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Player Profile

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:42:00 +1000

Our second profile goes to the biggest manchild in Qld ski racing. He's turned his back on a lucrative NRL career to ski race, he's almost a ginga, he is...... Cunningham Name: Richard Souwer Alias: Cunningham Height: 188 Weight: 97 Years Racing: 7 Team: Strike Two Favourite Boat: Blazen/Team Hell Skiing Highlights: Qualify for worlds bar disq� Goals: World Champion Admired Skiers: Boofa, Trenno, Mick and Pidge Ski: Maha Longboard Training: Not Enough Diet: Whatever mum cooks Post Race Drink: Anything cold and liquid When Not Racing: Fly kites Super Series Winner Next Year: Blazen

Diamond Race 08

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:40:55 +1000

Todd Haig and Kim Lumley reigned supreme in Belgium on the weekend, taken out men's and women's respectively. Early reports had Wayne Mawer leading before engine troubles ended his race. More information can be found at www.skirace.net.

Mawer and Lumley take Euro Cup in Vienna

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:00:34 +1000

Wayne Mawer and Kim Lumley took out the first round of the European Cup on the weekend in Vienna. Wayne beat out Chris Stout and Darren Kirkland in the mens, after some very exciting racing. Mawer and Stouty ran side by side for the first half hour, before Wayne pulled away, while Kirkland battled through all the way from the back to challenge Stouty across the line.

