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Slalom St. Louis 2013 49 Registered Contestants. Event Date and Time: Saturday, May 25, 2013  10:00 Event Duration: Two days Location: Tower Grove Park in beautiful South St. Louis, MO Entry: Open Helmets: Mandatory Divisions: Pro Amateur Women Juniors (17 & under) Classes: Single-lane Hybrid Dual-lane Tight Organizer: STL Daggers Map: Click here for online map Entry Fee: $50.00 Contest Info: Slalom St. Louis X has received a MAIN status from the International Slalom Skateboarding Association. Click one of the buttons below to pay online via PayPal or Dwolla (new!). "Early birds" who pay before May 1 get a $5.00 discount! If you pay on or after May 1, or at the race, it'll be the full $50.00. or Slalom St. Louis Event Page on Facebook RACE LOCATION Tower Grove Park in South St. Louis. Both Saturday and Sunday races will be on the "Turkish Pavilion" hill, an S-shaped street with a mellow slope but plenty of speed. We’ll also have our usual Friday late-afternoon fun session (not a race, just a session for those who are interested) for anyone who just wants to meet up and hang out. COURSES SATURDAY SINGLE-LANE: somewhere between 40 and 60 cones. Standard start ramp, but those who need it will be allowed a limited push start. SUNDAY DUAL-LANE: In honor of the race's 11th year, it'll be either 55 or 66 cones, with several different groups of 11 cones, e.g., 11 straight cones followed by 11 offsets, an 11-cone curve, and so on. NOTE: The race hill is NOT steep. This race will reward anyone who can generate his/her own speed. So practice your pumping skills, cuz you’re gonna use them! FRIDAY, MAY 24, we plan an afternoon/evening outlaw session at "Spot 2," a slightly steeper hill near the east end of the park. Single lane, no timer, just for fun. To work out the kinks after your travel or just hang out, stop by any time after 5:30 p.m. View of Friday hill (from top): SATURDAY, MAY 25, we plan a single-lane jam. Course will be a sort of loose-ish slalom, with spacing anywhere from 7 feet to 20 feet, emphasizing speed and fun--makeable for newbies, challenging for experts to go fast on. You’ll get a minimum of three runs; the combined times of each racer’s two fastest runs will be used to determine the winner. SUNDAY, MAY 26, we plan a dual-lane 55-cone or 66-cone race. Cone spacing will be tight-ish but not too tight. Here’s a brief video of what the hill looks like: TIMING Trackmate timing system, using RANDOM beep for dual-lane racing. AMENITIES Free food for racers on both Saturday and Sunday! As in the past couple of years, we'll have a DIY food spread where you can make your own PB&J sammich, or grab a donut, a banana or other fresh fruit, ice water or Gatorade-type drinks. Sunday details TBA soon. Portable restroom (with sink) at top of course, plus public restroom about 300 yards away; plenty of shade from the park's many trees; event-only pavilion with picnic tables and water pump 50 yards from top of the course. PARKING There's room for about 8-10 cars near the barricades at the top of the course, and there's plenty more room to park on South East Drive, just on the other side of Central Cross Drive. See map for details. SURFACE Decent asphalt, good runout at the bottom--no footbraking required. The road is very slightly crowned and not particularly steep, but you won't be hurtin' for speed. CASH PRIZES & SWAG Top three Pro finishers on Saturday and Sunday will win ca$h money as follows: 1st place: At least $200.00 2nd place: At least $100.00 3rd place: At least $50.00 Top three OVERALL*** finishers in each division will receive a custom trophy, handmade by Ben Buckles. And of course we will have numerous other prizes from many amazing companies that support slalom and other forms of skateboarding – and maybe even a surprise or two. Stay tuned... ***OVERALL placing (total of both Saturday and Sunday) will be calculated by official ISSA rules, which assign a point value to each racer’s placing. Note: We're working on creating an automatic calculation of the overall results so we don't end up finishing in the dark. (D'oh!) LODGING The "bad" news: There is no "official" race hotel. The good news: There are two "unofficial" race hotels, and they're right next door to each other. Both are owned by Drury Hotels; the main differences are the amount of amenities included. So if you want to stay where the other cool kids are staying, this is your best bet. NOTE: SAVE AN EXTRA $10 PER NIGHT by entering the promo code "FUN" (without quotes) when you book. Hotel #1: