Slalom Worlds 2009

July 17-19 - Hood River, Oregon.

"This is the location of the Gorge Games last year. Will include a long Single lane GS, Dual Hybrid (special), and Dual Tight.
Super Giant Slalom: Friday's event will be fast and technical. The fastest times of the day
will be from those racers who posses a delicate balance of guts, brute force, endurance and
the agility of a ballet dancer. We plan on leveraging off of last years course which had 95
cones and was a half-mile long! Winning times will be those who can complete the course in
just under a minute and a half. The course itself is on the resurfaced Historic Columbia
Gorge Highway – which is now a road-wide bike path. The course snakes down along the
scenic Columbia Gorge. Speeds approach 30 MPH and the course consists of wide-open
turns (with tucking), mixed with pumping sections. Legs will feel the burn after these runs!
The runout is long, flat, and open.

Dual Tight Slalom, Downtown Hood River: Tight Slalom Skateboard racing returns to
Hood River. Saturday's race will be a dual Tight Slalom course with 50 to 60 cones spaced
from 5-1/2 to 8 feet. The course will have several different sections consisting of straight
cones, offsets and step-overs. Dexterity required! The road surface is not perfect, but
rates about a 7 out of 10. Winning times range around 20 seconds, so this is 3 cones per
second racing…. The runout is long, uphill and wide. No foot-braking is required. The
course is right downtown in front of the Full-Sail brewery.

Dual Hybrid Slalom, Downtown in Hood River: Dual Hybrid slalom on a road TBD,
length TBD, cones spacing TBD. At a minimum, this will be on the same road as the tight
course, right in front of the Full-Sail brewery."