Qld titles a Blazen Success

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:40:00 +1000

The 2008 Queensland Titles run over the June long weekend were a resounding success. Although the weather wasn't perfect, high entries and some close racing saw one of the most successful qld titles in recent years. The weekend started off with the marathons. In Mens it was Pidgeon leading the way to take victory comfortably, despite a missed start on the plank (rookie). Benny Hackett took the junior title, with Robbie Weaver sewing up the Vets. Womens saw Kylee Jones do everything possible to lose yet still win behind the big Arrow, with the Ranga piloting his big purple tub around. Second went to young Brooke Hackett, who led for most of the race, and third went to Special Sauce behind crisis, not far behind in her first marathon ever. Into the age classes, and some of these little ones looked unbelievably quick circulating out there, Amy Boylan and Jack Harrison taking care of the under tens, and Brodie White and Tayla Williams looking after the 16�s. Social Men was next on the water, and Pidge picked up his second title of the event, blasting away and then controlling the race behind Blazen to win ahead of BJ behind Twisted, and Mitchell Williams behind Bulletproof. In 60mph social it was Peter Monger behind Nice and Easy taking the win. Social Women saw Kylee take her second as well, winning over Susie Cartwright and Mel Smidt. 60mph Social saw Special behind Crisis take the win over Chops and Danielle. Great to see Chops and Special Sauce racing closely again over the whole distance. 30-40 men was next up, and Wayne Mawer and the Juggernaut crew all the way from Cairns blasted around to win very impressively over Bruey behind Strike, and Ski World behind Blazen. In 40-50�s it was Japs behind Speedmaster taking the win, Gerry Gulley behind Bulletproof taking second, and Lex taking third behind Kryptonite. Under 16�s was next, and it was Mitch Williams taking the win behind Bulletproof, over Benny Hackett and Alex Capitanio. 19�s was next, and Mel Smidt looked after the girls, while Cunningham showed the way behind Merc Force over Brycey behind Blazen and Splice behind Strike. 25-30 men saw Brad Weaver take the win behind Reckless�s Running Riot, over Jared Coey and Category 5, Schneider taking third behind Disturbed. Special mention must go to the Pidgeon, who picking up the run at the last minute, blasted around behind Merc Force, got smashed at the top corner, then got up again to lap consistently fastest for the rest of the race and still come nowhere! 19-25 men saw Lukey take the win over Kris Knights and the Ranga. While in the women, Kylee Jones and Merc Force showed the way over Chops Gane with Fritz. 30-40 women was won by Serena Murtagh, another competitor down from Cairns, and over 50�s was taken out by the evergreen Nessie Hicks. Open Mens was next, and Pidgeon picked up his third behind Blazen, winning convincingly over Luke Gulley and Jared Coey. Wayne Mawer behind Juggernaut put in a solid effort and circulated in second before engine problems forced their retirement. In Open womens, Kylee picked up her 4th title, Griffo guiding Blazen to some big numbers while Mick looked on. Second went to Susie behind Kryptonite and third went to Nessie Hicks. Engine classes were next, 60mph expert saw Running Riot with Rebecca Stone take the win, Hav�n�fun in second and Still Sparken take third with Toni Peebles. SMOC saw Lynchie get up behind Get Buzzed, while in 8 litre it was the Ranga behind Kryptonite taking the win off Wayward with Brycey Jones. Moc was one of the biggest races of the weekend, Running Riot taking the win with Brad Weaver skiing, second went to Category 5 with Jared Coey, and third to the Disturbed team, with Sco. Rumours from the bank indicated that Hav�n�fun was primed for the win, but was let down by the driving! The Unlimited Races finished off the weekend, with Blazen taking the win towin Marko Weaver, Merc Force in second and Speedmaster in third. In the Outboards it was Disturbed towing Joel Massey over Category 5 with Schniedling and Big Note down from Cairns towing Matt Ducie. In all a great weekend, thanks to all the helpers, judges, course marshalls and organizers for making it happen. Hopefully next year the numbers will continue to grow. Click more for full results. 2008 QUEENSLAND TITLES RESULTS Open Men Marathon 1st Havin Fun Grant Turner 2nd Disturbed Shane Smail Junior Boys Marathon 1st Still Sparken Ben Hackett 2nd Running Riot Glen Corcoran Vets/Senior Mens Marathon 1st Big Note Rob Weaver DNF Arrow Shane Helson Open Womens Marathon 1st Arrow Kylee Jones 2nd Still Sparken Brooke Hackett 3rd Crisis Seanne Kelly Vets/Senior Womens Marathon 1st Sledge Hammer Nessie Hicks Under 10 Girls 1st Still Sparken Amy Boylan Under 10 Boys 1st Smack That Jack Harrison 2nd Monster Maker Luke Harrison 3rd Fritz the Cat Michael Boylan Under 13 Boys 1st Per4ma Brodie White DNF Blazen Andrew Griffin Under 13 Girls 1st Bulletproof Tayla Williams 2nd Still Sparken Brooke Hackett Social Men 1st Blazen Grant Turner 2nd Twisted Ben Jeffree 3rd Bulletproof Mitchell Williams 4th Disturbed Joel Massey 5th Smack That Adam Smidt 6th Running Riot Darren Apps 7th Bite the Bullet Daniel Reid 60MPH Social Men 1st Nice N Easy Peter Monger 2nd Fritz the Cat Ryan Trevillion 3rd Crisis Jack White DNF Per4ma Brodie White Social Women 1st Still Sparken Kylee Jones 2nd Running Riot Susan Cartwright 3rd Sledgehammer Melissa Smidt 60MPH Social Women 1st Crisis Seanne Kelly 2nd Fritz the Cat Latasha Gane 3rd Monster Maker Danielle Coyte DNF Per4ma Bec Stone 30-40 Men 1st Juggernaut Wayne Mawer 2nd Strike Two Shane Bru 3rd Blazen Darren Apps 4th Running Riot Adam Kruse 5th Bite the Bullet Ben May 6th Nice N Easy Daniel Hildebrand 40-50 Men 1st Speedmaster Shane Helson 2nd Bulletproof Gerry Gulley 3rd Kryptonite Lex Jones Under 16 Boys 1st Bulletproof Mitchell Williams 2nd Still Sparken Ben Hackett 3rd Juggernaut Alex Capitanio DNF Smack That Adam Smidt Under 19 Girls 1st Fritz the Cat Melissa Smidt Under 19 Boys 1st Merc Force Richard Souwer 2nd Blazen Bryce Jones 3rd Strike Two Shannon Gane 4th Twisted Ben Jeffree 5th Arrow Ryan Souwer 6th Bulletproof Glen Corcoran 35-30 Men 1st Kryptonite Brad Weaver 2nd Category 5 Jared Coey 3rd Disturbed Chris Schneider 4th Merc Force Grant Turner 5th Big Note Matt Greenwood 6th Running Riot Matt Duce 7th Nice N Easy Michael Fahey 19-25 Men 1st Merc Force Luke Gulley 2nd Speedmaster Kris Knights 3rd Strike Two Matt Webster 4th Still Sparken Mark Wallington 5th Disturbed Shane Smail 6th Running Riot Michael Mayer Over 50 Men 1st Kryptonite Rob Weaver 2nd Sledgehammer Roger Hicks 30-40 Women 1st Running Riot Serena Murtagh DNF Strike Two Susan Cartwright 19-25 Women 1st Merc Force Kylee Jones 2nd Fritz the Cat Latasha Gane Over 50 Women 1st Sledgehammer Nessie Hicks Open Men 1st Blazen Grant Turner 2nd Merc Force Luke Gulley 3rd Strike Two Jared Coey 4th Running Riot Michael Kelly 5th Disturbed Ross Harris 6th Wayward Richard Souwer 7th Big Note Matthew Duce DNF Juggernaut Wayne Mawer Open Women 1st Blazen Kylee Jones 2nd Kryptonite Susan Cartwright 3rd Sledgehammer Nessie Hicks 4th Running Riot Serena Murtagh 60MPH Expert 1st Running Riot Rebecca Stone 2nd Havin Fun Andrew Griffin 3rd Still Sparken Toni Peebles 4th Crisis Seanne Kelly 5th Monster Maker Danielle Coyte 6th Nice N Easy Jack White 7th Per4ma Brodie White DISQ Fritz the Cat Latasha Gane DISQ Arrow Ryan Trevillion SMOC 1st Get Buzzed Paul Lynch DISQ Nice N Easy Mark Stephenson DISQ Bite the Bullet Jacob Attenborough 8 Litre 1st Kyrptonite Matt Webster 2nd Wayward Bryce Jones MOC 1st Running Riot Brad Weaver 2nd Category 5 Jared Coey 3rd Disturbed Ross Harris 4th Twisted Ben Jeffree 5th Still Sparken Kylee Jones 6th Havin Fun Michael Kelly 7th Nice N Easy Shannon Gane 8th Fritz the Cat Trevor Bray 9th Big Note Matt Greenwood DNF Get Buzzed Michael Mayer Unlimited Inboard 1st Blazen Grant Turner 2nd Merc Force Luke Gulley 3rd Speedmaster Richard Souwer DNF Juggernaut Wayne Mawer Unlimited Outboard 1st Disturbed Joel Massey 2nd Category 5 Chris Schneider 3rd Big Note Matt Duce 4th Running Riot Shane Bru DNF Still Sparken Kris Knights DNF Nice N Easy Adam Smidt DNF Bite the Bullet Daniel Reid

