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On 12/18/2001
hg
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Hugh - I think you're missing an important point. If the sport were to stay at its current level, there'd be no reason to exclude anyone from racing at any event, because the size of the competitor pool would be manageable. However, if the large events start offering real prize money, you're going to see a lot of crossover talent from street and vert skating, as well as ski and snowboard racing, and probably more foreign competitors.
You saw Brad Edwards and Ben Schroeder come out of slalom nowhere at Morro Bay to make the finals cut. If you watched Andy MacDonald or Bob Burnquist (very credibly) trying the La Costa course, it's not difficult to imagine a lot of very talented younger skaters from other disciplines jumping into slalom. Sadly for some of us as competitors, there won't be room any more at top level events. However, that's what happens when a sport grows.
Something bothers you about all of this, and I'm missing it.
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NRA
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On 12/18/2001
psYch0Lloyd
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I like that name Hugh. Heck, why not...
...figured it's worth a shot!
Check out my entry into the NCDSA putting my name in for the Morro Bay event:
On 3/14/2001 Alan Sidlo wrote in from 198.160.xxx.xxx:
...just a nobody from nowhere with nothing to loose. Guess you can count me in!
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USSSF
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On 12/18/2001
hg
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Probably half the entries at WLAC hadn't started (restarted) racing when Morro Bay happened 7 months ago, and WLAC was a tough course. A few weeks ago, I thought that USSSF was premature, but maybe I was wrong. If USSSF can facilitate more events at a regional level, whether or not they tie in to a pro-level series like TLP, then it's probably a good thing.
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NRA
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On 12/18/2001
hugh r
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George,
Don't fret! You are in great company with a whole bunch of us other nobodies!
I think that GBJ (if that's his real name) will be able to do us some good... just needs to change the name to NRA (Nobodies Racing Association)... and our support.
What will become of World Class Slalom if we who are less skillful, slower, fatter (well, maybe not fatter and hardly less eloquent) are allowed to race with the somebodies? What will happen if we're not?
Some would have you beleive that if we who are slow, we who are not somebodies (that makes us nobodies... I have to say that a lot, because not only are we nobodies, we're not too bright either), that if we are "allowed" to compete alongside the somebodies, that tragic things of biblical proportion are bound happen. Dogs and Cats sleeping together type stuff...
Some would have you believe that what is needed is seperate BUT equal racing venues... that way those who are nobodies will not interfere with those who are somebodies thus polluting the very cones upon which the very world revolves.
Some would have you beleive that the only thing that is keeping World Class Slalom from being in the X-games/Vans Tour/Olympics/The Moon is because there are some nobodies who are trying to push their way into becoming somebodies.
There are those who would have you beleive that I am being sarcastic with this post of mine... they would be wrong... I am very serious.
What will become of World Class Slalom once that wonderous day arrives when all the nobodies have been banished from the presence of the sacred cones... Well, it will be the same place it is now... HR
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KHRT/USSSF
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On 12/18/2001 loneskater
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well, it been said on the slalom board,a place i dare not post right now. you may not like the fact that Arab was right, "the promotors are going to do what they are going to do". hell, at this point, the way it appears, i don't even know if i can race with the boyz. hey, i am a nobody, just a 39 year old skater having fun with a bunch of other older guys that remembered a way of skateboarding almost lost until last year. my last "real" race was in 78 or 79 in florida and i was what 15-16? up until La Costa which was a blast. (i was planning on going to three or four of these events, rumored to be, Portland, Colorado, and 2 Cali events on my own nickle) Hugh R had a great after post but i don't think anyone took serious notice, "they have assumed control." arab sugested that the USSSF get something going to bring us (i guess those not in the loop and/or from Cali)up to par or should i write speed. i am not slamming Jack and the work they are doing, he is an asset to the sport, but i worried about eleitism in the past and a got jumped. i now sugest the latest in training tecniques, find the largest hill you can, bolt on hardest wheeels, point board down, and go like hell. only the strongest survive. and what will become of slalom again?
George.
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khrt
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On 12/18/2001
cfavero
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hey, the "secret" to the secret decoder rings is theres a little gps thingy in it,this coupled with gis technology being worked up means someone is looking to steal your secret spot.i believe there are larger,unseen,evil forces at work in the downhill world,only time will front it out.cf
p.s.i hope noone here fell for that barcode tattoo scam from last year,i warned you on that one too
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KHRT
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On 12/18/2001
psYch0Lloyd
wrote in from
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I have recieved and will continue to recieve the emails from all my accounts. I just have been slow in acting on most of the requests I'm afraid. So not to worry!
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KHRT
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On 12/18/2001
Paul K
wrote in from
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Mr LloYd
( Damn, i will never get the hang of that UPPER/lower case thing)
Did you get the mail regarding the Tee's for the UK
Paul K
KHRT UK
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KHRT
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On 12/18/2001
psYch0Lloyd
wrote in from
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No problem w/the other account George, I plan to keep it for junk mail etc. and it will take time for people to transition to it anyway.
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KHRT
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On 12/18/2001 loneskater
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Santer Clusterf@#$, does that mean you have not got any of my e-mails in the last couple of days? anyway, your package is in the snail mail. hope you like it. see ya. George KHRT
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On 12/18/2001 Santa Clausterphobic
wrote in from
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I was editing my post and hit the submit (new 'puter ya know)
...the T-shirts
the secret decoder ring (hey I need one too)
the events I've plan to be holding locally
and a bunch of other stuff I really can't reveal right now.
