Cancelation of the Monster Mastership 2007

This is the official Press release from promoter Tilman Goebel:

The European Skateboard Association mourns in deepest sympathy for Shane Cross, who died in a tragic accident this week. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and everybody who felt close to him.
R.I.P. Shane we miss you!

14th April	Kufstein – Austria	King of the ramp	bowl - indoor
21st & 22nd April	Wevelgem – Belgium	Adio Rock Zumiez	street - indoor
07th–10th June	Malmo – Sweden	Quicksilver Bowlriders	bowl - outdoor
14th–17th June	Middlesbrough – England	Etnies GvR, Bowlmasters, Push Girls
22nd-24th June	Rouen – France	King Of Wood	bowl, street - indoor
29th June-1st July	Ravenna – Italy	Slam Trick	vert, street - outdoor
13th-15th July	Prague - Czech Republic	Mystic Cup	vert, street - tent
13th-15th July	Lausanne - Switzerland	Riders Games (TBC)
20th-22th July	Amsterdam – Netherlands	Amsterdam AM	street - indoor
28st-29th July	Oldenzaal – Netherlands	Oerend Hard	snakerun, catamaran etc. - outdoor
27th-29th July	Rotterdam – Netherlands	WSR (date TBC)	street, vert - indoor
27th-29th July	Frankfurt – Germany	Bright!	tradeshow
09th-12th August	Basel – Switzerland	European Championships	street, vert, mini/bowl
09th-12th August	Basel – Switzerland	ESA	annual meeting
Septemberr	Eindhoven – Netherlands	Globe BowlBash - TBC	bowl - indoor

Hello Europe,
Hereby I inform you that there is a European standard for complete skateboards (EN13613) and a European standard for skateparks in unsupervised area's (EN14974).
I don't think it is good to standarize skateboards and skateparks because it causes limitations which is not good for skateboarding in general.
But the E.U. decided that there has to be a standard for skateboards and skateparks, so we are forced to live with it.
The only thing you and I can do is try to change the standards in something we can live with better. 
I am the only skateboarder involved in the standardization process of above standards since 2004.
The committee for skateboards this is CEN/TC 136 WG10.
The committee for skateparks this is CEN/TC 136 WG12.

EUROPEAN STANDARD FOR SKATEBOARDS EN13613
The European standard (EN 13613) is already effective in all EU countries since 2001.
This means that all complete quality skateboards are illegal, even when they are assembled by a skateshop!
Illegal because they don't have a whole list of users and maintainance instructions, marking and a whole bunch of manufacturer's info.
There are several issues in this standard that I don't aggree with.
The status of EN13613 is that it is in revision right now.
Johan Andersson from Sweden and Jim Gay from the US are supporting me in this revision process.

European Standard for skateparks in unsupervised area's (EN14974)
This standard has become effective since November 2006.
Before EN14974 most of the European countries used the old German DIN standard.
This antiquated and standard was draft for EN14974.
I became member of the European committee WG12 in a very late stage.
I still managed to change a lot in the interest for skateboarding by using logic arguments from a users perspective.
Still there are several things in EN14974 that I do not aggree with.

WANT TO HAVE INFUENCE?  
Right now I can use support (financial and technical) for the skateboard standard very well.
The next meeting of WG10 is March 20th-21st in Cologne, Germany.
You can become member of WG10 if you become member of your national standarization intsitute.
This costs apprx. 1000,- euro a year.
When you are member, you can also take part/decide in the European standard committee for skateparks in the future.
You can also support me technically by giving your comments on EN13613 and giving your comments on my comments on EN13613.
If you are interested, please send me an email to bram@skateboardfederatie.nl.
The past years Skateboard Federation Netherlands paid almost €4000,- on membership fee's and travel + hotel for the meetings.
I am looking for ways to refund this money to keep me motivated to do this boring work.
If you have any suggestions, please email me.