Beijing Slalom open

The beijing slalom open was a great success, the skaters did amazing slalom runs. In the Freestyle Battle, Wang Heng(Chn) finished first in front of Guo Fang(Chn), second, Igor Cheremetieff (Fra) took the third place. Video here.
Chloe Seyres(Fra) won the women battle in front of Naomi Grigg(UK).
S.Laffargue(fra) won the speed slalom contest against W.Heng, Z.Qiang (Chn) finished at 3rd place. Video speed here . C.Seyres won the women speed slalom against Xu Xin Yu(Chn), K.Kyoung Mi (Kor) finished 3rd. Kim Sung Jin (Kor) won the Style slalom contest in front of G.Fang and W.Heng. Xu Xin Yu(Chn) won the Style slalom contest in front of C.Seyres(Fra) & Kim Kyoung Mi (Kor). Videos here and HERE

PSWC 2007

The Paris Slalom World Cup will be held on May 26-27th during the "Paris Festival Glisse" event. Registrations are already opened for Speed and Battle and places are limited. Be fast !
PSWC07

Video : Igor Cheremetieff

Here is a little video of Igor Cheremetieff, the best European slalom skater of the moment, he shows he's ready for 2007 slalom season with his very own style and incredible tricks. Featuring Benjamin Lim, one of the best Singapore's riders.
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Battle Moscow, Russia

The first edition of Battle Moscow was a success. In the Woman Battle, Polina Semenova(Rus) and N.Zelenova(Rus) shared the first place, Lika Babyi finished 3rd. In the men Battle, I.Cheremetieff (Fra) won the title, in front of D.Milekhin(Rus) and V.Tkatchev(Rus), who won the speed slalom contest against S.Laffargue(Fra), I.Cheremetieff(Fra) finished 3rd. J.Isaeva (Rus) won the women speed slalom against M.Glukhova (Rus) and P.Semenova(Rus).
Full Results here
Videos (Men) : Semi-Final A / Semi-Final B / FINAL
Videos (Women) : FINAL

Beijing Slalom Open, China

The next "big" Asian slalom contest will be held in Beijing, China, during ISPO China, on 14-17th March. You can find HERE more informations and registration sheet.

Battle Contest, Rome (Feb 11th)

A little slalom battle contest was held in Rome (All'Alpheus), on Sunday, February 11th. Giamprisco Bove won the Pro final in front of Francesco Maselli and Gianluca De Cristofaro, Graziano Assogna finished at fourth place. In the amateur final, Alessandro Pezzetti finished first in front of Oliviero Ferrari(2nd), Bogdan Bohach(3rd) and Franco Pulicati(4th). More informations on Pincio.com

Battle Russia, Moscow, February 19th 2007

The first Russian slalom Battle competition will be held in Moscow on February 19th 2007 during ISPO Russia. Schedule :
10-00 Registration and training
10-30 Women's training
11-00 women's qualification
12-00 Men's training
12-30 Men's qualification
14-30 Finale ( women)
15-30 Finale (men)
On 20/02 will be held speed and free jump contests

Freestyle Slalom Festival Bremen

Skaters from 7 different nationalities came for the first Freestyle Slalom Festival of Bremen, Germany. Germans, for sure, but also UK skaters, Dutchs, Finnishs, Frenchs, Russians and one US skater participated to different Pro and Amateur contests . For Classic Freestyle slalom contest, Organisation decided that the jury would give 3 prizes : the best technique, best style and best "performance". Igor Cheremetieff won the prize for best technique, Mischa Gurevich the best performance and Pierre Künnemann the best style.
In the Amateur Battle contest, Jeremy LaCivita (USA) won the title in front of Miriam Kwasny (Ger) and Bernhardt Kuhn (Ger). In the Pro category, big duels happened in the first round, since the groups were sorted, and some favorites were out like UK's N.Price and J.Bell. In the final, Igor Cheremetieff (Fra) finally won the title in front of M.Gurevich (Rus) and Chris Fessel (Ger), O.Löser (Fin) and P.Künnemann (Ger) finished at 4th & 5th place.
Pro Final videos : Igor / Mischa / Chris / Oliver / Pierre

International Freestyle Challenge (Singapore)

The first international freestyle challenge was held in Singapore on Nov.24-26th, many national and international skaters were here to win the title. In the international freestyle slalom event, Kim Sung-Jin (Kor) finished first in front of Wang Heng and Guo Fang, both from China. Champion of China Lin "Aning" Enlin took the 4th place in front of I.Cheremetieff (Fra). The speed slalom international competition has been won by S.Laffargue(Fra) in front of I.Cheremetieff (Fra) and Kim Sung Jin (Kor). Guo Fang finished at 4th place.
Freestyle videos : KSJ / Wang Heng / Guo Fang / Aning / Igor

