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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 3/31/2010 old-skool mike
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If it's dry this Sunday I'll have a better idea who from Pig City is coming. I think Andy Makeham's up for it and possibly Dom too...
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 3/31/2010 roba
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I've just booked, I'm travelling with Sam on the "red-eye" and home on the same flight too!So who else is going?Rob (LSD)
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 3/30/2010 old-skool mike
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Saw the race in Zurich on 4th-6th too but dunno if I'll have funds in time...
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 3/30/2010 old-skool mike
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I'm flying out on the Fri eve from Gatwick. I'm taking one of my boys and I'm fairly certain that there's others coming on the same flight. I'm strapped for cash and unsure of exact numbers yet so was considering the train there and back, (just need the directions from Ramon again as I deleted last year's info!)Our return flight is the same time, 20:05 but back to Gatwick obviously!
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 3/30/2010 samg
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It looks like Gruningen has disappeared from the race calendar. Instead there is an event earlier in June over in Zurich:Zurich Slalom Skateboard World Cup (part of the Burning Wheels Tour) Format: TS, HS / GS or Straight to be determined. Date: 4-6 June 2010 Location: Zurich, CH Sanction: MAIN Contact: Ram+¦n K+¦nigshausen Info: possible European Championships Signup: [url:35o3bwaj]http://www.burningwheelstour.ch[/url:35o3bwaj] The race is in Oerlikon, North Zurich, just South of the airport.Here's a short film of the 80 cone race in Zurich, not the same event but you get a Swiss flava.[youtube:35o3bwaj]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dg0S2JPcOA[/youtube:35o3bwaj]This is on the weekend after the Hog Hill Outlaw Champs, so could be a good ten day summer sesh heading our way!Sam
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 3/30/2010 samg
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Here's my flight details for the Slalombrunch in Zurich.[img:2popddxy]http://farm3.static& #46;flickr.com/2083/3539855903_c87bb87f66. ;jpg[/img:2popddxy] [img:2popddxy]http://farm3.static.fli ckr.com/2150/3540830618_548a92b910.jpg[/i mg:2popddxy]A Swissair flight attendant yesterdaySwissair FLIGHT INFORMATION Outbound flight: London (London Heathrow) - ZurichSat. 01.05.2010 06:00 LHR - 08:40 ZRH LX 345 P-Economy Return flight: Zurich - London (London Heathrow)Sun. 02.05.2010 20:25 ZRH - 21:10 LHR LX 340 P-EconomyIt's a bit of a whistle-stop journey, especially on the Saturday outbound (work-cuffs), but the price is good: -ú112.82Is anyone heading out a bit earlier and thinking about hiring a car?Sam
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Hog Hill UK Outlaw Championships 2010
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On 3/10/2010 samg
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Save this into your favourites for all of the information in one simple package:[url:2jswn0yn]http://www.wix. com/Sam2msl/OUTLAW-01[/url:2jswn0yn]Sam
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 2/28/2010 old-skool mike
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Cheers Sam! Looking like my nice shiny new Decent boardbag is gonna get some heavy usage this year!
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 2/26/2010 samg
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Hi Mike, you probably already know the route to Thalwil out of Zurich for the Slalombrunch. Catch the train out of Zurich (buying your ticket beforehand) and then a short bus trip at the far end. Chris Hart or Ramon should post details. Ideally a few of us should head out and hire a tiny car like last year.Hog Hill - camping already reserved for the Sunday night.For Gruningen you again fly to Zurich. Thereafter it's propably best to blag a lift if you can. Jadranko used to arrange this race in its previous incarnation and was always very helpful in sorting out various vehicles for the foreign legions. Accommodation is very often free and is either in the nuclear bunker or college dorms.For Jurmala you fly to Riga (in Latvia!) and then catch the train along the coast. Jurmala is a beach resort on the Baltic about half an hour out of Riga. Accommodation is typically a concrete Easten block hotel with wires poking out of the crumbling plaster. Previously the Latvians have laid on a coach to go from hotel to race site. The site is new this year, so I cannot shed any light on its location, but Jurmala is a smallish place very popular with wealthly Russians.Hog Hill - Camping reserved but no payment down as yet.Brixlegg - Fly to Munich and the catch the train to Brixlegg. It's should take a couple of hours maximum depending on the number of changes. Check: http://www.bahn.deThere is a campsite nearby, but a car will be needed. http://www.alpbachtal.at/at/guide/14276 ... /home.htmlAmsterdam - take a rug, smoke something touristy and pass out in the street beside a Bulldog pub.Sam
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 2/26/2010 old-skool mike
