FREE FOOD AND BEER (volunteers needed for longboard race)

[Heffe]

hey guys and gals (hope its ok if I post this here),
The brittania classic longboard race is comming up on may 27th and 28th and they need volunteers.
VOLUNTEERS GET HOOKED UP: FREE FOOD, FREE BEER and FREE CAMPING
you can volunteer to do anything from spotting corners and marshalling to setting up hay-bales and crowd control. Come out and help this awesome event and support your local community!
To signup as a volunteer fill out the form (AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE)
http://britanniaclassic.com/

please, dont sign-up if you wont show up.

This is an AWESOME event, one you surely wont wanna miss: riders are coming from all over the world!
So spread the word to your friends and family, come out for an exciting day of racing and witness some gnarly crashes! (speeds of upto 95km/h)

Thanks again,
-Jeff

[harihari]

Where are they having the downhill? It's not gonna be on the actual sea-to-sky, is it?

[squamish climber]

Check out this video from last year - - looks nuts.

[Heffe]

My older brother is Andrew Chapman (2nd place last year), hopefuly he'll win it this year!
The race is held on the upper portion of copper dr.: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=brit ... a=N&tab=wl

Come on out and volunteer, help your community and have a good time while drinking free beer and eating free food!

-Jeff

[gnarnaphobe]

Long Boarding is SOOO irresponsible

[Heffe]

i hope thats sarcasm^^: longboarding is pretty safe: your in full leathers, a full face helmet and have slide pucks on your gloves, at 100km/h i can stop faster and in a shorter distance than a car!(<<<This has actually been proven) Not to mention the road is closed off for this race and hay bales are set up for crash padding. Ultimately it comes down to the individual rider, as a whole longboarders are generally safer and more respectful than street skaters ( just look at the comparison in how many longboarders you see wearing a helmet vs street skaters) The majority of accidients (including fatalities) are NOT caused by "wrong place wrong time," they are caused by negligence and individuals passing there limits and not "touching them." Longboarders are risk assessors NOT risk takers. One could argue that longboarding is as "reckless" as climbing or even skiing or mountain biking. Its all about risk management and being aware of your surroundings, do what you love but do it safely and heavens for bid WEAR A HELMET.


This post is NOT to start an argument on the safety and ethics of longboarding (if you wanna argue go somewhere else): it is to describe and explain the safety factors that go into longboarding that most people are unaware of.

Come out see for yourselves! (admission is free!)
Come out and support your local community!