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| Videoflashback 2009 |
 How else would you try to capture and share the feeling of longboarding to others? I guess the best way to do it is to try it yourself. Go out and skate and enjoy the moment! How to remember those moments of joy? Maybe with a video...longboard videos have never been as popular as in 2009. There's a ton of them out there...many show skills, style, speed or just plain soul-riding. They can all fascinate - depending on how well the video was made. Airflow 2009 in Videos. Here's our complilation of the best videos refered to Airflow or their riders that got put online in 2009! ____________ In April Ramón was downunder visiting Jackson Shapiera and skating with the skate Australia crew. When they were skating the Waterfallway near Dorrigo they got interviewed by the TV news station NBN: Extreme skating at the Waterfallway A few weeks later the Burning Wheels Tour had its first stop at the Tunnel Slalom World Cup at a tunnel opening near Zurich, Switzerland. Watch the finals between Ramón and George Pappas form Durango, Colorado. Ramón took the win. BWT Tunnel Slalom Skateboard World Cup - Finals In the meanwhile a longboard video production that Airflow is involved in released their trailer. The project is called "DROP - my life downhill" and features Erik Lundberg (SWE) and Mischo Erban (CAN) along with Airflow team rider Martin Siegrist (SUI). Check out the trailers! Drop - My life downhill - Trailer For some of the shots a Porsche Cayenne with a pursuit camera arm was used. It is the same car that they used to shoot some of the action scenes for the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace".
Extreme Longboarding by Marc McCrudden Getting ready for the racing season was Martin Siegrist on one of our favourite roads: Col d'Izoard. Perfect Swiss precision skating! Martin Siegrist at Col d'Izoard Shortly thereafter the IGSA World Cup Series launched off in southeastern France at Peyragudes, a skiing resort in the Pyrenean mountains at the boarder to Spain. Airflow was successful with Martin in 3rd, Ramón in 10th and Dasha in 2nd in the Women's. Click here for full results Peyragudes 2Luxe Cup 2009 Yvon Labarthe has been creating splendid videos throughout the summer. Here's his first one from Peyragudes. Thank you Yvon! IGSA Peyragudes 2Luxe Cup by Yvon Labarthe The weekend after everyone moved over to Argonay (F) for the second IGSA event called "The Graveyard Call". This track was highly technical and really narrow so that the race was held in a two-men heat system. Dasha finished 4th, Martin 9th and Ramón got 13th. Click here for full results Graveyard Call 2009 Here's another one of Yvon's great videos: IGSA Graveyard Call 2009 by Yvon Labarthe Since two can't be enough here's the third one in a row: The Padova Grand Prix in Teolo, Italy. This track wasn't crazy fast but it featured a shitload of hairpins at the bottom - one after another! Teamriders Martin and Ramón dominated qualifying using their slalom pumping skills to accelerate out of slow hairpins. Our team finished 1st (Martin), 7th (Ramón) and 1st (Dasha). Click here for full results Padova Grand Prix 2009 And yes, Yvon was keeping up the good work: IGSA Padova Grand Prix by Yvon Labarthe __________________________________________________________ Despite all the good news a really tragic message arrived to us when we were at the Padova Grand Prix. Anthony Fricker, a fellow longboarder from Australia had died in a skateboarding accident. Anton was working on a documentary known as "Skate Australia". Team rider Ramón had travelled 2 weeks in Australia with Anton and was very enthusiastic in devoting some skating and filming to it. Upon the day he wasn't able to complete his film but his close friends are carrying on his work. