Racers
Some of the early stars of Slalom racing were Henry Hester, Bobby Piercy, and John Hutson. These skaters won many of the races of the 70's. Since the rebirth of the sport in the 2000, with the organization of the 2000 World Championships of Slalom, put on by Jack Smith in Morro Bay, CA, racers such as Gary Cross, Paul Dunn, and Chicken Deck dominated. More recently the most successful racers were Kenny Mollica and Jason Mitchell in the U.S., and Luca Gianmarco, and Maurus Stroble in Europe for the men's division, the top women racers have been 6 time World Champion Lynn Kramer, former 2003 World Champion Judi Oyama of the (US) Ella Roggero (UK), Kathrin Sehl (GER), and Noemi Reichel (SUI) in Europe. The current fastest men's riders are George Pappas, Martin Reaves, Zak Maytum, Joe McLaren of the (US) and current World Champion Dominik Kowalski, (GER) Viktor Hadestrand (SWE) and Christopher Dupont (FRA) in Europe.
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