER
8 Paul Howard 28.384 

9 Corey Moy 28.424 

10 Lynn Kramer 28.432 BRONZE

11 Pete Ingraham 30 

12 Paul Steiger 30.368 

13 Josh Burt 30.592 

14 Tim Eney 32.48 

15 Pat Chewning 32.744



TIGHT SLALOM 
PLACE
Masters Open JR

1 Richy Carrasco M GOLD

2 Brad Jackman M SILVER

3 Lynn Kramer O GOLD

4 John Ravitch M BRONZE 

5 Pete Ingraham M 
6 John Stryker M
7 Tay Hunt M
8 Skip Marcotte O SILVER
10 Tim Eney M 

11 Addison Fox J GOLD




Peter Ramirez Memorial Slalomcross 

Masters Open Junior

1 John Ravitch GOLD
2 Tay Hunt SILVER 

3 Lynn Kramer GOLD

4 John Stryker BRONZE

5 Skip Marcotte SILVER

6 Addison Fox GOLD 

7 Richy Carrasco 

8 Pete Ingraham
9 Tim Eney 

10 Paul Howard

I want to go next year. It is a great race.

Thanks Pat Chewing for putting on the race.
Congrats John Ravitch, Lynn Kramer and Richy Carrasco of the Sk8kings Skateboards

Seismic World Cup July 16-18, 2010 in Colorado

Seismic World Cup July 16-18, 2010 in Colorado

We will take 56 paid registrations. Key word is paid. We are taking a limited number of racers so that we have time to run 4 races; Tight, Slalom, GS, and Downhill (4-man). Please register at https://www.regonline.com/seismicworldcup
Entry Fee is $125 for ISSA Members. Fee is $155 for non-members. If you are paying as a non-member, your extra entry fee pays your ISSA membership due for the season. Entry fee is for all four races or you can sign up for the Downhill-only for $25. There is no discount for skipping downhill, or any other event. Overall is based on slalom events only. King-of-the-hill will be based on all 4 events.

We will have 3 racers divisions;
Open (A & B brackets based on Qualifying),
Masters (45 and older),
Women
We might have a Juniors division if 8 or more 17-and-unders want to race in Jr's., otherwise they will be added to Open.

Schedule:
Friday eve - 6-9PM Tight Qualifiers

Saturday 8AM-12PM Tight Elims
Saturday 12PM-6PM Slalom Qual & Elim

Sunday 8AM-2PM Dual GS
Sunday 3PM Downhill

Prize Purse:
$4050 total prize purse
Tight payout $850
Slalom payout $850
GS payout $850
Masters Overall $500
Women Overall $500
Downhill payout $400

Racer hotel will be the La Quinta, 902 W. Dillon Rd. Louisville, CO. (Google Maps put this in the wrong place). Racer discount is based on 10 room booking.

Downhill will be a connection of Overlook, Butte, Horizon, and Panorama streets assuming we can get all the permissions needed to close these roads. If we can't get permissions we will run it on Overlook with some sculpting.

We intend to have large 9' start ramp(s) but we will keep you updated on this. We have 3' start ramps presently. We're hoping to have the budget to build these ramps but we wont know until June if we'll have them or not.

We're experimenting with "cones" that will reduce or eliminate counting, chasing, misplacing, etc. Details on these experiments will be posted as soon as we have settled on a format that is safe and effective. We'll be using a TrackMate timer.

Seismic Slalom Skateboard World Championships 2009 Women's Semi-Final

Racing against young ripper Ella Roggero from London England.
Downtown Oak Street Hood River, July 19, 2009. So much fun. I'm 34 years older skating as fast as I can.

Seismic Slalom Skateboard World Championships 2009

Great weekend of racing. John Ravitch placed 3 rd in the Giant Slalom Master Division, 5 th in the Hybrid and yesterday he made the podium once again with a second in the tight slalom. He got the third Overall Masters Title. Great job.

I had fun. Placed 4 th in the Hybrid on Saturday. Saturday evening, I made some truck and skate adjustments. That made a huge difference in my racing results for on Sundays race, thanks to John pointing out my truck washer was rubbing my truck axle. On a few runs my board was sticking on one side but I couldn't figure out what it was the day before. Thanks to Kevin Delaney showing me I had squishy soft bushings and should upgrade. You think I would since I am sponsored by Khiro Skateboard Products and had a good stash of goods thanks to Khiro Bob on hand. Thanks also too, Claude Regnier giving me some great body tips. And Gareth for the great board via John. Gary Holl thanks for the advice and coaching.

Richy and gang from Sk8kings for tons of support.

Thanks Lynn for the beer even tough I only took a sip and had a drink instead. You Rocked as usual.

Seismic World Championships in Hood River

Poster illustration by Jimbo Phillips rider is Steven King photo is by Farid A. Abraham on the Giant Slalom Hill Mosher Tunnel Road. Nice road 1/2 mile long race today with 90 cones. I'm passing on this race for the second year and focusing on the hybrid and tight slalom which is set for Saturday and Sunday. This year the Seismic World Slalom Skateboard Event is running the tight on Oak Street which is where they had the Gorge Games finals and it is newly paved.



Kevin at the US Nationals last weekend in Colorado where he took the overall in the Men's Open Division for the second year in a row.



Posters and t shirts will be sold at the event only and there are not very many being produced. Collectors item for sure.

My comment in the article about not new racers not as experienced as Kevin was since he raced snowboards and was a 2 time World Champion...