The GIS project looks like it's gonna be a long term one. It will make it possible to lay out a course at a location from anywhere in the world as long you have the topological data on the site! By using GPS and precision laser surveying equipment you can recreate the course almost perfectly every time and the computer mockups should allow you to do a run-through of the course w/o actually being there. This one could take a couple of years so don't hold your breath.
Leave a beer under the tree for me, I'm gonna need it.
-Santa
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KHRT
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On 12/18/2001
loneskater
wrote in from
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i have one serious issue to address. for many kids this is a tough year. i actually got this idea from Cliff Coleman, he is possibly the biggest hearted skater i know. but i challenge all you guys, KHRT,FCR,SSS,Independant riders whoever and whatever, if you are doing ok this year and you have the means, buy a skateboard for some kid you don't know and give it to them through whatever program or way you want (toys for tots, church, whatever, no judgement). spread the cheer. if you are and have been a skater most of your life and many of you have, you remember what it like to sit in class, waiting to get out and skate. you know how much it will mean to them. spread the cheer, and Happy Holidays to all of you. George.
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the North Pole
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On 12/18/2001
Santa Clausterphobic
wrote in from
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I've been busy Leo and I have a bunch of stuff to send you (as time allows). But it's getting to the point that I'd better send it or the sliegh would buckle under all this "wait"...
...I promise that it will be out to you soon though.
I have decided on a new address (I know...): asidlo@21stcentury.net so use it from now on.
I also have been working on the membership database now that I have upgraded all of my equipment (new laptop & handheld). You'll like it! Now all I have to figure out is how to do the mailmerge from the dB.
My other projects include:
the Wicked (having it fabricated)
the trucks
the CD
the cone
the GIS
the
In the meantime please bear excuse all the delays.
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santa khrt
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On 12/18/2001
leo
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Dear santa, i was a god boy this year, sakted all year long, i would like u to ask as x-mas present the flw:
1-khrt t-shirt
1-SSos CD, the one with great music i havent heard of yet.
-a khrt meeting at my home
and a deck for every kid under their tree this year
leo
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KHRT
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On 12/17/2001
slappy
wrote in from
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I'll keep searching for one.
I'm starting off looking by looking at the hands of the female persuasion. If they've got a wedding ring I don't bother. They don't want another one and won't help me on my quest.
Sometimes you have to look at their chests to make sure they aren't keeping the secret decoder ring on a long necklace.
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KHRT
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On 12/17/2001 Boardman
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A-A-A went down at WLAC yesterday. Isabelle from gravity got it together and started making some clean runs. Some others were a littled haired (myself included) but in the end it all went down with no one going down and everyone RIPPING!
A-A-A is a FCR thing. Don't whine, don't say the course sucks, just go skate it to your best.
Slappy, I have the secret decoder ring, wanna know where?
It's a secret.......
Boardman
KHRT Covert Operations
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KHRT
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On 12/17/2001
Dave G
wrote in from
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Now Slappy,
The Secret eyepatch will be distributed A.S.A.P! In the interim, might I suggest the temporary fix?
It comes in 2 forms...#1) You wink at fellow members ,while passing in crowds! Be careful with this exercise!
#2) Close 1 eye so that the Knucklehead Knectar doesn't make a tight,inline,6' on center appear to be a 6' w/ 2' offsets!
Trust me! The cones are in the works as well as other pleasant, As well as beneficial attributes will surface soon!
Dave G
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USSSF
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On 12/17/2001 slappy
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That's the exact reason Alan is using for not giving me a KHRT secret decoder ring.
He says I have to wait until the KHRT secret eyepatch is ready.
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USSSF
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On 12/17/2001 loneskater
wrote in from
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no, but i didn't read the left side (til after) i figured it was your dad or mine. however, i did drop in on bowls, get towed behind a motorcycle to see what speed wobs were (we didn't have hills in fla) jump off bridges, jump out of perfectly good helicopters and climb a mountain or two. so much for listening to parents. i'm still skating and jumping off the occasional bridge. i turn 40 in five months, you get faster after forty, just ask anyone. the past racing season proves it. GBJ, i'm looking forward to being a member of the USSSF. George KHRT
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The Parental Catchphrases Assn.
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On 12/17/2001 GBJ
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"So, if all your friends wanted a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, you'd want one too?!?" John Bittner (circa early-70s)
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USSSF
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On 12/17/2001 loneskater
wrote in from
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it doesn't matter, i was only trying to convey that if there was something and everybody else had one, i want one too. (and i always wanted a decoder ring) it could be dissapointing as in "always remember to drink your ovaltine" decoded from one of the best Christmas movies the "Christmas Story" and little ralphy and his decoader ring. now the next best Christmas movie would be Glen's "This is not skateboarding". buy it for Christmas and show it to all your relatives kids.
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USSSF
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On 12/17/2001 GBJ
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Hold on... I'm trying to recall how to program text into something that could be a secret decoder ring, if there really was such a thing, so I can figure it what it wasn't that you just weren't talking about.
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USSSF
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On 12/17/2001 loneskater
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no, but if we weren't talking about something that didn't exist then we wouldn't be having this conversation, which we didn't, about something that hasn't happened. but if there was such a thing that we are not talking about, did exist, i want one too. so i would then know what we wouldn't be talking about.
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USSSF
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On 12/17/2001
GBJ
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If there did happen to be such a decoder ring, and I'm not saying there is, but IF there was and I mentioned it, it wouldn't be much of a secret, now would it?
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usssf
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On 12/17/2001 slappy
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You also left out the secret decoder ring!
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