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my revised travel plans are as follows:1. 1st & 2nd May Slalombrunch in Zurich, (already paid for flights, going Fri eve at 5pm!)2. 30th & 31st May Hog Hill3. 19th & 20th June Gruningen4. 3rd & 4th July Jurmala LV (although no idea how to get there yet! Any advice appriciated!)5. 6th-8th Aug Hog Hill again6. 20th-22nd Aug Brixlegg (big IF though, depends on whether I make the grade & have the money!)7. 3rd-5th Sept AmsterdamWith the exception of 1, 2 & 5 the others are more speculation than anything at the moment. I'm on limited funds so it's gonna be tight! I've also got a summer holiday with my boys to pay for yet! My eldest, Dylan, also wants to travel with me and enter as many as he can so I've got to factor in paying for him too, (although not all the comps are going to be suitable for him!).Oh and there's the local Turn or Burn comp in the summer and I've a feeling it clashes with Jurmala. If it's the same weekend then I'll be doing the local comp, (means I could save a bit more for Brixlegg!)If anyone's travelled to any of the comps I've listed in the past I'd be grateful for any travel details you have! (Accom mainly! I need to keep costs to a minimum so camping is the way forward! NO 5* hotel listings please! ha ha ha)Mike
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Hog Hill UK Outlaw Championships 2010
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On 2/10/2010 samg
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Here it goes:The [b:2zvc6yvb]UKSSA[/b:2zvc6yvb] & [b:2zvc6yvb]UKLL[/b:2zvc6yvb] proudly present: The UK Outlaw Championships![b:2zvc6yvb]Sign up here:[/b:2zvc6yvb] http://67.139.161.195/contest_registrat ... 454#signup[b:2zvc6yvb]When:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Sun 30th - Mon 31st of May, 2010[b:2zvc6yvb]Where:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Hog Hill Redbridge Cycling Centre, Forest Road, Hainault, Ilford IG6 3HP[url:2zvc6yvb]http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=547291&Y=191903&A=Y&Z=110[/url:2zvc6yvb][b:2zvc6yvb]Closest tube station:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Fairlop, it's a fair walk from the train station, if you have gear & are with someone else it might be worth getting a cab up the road. Make sure to check out www.http://tfl.gov.uk for engineering works which may require you to detour via bus.[url:2zvc6yvb]http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=544971&y=190640&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf[/url:2zvc6yvb][b:2zvc6yvb]How much:[/b:2zvc6yvb] -ú10/ for a single day -ú20/ for both days/ -ú10 for one night of camping, price per tent. Under 16s attend for free! Payment details to be made available soon. Race registration will be in the clubhouse at 10:00am, where competitor numbers will be allocated. Insurance and track hire have already been paid, so please get your entry sub in early via PayPal to: ukssa01@gmail.com[b:2zvc6yvb]Camping:[/b:2zvc6yvb] http://www.lambourne-end.org.uk/ Location: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?zoom=15&c ... 376&dp=904 We have booked camping on Sunday evening on behalf of the UKSSA at: The Lambourne End Centre Manor Road Lambourne End Essex RM4 1NB Tel: 020 8500 3047 Fax: 020 8559 8481 Make note that this is a site for Christian youth groups, so please try to avoid the customary ouija boards and Bambi cull.This includes camping ground, shower and toilet facilities, but you have to provide your own tent and cooking facilities. We have had to pay for the camping in advance, so folks are encouraged to use the facility.Hotels: http://www.activehotels.com/wl/servlet/ ... 4,0.125581[b:2zvc6yvb]Food[/b:2zvc6yvb]: While there is an on site canteen it is recommended that you bring your own food for the duration of the weekend, there's is a Sainsbury's the other side of Fairlop tube station in Barkingside.http://opening-times.co.uk/sainsburys-s ... arkingside[b:2zvc6yvb]What do I need:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Mandatory: all riders must wear a helmet when on the track. No helmet, no riding![b:2zvc6yvb]Slalom & Freeriding:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Half Shell & Slide/Gloves, pads recommendedDH Racing: Full Face Helmet & Dedicated Slide Gloves, pads recommended[b:2zvc6yvb]What?!:[/b:2zvc6yvb] In order to celebrate the ever expanding scene of UK skateboarding we are proud to present the Uk Outlaw Championships @ Hog Hill! After a few small freerides at the event in recent years Hog Hill will now also be hosting the UK Outlaw Series Championships, after the successful 6-3-1 series which pitted friend against friend & even rain, wind & gnarly bails the decision to hold a freeride & race on a car free hill was made, let there be stoke! But that's not to say the cones won't be out in full force for both a Dual Slalom & Giant Slalom format as races will also be held on the multi-faceted venue, after last year's epic season it's all systems go for coneheads in 2010! But what's this I hear you say about the girls workshop? The wonderful team from Layback in Freiburg will be making their way over the event with Fee Bucheler (owner of HugelHerzBlut) & Christine (from London Longboards) providing top tips for female riders of any levels who want them. Did I forget to mention that under 16s attend for free @ Hog Hill?