Player Profiles

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:51:00 +1000

In a new feature to letstalkskiracing, Player profiles are here to fill you in a bit on the people that make up the sport. In a bid to keep the site interesting and up to date, a new player profile will feature every fortnight. If you feel you deserve a bit of the spotlight, or know someone who does (juniors, up and comers), feel free to either submit your own player profile, or drop an email to the site with the details, and it will be chased up. Starting off this week is a man that many know, he's been around for longer than he'd care to remember, skied nearly every class at some point in time, represented his country at the worlds. He is....... The Pidgeon Name : Pidgeon Nick name : Grant Turner Height : Not much Weight : Much Team : NGR (noel griffin racing) Position : A team Skier, part time moc driver Years racing : too many (16?) Favourite Boat : Blazen Admired Skiers : Anyone at the top of their game Favourite Young Skier : Jed Turner Ski type : Old school Custom Social Class, Maha Longboard Skiing Highlights : 4th in World F1 mens, 5th Outright Catalina 2007, 2nd Outright Mildura 2008, 3rd Outright Robinvale Training : As much on water as possible (bay, river, dam), gym, lifting pies to mouth Diet : Whatever Ange cooks, hotbox, iced coffee Ambitions : Ski with Chris Stout... Post race drink : Black tins When not racing : Collect Stamps, Knitting Super Series Winner next year : Burnen

2008 Qld Titles

Thu, 22 May 2008 06:59:21 +1000

Just a reminder to everyone that entries for the 2008 Qld Titles close on Wednesday 28 May. Please see the article below for more information about the event. It is being held at Corcoran Park, Grafton on 7 & 8 June.

1 Up Bridge

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:49:00 +1000

Congratulations to Hellbent, taking the win and the record in a blistering time of 36.11.Amazing effort to Mark, Damien and Jason.

