| GoFast! Speed Days returns to Beachy Head for the 21st to the 23rd August 2009 |
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Now in its third year, this IGSA World Cup Downhill Championship is all set to be bigger and better than ever before! Organised by GoFast! Sports UK, Eastbourne Borough Council ,and the UKGSA, this benchmark event sets the standards for top quality downhill racing to give you the best rider experience possible.
We are bringing you many additional features to the event this year, here are just a few :
Night time qualifying! - With double the number of floodlights this year, the first of the two qualifying sessions will be run at NIGHT!
Party on the hill! - The exclusive rider's party will be going off with a bang up on the hill this year, so riders will not have to travel in and out of town to have a good time. GoFast! are past masters of the art of partying, so be prepared!
Start Ramp! - Our infamous monster start ramp will be back with a few tweaks and modifications to make it bigger, meaner, and faster than before.
As always, the entry fees include camping and lunch, with special rider discounts available at the Beachy Head pub too!
So what are you waiting for? Sign up here!
www.gofastspeeddays.com
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| Cadwell Park Gravity Festival 2009 |
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Cadwell Park was propsoned in Febuary due to snow on the track.
The event has not been cancelled all together. We have a new date. Sunday 15th November 2009 so if people are still interested in entering the event, entries are now reopening for this date. Applehead Gravity Sports still have room for some more entries they will be taken on a first cone first serve basis.
Soapboxes will be running in fours with an award for fastest overall on the day, gravity bikes in groups, luges, skateboards, slalom, standups, and trick boards. The format for the event is simple : The race organisers will set up a speed trap at the bottom of the Big Hill, and riders will descend one at a time, and we will record the speeds as they pass. The format for the event is simple : The race organisers will set up a speed trap at the bottom of the Big Hill, and riders will descend one at a time, and we will record the speeds as they pass.
Free ride and Slide entries via the Lush Longboards web site. Tickets sold for the February's event will be valid for the new November date. If you require a refund please contact Lush Longboards.
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| Hog Hill GS + Freeride - 26 October |
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Those pesky slalom wigglers have booked the 'long' bit of the newly built Redbridge Cycle centre, east London from 12pm. We have used the short circuit before but this is the first race on the big hill. Luckily they have TWO hills so one will be for use for freeriders. The charge is £10 in advance. This is to cover track rental and insurance. No helmet, NO waiver, No ride. ALL money gos to the UKSSA racing/timer fund.
Whilst Hog Hill is NOT an out and out DH hill it would be ideal to test tucks, and equipment and also ideal for newbies for freeriding as the hill is long and smooth with the longest runout immaginable. PLUS you may want to give the Giant Slalom a crack. Please do!
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| GoFast! Speed Days is featured on Meridian TV! |
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Mike Shuttleworth
On Monday the 4th August a select group of British-based riders (including the UK No.1 Pete Connoly, and UK No.2 Mike River) met on the newly-surfaced hill to show the visiting TV crew what downhill riding is all about.
As the media interest in the GoFast race increases, SpeedDays is set to become the most widely featured race on the IGSA World Cup Circuit. GoFast! will be providing a full-time TV crew to attend the event. This film crew will be joined by the legendary on-board cameraman Yvonne Labarthe, who GoFast are flying in to cover the racing.
Photos of the TV shoot, and riders on the newly surfaced road are available here (courtesy of Mike Shuttleworth).
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| GoFast! Speed Days registration closing date announced! |
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Due to a massive surge in demand, the organisers of the GoFast! Speed Days IGSA World Cup race are announcing a closing date for race registration - The last chance to register for the race will be Monday the 18th August! So if you are considering entering GoFast Speed Days, you need to sign up quick - you gotta be in in to win it!
Registration is quick and easy, just go to www.gofastspeeddays.com and click Sign-up!
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| Rock & Roll top two register for GoFast! Speed Days! |
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Both Mischo Erban and Jackson Shapiera have registered to race at GoFast SpeedDays! This has sparked a surge in rider registrations at the GoFast! event.
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| GoFast! Speed Days Sign-up will be CLOSING on Monday the 18th August! |
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Dear Riders,
GoFast! Speed Days Sign-up will be CLOSING on Monday the 18th August!
Registration is easy, and can be done via:
www.gofastspeeddays.com
With World #2 Mischo Erban, Canadian Scoot Smith, and Australian Jackson Shapiera all confirmed to race, the heat is rising at the second IGSA Gofast! Speed Days Downhill Skateboard World Cup. Places are selling fast, so sign up quickly to avoid disappointment!
We will not be able to accept any more race or freeride entries after Monday the 18th - So if you want to come but have not yet signed up, DO SO NOW! Ya gotta be in it to win it!
Likewise, we will not be able to accept registrations on the day, this event is by advance registration only.
Ride hard, Stay safe, GoFast!!!
Tom W.
P.S. Thank you very much to all those riders who have already registered online! See you on the hill!
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| Stop Press! GoFast! Speed Days track has now been resurfaced!!! |
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UKGSA Chairman Tom Worsley with Norman Kinnish (Director of Economy, Tourism and Environment for Eastbourne Borough Council) at the newly resurfaced Speed Days trackEastbourne Borough Council have now resurfaced the Speed Days track with a special race-compound tarmac, especially for the Speed Days race. A team of UKGSA downhill riders tried out the new surface last week, and found that the new surface is as smooth as velvet, extremely fast, and extra grippy! This new surface has totally transformed the Beachy Head road into the best downhill skateboard facility in the world.
Rider entries are now selling extremely fast following the news of the new surface, so if you are a rider considering racing or freeriding at Speed Days 2008 - be quick or miss out! Rider numbers are strictly limited, so sign up now!
www.gofastspeeddays.com
On behalf of the International Gravity Sports Association, and the downhill riders from all over the world, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the hard working people at Eastbourne Borough Council and GoFast! Sports, for their absolute dedication and unprecedented support to downhill racing in the UK, and creating what is becoming a truely iconic event on the World Cup tour.
Tom Worsley
Chairman - United Kingdom Gravity Sports Association
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