lundi 19 mars 2012

Grattis på födelsedagen, Jani !


BON ANNIVERSAIRE !
Jani Söderhäll aka "the Godfather"
Born 20.03.1962

Place: Paris (FRA)
Job: Software developer - company owner
e-mail Jani@SlalomSkateboarder.com

Started skating somewhere around 1977 
after my older brother told me I couldn't use his board. 
So I had to!

-> First local contest in 1979.
-> First national (Swedish) contest in 1980.
-> First international (European Championships) contest in 1981.

European Champion:
1985 - Bamberg, Germany
1986 - Warrington, England
1987 - Täby, Sweden
1988 - Prague, Czechoslovakia

Other results of interest:
2002 - 1st International Tunnel Race, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland:
1:st Giant slalom, 1:st Special slalom

2003 - Open German Championships, Cologne, Germany
2:nd Special slalom, 3:rd Giant slalom

2003 - Moscow National Day Race, Moscow, Russia
1:st Giant slalom, 1:st Longboard slalom

2004 - European Championships, Cologne, Germany
4:th Special slalom

2004 - Open Swedish Championships, Stockholm, Sweden
1:st Straight slalom (on Airflow S-Camber), 1:st Giant slalom (on Airflow C-81), 3:rd Special slalom
* President of International Skateboard Slalom Association (ISSA).

* Publisher of  Slalom ! mag.

* Part of the organizing committee of Paris Slalom World Cup PSWC.

* Co-founder of www.SlalomSkateboarder.com.


Merci à Chris Hart de chez Airflow
(je vais ressortir ma petite Airflow de tight jani S-camber !)
Vlad Popov, infatigable slalomeur de Saratov et Moscou
et tous les slalomeurs qui m'ont parlé avec chaleur et enthousiasme de Jani.
MERCI !


4 commentaires:

steph a dit…

Longue vie aux anciens! (nous, quoi!)
PS: ça marche bien la précision suisse..

Seb a dit…

Tres tres bon ca me rappelle de bons souvenirs
Je n avais que les trottoirs de paris mais les memes reves et les memes potes

Stef a dit…

Ça c'est une journée qui commence bien! Merciiii

Fred a dit…

Carrement genial

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