Key West Spring Break College Comp INFO THIS WEEKEND

[TritonKiteboarding]

College Kiteboarding Regional Championships
Hosted by
The Collegiate Kiteboarding Association
And
The Kitehouse


Friday March 14th, 

9:00 a.m. - Registration Opens(Collegiate Riders Only)

10:30 a.m. - Boarder-X 

1:00 p.m. Beach BBQ (BYO Food & Beverages)

3:00 p.m. End of day Freestyle Warm Up Session

4:30 p.m. Smathers Clean-up

6:30 p.m. Event Riders meet at Mallory Square for Sunset Celebration and Duval Bar Crawl.


Saturday, March 15th

10:00 a.m. Riders Meeting

10:30 a.m. All Day Freestyle Expression Session
Different Disciplines to be voted on, riders and select judges will fill ballots to declare winners. There will be over 15 different award titles to win.
 There will be an different awards for variations in Wakestyle, Old School, Kiteloop, Kicker/ Slider?, Big air, Overall Style.


3:00 p.m. DJ Kulcha Shok spins the finest tunes down on smathers beach (Expression Session Continues)


6:30 p.m. Smathers Cleanup


10:00-2:00 p.m. Willie T's After Party 
The Homegrown Band from Bermuda,
Awards Ceremony, Drink Specials, Beer Pong, Maddd Mojito's,

Sunday, March 16th (Roll-over day)
If both freestyle and boarder-x were completed we will host 1-3 short course races

This day will mainly be used as photo/video/sponsor promo day
10:00 a.m. Riders Meeting

Schedule TBA Weather/Wind Pending






*****Rules and Regulations:******All riders hitting obstacles such as ramps, rails, kickers, or sliders MUST wear a Helmet and Protection.

****At no point should riders have their kites up on the beach for extended periods of time.

****All competitors should launch their kites facing the water, not the Dunes/Road

****Safety Leashes Must Be Worn

****All requests made by event officials, CKA / Kitehouse Representatives must be obeyed and respected in regards to safety, where to ride and not to ride and respecting local access and The Kitehouse.

Sponsors will include:
Collegiate Kiteboarding Association

The Kitehouse

Cabrinha Kiteboarding

Slingshot Kiteboarding

X-Rated Kiteboarding

Water Culture Inc. (Triton Kiteboarding)

Watersports West

Red Bull

Arnette

Transcend Apparel

Dakine

Eclipse

The Homegrown Band

Kulcha Shok

The Otherside Boardsports

Best Kiteboarding



Schools In Attendance:
Eckerd College
University of South Florida
University of Central Florida
University of North Florida
Lynn University
University of Miami
Connecticut College
Florida International University
Florida State University
Savannah College of Art and Design
University of Florida

You must be an active college student to ride in this event, you must bring a current student I.D. to prove this 



Riders who have attended previous tour stops will be given priority in event entry, Max Capacity of 32 Riders, Registrations Required Before Event.

There will be a pro division for any current college students with rider sponsorships.


Registered Riders:
1. Matt Sexton (Eckerd)
2. Alex Moore (Eckerd)
3. Tripp Hobbs (Eckerd)
4. Oliver Berlic (Eckerd)
5. Grant Gyland (Eckerd)
6. Dan Tilly (Eckerd)
7. Preston Barnwell (Eckerd)
8. Sam Wieksnar (Eckerd)
9. Wells Preston (Eckerd)
10. Mark Barber (UNF)
11. Robert Bosso (UNF)
12. Eric Escudero (UNF)
13. Greg Maduros (UNF)
14. Justice Bentz (UNF)
15. Tristan Hays (UCF)
16. Alex Fox (UCF) (Eclipse)
17. Kyle Kosterlitz (UCF)
18. John Fiengold (UF)
19. Billy Bosch (UF)
20. John Modica (Conn College) (Cabrinha)
21. Brandon Breuil (FIU) (Liquid Force)
22. Chase Kosterlitz (USF)
23. Mitch Hall (USF)
24. Brandon Biggs (Lynn)
27. Justice Bentz (UNF)
28. Ian McKoewn (UMiami) (Liquid Force)
29. Brian Walters (FSU)
30. Paul Sheetz (FSU)
31. Ryan Druyor (FSU)
32. Stephanie Berlic (Eckerd)

[TritonKiteboarding]

Stop by OTHERSIDE BOARD SPORTS Mile Marker 87
Very cool people that have helped alot with the set up of our events.
Tell them where you are going and you will be treated with some sweet warm luvin'. YeyyII

[The Kite House]

ALL are welcome to come and watch the event, should be fun, light winds will make it harder, break out the skim boards!