Unfortunately Jason�s team mate Chris Gelle had a nasty fall early in the race and had to be taken to hospital.Reports from Sharon and the Gelle family indicate that Stop is recovering steadily in Sydney�s Royal North Shore Hospital.Special mention must go to the Hellrazor and Superman crew for their efforts in helping Chris after the accident.Our thoughts go out to Stoppy, Shaz, the Gelle�s and team for a speedy recovery

2008 Queensland Titles

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:56:22 +1000

The 2008 Queensland State Titles will be held at Corcoran Park, Grafton NSW on 7 & 8 June 2008. Corcoron Park is the same venue that this year's nationals were held at and is a fantastic venue for both racing and spectating. To all you southerners, the challenge is on to come and show us what your made of!!! For a copy of the race format and an entry form please go to www.skiracingqueensland.com.au Entries close on 28 May 2008

The First Full Month

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:11:06 +1000

This is the first full calendar month since we started LetsTalkSkiRacing.com so I thought I would take the time to tell all the users how the month has gone, what has happened to the site and what we are looking at going forward. Firstly I would like to thank all those people who have joined LetsTalkSkiRacing.com we now have 115 members! An amazing number after just one month! We have people from all over Australia and we also have a few people from England and a smaller number from the US. Thanks in large part to SkiRace.net and waterskiracing.com (Ski Racing Victoria). Another thing that is interesting is we have now had about 1500 people go though our site! at an average of around 99 people per day! Have a look at the stats at http://LetsTalkSkiRacing.com/stats.html I see people are starting to use the Forums but we still haven't really got into using them yet. I had been asked for Classifieds but no one seems to have tried it out yet... don't know why but I'm sure it will happen soon. Our International News Section was added a few weeks back thanks to SkiRace.net (This is simply their News feed) We have had updates on all the resent ski race. Thanks to Roger for his on going support to this Website. I heard that LetsTalkSkiRacing.com was also mentioned on stage at one of the races.... Would be good if someone had a video of it (I'll put up a hall of fame for shameless plugs if someone has it) I have heard that there is some problems with emails activation codes but have tried a few times to get those people in question to send a reply back to me so I can activate them to no avail. If you are one of those people could you please get in contact with me via webmaster@letstalkskiracing.com and I will endeavour to get your login working. I will start deleting members who haven't been active for two months... Another innovation is the teams section where teams are able to register their team get an email and also write articles and a like to show off their team and what they have been up to. So far only three teams have taken up this offer. I hope some other people give it a go... I would like to add other things to the site but I'm starting to run out of ideas. The only thing I have left to add is an FAQ section which I'll be looking at in the coming weeks. It just takes sometime to compile so it maybe a few months to get it all going. If you have any ideas on what I should be adding please post it in the forums. Also if your a budding reporter please feel free to click the contribute link and write your own article to give some more flavour to the site. If you know of sites which are valuable to the ski racing community please add them to the links it's very easy to do! If you know of events that are happening please add them to the Calendar so everyone else knows about it!

Mildura 100. Hellbent. Record. Again.

