2009 IGSA World Cup Schedule Announced

Details: Published: 15 October 2008

Glendora, California,USA - The 2009 IGSA World Cup Series schedule has been in the making for many months and came together as our finest ever. We are definitely building on the success and strengths of this year and looking forward to furthering the sport and the series in 2009.

2009 IGSA World Cup Schedule
Month	Date	Event	Location
July	15-18	Peyragudes 2Luxe Cup	Peyragudes, France
July	22-25	Almabtrieb World Cup	Jungholz, Austria / Germany
July/August	31-02	Padova Grand Prix	Teolo, Padua, Italy
September	02-06	Maryhill Festival of Speed	Goldendale, WA, United States
September	18-20	GoFast! SpeedDays	Eastbourne, England
October	23-25	Malarrara Pro Teutonia World Cup	Teutonia, Brazil
November	25-29	IGSA World Championships	Bathurst, Australia
December	11-13	Hot Heels Africa	Kogelburg, South Africa

2009 IGSA Bobsled Track Championship (Non-World Cup Points)
Month	Date	Event	Location
July	6-11	Hot Heels Concrete	Innsbruck, Austria

perfectasphalt it Downhill skaters on a demo run in Teola, Italy

All of the events now fall into a season that runs consecutively from July-Dec. The first half of the season will take place n the summer/fall months of the Northern Hemisphere. For the second half, the races will move to the Southern Hemisphere taking advantage of their spring/summer weather. By having events each month the series will build momentum with a steady flow of races and news. As we attract more and more mainstream media coverage, this will be crucial.

Giant screen monitors are used in Teola to keep the spectators informed.

We are very excited to add a new event in Teola, Italy. This is a long running, established, professionally organized event that has been inline skate based in the past. The organizers are pulling out all the stops to make the Padova Grand Prix an amazing IGSA World Cup event with the emphasis on Downhill Skateboarding. Cyrille Harnay visited the venue last weekend and came back thoroughly impressed. He's had nothing but good things to say about the organization.

Stephane Odix on the Teola, Italy course.

Teolo will make up the third and final leg of the new "European Triple Crown". The Peyragudes 2luxe Cup and Almabtrieb World Cup will be the first and second rounds. The three events comprising the “European Triple Crown” will have a separate points championship and we intend to award prize money for the top finishers.

Hot Heels Concrete will be a non-points event organized by Gerhard Lanz. The unique five-day event will be held on the Olympic Bobsleigh track in Innsbruck, Austria. It will feature a large prize purse and international television. Due to the unique format and the fact that we already have four top notch European World Cup events, we will not award World Cup points. We will award separate "Bobsleigh Track" Championship titles. Pending the response, this could be the beginning of a separate series that utilizes bobsleigh tracks around the world.

The IGSA would like to thank all of the event organizers for their commitment, dedication and hard work that is making such an amazing series of events possible. We also want to thank all the racers who have made a serious commitment to the IGSA World Cup Series. 2009 is truly going to be a breakout year!