Event Registration

Seismic Skate Systems World Championship 77 Registered Contestants. Event Date and Time: Friday, July 17, 2009  00:00 Event Duration: 3 Location: Hood River, Oregon, USA Entry: Open Helmets: Mandatory Divisions: Men PRO Women OPEN Men Amateur Men Jr Women Jr Classes: GS Hybrid Tight Organizer: Cascade Slalom Association Map: Entry Fee: $150 Contest Info: Friday July 17th Giant Slalom Saturday July 18th Qualifying Hybrid/Tight Slalom Sunday July 19th Finals Hybrid/Tight Slalom Friday's G/S will be on the Memorial Highway east of Hood River near Mosier and Saturday and Sunday will be downtown Hood River. Book your rooms early since Hood River is a popular summer vacation spot with lots of sailboarding, mountain climbing, hiking, road and mountain biking, possible summer snow(really packed snow) skiing and snowboarding. There are plenty of places to stay but not likely to have any vacancies on the spur of the moment. There are also several nearby Oregon State Parks with tent and camper sites. The offical signup page is at: http://www_slalomskateboarder_com/Contests/2009WorldChampionship/ 1st Place Finisher: See inside 2nd Place Finisher: See inside 3rd Place Finisher: See inside Overall Results: OVERALL RESULTS PRO 280 George Pappas 200 Martin Reaves 176 Adam Schwippert 172 Joe McLaren 135 Louis Ricard 128 Chris Barker 121 Richy Carrasco 96 Jonathan Harms 95 Paul Price 80 Karl Floitgraf 72 Brad Jackman 55 Claude Regnier AMATEUR 232 Justin Collins 195 Kevin Delaney 180 Robert Thiele 175 Sebastien Leger 160 Mike Duquette 150 Jordan Huotari 96 Brian Parsons 94 Rick Floyd 84 Mike Ohm 76 John Stryker 71 Mark Harris 68 Skip Marcotte 61 Eric Tokle 47 Michael Reiss 45 Brad Kasha 39 Gareth Roe 34 Chris Pappas 29 Scott Moore 28 Chris Iverson 14 Richard Fitzpatrick 11 Curt Chapman MASTERS 225 Keith Hollien 200 David Pirnack 185 John Ravitch 180 Tay Hunt 145 Martin Drayton 139 Marty Schaub 92 Steve Pederson 84 "Bruce ""Norski"" Bjortvedt" 78 Jay LaPalm 64 Paul Howard 62 Bobby Thomas 60 Michael Kaelon 60 Steve Lavin 55 Gib Lewis 38 Jamie Hart 36 Bob Harper 30 Mike Rachford 29 Wentzle Ruml IV 26 Earl Cephas 20 Paul Steiger 15 Jack Smith 14 Bruce Brewington JUNIORS 210 Kelian Duplain 195 Keith Henderson 180 Gabriel Duquet 160 Ian Roe 100 Kyle McLaren 96 Ricky Garland 95 Daniel Duquet 40 Dylan Smith 32 Malachi Greene WOMEN 300 Lynn Kramer 220 Ella Roggero 170 Cat Young 140 Trish Erickson 130 Judi Oyama 125 Emilie Gascon 36 Joyce Wheldrake GS RESULTS GIANT SLALOM PRO 1 Martin Reaves 84.355 2 George Pappas 85.475 3 Chris Barker 87.527 4 Louis Ricard 88.335 5 Richy Carrasco 88.678 6 Jonathan Harms 89.022 7 Adam Schwippert 89.589 8 Joe McLaren 90.072 9 Karl Floitgraf 94.3 10 Claude Regnier 94.618 11 Paul Price 94.725 12 Brad Jackman - AMATEUR 1 Kevin Delaney 85.88 2 Jordan Huotari 89.008 3 Mike Duquette 90.257 4 Sebastien Leger 91.689 5 Brad Kasha 91.853 6 Robert Thiele 92.24 7 Rick Floyd 92.943 8 Justin Collins 93.833 9 Michael Reiss 94.374 10 Mike Ohm 94.404 11 Skip Marcotte 94.412 12 Eric Tokle 96.287 13 Brian Parsons 96.679 14 John Stryker 96.751 15 Chris Pappas 97.586 16 Mark Harris 97.69 17 Richard Fitzpatrick 100.316 18 Scott Moore 103.116 19 Chris Iverson 105.194 20 Curt Chapman 107.043 