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Come join the Hissfits July 17th, 18th and 19th, 2026 in beautiful Wild & Wonderful West Virginia for three days of Slalom Racing and Comradery. This year we are beyond Stoked to be the Host of US Nationals!The Rattler-US Nationals is a major sanctioned ISSA-International Slalom Skateboard Association National Championship event. All three race days will be at the HISS Sanctuary located at Little Creek Park, South Charleston.
Rattler-Nationals 2026 will have Pro and Amateur courses for Giant, Hybrid and Tight disciplines. Due to this being a Major ranked race and the predicted turn out, practice will be limited to two practice runs per course and will be monitored for fairness.
Ramps will be set up the night before the race. Mellow S-shaped start Ramps will be set for head to head racing. The HISS Paralyzer will return for Giant slalom, but a smaller S-shaped ramp will also be available.
The course and timing system will be set every morning for Pro's and reset for the Am's after Pro racing and lunch. Racers will not be allowed to run the courses before their set practice times.
We will be using the Trackmate timing system for the Tight and Hybrid races and a single lane digital timer will be used for Giant Slalom.
*Masters will get to vote on which course they will run prior to the event so that the spreadsheets for time keeping can be created and ready for racing.
*If six or more Amateur Women are racing they will compete in their own bracket.
Friday July 17th: Giant Slalom
6:30 to 7:30am Roll Call, Registration, Sign Waivers and Late Racing Fee Payments.
7:45am Pro Men, Pro Women and Masters (If they vote to run Pro course) racers meeting.
8:00am Pro Giant Slalom Practice will start.
We will begin Pro Giant Slalom racing immediately after practice has closed. We will run the Pro Giant Slalom course in order of the racers' ISSA rankings from lowest to highest, beginning with Masters, then Pro Women and ending with Pro Men.
We will break for lunch and set the Amateur course.
1:30pm Juniors, Amateurs and Masters (If they vote to run the Am course) racers meeting.
1:45pm Amateur Giant Slalom Practice will start.
We will begin Amateur Giant Slalom racing immediately after practice has closed. We will run the Amateur Giant Slalom course in order of the racers' ISSA rankings from lowest to highest, beginning with Juniors, Amateur Men, Amateur Women and ending with Masters.
Saturday July 18th: Tight Slalom
7:45am Pro Men, Pro Women and Masters (If they vote to run the Pro course) racers meeting.
8:00am Pro Tight slalom practice will start.
We will begin Pro Tight Slalom racing immediately after practice has closed. Pro Men, Pro Women and Masters will run qualifying together. After qualifying, Masters, Pro Women and Pro Men will complete their brackets separately in that order.
We will break for lunch and set the Amateur course.
130pm Juniors, Amateur Men & Women and Masters (If they vote to run the Am course) racers meeting.
145pm Juniors, Amateur Men & Women and Masters Tight Slalom practice will start.
We will begin Amateur Tight Slalom racing immediately after practice has closed. Amateur Men & Women, Masters and Juniors will run qualifying together. After qualifying we will run Juniors, Masters, Amateur Women and Amateur Men to complete their brackets separately in that order.
Sunday July 19th: Hybrid Slalom
*Hybrid will be the tie breaker
7:45am Pro Men, Pro Women and Masters (If they vote to run the Pro course) racers meeting.
8:00am Pro Hybrid Slalom practice will start.
We will begin Pro Hybrid racing immediately after practice has closed. Pro Men, Pro Women and Masters will run qualifying together. After qualifying, Masters, Pro Women and Pro Men will complete their brackets separately in that order.
We will break for lunch and set the Amateur course.
130pm Juniors, Amateur Men & Women and Masters (If they vote to run the Am course) racers meeting.
145pm Juniors, Amateur Men & Women and Masters Hybrid Slalom practice will start.
We will begin Amateur Hybrid Slalom racing immediately after practice has closed. Amateur Men & Women, Masters and Juniors will run qualifying together. After qualifying we will run Juniors, Masters, Amateur Women and Amateur Men to complete their brackets separately in that order.
We'll wrap up this awesome weekend Sunday evening with an awards ceremony at a site to be determined. Previous years we hung out under the Pavilion, but I'm looking into a close off-site location with food and drink!
1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies will be awarded for each discipline and for Over-All results to Pro Men, Pro Women, Amateur Men, Amateur Women, Masters and Juniors.
Overall Pro Men and Pro Women 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will also equally share the prize purse.
There is plenty to do for the entire family within the park: hiking and mountain biking trails, disc golf, two tennis courts, two basketball courts and playgrounds.
Adjacent to Little Creek Park is Little Creek Park golf course and they have a swimming pool!!
We're looking forward to seeing returning racers to the Sanctuary again this year and ready to welcome first timers. We can't wait to see who will roll away a US Champion at Rattler-US Nationals 2026! Will it be you??
Register today!
$125 Entry Fee until April 30th.
$150 Entry fee beginning May 1st.
$180 day day of the race.
Register and Pay at USASLALOMSKATEBOARDING.COM
You can also pay using PayPay @Chris Risk
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Accommodations
This year the Holiday Inn and Suites, located at 400 Second ave South Charleston, WV is our host hotel. They have set aside double queen and single king rooms for only $129 per night and have included breakfast.
The link to the Holiday Inn is available on the usaslalomskateboarding.com event page or contact Chris at [email protected] and ask for it.
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Event Venue
Little Creek Park, 105 Little Creek Ln,South Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston, United States
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