| Madness in the Mitten II |
| 34 Registered Contestants.
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| Event Date and Time: |
Saturday, April 17, 2010 00:00 |
| Event Duration: |
Two days |
| Location: |
Lansing, MI |
| Entry: |
Open |
| Helmets: |
Mandatory
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| Organizer: |
Go Green Longboarding, MSU Longboarding Club
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| Map: |
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| Entry Fee: |
$10 for distance, $5 for others |
| Contest Info: |
Go Green Longboarding and the Michigan State Longboarding Club are pleased to present Madness in the Mitten II - a 4.1 mile distance race, followed by an outlaw slide jam, a late night garage bomb, as well as some slalom the next day. Last year's event featured 31 push racers and about 10 casual ride alongs from across Michigan and Illinois. The event was a blast, so we're going to do it all over again, and this time we're adding DH and slalom.
Where: Lansing, MI
When: April 17th and 18th, 2010
What: MADNESS IN THE MITTEN II
$10 for push race, $5 for others – cash awarded to top 3 or (5 if theres over 50 people).
Other prizes will be awarded/raffled thorughout the event.
The fastest Hybrid slalomer who has never attended an ISSA event will win a deck!
Itinerary: – (subject to change)
Saturday April 17th
10:00 Meet at Ranney/Registration
11:00 Push Race begins
12:30 Meet at Ranney, Prizes awarded
1:00 Lunch
1:30 Caravan to Slide Hill
2:00 - 5:00 Outlaw Slide Jam real laid back not a contest or anything.
6:00 Barbecue at Jays, maybe a few cones for fun
8:00 - 11' ish Garage Skate/Garage Bomb Cicuit #2
Since we are all gathered up, if there is enough interest the garage skate will become a mini-series of races for those who want to. (similar to Garage Bomb Circuit #1).
Kick back at Jay's house, everyone welcome to stay. limited room, so bring tents just in case.
Sunday April 18th
11:00 Hybrid Slalom,$5, location TBD. Jam Style 3 or 4 runs.
1:00 Tight Slalom,$5,location TBD. Likely single lane, maybe dual.
Right now the slalom is an OUTLAW SESSION. We are currently seeking permission for the primary hill from all of the neighbors and the city, but If the city requires money and deposits, it will remain an outlaw, but hopefully with the permission of those living on the street. I will update soon. We have plenty of streets in a few different towns that we routinely set up timers and stuff on with no problems, so there will definitely be cones and times put down somewhere. Worst case scenario, we will travel 20 minutes to a country road in Mason. I will post hill updates as they come. The event is not sanctioned, and the MAIN FOCUS is for everyone to have a good time. We expect some good local competition to be there and we hope it can serve as a season warm-up for Midwest slalomers, and maybe convert a few skaters from saturday into slalomers. Please bring cones if you have them or we'll be keeping it ghetto with the plastic cups. The fastest Hybrid slalomer who has never attended an ISSA event will win a deck.
Event on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=350548379191
Sponsors:
Go Green Longboarding
MSU Longboarding Club
Khiro
Bees Knees Skathletics
Skate and Create
GFH
SurfRodz
Seismic
Abec 11/sk8trip
Comet
Bustin'
Modern Skate and Surf
Last Year's Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B1mURaO70E |
| 1st Place Finisher: |
Push- J.Yerke & Bill Ris (tie) |
| 2nd Place Finisher: |
HS - Derek Yerke |
| 3rd Place Finisher: |
TS - Jason Yerke |
| Overall Results: |
article by Alex Kwiecinski -
This year’s four mile push race saw 47 very competitive contestants. Skateboarders from all over Michigan made the journey, along with travelers from West Virginia, Indiana, New york, and Vermont. The weather was cold, and the majority of the race was spent kicking directly into the wind. A good time was had by all, and tons of prizes were given out thanks to the generous sponsors. The push race was followed by a slide jam, and a slalom event followed the next morning.
All the events went down without a hitch thanks to the great spirit of the longboarding community and the help of several volunteers. The trek to the slide hill turned into a hard and soft wheel jam this year, raising the local standard for freeriding and slide styles.
Having a timed slalom event is something new to Lansing, MI. There were roughly a dozen racers, and stoke levels were at a maximum. The Yerke brothers, makers of Bees Knees Boards (www.beeskneesboards.com) prevailed, followed closely by their Go Green Longboarding teammates.
Official Madness in the Mitten II results:
Push Race Top 11
1st (tie). Jason Yerke and Bill Ris! Go Green/BKS (both)
3rd. Jeff Vyain
4th. Mike Dallas Go Green/Bustin
5th. Peter Weinrauch Go Green/Surf Rodz
6th. Dan Holley
7th. Chad Brewer Go Green/BKS
8th. Derek Yerke Go Green/BKS
9th. Cyp Overbored Bustin/overbored.org
10th. Alex Kwiecinski Go Green/BKS
11th. Peter Croce Go Green/BKS
Hybrid Slalom
1st. Derek Yerke (14.77)
2nd. Jason Yerke (14.84)
3rd. Peter Croce (15.22)
4th. Alex Kwiecinski (15.41)
5th. Tom Risk (16.50)
6th. Dave Tolley (17.07)
7th. Andrew Burgess (18.17)
8th. Nic Huffman (19.07)
9th. Chris Preville (19.89)
10th. Jarod Davidson (20.59)
11th. Lance Pollo (25.25)
12th. Lola Oakley (26.08)
Tight Slalom
1st. Jason Yerke (11.26)
2nd. Derek Yerke (11.45)
3rd. Peter Croce (11.61)
4th. Tom Risk (12.42)
5th. Alex Kwiecinski (12.48)
6th. David “1998″ Tolley (13.50)
7th. Chris Preville (15.90)
8th. Nic Huffman (17.13)
Thanks to Peter Croce for the helmet cam footage of
Madness In The Mitten II below on Vimeo.
http://www.vimeo.com/11033257
Huge Thanks to all the sponsors:
Comet Skateboards
Khiro Skateboard Products
Abec 11
GFH Boards
MSU Longboarding Club
Bees Knees Skathletics
Surf Rodz
Bustin’ Boards
Modern Skate and Surf
Seismic
Daddies Board Shop
Sk8Kings
If that’s not enough for you to get your fix, head on over to the forum and post away! See you next year!
http://www.gogreenlongboarding.com/forum/
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