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Drugega in tretjega aprila se je na Kureščku nad Igom  zgodila prva slovenska uradna longboard downhill tekma Kurešček Cup 2011, ki jo je organiziral Longboard Magazin Slovenija v sodelovanju s Športnim društvom Drča. Registriranih je bilo kar 79 voznikov iz celotne Evrope, vreme je bilo dogodku naklonjeno, proga pa je bila že v petek pripravljena in je čakala na tekmovalce.

Odziv ljudi je bil neverjeten, še posebej za tekmo, ki se je odvijala prvič. Prišlo je namreč 58 longboarderjev iz vseh vetrov. Najdlje so pripotovali finski predstavniki. Kljub temu, da gre za premierni slovenski dogodek pa so tekmovalci, ki so se udeležili tekme več kot le amaterji. Večina jih ima že izkušnje iz preteklih tekmovanj, med tem ko so pa slovenski longboarderji tokrat prvič dobili priložnost sodelovati na pravi tekmi. Med tekmovalci so bile tudi 3 punce, 6 butboarderjev (classic ludge) ter slovenska sankaška reprezentanca (9 sanjkačev).

Dogodek pa ni bil zabaven le za tekmovalce. Pojavilo se je namreč kar veliko število gledalcev, ki pa so se v večini zbirali na zadnjem ovinku, kjer so tekmovalci največkrat padali. Odziv gledalcev in tekmovalcev je  bil zelo dober. Dogodek je bil sestavljen iz dveh dni, kjer je prvi dan omogočal prosti spust ter kvalifikacije, ki so jih merili s profesionalno opremo za merjenje časa, drugi dan pa se je odvila dejanska tekma.

Da pa je dogodek uspel pa gre velika zahvala tudi vsem sponzorjem, ki so resnično pokazali podporo dogodku. Sponzorji so, tako kot tekmovalci prihajali iz različnih koncev Evrope. Kot glavni sponzor se je izkazala slovenska skate trgovina Obsešen. Brez dvoma pa bi dogodek na takem nivoju težko speljali brez ostalih sponzorjov. Ti so Surf Rodz (ZDA), Sick boards (Nizozemska), GoPro (Slovenija), Quicksilver (Slovenija), Custom boards (Češka), Longboardalm.at (Avstrija), Cockta (Slovenija) ter Sikter (Slovenija).

Potrebno pa je omeniti tudi velik uspeh slovenskih tekmovalcev. Za vse je bila namreč to prva izkušnja, kar se tiče tekem v downhill longboardingu. Od štirih sodelujočih v tekmovanju so se kar trije prebili do osmine finala. Dosegli so: Matic Petrič -13. mesto, Jernej Podgoršek – 15. mesto, Jošt novak – 16. mesto ter Slavc Bakše – 24. mesto (izpadel v šestnajstini finala).

REZULTATI
URADNI REZULTATI TEKMOVANJA (XLS)

Zmagovalci  downhill longboard tekmovanja so bili:

1. Patrick Christian Aldinger GER
2. Daniel Gugel GER
3. Sebastian Hertler GER

Zmagovalci butboard (classic luge) tekmovanja so bili:

1. Robert Richter AUT
2. Jan Profous CZE
3. Alex LongboardAlm AUT

Najhitrejši sanjkači pa so bili:

1. Petra Dragičevič SLO
2. Tadej Dragičevič SLO
3. Matic Dragičevič SLO

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A longboard downhill race Kurešček Cup 2011, organized by Longboard Magazin and ŠD Drča was held on Kurešček, Slovenia on the 2^nd and 3^rd of April. There were 79 registered riders, the weather was beautiful and the track was ready and waiting for the riders.

The response of the people was amazing, even though this was the very first organized race in Slovenia. There was 79 riders from all corners of Europe, even some from distant Finland. Most of the riders had experiences from many other races around the world and  for Slovenian riders, this was their first experience racing on the proper competition. The riders list was composed of 58 longboarders, 3 women longboarders, 6 butboarders (classic luge) and the Slovenian ludge team (9 riders).

The event was not fun just for the competitors.  The spectator turnout was amazing and most of them gathered on the last corner, where many competitors bailed.  The response from the riders and the spectators was very good. The events happened in the course of two days. The first day held the freeride and qualification runs, where the qualifying times were measured with professional precise equipment and the last day held the actual race.

A big thanks goes to all of the sponspors, who truly showed support to this event. The main sponsor was a skate shop Obsešen.  Other sponsors also came through. They were: Surf Rodz (USA), Sick Boards (Netherlands), GoPro (Slovenia), Quicksilver (Slovenia), Custom boards (CZ), Longboardalm.at (Austria), Cockta (Slovenia) and Sikter (Slovenia).

For the slovenian riders, this was their first experience cometing in an actual longboard downhill race. With that in mind, they were very succsessful. Four slovenia’s riders made their way into the competition and three of them made it in to the eigth finale. Their resoults were: Matic Petrič -13. place, Jernej Podgoršek – 15. place, Jošt novak – 16. place and Slavc Bakše – 24. place.

RESULTS

DOWNLOAD COMPETITION RESULTS HERE (XLS)

The winners  of the downhill longboard competition are:

1. Patrick Christian Aldinger GER
2. Daniel Gugel GER
3. Sebastian Hertler GER

The winners of butboard (classic luge) competition are:

1. Robert Richter AUT
2. Jan Profous CZE
3. Alex LongboardAlm AUT

Fastest luge riders were:

1. Petra Dragičevič SLO
2. Tadej Dragičevič SLO
3. Matic Dragičevič SLO

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