Event Registration

» href="http://www.stategamesoforegon.org/sportdetail.php?id=58">style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Click here for Slalom Skateboard class=GramE>Racing Sign-UP

• Sport
  Commissioners:
  
  Pat Chewning 503-645-0323
  
  Oregon Amateur Sports - 503-520-1319.


• Eligibility
  Requirements:
  All athletes are responsible for meeting the eligibility requirements of the
  State Games of Oregon. View href="http://www.stategamesoforegon.org/requirements.html">SGO general
  entry requirements. Competition age: Age as of day of competition.


• Entry
  Deadline: June
  10 - Late registration fee $5.00 additional, space permitting.


• Entry
  Fee: $15.00
  first event plus $5.00 for each additional event. Late registration fee
  $5.00 additional, space permitting.


• General
  Information:




• ISSA
  (International Slalom Skateboarding Association) BASIC event status.


• All
  racers must wear helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, gloves or wrist guards.


• All
  registered athletes will receive a 2006 State Games of Oregon T-shirt.


• Confirmation
  of date(s) and time(s) of your event(s) will be mailed if entry received
  by June 10.


• Medals
  awarded to first, second and third places in each age group.




• Competition
  Format:




• Fully
  automatic electronic timing.


• All
  racers must attend racer’s meeting at the start of the event.


• The
  race course will be available for practice about ½ hour before the start
  of the official event.


• Races
  will have a limited-distance push-start. 
  Racers will alternate turns around the plastic cones set on the
  course.  Any cone hit out of the
  chalked circle will result in a time “cone penalty” added to the racer’s
  time.  Any racer failing to negotiate
  a turn around a cone will be disqualified for that run.


• June
  24 (morning) Longboard Slalom – An easy course with turns set at 7 to 9
  foot spacing.  This is the ideal
  event for those who know how to skateboard but have never raced. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Racers will have at least 3 official runs
  down the course with the single best run counted. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Cone penalty is 0.2 seconds. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Turn rate of about 1.5 turns per
  second.


• June
  24 (afternoon) Tight Inline Slalom - A challenging course with over 80
  turns spaced at approx 6 feet per turn for experienced slalom
  racers.  Racers will have at least
  3 official runs down the course with the single best run counted. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Cone penalty is 0.1 seconds. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Turn rate of approx 3 to 4 turns per
  second.


• June
  25 Dual Hybrid Slalom – A race course with varied cones spacing
  consisting of offset turns, straight inline turns, and curved turn lines
  that will challenge the racer’s ability to establish a rhythm in the
  course, then break into another set of rythmic turns, and repeat. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Racers will have 2 Qualifying runs to
  place them into the “Ladder Bracket” where they will then run
  head-to-head against another racer of similar qualifying time with the
  chance to improve their placing over 3 additional runs.




• Competition
  Schedule:




• Times: style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>
  
  Schedule will be posted as soon as finalized.
  
  See View Schedules button at top of page.


• Dates
  & Sites:
  June 24-25
  
  Bush’s Pasture Park – Soap Box Derby Track – Salem style='font-weight:normal'>  href="http://www.salemsbd.org/TrackDirections.htm" target="_blank">(click
  for map)
  
  600 Mission St, Salem OR style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>
  
  Directions: Take I-5 to exit #253 Santiam Hwy OR-22. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Turn West on OR-22. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Go 2.8 miles, OR-22 becomes style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mission Street style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'> as you head into town. style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The race track is located in Bush's style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Pasture style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'> style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Park style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'> on your left at style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>600 Mission Street style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>.