Quite a lot has happened since the last update in June. To put it briefly, team rider Abdil "Furlong" Mahdzan had already raced in 2 events, namely the 2005 IGSA World Cup USA from June 3-5 and the 2005 IGSA World Cup Sweden from June 27-July 1. The race report for the World Cup USA has already been written, whereas the race report for the World Cup Sweden will be written after Furlong gets back from his next race in New York which is taking place this weekend (July 30-31). The event in New York is none other than the Madison County Gravity Festival (or MCGF for short) and this is the 4th year in a row that the event is being held. This event promises to be bigger and better than ever.

In other related news, Bill Smrtic and Stacy Allen, who are exceptionally talented racers from Oklahoma, were terribly injured while street luging this past weekend. They had been to the MCGF event last year and will be dearly missed at this year's event. Everyone from the gravity sports community would like to offer these 2 brave racers and their families their thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

To everyone else out there, please take care while riding and ride within your limits. There have been quite a number of street luge related accidents this year, including Furlong himself who crashed at Reno Monument in Maryland back in March but fortunately was not injured other than having a throbbing headache after his helmet hit the pavement at high speed. Two tablets of aspirin cured that.

More updates coming after MCGF IV !