Florida Events- Downwinder Races on Both Coasts!!!

[ricki]

"KITE NIGHT - This Friday Sept 22nd, 2006 7pm-11pm

Attention all kiteboarders. XRated Kiteboarding along with Tiki Beach Watersports will be hosting a Kite Nite event on Fort Lauderdale beach just feet from Tiki Beach. The event will be held at the Treasure Trove located just in front of the Swimming Hall of Fame. Free food and drink specials will whet your appitites as the kite videos play on the televisions that surround the bar as well as the new plasma screen which can be see from across the street. Come and check out all the new 2007 gear, there will be giveaways and a raffle for a new 17.5m Slingshot kite as well. It's been a cruel summer here in South Florida and the winds are about to blow. We owe it to ourselves to come together in celebration of the END OF SUMMER!!! Kiters unite! Let's blow it up!

2007 TAMPA BAY KITEMASTERS - November 2007

This year the TampaBay KiteMasters is kicking off the Florida competitions with a 25 mile downwind race from Honeymoon Island to Bongos Beach Bar on St Pete Beach in NOVEMBER!!! A MAXIMUM of 50 riders will brave chest to overhead choppy swell in this all out cannonball run down the coast. Bring your quarters for the trolley ride because there will NOT be any rescue boats this year. Check out www.tampabaykitemasters.com for more info and registration, spots are going fast.

WORLDS LONGEST DOWNWIND RACE - First available wind day after Thanksgiving

From Jupiter to Tiki Beach Ft. Lauderdale. No teams required. More information coming shortly. Registration will be available in a couple of weeks

Hope to see you there. Cheers Neil"

[ricki]

I just heard from Neil, in addition to the first get together of the season for kiters here, he will also be raffling off ...

One Best Kite
One Slingshot Kite
One Cabrinha Kiteboard

in addition of other prizes!

So, food, drinks, kite videos, talk of the upcoming downwinder races in Tampa/St. Pete and from Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale, great company ... sounds like a must attend party.

See you there!