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World Skate Games Argentina- Slalom World Championships 2022!

Written by Niall Neeson

Slalom skateboarding is one of the oldest iterations of skateboarding as an organised contest activity with over 50 years of unbroken history.

This is a tight-knit global scene with a lot of camaraderie on display here at the San Juan Villicum Race Track in Argentina for the 2022 Slalom World Championships, where over the weekend both male and female champions are crowned in three different slalom disciplines: Hybrid (varied cone spacing), Special (close spacing, swerving course) and Straight (close spacing, straight line) as well as Overall champions created by those scores tallied with the showcase Giant Slalom ender.

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With the Latvian contingent demonstrating something close to domination at the racetrack events, the final day’s solo timed Giant Slalom race moves to the Punta Negra Dam Road, a downhill so fierce it doubles up as the World Championship course for that discipline too, later in there World Skate Games. With timings measured to hundredth’s of a second, the cumulative scores form all 4 of the weekend’s disciplines decided the final outcome and a share of the $10,000 prize money.

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Although everybody comes to compete, the sense of adventure and community is the real driving force behind the enthusiasm and the smiles so evident from everyone involved.

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Hybrid Slalom World Champions 2022

Men:

1st: Janis Kuzmins

2nd: Toms Dreiblats

3rd: Gustavs Gailitis

Women:

1st: Lynn Kramer

2nd: Anna Gailite

3rd: Judi Oyama

 

Special Slalom World Champions 2022

Men:

1st: Janis Kuzmins

2nd: Gustavs Gailitis

3rd: Toms Dreiblats

Women:

1st: Lynn Kramer

2nd: Anna Gailite

3rd: Eliza Gailite

Straight Slalom World Champions 2022

Men:

1st: Janis Kuzmins

2nd: Gustavs Gailitis

3rd: Toms Dreiblats

Women:

1st: Anna Gailite

2nd: Lynn Kramer

3rd: Eliza Gailite

 

Giant Slalom World Champions 2022

Men:

1st: Jakub Jirman

2nd: George Pappas

3rd: Janis Kuzmins

Women

1st: Lynn Kramer

2nd: Isa Ruiz

3rd: Lari-Ann Rupp

winners

World Slalom Championships 2022

Men's Overall Champion:

1st: Janis Kuzmins

2nd: Gustavs Gailitis

3rd: Toms Dreiblats

Women's Overall Champion:

1st: Lynn Kramer

2nd: Anna Gailite

3rd: Eliza Gailite