MASTERS 1 Keith Hollien 92.557 2 Tay Hunt 93.404 3 John Ravitch 95.024 4 Marty Schaub 95.408 5 Martin Drayton 96.015 6 Jay LaPalm 96.877 7 Gib Lewis 97.898 8 "Bruce ""Norski"" Bjortvedt" 101.667 9 Wentzle Ruml IV 102.44 10 Earl Cephas 103.275 11 Bobby Thomas 103.336 12 Jamie Hart 103.434 13 Paul Steiger 105.792 14 Bob Harper 108.016 15 Steve Pederson 109.528 16 Jack Smith 125.615 17 Steve Lavin - 17 Bruce Brewington - MEN JUNIORS 1 Keith Henderson 98.803 2 Gabriel Duquet 100.93 3 Ricky Garland 101.808 4 Kelian Duplain 104.394 5 Daniel Duquet 110.621 6 Ian Roe 116.108 WOMEN 1 Lynn Kramer 95.091 2 Ella Roggero 97.526 3 Cat Young 99.291 4 Trish Erickson 106.282 5 Emilie Gascon 114.275 HYBRID SLALOM HYBRID SLALOM PRO 1 George Pappas 2 Adam Schwippert 3 Joe McLaren 4 Martin Reaves 5 Louis Ricard 6 Richy Carrasco 7 Chris Barker 8 Jonathan Harms 9 Claude Regnier 10 Paul Price 11 Brad Jackman 12 Karl Floitgraf AMATEUR 1 Justin Collins 2 Sebastien Leger 3 Robert Thiele 4 Jordan Hvotari 5 Kevin Delaney 6 Mike Duquette 7 Brian Parsons 8 Rick Floyd 9 Mike Ohm 10 John Stryker 11 Eric Tokle 12 Skip Marcotte 13 Mark Harris 14 Michael Reiss 15 Chris Iverson 16 Gareth Roe 17 Chris Pappas 18 Neil Orta 19 Scott Moore 20 Richard Fitzpatrick 21 Curt Chapman JR 1 Gabriel Duquet 2 Kelian Duplain 3 Ian Roe 4 Daniel Duquet 5 Keith Henderson 6 Dylan Smith 7 Ricky Garland 8 Malachi Greene WOMEN 1 Lynn Kramer 2 Ella Roggero 3 Cat Young 4 Judi Oyama 5 Trish Erickson 6 Emilie Gascon 7 Joyce Wheldrake MASTERS 1 David Pirnack 2 Keith Hollien 3 Martin Drayton 4 Tay Hunt 5 John Ravitch 6 Steve Pederson 7 Michael Kaelon 8 Paul Howard 9 Marty Schaub 10 "Bruce ""Norski"" Bjortvedt" 11 Steve Lavin 12 Jay LaPalm 13 Gib Lewis 14 Bobby Thomas 15 Jamie Hart 16 Mike Rachford 17 Earl Cephas 18 Bob Harper 19 Wentzle Ruml IV 20 Paul Steiger 21 Bruce Brewington TIGHT SLALOM TIGHT SLALOM RESULTS PLACE (MEN AM) 1 Justin Collins 2 Robert Thiele 3 Mike Duquette 4 Kevin Delaney 5 Sebastien Leger 6 Brian Parsons 7 Mark Harris 8 John Stryker 9 Mike Ohm 10 Rick Floyd 11 Gareth Roe 12 Skip Marcotte 13 Jordan Hvotari 14 Chris Pappas 15 Scott Moore 16 Eric Tokle 17 Richard Fitzpatrick 18 Chris Iverson 19 Curt Chapman 20 Michael Reiss 20 Neil Orta (MEN PRO) 1 George Pappas 2 Joe McLaren 3 Adam Schwippert 4 Martin Reaves 5 Paul Price 6 Louis Ricard 7 Richy Carrasco 8 Chris Barker 9 Karl Floitgraf 10 Brad Jackman 11 Jonathan Harms (MEN MASTERS) 1 David Pirnack 2 John Ravitch 3 Marty Schaub 4 Tay Hunt 5 Keith Hollien 6 Martin Drayton 7 Steve Pederson 8 Paul Howard 9 Gib Lewis 10 "Bruce ""Norski"" Bjortvedt" 11 Michael Kaelon 12 Steve Lavin 13 Bobby Thomas 14 Bob Harper 15 Jay LaPalm 16 Mike Rachford 17 Jamie Hart 18 Bruce Brewington 19 Earl Cephas 19 Wally Inoue (Women Open) 1 Lynn Kramer 2 Judi Oyama 3 Ella Roggero 4 Cat Young 5 Trish Erickson 6 Emilie Gascon 7 Joyce Wheldrake (Men Jr) 1 Kyle McLaren 2 Kelian Duplain 3 Ian Roe 4 Keith Henderson 5 Ricky Garland 5 Malachi Greene Full result PDF's located at: Click here for link

Registered Contestants (77) -- Seismic Skate Systems World Championship
Name	Home City	Division	Classes	Sponsors	Bio	Comment	Date Submitted