Results (International finals)

Sauterelles Contest

The Sauterelles Contest was held in St Jean de Liversay, France on November 11-12th. Many new types of competitions are tested every year and make this event a very original event. For example, the speed slalom competitions were 4 skaters KO races. Unfortunately, the number of categories avoid the best skaters to skate against each other and the interest of the competition is not as it could be. While the joungs Y.Fort and M.Rataud won very easily their age categories, S.Laffargue won the "Senior" category in front of F.Volpei and I.Cheremetieff.
A battle freestyle slalom-where this time all categories were mixed together-was also organised for the skaters. I.Cheremetieff won this competition, in front of S.Laffargue and Y.Fort. In the women Battle, C.Seyres did the best tricks in front of F.Violeau and S.Ghadery.
Videos soon available.

Battle Juice

A new website dedicated to Battle Freestyle slalom has been opened. You will find inside all informations about Battle competitions all over the world, videos, latest rules and so on.

Battle Juice

Beijing Slalom open 2006, China

The Beijing Slalom open was held on October 29th, about 80 skaters took part in the speed and freestyle slalom competitions. Wang Heng signed a double victory since he won the freestyle slalom in front of Guo Fang and Lin "Aning" Enlin, and the speed slalom in front of Guo Fang and Wang Peng. In the women contest, Cao Nan won also both freestyle and speed slalom, in front of Yang "Ziyu" Danfeng and Chen Nujing in freestyle and in front of Wang Jingxuan and Xu Meng in Speed slalom.

Videos : Wang-Heng / Guo-Fang / Aning /// Cao Nan / Ziyu / Chen Nujing

Slalomania 06

The first Singapore Battle freestyle competition was held with few hours late due to the rain, the competition has been re-located, and all competitions have happened. In the freestyle Battle open, Terrence Cheung finished at first place, in front of Clarence Cheung (who won the speed slalom contest), and John Bea. Benjamin Lim finished at fourth place.
More informations on the event's website

Pictures here

ASSA slalom cup Anyang, South-Korea

A freestyle slalom competition was organised by ASSA in Anyang, South Korea on Oct.22nd. Skaters from several Asian countries joined the competition. In the men contest, Kim Sung Jin (Kor) took the 1st place in front of Kim Jung-Min (Kor) and Choi Jung-Hyun (Kor).
Here are the videos of Men's top 3 :
Kim Sung-Jin / Kim Jung-Min / Choi Jung-Hyun

Slalomania 06 Battle, Singapore (28/10)

The first Battle Freestyle tournament organised in Singapore will be held on october 28th. 2006. For this local competition, Naomi Grigg (UK) will be invited to lead the judges team. The best Singapore's skaters met together to set up the rules of this event to make them follow the wishes of the local riders.

More informations on the event's website

Rules available here

Battle UK

The 1st Battle UK was very successful, the organisation did everything to make skaters spend a great time in Nottingham.
In the UK championship, Nathan Price won both freestyle battle and speed slalom competitions, followed by Max Freeman who was second in the two specialities too. Naomi Grigg took 3rd place in the battle and CJ Lee did third time in the speed slalom.
In the International men competition, Igor Cheremetieff(Fra) won the Battle UK final in front of S.Laffargue(Fra) and O.Herrero(Fra). J-B.Milleret (Fra), 4th place in the Battle tournament, did the best time in speed slalom in front of S.Laffargue and I.Cheremetieff. In the women battle, Chloe Seyres (Fra) finished at 1st place in front of F.Violeau (Fra) and N.Grigg (UK). F.Violeau did the best time in speed slalom in front of S.Ghadery and Marta Previde-Massara (Ita)
Videos : Women speed slalom ; Women Battle final
Semi-finale A / Semi-finale B
Men Battle
1/4 final : Quarter final A , Quarter final B, Quarter final C, Quarter final D
1/2 final : Semi final A, Semi final B
Final : Men Final(camera1) , Men final(camera 2)

3rd Chuncheon Slalom contest, South Korea

Here are the results of the 3rd Chuncheon slalom contest held on September 3rd in South Korea.
Speed slalom Men--------Speed slalom Women-----Jam
1st Kim Sung Jin-----------1st Han Soo Yi ------------1st Kim Min Jae &
2nd Yu Dajin---------------2nd Jung Eun Young-----------Han Doo Suk
3rd Park Sung Jin----------3rd Choi Jae Hyun----------2nd Shin Young Sub&
-----------------------------------------------------------Kim Sung Jin
Freestyle Men -------- --Freestyle Women---------3rd Kim Yi Kyoung &
1st Kim Sung Jin----------1st Choi Jae Hyun----------------Kim Min Hyo
2nd Yim Sung Ho-- ------ 2nd Shin Eun Young
3rd Yu Dajin--------------3rd Kim Yi Kyoung