The Pear Tree Inn in Fenton It's about 10 miles west of Tower Grove Park. But it's a quick 10 miles, straight in on I-44. It's $66.99 per night if you enter the FUN promo code. That's for either two full-size beds or one king bed. Includes continental breakfast (pastries, toast, cereal, fresh fruit, coffee, tea and juices) and free wi-fi, and an outdoor pool. Hotel #2: The Drury Inn and Suites in Fenton It's literally next door to the Pear Tree Inn. With the FUN promo code, it's $91.99 per night for either two full-size or one king-size bed. Includes a full hot breakfast - scrambled eggs, sausage, Belgian waffles, biscuits and gravy. Plus fresh fruit, bagels, pastries, juices, hot and cold cereals, toast, milk, coffee, tea and more. Free hot breakfast is served daily from 6:00 - 9:30 a.m. weekdays (Monday - Friday) and from 7:00 - 10:00 a.m. on weekends (Saturday & Sunday). Also has free hot food and cold beverages from 5:30-7:00 p.m. every day, and an indoor-outdoor pool. See Hotel Special Services for more details. For what it's worth, there are two or three other hotels around there too, as well as a bunch of restaurants. So if you choose the Pear Tree Inn or another low(er)-budget hotel and the continental breakfast isn't doin' it for you, you can always pick up some chow very close by. If you'd rather stay really close to the park, the closest place is the Water Tower Inn. This former hospital (yes, you read that right) is at Lafayette & I-44. Rates are about $79/night. Click the link above or call 314-977-7500. Next closest: Red Roof Inn. About $89/night. One other option: You can often get a really nice hotel within 5 miles of the park for less than $100 on Priceline or Hotwire. Just specify downtown or Union Station as the area. Finally, a small number of racers may be able to find a place to stay with one of the Daggers. If finding a place to crash will make the difference between coming and not coming, let us know, and we'll try to work something out. WEATHER In the event of the "R" word, we have three options: 1) Cancel the race (nooooooo!) 2) Race anyway (rain or shine), or 3) Move the race to an "undisclosed location" somewhere out of the rain. In the race organizers' opinion, Option #1 just totally sucks; Option #2 is pretty darn unworkable, so it's not REALLY an option. Which leaves us with Option #3: If we get dumped on, we will attempt to move the race either to a parking garage downtown (location TBA) - or, more likely, to the Kingshighway skatepark (still going!) about a mile away, where we would set up a course through the flat areas of the skatepark. It would result in a much different race than at Tower Grove, but we’d give it a shot. No guarantees, though. If we get just a little rain, we may be able to dry the course with some help from Mother Nature--and a propane torch, as shown in this photo of the one and only Clifton Jennings: OTHER STUFF Free T-shirt for every racer! Free BBQ at the Turkish Pavilion immediately after Saturday's race. The single-lane race should be done by 2 or 3 o'clock, so all you'll have to do is walk 50 yards, sit down and chow down! Once again, Char-Master Goad will be holding it down on the grill. Awards ceremony after Sunday’s race will also be held at the Turkish Pavilion. Turkish Pavilion Assorted images from previous years: 2012 2011 2011 trophy 2010 Deron “D-Ron” Rehma. Photo: Scott Spaeth Paul Price and Chris Doan. Photo: Kevin Kissel David Tolley (almost) gets a trim from his son Evan. 2009 "Best Beef" trophy with its owner, Tom Mangelsdorf 2008 2008 trophies 2007 2007 trophy 2006 2006 trophies Plus other cool stuff – stay tuned! 1st Place Finisher: 2nd Place Finisher: 3rd Place Finisher: Overall Results:

Registered Contestants (49) -- Slalom St. Louis 2013
Name	Home City	Division	Classes	Sponsors	Bio	Comment	Date Submitted
1. Lynn Kramer	Mammoth Lakes	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Sk8Kings, Abec 11, Khiro, Nitro, Radikal, Timeshipracing	I'm #1. Really. Just look to the left.	Bringing San Diego Axe Army Legion.	4/14/2013 11:01:37 AM
2. Jeremy Coffman	Louisville, KY	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight		Jeremy was a boy. A boy not unlike other boys, except for the fact that he had a very special friend, a giraffe name Ymerej. and oh the fun they had.	Follow me to the City Museum!	4/15/2013 7:36:40 PM