1. Lou Statman	Texas			I've got no idea! Just Skate	Texas Outlaw. Skate for fun...	I really need to stop hitting my head on stuff. This is about as close to first at the Worlds as I get.	2/18/2009 11:21:20 PM
2. skip ...	Portland f@#kin Oregon			SubSONIC , TEAMbecky , Oregon Orthopedic Partners		plan to stay and skate mecca	2/19/2009 12:03:32 PM
3. Paul Howard	Corvallis, Oregon			SubsonicSkateboards are the Best because I say so.	I skate because I have to.	Hopefully I'll be able to make it to this race this year.	2/19/2009 7:23:43 PM
4. Zak Maytum	Boulder, COSSORADO			Venom Bushings, Pavel	Sounds pretty fun to me.	It's on.	2/19/2009 11:55:03 PM
5. Glenn Chapman	Beverly, MA						2/20/2009 3:45:24 AM
6. Joyce Wheldrake	Toronto Canada			Hogtown			2/20/2009 3:17:45 PM
7. Rick Floyd	Brrrrrlingtin, VT			ditto fullbagger - face it, you can't get away	Raised in captivity. Socialized to humans at a young age. Prevented from reproducing for the safety of others. Once ate an entire watermelon filled with rum. I can hold my breath a really long time.	Attitude is Everything - BV	2/21/2009 2:31:24 PM
8. Marty Schaub	Dacula, JoJa			SK8KINGS "Axe Army", Six Six One Protection (No not that kind!)	ALWAYS look forward to this race. Oregon is by far my favorite place to visit. What else, I'm old...Oh and Full Sail sells cases of cold beer to go, so it makes it a really nice hill to be on.....	Number nine....Number nine....Number nine......	2/21/2009 2:55:06 PM
9. Judi Oyama	CA			Roe Racing, Giro, Independent, Khiro, Sockguy, Powerbar, Pleasure Tool Bearings, Element Shoes, Oakley, Independent Trucks		I guess I'm not done racing. Keep thinking I am. Thanks G	2/22/2009 8:07:00 AM
10. John Stryker	Fairwood, Washington			SK8KINGS	Thank You to all the CSA Menbers that helped Make this Years World Championship of Slalom Skateboarding possible.	Gotta make this one count beause....This will my last year racing as in the Open Class.	2/22/2009 4:42:31 PM
11. Gib Lewis	Breckenridge, CO			My desire to race	Go Masters!!!	Still going, sometimes faster sometimes less faster.	2/23/2009 5:27:04 PM
12. Jamie Hart	Sacramento, Ca.			Fat City Racing	Fat City Racing since 1975.	GOT HOTELS? Got mine! Don't wait.	2/26/2009 11:48:04 AM
13. kyle pifher	troutdell				wut the hell is that	sup yall have a good run lets rip out ther	2/27/2009 8:05:15 AM
14. Seb Leger	Montreal, Quebec			Fullbag skateboards, Underworld-shop, Visa	Fist time at the Worlds babe!	It's so ON!	2/27/2009 9:07:07 AM
15. Pat Chewning	Beaverton OR USA			Franklins, Hamiltons, Jacksons, Grants, etc		Doing the timing for Hood, will also race.	2/27/2009 2:55:20 PM
16. Darrin Moy	Puyallup, WA			RoeRacing			2/27/2009 4:45:14 PM
17. Corey Moy	Puyallup, WA						2/27/2009 4:45:53 PM
18. Wentzle Ruml IV	Wellfleet, ma			subsonic, fatboy, woodys halfpipe, ninja, pro designed, gladiator,SV optics, dead dog sk8 shorts, osiris, z-boy, fuel clothing ,willys gym, joe iacovelli	masters division is going to rock!!!!	hood river!!!! sweetness, cant wait	2/27/2009 5:51:26 PM
19. Steve Collins	San Pedro, CA			harbor skateboard racing		hello worlds	2/27/2009 10:38:49 PM
20. Paul Price	London, England, UK			PAVEL	Racing all over the World!	I have a case of Full Sail in the fridge. Last years event was terrific	2/28/2009 5:01:38 PM
21. jordan "	portland			left hand			3/2/2009 9:52:04 AM
