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Gravity Racing Returns to Bonelli Park!!! *LINK*
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On 11/11/2004
tech master
wrote in from
United States
(12.104.nnn.nnn)
Streetluge.net Message Board
Gravity Racing Returns to Bonelli Park!!! *LINK*
Posted By: Marcus Rietema
Date: 11/11/04, 12: 24 a.m.
The IGSA is very excited to announce that we will be bringing gravity racing back to Frank G. Bonelli Park. Bonelli Park is located in San Dimas, California approximately 30 miles East of downtown Los Angeles. Many of yesterdays and todays top racers have competed in Bonelli Park events and the IGSA is very pleased to be able to continue the tradition. On January 16, 2005, the IGSA will begin holding regularly scheduled events there.
The .6 mile course is very wide and speeds in excess of 60mph are possible. This width will allow multiple course configurations and two distinctly different finish lines. The traditional course is flat out to the finish and requires less technical skill. Drafting is the key on this course that makes a perfect Regional venue. The alternate, technical finish will require racers to brake heavily from top speed to negotiate a tight 90 degree corner before the finish straightaway. A slalom course will also be available.
Bonelli Park has large, beautiful grass lawns everywhere. Permanent restroom facilities are located close to the finish line. Plenty of paved parking is available. The park also has camping and rv hookups, hot tubs, miles of mountain bike and equestrian trails, Raging Waters water park and Puddingstone Lake for boating and fishing.
Roger Hickey started the tradition of the Bonelli Park races back in 1993 when the Federation of International Gravity Racing (FIGR) began holding regular races for Hickey's Gravity Formula 1 cars. Eventually Hickey and Perry Fisser began racing their street luges and stand up boards and Dwight Garland rode his gravity bike. The races continued to grow as more and more new racers entered the sport and old school riders came out of the woodwork.
By 1995 the races were huge with riders like Lee Dansie coming out from Seattle and Beagle Jarvis from New York. Bonelli is where we first saw riders like Tom Mason, Biker Sherlock, Sean Mallard, Pam Zoolalian and many, many more. Old school riders like Bob Ozman and Darren Lott were regulars at the Bonelli Park races.
Back in those days it was all about fun. Our goal is to recapture the spirit of those early years and hopefully bring many new racers into the sport. Entry fees will be kept low and we will experiment with different ideas and innovations throughout the year.
Originally we had planned to hold our first event at Bonelli this month but unfortunately there were a few delays in finalizing the permits. We will be well prepared and ready to go January 16th. Detailed information will be available at gravity-sports.com soon. I want to thank Bob Ozman for all his hard work, perseverance and effort to bring gravity racing back to Bonelli Park! It's going to be great!
www.gravity-sports.com
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On 10/27/2004
Dean
wrote in from
United States
(65.60.nnn.nnn)
Ohio World Cup Photos are in girls.... Check out Kents amazing shots at http://www.kkphoto.net
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On 10/26/2004 hc
wrote in from
United States
(68.127.nnn.nnn)
just saw darren's new ride.
http://www.auldovertheroad.com/lugephotos/lugephotopage48/lugephotopage48.htm
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On 10/26/2004
Nick
wrote in from
United States
(216.56.nnn.nnn)
How do you make rain wheels, and can they be used safely on dry pavement?
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On 10/22/2004
Mark Johnson
wrote in from
United States
(68.123.nnn.nnn)
congrats to: Rian James of Nor Cal rider for #1spot IGSA streetluge and Buttboard. You finally can kick my ass
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On 10/20/2004
kanufi
wrote in from
Australia
(220.244.nnn.nnn)
No i dont think it made the papers.I found out through Pat Brennan ,he runs luge australia.
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On 10/18/2004 the boss
wrote in from
Canada
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any info or news link that you know off
about the death of your young rider?
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On 10/17/2004 KANUFI
wrote in from
Australia
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The guy was travelling at speed and suddenly stoped.the guy has cooked it into a corner and lost it.he is now dead.its sounds cold guys but this is reality.Stay Safe everyone.
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On 10/17/2004 TC
wrote in from
United States
(24.147.nnn.nnn)
Can you elaborate a little more please?
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On 10/16/2004
Kanufi
wrote in from
Australia
(220.244.nnn.nnn)
We lost a street luger in the past week.He was a beginner who thought to lightly about this sport.Like any gravity sport the appeal is the danger.So to everyone we have lost one of our own, be carefull and stay safe.