This event is issued under a permit from the city of key west for college riders to come and ride and compete. If you are not registered, you will not be permitted to ride during the hours of 10 am -3pm, as the beach is permitted to the comp. I have had some inquires that companies will send riders down and do demos. As a company that does business , doing a demo is solicitation . Please leave this for the riders, this is not a free event to come and pimp gear[if it was i would have cabrinha right out there..lol]. Make this a positve event, you will be asked to leave if you are from company’s trying to promote gear.The codes people will be there inforce, as during spring break and the rest of the year "no" one can sell, demo , or advertise with out a permit. Trust me, just trying to save some people along drive then just to be pissed off.

Winds will be light, but we have some funs things to do for them!

[kent]

Darn Paul, does Todd have to cancel the private CABRINHA jet with pre-paid hookers for the event?

All kidding aside, it the event totally closed to students? If not, i'd like to go around a few buoys, if so have fun down there. Thanks.

Regards,

Kent Marinkovic

[BigIan]

you forgot liquid force next to my name way to go .
- Ian

[eclipsedave]

Just to let all you know Eclipse will be giving away a 12 nano this weekend http://www.eclipsekiteboarding.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=89 Also I will be looking for the top 3 riders from each college for a sweet offer from Eclipse and a major company this is big trust me

[kent]

cool Dave, Cabrinha is looking for the top 6 riders from each school and I talked to Neil from Slingshot and he's going with the middle 3 plus the 2nd place guy and most of the rowing team. SWEET!

[The Kite House]

the beach is there for the riders in the comp, and is permited and insured for that till tuesday.......so wind looks like sat and monday. Again, the beach is not open for bussiness....please contact me if you have questions. As i am held responsible for this buy the city and insurance company, there kite companys will have to follow the guideline, you can see what i wrote above.

paul@thekitehouse.com

There is no schedualed demo days, i repeat.....sorry kent private jets, people just showing up,sorry.

[eclipsedave]

Okay no demos Does this mean I shouldnt bring the DEMO video that Dasher put together of the JupiterkiteInvasion and the Jupiter2ftlauderdale race That will be out soon only at http://jupiterkiteboarding.com/

[BigIan]

you forgot liquid force next to my name way to go .
- Ian

[latino]

Before I drive all the way down to Keywest, will you guys hold the event even if there is no wind? The wind looks really week for the weekend. The wind report is calling for 11knots tops.

Are 8th and 9th graders aloud to compete in this event?

Thanks, Enrique

[ricki]

Before I drive all the way down to Keywest, will you guys hold the event even if there is no wind? The wind looks really week for the weekend. The wind report is calling for 11knots tops.

Are 8th and 9th graders aloud to compete in this event?

Thanks, Enrique

Hey Enrique,

Matt must be snowed under getting ready for the event to respond so I'll take a swing at it. Someone else asked the same question so I already have the answer in this case.

This is a permitted, insured College Event for registered participants. If you don't have a current college ID you won't be riding, even for fun, at the event site on Smathers Beach until the event is over. So, no high school students or even ex-college guys like myself will be permitted on the water at the event site. There are further prohibitions on commercial gear demos.

I was thinking of going but all things considered may opt for some deep scooter free diving off Key Largo. Hope the guys have fun and more importantly take some pictures so the rest of us can see some of what went on. Youtube is great, stills and youtube are even better, hint.

Have fun down there guys. Reminds me of a Spring Break we once had ....

p.s.- Hey Matt, if any of this is inaccurate please let us know.

[latino]

thanks ricki
2 more years for my kid