22. Adam Schwippert	Stratton Mountain, Vermont			Sk8kings, Radikal, Khiro, Abec 11, Podium Skate Shop	Economics major at University of Vermont, professional snowboarder, plays: golf, video games, poker	Snowboarding at Mount Hood, skateboarding at Hood River. What could be better?	3/3/2009 12:06:16 PM
23. Chris Iversen	Strathmore, AB, Canuckistan			Speed-dealer.ca Speed Shop	I like to skateboard	world's...whoah!	3/3/2009 5:41:00 PM
24. Bruce Brewington	Pacifica, CA			Wall Street Racing, turner summer ski, the Reefriders Surf Band	Skateboard slalom racing since 1976...you would think I would know better by now !!!	Thanks to Gareth and the rest of the CSA crew for putting this together this year. Looking forward to some great racing.	3/4/2009 3:51:55 PM
25. Mick Reiss	London			if only...			3/5/2009 1:58:00 PM
26. Ella Roggero	London			Pavel			3/5/2009 1:59:46 PM
27. Bruce "Norski" Bjortvedt	Nor~Cal			ISM			3/6/2009 12:27:28 AM
28. Cat Young	San Rafael			Pavel, GOG, Khiro	This will be my last year racing.	Not!!!!!	3/6/2009 11:10:20 PM
29. Robin McGuirk	Portland, OR			Eastside Longboards		Only racing the GS - Open 'er up will ya, lets go over 25pmh!	3/7/2009 9:12:16 AM
30. John Ravitch	Oakland, California			Roe Racing		Great to hear that the Worlds come to Hood after such a great event in 2008. Slalom is alive - thx Gareth.	3/8/2009 7:29:59 AM
31. Brad Kasha	Calgary Alberta			QWIP Woodworks	I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I	and some more I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I	3/11/2009 4:11:45 PM
32. Stephen Lavin	CHIxILL			CHIxILL	I'm with Gib; "Go Masters!", and I want a pony tail :(		3/12/2009 11:22:31 AM
33. Claude Regnier	Toronto, Ontario, canada						3/13/2009 6:20:34 AM
34. RIchy Carrasco	Santa Ana , Cali			SK8KINGS, Khiro, Oust, Retro, Seismic, S-One, Maria	I ran over Big Foot on the way to the race last year ........Sorry about that!	AXE ARMY....Oi!	3/14/2009 8:46:07 AM
35. Martin Drayton	Park City, Utah			Gecko Decks, Seismic Wheels, Khiro, Nitro bearings,Bolle, Skullcandy & Decent hardwear bags.	Should I bring my snowboard? Maybe we could race on both...I might stand a better chance.	I was going to say "Go Masters" too, but doesn't look like there will be a Masters Division :( Go lizards!	3/14/2009 7:03:39 PM
36. Trish Erickson	Heber, UT	Women Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Husband, kids. what a team! Oh and Cat. She my moral support.	Going for a "no crash race" My boss will fire me if I show up injured one more time!	Biggest race ever for me! Troy, sign up, come out, your the reason I got started!Lets skate dude!	4/6/2009 6:21:53 PM
37. Bob Harper	Preston Idaho	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Grand Pappy Wiggly decks, Plastic Industries	Live in Preston Idaho home of Napoleon Dynamite. Skate and train with myself and the Utah Pavement Carvers. Martin, Trish, Kevin.	Supporting a Masters and a pony tail or I can wake up with morning mullet.	4/15/2009 4:40:23 PM
38. david pirnack	Centennial, CO	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Seismic, Pavel, Splitfire, Venom	The newest member of the Masters division....make room boys!		4/21/2009 12:24:45 PM