Kanufi
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On 10/15/2004
Mark Johnson
wrote in from
United States
(68.123.nnn.nnn)
What a lonely area this is
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On 10/5/2004
Mark Johnson
wrote in from
United States
(68.121.nnn.nnn)
who want's to ride? Afer the world slalom race i an up for some riding, mater of fact i am jonesing please call if you live in or around the bay area and want to ride or learn how to ride email me
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On 9/29/2004
Andreas Johnsen
wrote in from
Sweden
(213.112.nnn.nnn)
Hi
I would like to ask if any one has any space over for a lonely swed that needs a ride from Columbus to Bainbrdige. If so please let me know when you will arrive at Columbus so that I can book a flyt that will be in your time frame.
Best regards Andreas
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On 9/8/2004
William
wrote in from
France
(80.15.nnn.nnn)
I've updated Streetluging.net with a street luge construction guide, the report describes all the stages of the construction of my aluminium sled chassis.
Check it out @ www.streetluging.net/english_version
Enjoy!
William
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On 8/24/2004 andreas
wrote in from
Sweden
(213.112.nnn.nnn)
http://www.longboard.nu/files/Kungsberget2004.wmv
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On 8/24/2004 Andreas
wrote in from
Sweden
(213.112.nnn.nnn)
New swedish flic with slam
Slam-jam at kungsberget
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On 8/23/2004
Paul Armstrong
wrote in from
Canada
(69.198.nnn.nnn)
It would seem that Xtreme Wheelz is still around but is for sale - the whole kit.
http://www.streetluge.net/webbbs/index.cgi?noframes;read=15075
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On 8/22/2004
airin
wrote in from
Canada
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Hey hc,
I got the Viking's from a kind skater on this forum. Yeah, I know Xtreme makes some grooved wheels but that company doesn't seem to be around any more and/or their wheels seem to be out of stock. I was glad to be able to get this 76 mm wheels used. They work better than I expected on the dry so I hope to use them in steep gradient situations where I want to carve things up and still have max. grip.
Do you have any ideas for getting the bearings out of the metal hubs?
thanks
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On 8/22/2004 hc
wrote in from
United States
(69.105.nnn.nnn)
bebco, if you searching for history on streetluge.
search, roger hickey, sam puccio, signal hill, etc.
It started by in the 70's. You can do the math to figure out how old the pioneers are.
Also check out hughR's skatecar section and my luge page.
There is probable some article on the web regarding streetluge history somewhere.
airin, where did you get those vikings?
x-treme wheelz have a grooved model, but I think grooves are pointless given the small contact patch of skate wheels.
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On 8/22/2004
airin
wrote in from
Canada
(154.20.nnn.nnn)
I'm running some rubber wheels with metal hubs as my 'rain wheels' on my longboard. These street luge wheels are working really well for slow speed carving in the dry on steep slopes and for rain riding on moderate slopes. However, they still slip a bit when carving in the rain on steep grades or at higher speeds.
I have two questions about these wheels. Firstly, how can you possibly remove the bearings from a metal hubbed wheel? When I wanted to clean the bearings yesterday after a rain riding session they felt like they were practically 'welded' into the metal hub! Nothing would budge them. Is there a special technique for removing bearings from this type of wheel?
Secondly, the smooth rubber 76mm Viking wheel does slide more in the rain than I expected. I am wondering if the grip on wet surfacer would improve if the wheel was grooved giving it some 'thread' and thus allowing water to funnel off so as to reduce any hydroplaning.
I'm hoping that some of you out there with some experience runing rubber wheels can help me out here. I know that lugers tend to use this type wheel for their sport hence my posting under this heading.
thanks,
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On 8/22/2004 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(24.52.nnn.nnn)
Becbo,scroll down a bit further.... JL was just referring to a post before that,as I was... The "how old" question isn't fair,btw. It's a matter of how long a person has been at this sort of thing,or maybe who did what when (not that too many of us thought to document our riding,we just went out and Rode),but Age isn't a matter,until you're old enough to realize you might be going too fast.
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On 8/22/2004 becbo
wrote in from
Australia
(144.136.nnn.nnn)
well im doing an essay on street luging n i stumbled onto this site and i read 1 of the posts from JL and i was just wondering how old r u guys? cuz by the sounds of that post he made it sond like he started street luging....thanks
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On 8/22/2004
stuart
wrote in from
Australia
(198.142.nnn.nnn)
thnx joseph
bummer news is this is all for my student project and my teacher dosen't want me doing stuff that has been done before
i found those 'flux risers' etc and thats gunna stop my project cos all that stuff is done pretty well
if i manage to salvage my project and keep it in the direction of street luging (whic is what i want) then i'll get in touch
if i dont contact u ,i'll post a link of my final design in 2 weeks time :)and everyone can see what i've been up to :)
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On 8/21/2004
joseph
wrote in from
Australia
(211.30.nnn.nnn)
stuart what city are you based in? send me your e-mail or phone number if your in sydney if you want to ride or want some contacts to help you with your project:) i am in sydney by the way.
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