Newtons IDF World Cup 2017 is the first IDF race and World Cup of the year and it will happen this 17th-19th of February at the iconic Mount Panorama race track in Bathurst Australia.
Categories
- Open Skateboarding
- Womens Skateboarding
- Junior Skateboarding
- Masters Skateboarding
- Luge
Prize:
- So far up to $5000 for prizes
Registration
ASRA will be providing a rider bag. There will be free water and refills all weekend.
Schedule
Note: this is subject to change.
Thursday
- 3:00pm-6:00pm – Rider Check-in at Goldfields. Please bring your board/luge, and all safety gear. If riders miss this check-in they will not be able to check-in until Friday morning after the event has started, and will miss out on some of Friday’s riding.
Friday
- 8:00am-12:00pm – Practice and Freeride
- 12:00pm-12:30pm – Lunch
- 12:30pm-5:00pm – Practice and Freeride
Saturday
- 9:00am-12:00pm – Timed qualifying
- 12:00pm-12:30pm – Lunch
- 12:30pm-2:30pm – Timed qualifying
- 2:30pm-3:00pm – Top 10 Shootout Stand Up. First place wins $500. The times in the shootout do NOT reorder the seedings for the main race.
- 3:00pm-5:00pm – Team’s Race. Riders self-organise into 16 teams of three people each. Each heat pits two teams against each other (6 people on the track), and the team containing the 6th-placed rider loses and is eliminated. The prize for the winning team is a keg. There are some special rules: (1) helping your team-mates via bump-drafting etc is ALLOWED, but hindering your opponents is NOT ALLOWED, (2) only one set of wheels per rider can be used throughout the entire race.
Sunday
- 9:00am-12:00pm – Repechage: the slowest riders from Saturday’s qualifying battle for the final spots in the afternoon’s finals
- 12:00pm-12:30pm – Lunch
- 12:30pm-5:00pm – Finals racing: Luge, Masters Skateboard, Junior Skateboard, Women’s Skateboard, and Open Skateboard
Accommodation
There are a few options:
- Bathurst Goldfields Package: Cabin style bunk beds (4,6 or 8 share) from Thursday -Sunday.
Includes: Breakfast from Friday-Sunday and Dinner from Friday and Saturday.
Price: $200.00 for the package. (Additional night $40.00)
Booking: Bathurst Goldfields +612 6332 2022, info@bathurstgoldfields.com.au.
- Rydges Mount Panorama: The hotel that has been popular with competitors and spectators in the past has been Rydges Mount Panorama. It is located at the bottom of Conrod Straight. In the past it has been an assembly point and also a pick up point for rider and volunteers.
Info: https://www.rydges.com/
* We are not encouraging riders to camp on Mt Panorama due to Bathurst Council concerns.
Transportation
Bathurst is easy to get to from Sydney:
Updates about other options of transport will be provided soon.
Video
Do not miss this:
Newton’s 2017 is brought to you by ASRA
