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FIRST ANNUAL BOARD EXCHANGE AT TACTIS 4/30/11

Big Daddy at Tactis Sk8 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:19:00 GMT

April 30, 2011 will be the first annual Board Exchange. Bring in all your old gear and get your bartering skills up to par. Trade, buy, exchange, Machete will be playing and BBQ will be available for everyone. Go on to Tactis Sk8 Facebook and see the event for details.

Whats your favorite downhill board?

Big Daddy at Tactis Sk8 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:44:00 GMT

Big Daddy likes the Calvin Staub Big Switch with Randals and Venom Side Winders.

MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED - OFFICIAL TIMES AFTER QUALIFYING 2

Big Daddy at Tactis Sk8 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:54:00 GMT

TACTIS SK8'S CALVIN STAUB MOVES UP TO 5TH AFTER THE 2ND DAY OF QUALIFYING WITH A BLISTERING 3:09 FLAT. FIND ALL OF THE OFFICIAL TIMES AT http://www.igsaworldcup.com/file/2010_maryhill_qual_day2.pdf

MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED OFFICIAL QUALIFYING TIMES - QUALIFYING 1

Big Daddy at Tactis Sk8 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:58:00 GMT

OFFICIAL TIMES ARE NOW POSTED. GO TO http://www.igsaworldcup.com/file/2010_maryhill_qualifying.pdf TO FIND YOUR FAVORITE RACERS QUALIFYING 1 TIMES.

TACTIS RACING IS DOING WELL THIS YEAR WITH A TOP 10 CAPTURE BY CALVIN STAUB IN DOWNHILL OPEN FOR HIS FIRST QUALIFYING RUN.

KEITH HENDERSON IS 61ST OVERALL AND SITTING IN 15TH FOR JUNIOR II. HE'S SITTING IN 4TH PLACE FOR CLASSIC LUGE AFTER HIS FIRST QUALIFYING RUN.

KYLE CASTANEDA IS HAVING A GREAT RACE SITTING IN 2ND FOR CLASSIC LUGE AND 8TH FOR STREET LUGE AFTER HIS FIRST QUALIFYING RUN.

MORE TO COME......

MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED - DAY 3 QUALIFYING

Big Daddy at Tactis Sk8 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:40:00 GMT

FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED

A1 Qualifying Times:

NEW TRACK RECORD SET BY K-RIMES AT 3:07:XX BREAKING LAST YEARS RECORD BY JUST THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND.

TOP 10 was filled with the expected riders pulling off extremely fast runs given the inconsistent wind conditions .

Worthy Mentions:

Patrick Switzer 3:08
Zac Maytum 3:07:xx
Scoot Smith 3.11 - Looks like he was sandbagging a little for tomorrow.
2 surprises: Mischo Urban and James Kelley were not among the Top 10.
It's my opinion that James is saving it for tomorrow . I expect James will dramatically improve his time in the 2nd qualifying heat.

Rounding out in the 10th position overall in stand up qualifying was Colorado Rider Team Tactis Racer Calvin Staub. Calvin Staub ran a blistering 3:12 just edging out Mischo Urban and James Kelley. Calving Staub's race set up included Otang In Heat Orange, Nitro Bearings Abec 7's, Tactis proto type Poonamis at 180mm on 42 degree front/50 degree base plates with Venom Bushings mounted to his Carbon Fiber Nemisis. Calvin seems ready to defend his position and is confident for tomorrows qualifying.

Tactis Racing rider Keith Henderson in Junion II Downhill significantly improved his times from last year. Coming in 61st place overall moving him well into the safety zone for final qualification with an excellent time of 3:20. Keith Henderson also turned in a top 10 4th position overall qualifying time on his classic luge with a 3:18.

Kyle Castaneda of Tactis Racing turned in a street luge time of 3:17 after a minor incursion on a hard right turn causing him to side drift and have to repush. Kyle was 2nd place securing a positon in the top 10 classic luge with a time of 3:15. Kyle will be switching back to sticky wheels (Pink Bigzigs) bringing him well up the pack times for qualifying tomorrow.

No Jr 2 Downhill overall qualifying positions yet, these will be posted after qualifying runs tomorrow.

Both of the Tactis Classic Luge Prototypes appear to have a significant advantage that we should be able to capitalize upon. For the Classic luge both Kyle and Ketih ran "Way Out Willie" Baltic Birch flat decks using Comp II 8mm with Khiro Bushings and 70mm Otang 4pres Orange and Nitro Ceramic Bearings.

Keiths' DH set up for the day, Orange In Heats, Nitro Ceramic Bearings, Poonami 190mm trucks with 50 degree Randal Base plates, Khiro Performance Barrels, and his 2008 Rayne Avenger limo and Rogers Bros footstop.

Team Tactis mentor Vegas Mike, turned in a great qualifying time of 3:17.

Big Daddy's predictions for the track tomorrow:

Hot and fast track. Huge afternoon tailwind and shift of the guard with possible big improvements from Patrick Switzer, James Kelley, and Scoot Smith. Wheel of choice,most likely will be: Orange Otang In Heats

So Stay Tuned for further updates tomorrow!