100 Cone Slalom Results Oregon Games 2009

Slalom Skateboarding TIGHT 100-CONE

Note to self do not tell your closest competitor and friend your kicking his ass cause he will turn around and kick yours! Lesson learned. Run two will get you if you fire up your competitor.

doh. Super fun weekend. There are mixed times the faster runs counted higher on the 6'5" 100 cone course over the 8' 80 cone distances.

NAME PLACE Best L Best R
Brad Jackman 1 21.516 GOLD MASTERS
Claude Regnier 2 24.076 GOLD OPEN
John Ravitch 3 27.88 SILVER MASTERS
Pete Ingraham 4 28.248 BRONZE MASTERS
Judi Oyama 5 28.628
Skip Marcotte 6 29.056 Silver OPEN
John Stryker 7 20.5 Bronze Open
Bruce Bjortvedt 8 22.724
Mark Harris 9 22.964
David Addington 10 24.82
Dylan Folley 11 25.376 GOLD JR
Chris Orozco 12 26.064
Nick Ronzoni 13 26.484 Silver Jr
Keith Henderson 14 27.392 Bronze Jr
Jordan Houtari 15 27.4
Ricky Garland 16 27.44
Clayton Peters 17 27.52
Eric Tokle 18 27.928
Jamie Hart 19 27.988
Pat Chewning 20 28.556
Hayden Conroy 21 29.1159
Lance Folley 22 32.416
Joe Hart 23 43.312
Abby Benvenuti 24 44.956
Cat Young 25 99.999
Blake Eaton 25 99.999
Davis Vannasing 25 99.999
Malachi Green 25 99.999


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SLALOMCROS S


Jordan Houtari 1 GOLD OPEN
John Stryker 2 SILVER OPEN
Claude Regnier 3 BRONZE OPEN
John Ravitch 4 GOLD MASTERS
Eric Tokle 5
Skip Marcotte 6
Mark Harris 7
Paul Howard 8 SILVER MASTERS
Keith Henderson 9
Bruce Bjortvedt 10 BRONZE MASTERS
Cat Young 11
Pete Ingraham 12
Nick Ronzoni 13 GOLD JR
Chris Orozco 14
Dylan Folley 15 SILVER JR
David Addington 16
Lance Folley 17
Clayton Peters 18 BRONZE JR
Blake Eaton 19
Ricky Garland 20
Pat Chewning 21
Davis Vannasing 22
Jamie Hart 23
Paul Steiger 24
Hayden Conroy 25
Malachi Green 26
Dan Henderson 27
Joe Hart 28

Last years race.

Oregon Games Slalom Results Salem on Bush Hill

John Ravitch wins a bronze in the masters division. Fun racing day. Hate it when I race faster after qualifying. Today is the 100 cone event that I enjoy so hope to do better than second place in the C group.

GS
Place Name Best Medal Group
1 Tay Hunt 26.134 Gold Masters
2 Brad Jackman 26.208 Silver Masters
3 Claude Regnier 26.342 Gold Open
4 Jordan Houtari 26.657 Silver Open
5 John Stryker 26.723 Bronze Open
6 Jamie Hart 26.873 Bronze Masters
7 Eric Tokle 26.934
8 John Ravitch 26.979
9 Paul Howard 27.254
10 Skip Marcotte 27.828
11 Mark Harris 28.067
12 Bruce Bjortvedt 28.123
13 Cat Young 28.161
14 Keith Henderson 28.441 Gold Jr
15 Gareth Roe 28.556
16 Judi Oyama 28.761
17 Nick Ronzoni 28.839 Silver Jr
18 Pat Chewning 28.842
19 Scott Moore 29.048
20 Pete Ingraham 29.145
21 Ricky Garland 29.245 Bronze Jr
22 Blake Eaton 29.297
23 Paul Steiger 29.361
24 Chris Orozco 29.736
25 David Addington 29.794
26 Tim Eney 30.531
27 Clayton Peters 30.851
28 Dan Henderson 30.931
29 Hayden Conroy 31.119
30 Malachi Green 31.474
31 Davis Vannasing 31.544
32 Kyle Eney 33.488
33 Ian Roe 33.887
34 Nathan Roe 34.065
35 Abby Benvenuti 41.494
36 Joe Hart 48.156


HYBRID GROUP A
1 Claude Regnier GOLD OPEN
2 Jordan Houtari SILVER OPEN
3 Brad Jackman GOLD MASTERS
4 John Stryker BRONZE OPEN
5 Tay Hunt SILVER MASTERS
6 John Ravitch BRONZE MASTERS
7 Paul Howard
8 Eric Tokle

HYBRID GROUP B
1 Skip Marcotte
2 Bruce Bjortvedt
3 Cat Young
4 Mark Harris
5 Gareth Roe
6 Jamie Hart
7 Pete Ingraham
8 Keith Henderson GOLD Jr


HYBRID GROUP C
1 David Addington
2 Judi Oyama
3 Pat Chewning
4 Blake Eaton SILVER Jr
5 Paul Steiger
6 Clayton Peters BRONZE Jr
7 Ian Roe
8 Nick Ronzoni
9 Scott Moore
10 Chris Orozco
11 Tim Eney
12 Ricky Garland
13 Davis Vannasing
14 Hayden Conroy
15 Nathan Roe
16 Malachi Green

Favorite NorCal slalom skate spot

Crazy to drive to skate but kind of don't have a choice. Early session so we can use the lane and then clear out before we out stay our welcome. This is a two year old Steven King course. Super fun.

Found image taken by Gary Medeiros October 1977