39. Brad"Jackhammer" Jackman	Sumner	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight	SK8KINGS,AXE ARMY	Raceing wth the big boys!!	Lets race,then lets rock!!	4/28/2009 3:58:12 PM
40. Mark Harris	Spokane,Wa	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	RoeRacing			5/5/2009 5:40:08 PM
41. Chris Favero	CHIcago ILLinios	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	CHIxILL	From the kitchen to the podium	it's on	5/11/2009 4:06:16 PM
42. Keith Henderson	Granite Bay CA	Men Jr	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Tactis Sk8, Khiro			5/21/2009 4:35:32 PM
43. Chris Orozco	Sacramento CA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Tactis Sk8			5/21/2009 4:36:39 PM
44. tim kienitz	los angeles, ca	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	S & S cycle, Harbor Skateboard Racing	I Ride the SkateKings AXE Ultimate Unicus and AXE Gaximus	I love Hood River	5/27/2009 1:56:24 PM
45. Gabe Duquet	Ottawa, ON	Men Jr	GS, Hybrid, Tight	mom, claude	hmmm - not much - all-round Canadian skater	can - am	6/1/2009 2:58:36 PM
46. Dan Duquet	Ottawa, ON	Men Jr	GS, Hybrid, Tight	mom, C;aude	not much (yet)	pie	6/1/2009 2:59:46 PM
47. justin collins	so cal	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	sk8kings, oust, funhouse skateboards, spine clothing			6/2/2009 7:35:50 PM
48. Earl Cephas	Dale City, VA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight				6/3/2009 6:11:01 PM
49. Martin Reaves	COSSorado	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Pocket Pistols, Radikal, Venom, Garver Bearings			6/5/2009 5:02:43 PM
50. Michael Kaelon	Rosemead, Ca	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Warbird			6/6/2009 7:56:33 PM
51. Neil Orta	Alexandria, VA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight				6/8/2009 6:43:36 AM
52. Kélian Duplain	Québec, QC	Men Jr	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Mom and Dad :)	Love riding a plywood board on 4 wheels!	Yasir!	6/9/2009 7:30:56 AM
53. Dylan Smith	Morro Bay, CA	Men Jr	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Loaded			6/10/2009 3:05:05 PM
54. Emilie Gascon	Montreal, Quebec	Women Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight				6/16/2009 8:51:46 AM
55. Mike Duquette	Bristol, ct	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Gecko, joe i			6/16/2009 9:36:12 PM
56. Robert Thiele	Stuttgart, Germany,Europe	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Slalomgangbang Team	2008 Comeback to slalom-scene after some 17 years time-out	If I speak english I don´t understand myself, Please speak slowly to me :-)	6/16/2009 11:29:21 PM
57. Brian Parsons	Leesburg VA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight				6/17/2009 7:31:30 PM
58. Paul Steiger	Kennewick, WA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid				6/21/2009 9:03:46 AM
59. Keith Hollien	Gainesville, FL	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight		Keith Hollien Signature Series, Radikal Trucks, AXE ARMY & Oust.	Skateboarding 45 years & Slalom Skateboarding 33 years & I turn 50 at the Worlds	6/22/2009 9:47:27 AM
60. Rick Fitzpatrick	Golden Colorado	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Working Man Racing	Work for survival, Race to Live!	Gonna risk it for a biscuit!	6/22/2009 3:15:44 PM