[b:2zvc6yvb]Dual & GS Slalom:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Setup for the Hybrid Dual Slalom on the Sunday will start at 09:00am. This will include the putting up of ramps, course setting and laying down of timing gear. Open practice will be run from 10:30am (earlier if possible) with the racing starting at 11:00am.Qualifying will be the best time of two runs, one run in each lane. Starting for qualifying will be individually timed, but in order to keep up the racing impetus, racers are requested to go within ten seconds of being permitted on course, with parallel qualifying preferred (ie: racers going together ASAP). Time and numbers (and weather) permitting, there will then be bracketing into two groups of 16, A and B Groups. If there are any delays then a single bracket of top 16 will be arranged.Starting in the heats will then be via the standard European system of 'five second warning, ' where, once racers are ready, a start will ensue at any point within the next five seconds. Anyone DEEMED to be jumping the start will be given just one verbal warning before being given the DQ penalty of 10per cent of the fastest qualifying time.Cone penalty will be 0.1 seconds per cone. If a cone is hit and remains either touching or in part of its circle then it is not to be counted as a penalty. If a cone is out of place on your run, then pull out of the course and raise your hand immediately. If cones are knocked out in front of you by the opposition's cones then do likewise. A rerun will occur. If these rules are deemed to be abused, then the organiser's delegated referee decision will be final. Even if wrong.Please can competitors cone-marshall on their way back up the hill to the start. There will be four posts dividing sections of the course. Move up one position after each race. Please offer to cone-marshall even if you have been knocked out of the competition. The heats go through very quickly as the final approached and accurate marshalling is critical.[b:2zvc6yvb]Giant Slalom[/b:2zvc6yvb] - Monday: We have the track from 9:00am onwards on Monday, so setup of the course will begin then, using the hill that backs onto the hybrid course. It will consist of a single lane timed run with start ramp. Each racer will have three runs (time permitting) with the best of these runs counting as final time. A Top Gear style leader board will show the best riders and times to beat. Again, it is preferred that a competitor goes within ten seconds of the course being open to them, choosing within that slot the best start moment given prevailing conditions. It is requested that competitors assist in cone-marshalling on their return up the course.[b:2zvc6yvb]DH Freeride & Race:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Freeriding will run through both Sunday & Monday, with the racing taking part on Monday afternoon with continued freeriding. The aim is to ride the hill as much as possible, even if you don't want to race you'll get to ride as much as those who do! The race will be the Championship race of the UK Outlaw race series, probably the only one on a car free road mind you. The racing will be run in a jam format, which means that you'll probably not race the same person more than once or twice & get to ride with people you normally wouldn't have ridden with. No standing around waiting for time trials here. Heat size is yet to be determined although at the very least it will be 4 people per heat. Given the track layout options available the course will change over the weekend in order to provide some variety to the event. The final race configuration will be determined on the monday. Make sure you follow the bails, rails & points on Longboard-Sessions.co.uk, get involved![b:2zvc6yvb]Girls only workshop, for girls by girls:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Details tbc[b:2zvc6yvb]Disciplines welcome:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Standup, Slalom, Luge, Buttboard, Gravity Bike, Inline, Dirtsurfers.There will be no uplift so please keep this in mind if you have an 8 foot luge made of awesome heavy stuff![b:2zvc6yvb]Sponsored by:[/b:2zvc6yvb] Octane Sport, Dangerous Deck, Longboard-Sessions.co.uk, XSS, London Longboards, Layback, Brixton Cycles, Pavel[b:2zvc6yvb]Sign up here:[/b:2zvc6yvb] http://67.139.161.195/contest_registrat ... 454#signup
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X in the City: 22-24th October 2010
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On 2/1/2010 samg
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We have very kindly been approached to take part in X in the City, a new sports Expo that will take place in October at the Excel centre in London's Docklands:http://xinthecity.co.uk/Currently in the pipeline of discussion is that we will run a dual slalom competition over the weekend along the width of the hall, with interim public training sessions and participation. In an ideal world we'd get a few of the slalom luminaries such as Richie Carrasco, Jason Mitchell and Claude Regnier over to help out with public interface. In reality we hope to run something similar to the Swedish indoor championships that was held back in 2008 that should include the Germans, Swedes and French amongst other nations:http://www.flickr.com/photos/samg/sets/ ... 988813861/Anyway, at the moment it is looking to be a 25-30 cone race acrosss the width of this:[img:torj11kp]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4321972250_e378b7d8e8.jpg[/img:torj11kp]What do y'all reckon?Sam
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 1/28/2010 paul k
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Excesive "air guitar" can be bad for you....particualrly when not connected to suitable "air amplifier!"
