My name is Kyle Castaneda , I am 16 years old . I first started skating when I was about 13 years old . I started on a classic luge for a couple of races then after a year I also got a street luge and started racing both . For classic luge I’ve raced in the 2006/2007 California Downhill Series # 4 juniors and took 2^nd, 2006/2007 California downhill series # 5 juniors and took 2^nd, 2007 North American Downhill Championships juniors and took 2^nd , 2007/2008 California Downhill Series #1 and took 2^nd, 2007/2008 North American Downhill Championships and took 1^st, 2008 Maryhill Festival of Speed and took 11^th 2008 North American Downhill Championships and took 4^th in open and 2^nd in junior, Maryhill Festival of Speed 2009 I took 6^th in open, 2009 US National Championships and took 1^st in juniors and 5^th in open. In Street Luge I’ve raced in the 2007/2008 California Downhill Series #1 juniors and took 2^nd , 2007 North American Downhill Championships amd took 2^nd in juniors and 7^th in open, 2008 Maryhill Festival of Speed World Championships and took 20^th , 2008 North American Championships and took 12^th in open and 2^nd in juniors, 2009 Maryhill Festival of Speed and took 14^th, 2009 US National Championships and took 6^th in open.

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Keith Henderson
Northern California
Downhill, Slalom & Luge Racer

I attended my first Outlaw in 2008 when I was 13, the youngest rider to compete at Dump Road, Southern California. I also started competing in Slalom, and in 2009 at Bonelli I competed in my first IGSA Luge Race. DOWNHILL EVENTS: NCDSA Outlaws - Dump Road, Bolinas, Turri Road, Perfemo Canyon IGSA - Maryhill Festival of Speed Worlds 2008, 2009 and upcoming 2010, Bonelli North American Championships 2008, 2009, and upcoming 2010.

SLALOM EVENTS: Outlaws - Ditch Slap 2009 New Mexico ISSA - Morro Bay CA Nationals 2008 Hood River Gorge Games 2008 Oregon State Games Morro Bay Nationals 50 cone TS Jrs; 3rd Place Bolinas Rd Outlaw Jrs. 3rd Place Oregon State Games Jr. 3rd Place Morro Bay Nationals Hybrid Slalom Jrs.

2009 PODIUM FINISHES: 1st Place Worlds Juniors Slalom Hood River, OR; Took 3 Golds and 1 Silver in Slalom at Oregon State Games, Salem, OR; Bonelli 2nd Place Classic Luge US Championships.

2010 is starting out great with a 2nd place finish at Turri Road ISSA/IGSA. Next Stop Maryhill Festival of Speed.

Kyle Castaneda
Southern California
Street & Classic Luge Racer

Calvin Staub
Colorado
Downhill Racer

I started trick skating as a kid but never really got good at it. My neighborhood friend got a longboard and I was stoked on it. I got a longboard myself and started riding. After a while all my friends who longboarded with me stopped doing it and I was left by myself. I taught myself how to slide and footbreak and after a while I got better and wanted to hit bigger things. I discovered stuff on the web and was like "I want to do downhill". I got in contact with some ColoRADo rippers, started racing and the rest is history. I'm really grateful of the support my parents give me doing this and I wouldn't be doing this without them backing me. I met the Tactis crew at my second race in California in '08. After Maryhill '09 I did really good, hung out with the guys and was on the team. Tactis is great and hook it up with good equipment to keep rollin' good. My best racing accomplishments are: Munnsville '08 6th, 1st Amateur; Bonelli '08 3rd Juniors; 1st Squaw Peak Outlaw; 5th Buffalo Bill DH; 17th Maryhill '09, 2nd Juniors; 3rd NOCO Outlaw; 16th Bonelli '09, 5th Juniors; 2nd Ye Olde Winter Outlaw. Others: Favorite board=Deelite Nemesis/Deity Drakkar; Top Speed=66.1 mph; Favorite race=Buffalo Bill Downhill, Paskapoo DH Rodeo, Maryhill. Puerto Rico was a 6th Place Finish.