Eastbourne Downhill Race

The first weekend of September saw the IGSA World Cup Downhill Race being held at Eastbourne. I was one of the racers and it was my first ever competition. To say i was a little nervous was an understatement! There were racers from all over the globe; Germany, Brazil, USA, Austria, Sweden, South Africa and a few from Porstmouth! The course was pretty brutal, really rough surface and no braking needed. I donned my racing leathers and did my best. I didn't get through to the final qualifying but as most of the foreign racers are professional atheletes I didn't feel too bad. Eric Lundberg won the stand-up convincingly and is actually going to be in New Zealand when we are there, he is going to come and have a skate with us!