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On 2/24/2003
b-rad
wrote in from
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hey hugh watch out i ride dirty , u might find yourself in the bushes (just kidding). im up for the challange . the race kinda blew for me i have a fairly good push and am pretty menuverable through the pins but as usual every body ditches my 110lb body and 30lb board in the cat tracks , i think well both quit smoking and i take some of those extra pounds u need to shed before the next race . hopefully i can get a new car and come up and roll on some of your terrain , good talking to u at the race
-brad
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On 2/24/2003
Marcus Rietema
wrote in from
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The IGSA is pleased to announce that two upcoming events in South Africa will be IGSA National level events. The March 2 Koegelberg Downhill Race and the April 26, 27 Schanskop Downhill Race will be IGSA sanctioned National events. Please visit the SAGRA website or gravity-sports.com for the details.
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On 2/24/2003
hugh r
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Boy! What an embarrasment to all 41 year old men I am!
Hadn't ridden my luge in over a year (or exercised, or ate well, or stopped smoking) and figured I could just show up to Barrett and race...
At the end of my couple of practice runs, several of my bones and a handful of my muscels were aching!! Big time!! The next morning was even worse! So needless to say, I pulled from the race and took a bunch of pictures instead (I'll be building a page for them quickly and will post a link)
Starting this saturday I will be riding the local hills trying to get into shape so that I can give some of the other am guys a run for their money! So if any of you want to take the drive up to the Antelope Valley, just shoot me an email.
Big thumbs up to Michelle Waterhouse! It was a wonderful event, and one that I hope goes on at least every other month! I'll be better prepared next time... so B-rad, you'll need to watch out! Cause your the man I'll be gunning for!! (Not on standup though... I don't have the guts to run THAT hill on a skateboard!) HR
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On 2/20/2003
Nate
wrote in from
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shields are sold from:
The Roger Bros:
http://www.rogers-bros.com/catalog.htm
Wild Fro:
http://www.auldovertheroad.com/lugeevents/wildfro.htm#products
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On 2/19/2003 brad
wrote in from
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any body got an extra sheild for the snow rider helmet that i could buy , i would greatly aprieciat it
thanks ,
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On 2/19/2003
GSI
wrote in from
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Gravity Sports International is pleased to announce the Gravity Sports Race Series Official 2003 season schedule.
1- Front Royal Virginia (November 30 2002 Completed)
2- May 24 Franklin, NH
3- June 21 Franklin, NH
4- July 26 Franklin, NH
5- Aug 9-10 2nd Annual Madison County Gravity Fest. Eaton, NY. Double points race.
6- Aug 16 Franklin, NH
7- Sept 6 TBA
8- Oct 3&4 Franklin, NH. Season Finally Championship Race. Double points race. 2 day event and season end banquet.
You will note a major new race for this season which we are very excited about. The 2nd annual Madison County Gravity Fest will be taking place August 9 & 10. We are working on special accommodation pricing for the racers and their families. We will post more information about the event and accommodations on the GSI site as it becomes available. If you were at last years event you know how much fun it was. This year we hope to take it to a new level of excitement with new classes and race divisions. Note also that the following weekend we have scheduled a race in NH. Our hope is that some racers who are traveling to NY will make the 7 or so hour trip to NH the following weekend.
RECENT POST STANDARD ARTICLE
MADISON COUNTY TOURISM
Remember that Manchester Airport NH is an affordable airport to fly into and out of.
MANCHESTER AIRPORT
We will post more information on accommodations and the events in general on the GSI websiteGSI as the details become available. We are working on special pricing for various racer related expenses. So visit the site often for the latest news.
Race #7 in September is tentatively scheduled for here in NH, But that may change. I stress may. For now make plans to be here in NH but if something changes we will give you ample time to plan.
The season finally here in NH on October 3 & 4 may change to October 4 & 5 if those dates make it easier for people. Please let me know your thoughts so we can plan that event. Keep in mind it will be a 2-day with the awards banquet to follow after racing the second day.
We are also hoping to open the road here in Franklin for recreational riding during the summer months. That schedule is still being worked on. This will be your chance to come out and play on a closed road we transportation provided in a non-competitive atmosphere.
Keep an eye on the GSI website www.gravitysi.com for any news or information pertaining to any events or happenings.
We will also use the message board at LANDLUGE FORUM to post news.