3. Paul Adams	Dallas, TX	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	My mom, my girlfriend, and Los Tejas Outlaws	Patch wearing member of the St. Louis Pabst Blue Ribbon Drinking Club, so when I'm headed down the hill just know that swerving is intentional. Damn, that's Coffman's name above, the dude beat me agai	Madee & I will arrive late Fri. but staying for a few days after to hit the brewery, arch, skate, etc. Crash pad anyone?	4/16/2013 5:07:08 AM
4. Madee Prez	Dallas, TX	Women	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	5th generation Texan so take a guess	She borrowed a few boards last year not wanting to be a spectator... this year she got her own.	Crash pad request for Fri- like Thurs or something, we've got an airmattress	4/16/2013 5:14:29 AM
5. Lenny Poage	Huntington, WV	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Marc's Board Shop, HOSS	http://youtu.be/3S12q7Mrb_I?t=1m56s	I can hold my breath and count to 7, fools!	4/16/2013 10:13:07 AM
6. Lou Statman	Texas Baby... All of it!	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Texas Outlaws, Entropy, Ridden Pads, Sandwich Tech, and some other stuff.	I like riding my Skateboard and having fun. and I need a place to crash.	I'd like to win, but my knee really hurts, F-it I still want to win some kind of trophy from a St. Louis race...	4/16/2013 2:42:57 PM
7. Lisa "BailDog" Scott	Minneapolis, MN.	Women	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight		Barely functional.	Fairly rational	4/17/2013 8:39:11 AM
8. Larry Pauley	St Albans, WV	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	yeungling light + vegetable juice + hot sauce	My parole officer thinks I'm going to St Louis to bury my Uncle Ivan "Cannonball" Pauley.	I'm number two in West Virgina County!!	4/17/2013 4:53:39 PM
9. Dennis Blevins	Kenova,WV	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Marc's Board Shop, HOSS	Old and give out...until I race and I'm 13 again...then I go to the City Museum	JBH....Don't forget the siren on the bullhorn ....That was hilarious. They scattered like cockroaches...ha. ha	4/18/2013 5:52:49 PM
10. Zack Levitt	bellaire	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Texas Outlaws, American Express Points.			4/18/2013 6:21:26 PM
11. David Tolley	Huntington, WV	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	marc's board shop , 1998 skates	I shortened my beard. I think it was slowing me down.	A man a plan a canal panama	4/19/2013 8:05:05 PM
12. Paul Price	London, England	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Pavel Racing	skateboarding since 77	Been snowboarding	4/20/2013 9:22:16 PM
13. Orion Lehrmann	Carlsbad,CA	Juniors (17 & under)	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Sk8Kings and The Grind Skate Shop	Skate, surf, and repeat.	Axe Army Jr.	4/22/2013 9:37:37 PM
14. Oshean (Ocean) Lehrmann	Carlsbad,CA	Juniors (17 & under)	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Sk8Kings and The Grind Skate Shop	Now the fastest Lehrmann alive.	Axe Army Large...knocking down the door	4/22/2013 9:41:08 PM
15. Eddy Martinez	Harlingen,Texas	Amateur	Dual-lane Tight	Texas Outlaws, Pavel/GoG, Pro-Designed Pads	Skating since 1966	Texas Outlaws ASSEMBLE!!!!!	4/23/2013 3:16:16 AM
16. C FAV	CHIxILL	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Freak Bros. Racing	midwest bred	everytime I ride its for all the people who can't anymore	4/23/2013 4:25:07 AM
17. Nathan Favero	CHIxILL	Juniors (17 & under)	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	FBR	No concussion, no discussion	rusty but trusty	4/23/2013 4:27:20 AM
18. Peter Metzger	South Bend, IN	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	rävenfoto	Too slow to win, but having too much fun to know when to quit	You should come to my race too, I think: http://slalom.eventbrite.com See you in St. Louis!	4/23/2013 5:10:57 AM
19. Scott Kamins	Vernonchills Hillinoise	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Dairy Queen	Been waiting for this race since the day I was birthed.	Skating Safely since before it was cool!	4/23/2013 8:28:34 AM
20. Russel Cantor	Greensboro, NC	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	HOSS		Can't wait!	4/23/2013 9:04:55 AM
21. Keenan Thompson	MPLS	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Paying my own way..	I'm a bit of a ham. Also like boards.	If anyone has a Jason Mitchell gog for sale or trade, I'm looking for one.	4/23/2013 9:59:22 AM
22. Alex Kwiecinski	MICHIGAN	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Bees Knees/GGLB	I'm only checking "Am" because Eddie did.	In before Yerkes	4/23/2013 12:13:16 PM
23. Brenden Cerney	liber tree bill. thrillinoise	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	thomas' makes bagels???	Come from the land of ice n snow where the steeze burgers float on the wind.	Dizzle my nizzle	4/23/2013 1:18:04 PM