For official track qualifying times go to http://www.igsaworldcup.com/

Big Daddy

Carniege Corner:

Ambulance left with an injury we don't have the info yet. Stay tuned.

MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED DAY 2 PICTURES

Big Daddy at Tactis Sk8 — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:17:00 GMT

DAY 2 PHOTOS OF LUGE AND DOWNHILL PRACTICE RUNS. TEAM TACTIS, KYLE CASTANADA AND KEITH HENDERSON AND ANDY LALLY NASCAR RACER ALONG WITH ROGERS BROS RIDER MCINTYRE. STAY TUNED FOR MORE PICTURES. FIND MORE RACING PICTURES AT WWW.TACTISSK8SHOP.COM SELECT THE ALBUM TAB.

MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED - GET READY HERE IT COMES!

Big Daddy at Tactis Sk8 — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:48:00 GMT

Maryhill Festival of Speed coming June 30 through July 4. If there was only one race a year, this is the race. Maryhill is the Monaco of the IGSA. An excruciating 3+ minute run with a perfect tuck and a decent line and you still might not qualify.

This is the deepest field of all downhill racing competition. All the known talent and super stars will be there, along with a whole field of new comers that always surprise the fast guys. New gear will be tested, new products will be defined, egos will be crushed and girlfriends will be stolen. Thats all before the after party begins. I'll be doing my best to bring you the blow by blow, day by day.

Be sure to watch for Team Tactis Riders, Keith Henderson, Calvin Staub, and Kyle Castaneda. Especially look for podiums in the Classic Luge division. This year as every year, I have muster up a Grom Squad of Norcal Talent. Hoping to add to the graduating class of 2010. As always Norcal offers a great pool of talent. I will be proud to see these guys get their first chance at a World Class Downhill Race. I will be monitoring and posting qualifying times and Podium Placements for all of our team riders and IGSA Super Stars.

Stay Tuned and Visit Often.

Big Daddy

DAY 1 MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED

Beautiful weather 75-80 degrees with slight 10 mile per hour tail wind, track was fast and air was cool today. Of the top 10 fastest racers, 3-4 of them had arrived today. We expect the rest to arrive within the next couple of days.. James Kelley "The American Dream" took down some blistering runs with Patrick Switzer, Scoot Smith and Vegas Mike. The day was pretty much the feel up session.  The top pros and the Team Tactis riders verified the dominace of the Orangatang Orange In Heats which may be the fast wheel for the event. Team Greens Raggae laid low today but smoozed his way into the practice tomorrow to do a full day session with Team Tactis and do a little bit of coaching the line participation with all of the Junior Riders. Calvin Staub had a great day of practice pimping a pair of American flag shorts on the outside of his leathers to let the canooks know that the americans are in the show. Really hot runs in classic and street luge is getting us confident that TeamTactis is ready to rumble. We are all way too tired and sunburned tonight and there won't be much of a party night since we all need to be there at 8am tomorrow. All the new guys got a great taste of the hill so they will be ready to put it on tomrrow. We will bring new reports, pictures and video asap. Big Daddy report for track conditions, cool, dry and fast without a serious tail wind we may not get record speeds.
TEAM TACTIS FTW!

Get official standings of all racers at http://www.igsaworldcup.com/

Stand by for more.

Big Daddy

DAY 2 MARYHILL FESTIVAL OF SPEED

Day 2 practice is in the books.   The weather and the wind may make it possible for yet another maryhill track record. Team Tacts riders spent the whole morning getting "schooled" by Team Greens Ragge who unfortunately is not competing this year but volunteered his valuable time and his fabulous line to spank the team into shape for qualifying. Calvin Staub spent the whole day skeezin into the wolf pack getting touchy feely with the top 10. Calvin looks fast. His Carbon Fiber Nemisis with Venom bushings, Poonami Trucks and Purple In Heats laid down some blistering runs. The gnar highlight of the day was when Kyle and Keith wrapped up wheels just outside of Kowzers Corner taking each other out through the bales, and yes we did catch it on video. After the ridonculous party last night and the ensuing rain this evening it looks like its going to be a chill evening to get ready for the race tomorrow to qualify. Of course I said that last night but things heated up after I signed off!

Big Daddy has already steezed all the ot new setups and trucks including Mischo Urbans new products and will be bring back the skinny on all the pertinent improvements on equipment.

Today was "Oh Canada Day", so of course their had to be a Team Canada Run down the hill - A full on chinese downhill with over 25 riders with canadian flags including the cut ups of the notoriaus loco express bombed the hill in honor of the Canadian special day!

Thats about it from the hill we will keep you posted. I'll be back tomorrow evening for Team Tactis qualifying times and the Top qualifying times.

One new addition to the blog - We will have a Carneige Corner highlighting all the carniege of the day:
Today, Andy Lally is highlighted with his gnar episode on the last corner. Andy lost a wheel coming into the final turn of his last practice run throwing his luge over 6 feet sideways twice, only to recover and cross the line ahead of the pack (epic speed wabble).  Thats racing. Then he packed up his stuff and headed to Daytona to make his car race. Don't worry though, Andy will be back on race day, pre-qualified in last place.

Thats it from Big Daddy - stay tuned for more highlights tomorrow!