Just a quick word of THANKS TO EVERYONE who has helped make this schedule possible. This season is shaping up to be another great season of racing for GSI. We hope everyone will come out and join us for lots of great racing and fun times!
Well that’s it for now. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION…………..
Tim Cayer
Gravity Sports International LLC
272 North Village Road
Loudon, NH 03307
603-783-9692
fax 413-451-2189
www.gravitysi.com
OUR BUSINESS IS GOING DOWNHILL!!
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On 2/18/2003
Sean Mallard
wrote in from
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I have a couple of fast street luges for sale! Send me an e.mail if your interested...Thanks...The Duck
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On 2/18/2003 shrox
wrote in from
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STREETLuGE.NET
The board is up the board is down.
Now I have a little frown...
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On 2/15/2003
jason
wrote in from
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brain fart, thats approx HALF of the stunt dirt jumping we are almost double of bmx downhill.
sorry bout that
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On 2/15/2003
jason
wrote in from
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by the way, we are now as of now, 4 43 est usa , at 15.29% wich is approx HALF of downhill bmx, lets vote the hell out of this thing and get street luge back in the x league!
peace
jason
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On 2/15/2003
Team Hardcore Pavement
wrote in from
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Hi everyone,
I'd just like you all to know that there might be a slight chance of getting street luge in the Asian X-Games. On the Asian X-Games website, there is a poll that asks what sport needs to be added. Refer to the picture below. This is a screenshot of the poll currently on my computer screen. Just yesterday, street luge and BMX downhill were very close to each other, being 9.22% and 9.96% respectively. However, the percentage for street luge has dropped today to 8.97%.
Here is the URL: http://www.asianxgames.com
So what are you waiting for? Tell EVERYONE YOU KNOW IN THE GRAVITY SPORTS COMMUNITY, (street lugers, buttboarders, downhill skateboarders, downhill inliners, gravity bikers, and dirtsurfers) to vote for street luge! And not just the gravity sports community, tell your family and friends, be they rider or non-rider! Also tell our supporters! It's about time we got attention for gravity sports in the Asian X-Games! Skateboard street is going to be pretty difficult to beat at 48.28%, but it'll be a starting point if we could at least beat BMX downhill!
Bob Swartz told me that the Summer X-Games in the USA and the Asian X-Games are two totally different animals. If Summer X-Games dropped street luge, there's no reason why Asian X-Games can't add it. And who knows, if Asian X-Games does get street luge added (hopefully for the final year in Malaysia for 2004), we might have a slim chance of getting street luge back in the Summer X-Games!
Marcus Rietema, please email me on what the procedures are going to be in anticipation of having street luge added to the Asian X-Games once we receive some feedback from the webmasters at ESPN Star Sports.
All you other pro riders out there, Dave Rogers, Biker Sherlock, Lee Dansie, Tom Mason, Bob Swartz, Chris McBride, Jeremy Kahn, and ALL OF YOU whom I haven't mentioned, if you want another prestigious event for the 2003-2004 season, this just might be your chance! I know of a very good place in Malaysia to hold the event. It's at Genting Highlands. There's several hotels at the top, and they have a theme park and all sorts of other tourist attractions including the only legal casino in Malaysia too! Genting Highlands is like the Las Vegas of Malaysia when it comes to the slots! It's a solid 30km all the way from the top to the bottom! Of course the race course isn't going to be that long, maybe 2km for the race, but I have very reliable sources telling me that there are some sharp 90 degree turns and various other challenging elements for a good race course. If we do have a race there, we'll have an awesome after party in downtown Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, which is only an hour away from Genting Highlands!
All you other underground riders in Asia, guys like Matt Traver in Hong Kong, please vote too! (Sorry I haven't had time to reply your email, been busy with college). And you lugers in Australia, you guys should be in Malaysia too since we're the closest to you for a race, so vote your heart out! Pat Brennan, please spread the word to other fellow Aussies and also LugeAustralia and AGRA!
And to all other Malaysians and Singaporeans, especially those in my team, it is very important that we vote! Andrew, what are you waiting for? Tell Stephen, Mali and Nazrie!
And for those who have access to multiple different computers, (on university campuses especially), USE ALL THE COMPUTERS THAT YOU CAN TO VOTE! I'm assuming that the percentage is calculated from different IP addresses, so each computer in a university network has its own unique IP! What does this mean? This means that you can't vote twice on the same machine! So go out forth and vote for street luge!
