Our Scott 11 Team is in Windham now for the UCI World Cup. Read their report below:
“The sun was out today in Windham, but the unusual slippery american dirt made the track really tricky. The riders were having trouble trying to get used to it and finding their rhythm on a track that actually looks quite fast. The weather though is supposed to stay dry which could change the conditions until sunday.
Floriane Pugin and Emilie Siegenthaler were already riding their 2011 Voltage DH frames, and while I’m writing these lines, our mechanics are building the new Gamblers for Fabien Pedemanaud and Nick Beer.”
Some good ranking news: Floriane Pugin moved to the first spot in the UCI world ranking because of her silver medal at the european championships, and
Nick Beer moved to 9th place at the world ranking because of his silver medal.
We are back from the European Skateboard Championships in Basel. Thanks to all for passing by.
The 10th edition ended with an unbelievable final in street with 10 amazing skateboarders. One of them was youngster Gard Jenssen Hvaara from Norway, who went all the way from the Junior Champs into the finals and ended on the 9th place. Axel Cruysbergh from Belgium, who was last year’s winner in street and miniramp, earned street’s 2nd place. In 3rd came Kilian Heuberger from Germany doing nose bluntslides down the rail and pole jams on the birthday cake-obstacle. This year’s winner is Nassim Guammaz from the Netherlands doing big back 360’s down the double set.
Aside from the street finals, the 8000 spectators who came to Basel over the weekend to celebrate ESC’s anniversary with us could witness Phil Zwijsen ruling the mini ramp with nice flow and endless lines, taking a well deserved victory. Also, Freddy Austbo came out to show his face, coming back from a long stint of being sidelined by injuries, taking second place right away, and a surprising Symon Stachon from Poland taking third.
Girl’s Jam was won by Ianire Elorriaga from Spain, who had already succeeded getting this title six times in it is ten years of existence. Second place went to Aura Brédat, third to Candy Jacobs from the Netherlands.
Back from Val Di Sole. Our team rider Floriane Pugin of the Scott 11 team ended up on the podium with a great 5th place. Her team mate Emilie Siegenthaler is back on speed after her injury and finished the race on 9th place.
And our newest Downhill team addition the Austrian Markus Pekoll came in 9th.
BELOW IS THE OFFICIAL RACE REPORT OF THE SCOTT 11 TEAM:
A rather difficult weekend with little disappointments at the mens race still brought SCOTT11 closer to the top position in the team ranking.
Again, it was Floriane Pugin which was responsible for the collection of the most points for her team. With the fifth place, she added another podium to her palmares and kept SCOTT11 on the second overall spot.
Emilie Siegenthaler is back on speed after her injury and finished the race on 9th place.
Fabien Pedemanaud kept himself in the overall top ten with an almost inhuman effort. His incredible will and several roles of tape around his injured shoulder kept him on the bike on the roughest course of the year. Fabien finished in 28th spot and is now sitting in 10th overall position.
Nick Beer wasn’t able to attack as hard as he wanted to, trying to make sure not to crash again. A 21st spot brought him to the 19th overall.
Nick, Emilie, Floriane and Freddy are now flying to Norway for the European Championships, while Fabien is already on the way home to treat his shoulder for the most important races of the year in Windham (NY) and Mont Sainte Anne, Kanada.
The European Skateboard Championships 2010 celebrates its 10th anniversary from August 5th –8th in Basel, Switzerland with a redesigned streetcourse and miniramp.
The city of Basel provides the venue and over 300 skateboarders from over 20 nations are on the guest list. Come and join the ESC crew, TSG, etnies, Carhartt, Element, Skullcandy, Zimstern, G-Shock, and Red Bull to celebrate this anniversary.
The youngsters, 16 and under, start off the show with the Street Junior Champs on Thursday afternoon. On Friday we celebrate skateboarding all day long during the street pre-qualification to find the ones who will compete against the European Top 100 on Saturday. This Top 100 list and all relevant information of the ESC is published on www.skateboardeurope.com. Miniramp and street qualifications kick off on saturday. Saturdy night is part time. Sunday is dedicated to the finals in street, miniramp and Girlʼs Jam.
Thursday, 5. August:
Junior Champs Street 14:00-19:00
Friday, 6. August:
Street prequalification 12:00-19:00
Saturday, 7. August:
Miniramp qualification 14:00-16:00
Street qualification 12:00-18:00
Sunday, 8. August:
Girls qualification 10:30-11:30
Street semifinal 12:00-14:00
Girls final 14:00-14:30
Miniramp final 14:30-15:30
Street final 16:00-17:00
Best trick 17:00-17:30
Awards ceremony 18:00
Read here what the Scott 11 Team reports form their past World Cup tour stop in Scotland:
“We knew from the start, it was going to be hard for SCOTT11 to stay at the top of the world cup team ranking at the race in Fort William. It even got harder after Emilie Siegenthaler had to stay off the bike because of her gnarly crash in practice.
But Floriane Pugin, Nick Beer and Fabien Pedemanaud managed to keep us in first position with a brutally hard fight. SCOTT11 is now leading the team ranking with the same amount of points as Commencal Team of the Atherton family. And Emilie Siegenthaler is already back on her feet.
The last flat pedally section was where the race was decided. It was surprising how much time could be lost or won in 30 seconds of pedalling at the end of the course. Floriane Pugin was aware of this, because she had already lost more than two seconds in that part of the course in the qualifier. The rest of the team was hiking up to that section to cheer for her when she came by.
Floriane fought as hard as she possibly could and got into the finish with a lead of just 0.02 seconds. At the end, she was in third, as well as in the overall world cup standings.
Fabien Pedemanaud trashed his rear wheel up in a rock section, so it was rubbing on the sides of this frame. This made the pedalling at the bottom even harder. But Fabien put down all the power he had, and saved as many points as he could. 23rd place was still good for some points for his overall ranking, where he‘s now in 7th.
Nick Beer had said before the race, that he was going to attack hard. And that‘s what he did! He was pedalling so hard at the bottom that he almost threw up in the finish.
And what he got for it: His second best result of his career so far, a 9th place! He‘s now 15th in the overall world cup.
The excitement goes on. We are now traveling to Willingen for the Milka Wheels of Speed, and then to the third round of the world cup in Leogang, Austria.”
And again, the winner is Amir Kabbani. After his win last week in Italy, Amir once again dominates the mtb field with backflip tailwhips and 360 tailwhips.
Go Amir!
Ricardo Laguna came all his way from Vegas to compete in Solothurn. He ended up with a 9th place. He is now heading to France for the next european contests.
Our Scott 11 Team is in Windham now for the UCI World Cup. Read their report below:
