Eh? Oh yeah. Been meaning to fill this in...
Name: Tim Peters
Nickname: Timmy
Age: 24
Job: Research Technician (Uni of Soton)
Degree: MEng Environmental Eng,
Lives: Southampton (Inner Avenue)
Hobby: LONGBOARDING!
And now the lazy bit: I'm literally just going to copy my skate bio from facebook -I'll edit it up with HTML and such later:
Started longboading 2004
Joined University of Southampton autumn '06, graduated '10
Set up the longboard/skateboard club, pres for 3 (non-consecutive) years.
2011
Organising:
Southampton outlaw
Hog Hill (october)
Slide jam series/push race series
Mini-Moto series
IOW charity skate
Attended:Hog Hill (august) 4th Standup, 2nd MinimotoSouthampton Outlaw 1st place, 2place mini moto
Rush Slide Comp - 7th (approx)
Hog Hill (june) 4th standup, 1st mini moto
New forest Outlaw 1st place
Bo peep (IGSA) qualified 15/25
Monument outlaw knocked out
Sun sea and skate- Brighton - non competitive
Plan to attend:
Goodwood roller marathon
Hog Hill (October)
Lush Boardmeeting
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Summer '10:
Organised:
Hog hill Race
Southampton Outlaw
Isle of Wight Charity skate
Attended:
my final year exams :O
Thanet Outlaw
Bournemouth outlaw
Goodwood roller marathon
Koffee Schnapps freeride
Southampton skyride
Summer 09 events attended:
margate push race (1st place) / bath to bristol charity skate / Goodwood roller marathon (2hours 20 mins) / London skyride /
Last day of the Wrong Way Home charity skate
hog hill media day / St aubin-epinay freeride / Canterballs anniversary slide session
Eastbourne world cup (80/120)
longboard source greenwich Jam
6-3-1 series (all 3 locations)
Summer 07: bath to bristol, lush summer session
Co-founded XSS start of 07-08 academic year
2008: cadwell, eastbourne world cup (47/87)
President of XSS 08-09 academic year
Projects:
XSS:
XSS is a university affiliated skate, longboard inline and bmx club, founded to provide support for extreme sports athletes at the uni. Every year so far we have taught around 2-4 people to skate from scratch, and generally have a session with 6-8 people on a weekly basis with additional sessions on sundays and sometimes in the week. Current membership is around 20 students, with numerous local longbarders affiliating themselves with the group.
We have secured club sponsorship from a local pub and skate shop, and have close links with Longboard sessions and the rest of the community.
UKLL:
Uk longboard league is the name of a group consisting of myself and 2 other riders who are trying to push and develop the UK longboard scene. It's the official group name necessary to be presentable for the hiring of venues etc, and to represent the interests of uk longboarders in general.
6-3-1 series competition:
with the UKLL, a 3 way outlaw competition was set up. It proved one of the drivers for the 2010 outlaw league. The goals of pushing people's ability and creating bigger better sessions and having more fun have been fulfilled far better than anticipated so far.
Hog Hill race days:
2 Successful longboard events at hog hill - 1 producing £600 profit for the UK longboard scene.
XSS club trip to Hog hill - To be organised as a multi-uni training weekend for beginners and a fun session for riders.
Andover Skate Park Project:
Part of the bid team working on behalf of the locals to bring all the ideas together and present the council with the info they need to build a new top-rate skate facility, most likely including the famous Andover bowl that was skater-built in the late 70's.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_159935544059052
Disciplines:
Slide: average, but learning fast
DH: average, waiting for better local hills for practice
Push: PB marathon 2h8mins
Slalom: working knowledge
flatland: basic boardwalking, confident pumping
Switch: learning fast due to sliding and teaching people to skate.
Park/bowl: Will do once Andover is done ;)