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:53:00 +1000

The Mildura 100 again proved to be one of the most popular races in the calendar, with big crowds turning out over the long weekend. Victorian team Hellbent again showed the way, taking out the Dash for Cash and the Race, making it a clean sweep of everything on the Murray (and nearly everything else). Blazen and Wildfire out of the NGR stable took second and third outright respectively. Social class again showed some fantastic racing, with records continuing to tumble � when will these crazy people realize it�s just not right to ski so fast on those little sticks? In Unlimited social, Illusion got the win and the hat trick for the rivers, resetting the record at the same time � these boys look near unstoppable unless someone steps up and puts out a challenge. Spuddy did well to guide Merc Force into second ahead of the Sonic Crew. In Moc social, Twisted took the win, the record and second outright in social, with BJ and Robbie, closely followed by PCR and Running Riot. 6litre saw a change on the podium, with Bandit taking the win, with the two Craigs, Followed by Vegemite and Full Noise. Dave? Where are you? Smoc showed just how competitive this class is with No Rules, Stalker and 4 Play N Racing taking 1,2 and 3 all within 20 seconds of each other. Zigs showed that there isn�t much he can�t do, by piloting the little force into first. Stock 6 litre saw the Clog win over Wasted Nights, while in 2.5/5.2 Kane It, lead in The Inspector and Streaker Boats. B L Marine took the win in Womens, with Lesley and Steph out the back, over Smokin Injun with Elise and Shaz, and Toe Cutter Caron and Fiona. Juniors saw All Fired Up lead in Ballistic and then Heat with the boys, and Aftershock take out the girls. Saturday afternoon and the big boys come out to play. Hellbent took the win, with Stoppy and Zigs missing the record by 3 seconds, only 1 second infront of Stinga � how close is that! Blazen took third with Pidgeon and the Liability. These three boats all broke the five minute barrier, unbelievably fast racing! The Invitational again saw the top two boats separated by only a second, with Mickey G and CT taking the win behind Fastcash over Kane and Chris with Elm Street. Brady and Rory taking third behind Sudden Force. All these young guys are flying, makes you feel old and slow! In Vets it was Hazy taking the win and the record with Robbie and Peter, beating Out of Control and Kamikaze. Interesting to note that the top 4 Vets all broke the 6 minute mark in the dash � just goes to show you don�t always get smarter with age�Senior Social saw Toey As take the win in front of Temper and 4 Play.Taddies had the team of Stock Broker with the Hammond�s taking the win over Raicey with the Gordon�s and Phoenix with more Hammonds out the back. Disable showed some cracking pace, with Heat and Jus Walk�n both breaking the record to beat out Toe Cutter and Gangster. Sunday Morning saw glorious conditions, and Hellbent and Stinga set out to take full advantage of them, with both boats tearing down the river in search of the record. Hellbent arrived at half way 15 minutes and 44 seconds later, an unbelievable leg, and setting themselves up for a shot at the record on the way home. The next boat to halfway was Blazen, after Stinga encountered trouble just before halfway, with Wildfire in third, just twelve seconds up on Mirror Image. The return leg saw another perfect leg for Team Hell, to take the win and the record, a phenomenal effort. If I�m right (and I may not be), I think that gives them the win, and the record in every race they�ve finished this year � unbelievable! Blazen did well to pick the pace up coming home and cement 2nd, Griffo showing that this will be a Force to reckoned with. Wildfire came in for a solid third with Jimmy and Lock Down doing well out the boat. While Team Hell continue their dominance and continually show their professionalism, NGR must be congratulated as well � two of the top three boats is a massive achievement. Unlimited was again blisteringly quick. With the top 5 boats beating the existing record. Fastcash winning over Hazy and Top Gun. 8 Litre was another record breaking win to Sportspage, towing Steve Rowe and Jamie Oliver, over Super Slak and Wayward. Moc was another win for Twisted, giving Chris both social and expert for the weekend, beating in BL Marine and Running Riot � the Merc�s given the Rude�s a bit of a touch up here at Mildura to turn the tables on the last couple of races. 6litre saw Kryptonite battling engine problems to still take the win with Brad and Marko, over Mojo and Kamikaze. Smoc was all Lab action � Little Man winning over Test Lab and 4 Play N Racing. F2 saw Lethal take the win over Thundernuts with Smoken Mirrors in third. In the ladies and it was ORSM taking the win again, backing up their Robinvale victory, Emma and Lee beating out Kylee and Tania behind Prime Time after the cyclone suffered some waste gate issues and the Noizworks team taking third not far behind. Under 19�s saw the Elm Street boys take a tumble on the way up and open the door for Bulletproof to take the win, Brycey and Cunningham hanging on out the back. Elm Street recovered for 2nd, with Frantic in third with Ringo and Jesse. In the under 19 girls, it Was Tayla and Melissa taking the win behind Tons of Fire, with Ring of Fire and Tickled pink taking the minor places. Junior boys saw the Hoggins/Brown combination come through for the win and I think the record with an outright placing of fifteenth! Spontaneous and All Fired Up taking second and third. The Subbies saw Lloyd and Clinton take the win behind The Sting for the lads, and Crystal and Brooke win with Hit and Miss for the ladies. Full results (accurate) can be found on the mildura website (http://www.milduraskiclub.org/) and photos will be coming to RMI images (http://www.rmiimages.com.au/).