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. Therefore we would like to feature his trailer in our 2009 video compilation. Thank you Anton! Skate Australia Trailer by Anton Fricker ____________________________________________________________ After Padova Grand Prix there was a 10-days break to the next event in Czech Republic. Many riders were travelling through Switzerland on their way north. For example the Louis Pilloni, Patrick Switzer and James Kelly from Orangatang or Brian Holden, ABEC11 representative from Colorado. Check out their video. Some of the footage was shot on Ramón's local spot. Loaded in Switzerland by Louis Pilloni The next event were the European Championships in Kozakov, Czech Republic. This event probably featured one of the best race tracks on the circuit. Top speeds of 90km/h, fast slightly banked hairpins and cheap beer! For Kozakov we do not only have one video - we have to really epic videos! One of them - who'd expected anyone else? - is by Yvon Labarthe. The other one was made by the organization itself. Here also our team was quite successful: Airflow congratulates the European Champions Martin Siegrist and Dasha Kornienko. Our slalom ace Ramón took 6th. Click for full results Kozakov Challenge European Championship 2009 Read the Race Recap by Ramón
IGSA European Championships - Kozakov Challenge 2009 by Yvon Labarthe
Here we would like to give out the "crash of the year" award to Jackson Shapiera from Hopkin Racing Australia for his venturing crash at Kozakov. Jackson was unharmed, safe and sound after this crash. However, he is currently recovering from a foot injury. Heal fast bro! Crash of the Year - Superman Jackson Shapiera The same weekend as Kozakov happened there was a Skateboarder-Cross event happening in Switzerland. Luckily Kozakov ended on Saturday and the Boarder-Cross was on Sunday. Ramón and Dasha, along with Patrick Switzer made it back in time to be at the Burning Wheels Tour Boarder-Cross in Lucerne, Switzerland (7hrs drive from Kozakov) - By the way: in 2010 this event will happen on the weekend between Teolo and Kozakov. We highly recommend stopping by if you can! Airflow Skateboards' Chris Hart took second - Congrats! Click here for full results Burning Wheels Tour Boarder-Cross Burning Wheels Tour Boarder-Cross by Patrick Switzer The last IGSA event in Europe was held on an island called Great Britain. To be precise it took place in Eastbourne. Airflow representative Dasha Kornienko was there rocking - another first place for our lady! Click here for results Eastbourne Speed Days 2009 IGSA Eastbourne Speed Days by Yvon Labarthe
Burning Wheels Tour video shooting by Alexis Lieber In October the fastest race on the IGSA circuit was held: Malarrara Pro Teutônia in Brazil. Martin Siegrist was there trying to set a new high speed record. By the end it was set by Mischo Erban from Canada: 113km/h. In the quarter finals Scott Smith from Canada crashed only inches away from Martin. Check it out! Click here for full results Malarrara Pro Teutônia 2009 Martin vs. Scoot at IGSA Malarrara Pro Teutônia One month and another continent later Martin Siegrist wend downunder for the IGSA World Championships at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW Australia. Martin pretty much dominated during time trials. When he ventured everything in the semifinals he slid out in the Forest's elbow. Martin finished the race getting 6th. World Champion 2009 is Kevin Reimer from Vancouver BC, Canada. Congrats! Follow Cam Evran and Martin No we won't disappoint you. Also this time our fellow countryman Yvon Labarthe edited an excellent video. Unfortunately Yvon was involved in a really bad Streetluge crash and wasn't able to continue the race. Nevertheless he became 2009 IGSA World Cup Series Winner. Congrats and heal fast Yvon! IGSA Newtons Playground World Championships by Yvon Labarthe IGSA and ASRA put up an entire webcast of the race.
Click here to go to the IGSA page for watching it. Last but not least the final showdown in South Africa the the IGSA Hot Heels near Cape Town. Airflow's Dasha Kornienko had the pleasure to experience South Africa. Here's a little video of a race that took place one week prior to Hot Heels, where Dasha got first and therefore 2009 IGSA World Cup Series Winner. Dasha Kornienko at the South African Nationals - Howteq That's it from us in 2009. We hope you enjoyed watching the videos and keep coming back for regular updates on our blog!
We would like to thank all the video makers out there especially Patrick Switzer and Yvon Labarthe for keeping up the great work. We would like to thank all the event organizers out there especially Marcus Rietema and his team behind the IGSA for organizing a great racing circuit since 1996! And thanks you all you rad skaters out there in our little big family!
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