61. Louis Ricard	Quebec, Canada	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight	FullBag Skates Free For All boardshop	Can drink legal vino	you say vino or wine?	6/24/2009 8:31:46 AM
62. David Addington	Sumner, Washington USA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Half fast technoligies and ACME gadgets	46 year old half fast skateboarder	Bring your pool board and come skate the Hoodriver skatepark with me????	6/26/2009 9:20:45 AM
63. Ian Roe	Seattle, WA	Men Jr	GS, Hybrid, Tight	RoeRacing			6/29/2009 6:34:43 PM
64. Gareth ROE	Seattle, WA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid	RoeRacing			6/29/2009 6:35:54 PM
65. Mike Ohm	Alexandria, VA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Sk8Kings			7/1/2009 2:38:53 PM
66. Eric Tokle	Petaluma, CA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Folliage Printing and Apparel, NCSC	NCSC and Axe Army rules! Began racing @ Hood River '06, getting back to my roots!	Last minute change of plans, looks like I can make it after all!	7/2/2009 12:15:33 PM
67. Kevin Delaney	Watsonville, CA	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Riley Racing, Pappas Imports, Oyama Tech, Mannatech, ZigZag	08 US Natls 1st Overall - Open 08 NA Champs 1st Overall - AM 93-95 ISF World Snowboard Champ - Overall		7/5/2009 8:43:00 AM
68. Tay Hunt	Bandon, Oregon	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Still looking	BADLANDS SKATEBOARDS, Big Air Pipe master.		7/7/2009 9:54:57 PM
69. Steve Pederson	Minneapolis, MN	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight				7/8/2009 7:27:49 PM
70. Chris Pappas	Boulder Colorado	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Venom Raceing	I turn left and rigt.That is NASCAR times 2.	I miss WAX.	7/10/2009 9:38:21 PM
71. Karl Floitgraf	Greensboro NORTH CAROLINA	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight	TEXAS LONGBOARDS	Nice offset truck, check out my OFFSET LEG!		7/12/2009 6:58:30 PM
72. JOE MCLAREN	LONGMONT coloRADo	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight	POCKET PISTOLS, VENOM, RADIKAL			7/13/2009 10:01:00 AM
73. Rich Harrison	Louisville, ColoRADo	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	venom, pavel, mob	Born in the heart of Dogtown California 1966...Took his first turns on the black banks of the local school yards in the early '70s. Blessed to still be skating!		7/14/2009 5:15:43 AM
74. bobby thomas	Cincy, Oh	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Wake Nation		water, snow, asphalt. this weekend, we shall shred the hard stuff. YEEAAA	7/14/2009 8:00:08 AM
75. Jonathan Harms	St. Louis, MO	Men PRO	GS, Hybrid, Tight	none	Among the top 75% of the fastest right-handed, nearsighted, caucasian, male, cat-owning, Scrabble-playing, Midwestern library assistants/copy editors in slalom skateboarding!	Watch out for Huotari, Delaney and the Duque, and damn near everyone else too. And the pros? Don't even get me started.	7/14/2009 3:06:48 PM
76. Curt Chapman	SLC Valley, UT	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	E-Bay, SF Longboarding Classifieds.	1st Race.	Last Minute - The only way to go...	7/15/2009 12:12:01 PM
77. Scott Moore	Portland, OR	Men Amateur	GS, Hybrid, Tight	Subsonic			7/16/2009 12:24:33 AM