Race Report: 2009 US Nationals Day 2
- Written by: Bob Ozman
Andrew Chapman Wins Bonelli!!!
Andrew Chapman wins the DH Skateboard final over Micah Green. Photo Bob Ozman
San Dimas, California - Andrew Chapman showed up at Bonelli Park on Sunday morning without ever turning a wheel on the track. He went out and learned the course during the 1.5 hour morning warm up session and then had to start from the back of the grid. He worked his way through each of the four rounds of heats to earn a place in the finals. In the finals he went up against the number one qualifier Erik Lundberg, the number three qualifier James Kelly and the number five qualifier Micah Green to earn the US Nationals victory. It was an amazing story for the Canadian skater who is now headed to Bathurst, Australia for the IGSA World Champonships less than 10 days from now.
Race Report: 2009 US Nationals Day 1
- Written by: Bob Ozman
Lundberg Qualifies #1
Erik Lundberg negotiates Abec 11 Corner enroute to qualifying #1 for tomorrow's race. Photo Bob Ozman
San Dimas, CA, USA- 2007 IGSA World Cup Series Champion Erik Lundberg laid down a blistering first qualifying run today to earn the number one qualifying spot for tomorrow's US Nationals. The Sector 9 team rider is currently living in San Diego while attending college. He made his first ever appearance at Bonelli Park today and quickly came to grips with the treacherous ninety degree Abec 11 corner. His time of 1:03.119 was the fastest time of the day in any catagory. All day long the corner swallowed up rider after rider in its' unrelenting walls of straw.