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 1/27/2010 samg
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That shirt:[img:1bxb7s1h]http://farm1.static&# 46;flickr.com/15/20345104_6c1fa3d9c2.jpg[ /img:1bxb7s1h]Those shirts:[img:1bxb7s1h]http://farm1.static& #46;flickr.com/17/20342793_8d9eb806bf.jpg [/img:1bxb7s1h]
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 1/27/2010 paul k
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if i can afford it i might try for grunny!!always did enjoy thyat one....free accomodation in the bunker, and a party on the saturday nighthappy days!!
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 1/26/2010 mickreiss
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Nice post Sam.As usual everything depends on Ella's school dates - except the world's, which we'll go to even if it means missing GCSE's!Mick.
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UK Racing Abroad 2010
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On 1/25/2010 old-skool mike
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So far, with financial constraints being what they are, I'm going to try for the Slalom Brunch which Ramon confirmed as 1st & 2nd May with the Tunnel race at the end of May, possibly Gruningen, Latvia in July and Hog Hill in Aug. Anything else is speculation at the moment as I've got a summer holiday with my kids to pay for yet as well!Mike
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On 1/24/2010 samg
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Has anyone given thought to joining the British Foreign Legion to race on the continent this year? Given that most UK racers will had to the two day event at Hog Hill starting on 30th May, overseas racing may well start in June:Back after a bit of a break is the Zurich race:Slalom Skateboard World Cup Gr++ningen Format: Date: 19-20 June 2010 Location: Gr++ningen, CH Sanction: MAIN candidate Contact: Jadranko Radovanovic [img:3vt2a64n]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4302153170_a03bec3fef.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n]The following weekend is:D+¬sax+¬ World Ride Format: (GS), TS, HS Date: 25-26-27 June 2010 Location: Grenoble, FR Sanction: MAIN candidate Contact: http://www.desaxe-skateslalom.com[img:3vt2a64n]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2858282520_fe3eef2a17_m.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n]July offers up:Baltic Championship Format: Date: 3-4 July 2010 Location: Jurmala, LV Contact: Gints Gailitis [img:3vt2a64n]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2647631166_2ff3cd04f4_m.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n] 700 cones World Ride Format: Giant, Dual Tight, Long Hybrid Date: 24-25 July 2010 Location: Hradec Kralove, CZ Sanction: MAIN candidate Contact: Josef Stefka [img:3vt2a64n]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/3809793520_91c24658d4_m.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n]With August having both the UK World Cup and the Brixlegg Worlds:British Open Slalom Championships Format: Tight, Hybrid & GS Date: 6-8 August 2010 Location: Hog Hill, UK Contact: Sam Gordon, Rob Ashby [img:3vt2a64n]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4302991497_bd21c465fa.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n]Sk8 Slalom Poli-ìka Format: Date: 14-15 August 2010 Location: Poli-ìka, CZ Sanction: MAIN candidate Contact: Radim Hromadko [img:3vt2a64n]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4303753954_8588d72862.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n]Brixlegg Worlds Format: Date: 20-22 August 2010 Location: Brixlegg, AU Sanction: MAJOR (WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS) candidate Contact: Donald Campbell [img:3vt2a64n]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4303762892_870b6b8479.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n]September offers Dutch fayre:4th Amsterdam Slalom Series Format: Tight, Hybrid and Special Date: 3-5 September 2010 Location: Sloten Sport Park, Amsterdam, NL Sanction: MAIN candidate Contact: Flavio Badenes [img:3vt2a64n]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4303028101_311052624f.jpg[/img:3vt2a64n]And we are back in the UK for October and X in the City. Let's hear your invasion plans!Sam
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UK Slalom Skateboard Association
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On 1/22/2010 roba
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Ooo I almost missed this - good work Mr G!
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UK Slalom Skateboard Association
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On 1/17/2010 samg
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Whilst we will always post up here, it's always worth checking out Mick Reiss's microsite for basic information at:http://www.ukslalomskateboarding.com/
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Who's Number One
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On 9/24/2009 roba
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You don't want to be a number, you want to be a free man!
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Who's Number One
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On 9/19/2009 gabe
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I think the STIG has got to be the best 'has been that never was.' He is number one in my book!
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Who's Number One
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On 9/7/2009 the stig
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The STIG!!!!
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