This will be the first time that a street luge competition is held on the Asian continent. Let's beat Skateboard Street! Off we go!
Furlong
Team Hardcore Pavement
http://www.teamhardcorepavement.com
(First and currently the only known street luge team in Asia)
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On 2/14/2003
speeds
wrote in from
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Me and a coulple of my friends are looking to be sponsered so if you can sponser let me know and i will contact you as soon as possible.
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On 2/12/2003
jen borsum
wrote in from
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today is the first day i have had the power to read the postings for gary hardwick. i want to thank everyone for their beautiful words and kindness, and for the memorial, i was blown away... it makes me feel so good to know that he was so loved and admired. i miss my friend and mate dearly.
thank you again for the love.
jen
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On 2/11/2003 Homemade
wrote in from
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Rick Rick Rick.
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On 2/9/2003
sean c
wrote in from
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look, and even newer storehere! these are definitely some low prices! they even have a bodyrocket street luge for sale.
i can't wait to go riding again. this cold weather is killing me. any other north easterners feeling the same way?
sean c
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On 2/4/2003 Phil
wrote in from
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Check out My New Skate Shop! Excellent Prices on ABEC 11's AND with some purchase's Free Bearings! Go to http://www.stores.ebay.com/downhillzslidezpoolzparkzskateshop ! You Will be Amazed! Very Good Deals On NosKoolz, 70mm Flashbacks 83MM 92MM and 101MM Flywheels and Sets of Six available! You will be Amazed!
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On 2/3/2003
brad
wrote in from
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TO ALL NEWBIES-barret
this is the race you all need to attend its probobly the best race to understand the legistiscs of ridn, racn and rubbn , also good place to make conections see u all there!
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On 1/31/2003
EK
wrote in from
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Well the auction for that custom gravity bike fork is over and the winner is... "DR.NO!!!!!!"
Thanks for supporting this good cause and the money will be donated to the Injuried Riders Fund". For info. about this fund, go to www.gravitybike.com.
The fork went to a good home... hopefully we will see it at the races this year.
As "the Squirrel" would say, "Cya at the hill".
Laters,
EK
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On 1/30/2003
M. Waterhouse
wrote in from
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Barrett Junction Outlaw 2003
Extreme Gravity Event
First Official GBA Sanctioned Event for 2003.
February 22nd - 23rd
Events: Street Luge, Butt Boarding, Standup Speedboarding and Gravity Bike. (Other Events will be considered).
Contributions Still Needed for: Uhaul, Hay Bales, Radios, Flags, Cones, Netting and prizes.
Vonlunteers for course workers are also needed and Greatly Appreciated by ALL.
If interested in Volunteering, Sponsoring, Participating or being a Vendor for the Event, Please Contact:
M. Waterhouse
waterhouse01@aol.com
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On 1/25/2003
Jeffrey Schonzeit
wrote in from
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If you are new to the sport... spend $14.95 and buy the Street Luge Survival Guide by Darren Lott. It is a must have. Don't consider it a purchase, think of it as an investment! Ride safe...
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On 1/23/2003 shrox
wrote in from
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http://www.streetluge.net/webbbs/
Seems to be the place to be...
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On 1/18/2003
DrNo
wrote in from
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Eric Eisenberg, On GravityBike.com you posted the following message:
anyone intrested i a gbike fairing i produced these so im offering them for sale im current ly moving so my phone is flakey right now but if seirous e-mail me(only if seirious im not kidding)
Yes Eric, as a matter of fact I am interested. I discussed with you the need for new fairings and you agreed to use one of my fairings to produce a mold to work from for these new fairing designs. You would not set a price for the mold and told me to wait to see what you would have in them. I did.
That was in early September.
The fairings were supposed to be finished in time for the riders to use them at the Bainbridge Gran Prix.
I have contacted you on multiple occassions attempting to atleast pick up my fairing and you elude me every time. Numerous phone calls have gone unreturned by you. I have tried all conventional ways to have MY property returned to me. Latest phone call was made four to five hours proir to your posting of this message and you neglected to return the calls and then post offering the result of OUR business agreement to the public.
I now request publicly that you return my phone calls so I can arrange to have my property returned to me.
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On 1/14/2003
Roland
wrote in from
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Gravity DB now has an Ad area where members can place For Sale and Wanted ads including pictures.
http://www.gravitydb.com
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