October 7th : BATTLE UK

The first BattleUK competition will take place on the 7th of October at the historic Victoria Leisure centre located in the centre of the city of Nottingham.
This event will be an international competition and will also count for the UK Battle freestyle national title. Don't miss it !
Check the website here for more informations : BATTLE UK

Slalom contest in Jeju island, South Korea

A slalom event was held last week-end in Jeju island, Southe Korea, here are the results :
Speed slalom Men --------Speed slalom Women ------Jam
1st Kim Seoung Hyun ------1st Han Soo Yi --------------1st Kim Soo An &
2nd Lim Woo Bin ----------2nd Kang Ji Hee----------------Woo Young Wook
3rd Kim Joo Young --------3rd Jeong Hae Sook-----------2nd Kim Min Hyo &
-----------------------------------------------------------Kim Yi Kyoung
Freestyle slalom Men ---Freestyle Women ------------3rd Han Soo Yi &
1st Kim Joo Young -------1st Kang Ji Hee ----------------Kim Seoung Hyun
2nd Woo Young Wook --- 2nd Han Soo Yi
3rd Kim Seoung Hyun ----3rd Kim Yi Kyoung

Shanghai slalom open, China

The Shanghai slalom open was held on last August 4-6th.
Kim Sung Jin (Kor) won the freestyle contest with an impressive run in front of Lin "Aning" Enlin (Chn) and Yu Dajin (Kor). Zhu Qiang (Chn) won the speed slalom contest beating S.Laffargue (Fra) in the final, Weng Heng (Chn) finished Third in front of K.Ryazantsev (Rus). Choi Jae-Hyun (Kor) won the freestyle women contest and Shin Eun Young (Kor) won the speed women contest.

Full Results here / freestyle videos here

Video : Skate the World's wonders : The Great Wall

We always dream to skate on the most famous spots in the world. Here is a slalom session shot on the Great wall of China. With Zhuo Cheng (Chn) and Sebastien Laffargue (Fra). The first skaters ever to do it on the great wall...
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Video : Catch me if you can

Here is the new video of Igor Cheremetieff and Chloe Seyres (Fra) shot in Besançon, France.
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Paris Slalom World Cup, France :

Speed slalom :
Diego De Araujo (Ita) won the competition against Romain Chambord (Fra) in a very tight race. Cedric Diguere (Fra) finished at 3rd place and J.B. Milleret (Fra) at 4th.
Fanny Violeau (Fra) won the women's final against Severine Thomas (Fra), Soraya Ghadery finished at 3rd place in front of Naomi Grigg (UK), 4th.

Freestyle slalom :
Igor Cheremetieff (Fra) won this first battle freestyle tournament, Bjorn Zoppke (Ger) finished 2nd and C.Flinois (Fra) took the 3rd place in front of M.Gurevich (Ger) and A.Genel (Fra). Unfortunately, Olivier Herrero, first after the qualification run, hurt his ankle and gave up after the quarter final.
Fanny Violeau (Fra) won the women battle in front of Naomi Grigg (UK) and Marie Monclus (Fra), S.Thomas finished at 4th place.

Videos :
Speed Slalom Men / Speed Slalom Women

Freestyle slalom (serialriders.com) :
Quarter Final 1 / Quarter Final 2 / Quarter Final 3 / Quarter final 4
Semi Final 1 / Semi Final 2
Final - Men

Final - Women

Results here

New video : Seba vs Jiazi

XSL slalom cup, Busan, South Korea :

The first ASSA international competition was held in Busan, South Korea on May 14th, gathering mostly Japanese and Korean skaters. The occasion was to test the new ASSA rules voted by asian skaters and to improve those rules for the next events :
Here are the results and videos of the competitions :

Slalom videos on the web :

Here are some good videos which came out on the internet few days/weeks ago :

Naomi Grigg in Singapore : the best english freestyle slalom skater shows her style.

Valhae Battle video : Beautiful battle slalom video "street fighter" style

ASSA : Asian Slalom Skaters Association :

Two weeks ago (March 4-5th) was held in Anyang, South-Korea, the first meeting of the new international association for freestyle slalom : the ASSA. The goal of this association is to develop freestyle slalom and to set common rules in Asia, and to organise international events in Asia. The most important asian slalom scenes were represented at this meeting, Japanese skaters, Chinese skaters and event organizations, Korean clubs came from the whole country, also inline shops and skate brands were here, including members of Korean government. The first event sanctionned by ASSA will be held in Beidaihe, China, on May 4-5th. ASSA website : www.goassa.com