24. Ethan White	In transit	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	i wish			4/23/2013 1:53:15 PM
25. Brad Burnell	Rockford, IL	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	my bank account	still ambulatory to a certain degree	This slalom thing, um, yeah	4/23/2013 9:01:37 PM
26. Jonathan Harms	Saint Louis	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	JBH/PG, kind of	Finally off injured reserve. Now where's that slalom board?	Can't talk - gotta get back to organizizing	4/25/2013 6:21:37 AM
27. Glenn Bukowsky	Dallas,Tejas	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Parkland Hospital, Texas Outlaws	Still somewhat alive, so I guess that's a bio	No practice, not a chance in hell, butjust wanna hang w friends & run some conage	4/25/2013 9:54:12 PM
28. Noah Ellison	Winthrop Harbor, IL	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Nevada Decks, State Line Skate Design	I'm confused...	What are we doing again?	4/27/2013 4:06:00 PM
29. Fife Dolla Holla	CBUS	Juniors (17 & under)	Dual-lane Tight	Ethan White.	I don't race but I can sure as hell bring the stoke. Maybe I'll win the Party Podium.	I'm not racing, Lynn and Madison would kick my ass, but I'll conehead or help with whatever...	4/30/2013 11:05:25 AM
30. Steve Pederson	Minneapolis, MN	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	P A V E L			4/30/2013 1:18:24 PM
31. Paul Graf	Alton, IL	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	JBH/PG			5/6/2013 5:40:24 AM
32. Ben Buckles	ILLannoys	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	still looking......		have dog will hunt	5/6/2013 7:08:36 AM
33. . gOAd	stl	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	-PBR-	-		5/7/2013 4:31:57 AM
34. Sasha Goad	St. Louis	Women	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight				5/7/2013 4:49:38 AM
35. HammerHead Karr	Skatesville, North Carolina	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Subsonic, Lucky 13 Tattoos, Ryder Eyewear	Downhillbillies Founding Core Member Dude	1st STOP on the Downhillbillies 2013 Reunion Tour	5/8/2013 10:32:48 AM
36. Ryan Long	Alton	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Cobra Kai Ink, JBH/PG	Spawn of "the world's greatest skateboarding dad", wrapped in leather to keep you safe from him. The coneheads' worst nightmare, Ryan Long.		5/9/2013 9:25:36 AM
37. Mark Lewis	St. Louis MO	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight				5/9/2013 10:45:19 AM
38. Evan St.Clair	NC	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Subsonic, cliff bar	otc racing		5/10/2013 3:32:09 AM
39. Tom Weisenbach	Lexington Ky.	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight			Bringing my kids..... Fair warning	5/10/2013 3:11:31 PM
40. Steven Lewis	Tenn. Strip Murder City	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Me myself and I			5/11/2013 6:11:51 PM
41. Jeremy Jones	Saint Louis MO	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Who's buying?	In the children's division 40 & up.		5/19/2013 11:09:49 AM
42. Dan Jones	Ballwin, MO	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Bank of America	I skate everything		5/19/2013 8:55:59 PM
43. Dustin Stillings	Ft. Worth, TX	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Texas Outlaws	Smiles for miles.	Ready for the pothole this year.	5/20/2013 6:22:53 AM
44. Derek Yerke	Lansing, MI	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Bees Knees Skathletics, Go Green Longboarding, Action Board Sports			5/20/2013 10:54:39 AM
45. Rob Degenhart	Fairborn, Ohio	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	HOSS Mother F$%ckers!	his FullBag is greasy and and needs new rubbers, hoping his Ol'Uncle Ivan "Cannonball" Pauley will give it a cold PBR tongue bath. Yes, everything he's riding came off the Buckeye 3.0 Pile de Swag.	HOSS!	5/21/2013 7:51:00 AM
46. Kate Knepper	St. Louis	Women	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	My Fan Club :)	"I ain't got time for that!" Let's skate.		5/21/2013 11:08:57 AM
47. Rain AnThunder	Everywhere	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Mother Nature	Race? What race? All I see is RAIN!	I've come to rain on your parade and claim all your trophies and swag as mine.	5/23/2013 3:53:27 PM
48. pappas ino	Coss country	Pro	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight	Pavel, abec 11, Chris Pappas, Mannna soup kitchen,			5/23/2013 9:40:46 PM
49. Joseph Smith	Ashland, Ky	Amateur	Single-lane Hybrid, Dual-lane Tight				5/24/2013 10:22:59 PM