Bridge Of The Gods Kiteboarding Festival This Fri-Sat

bambam · Since 15 Mar 2005 760 Posts Hood River Photographer

G. Reed,

Next year I will be the big 40 and plan on making BOTG no matter what! Kiteloops, unhooked stuff, and handle passes better be judged for us old farts as I am finally starting to be able to throw this stuff and plan to clean up in the Masters next year!

Bam

G.Reed · Since 30 Jul 2006 51 Posts

Bam Bam,

I'm not sure if I should be more scared of seeing you screaming at me while I'm on the water or in the stands.

We'll miss your stoke this year.

Gary

G.Reed · Since 30 Jul 2006 51 Posts

Here's the latest plans. Similar to last year, we're going to have 3 categories which you can enter.

1. Best Trick
2. Kite Loop
3. Retro - this means all the old school moves (no handle passes or kite loops)

So you better practice your 1080's, board off's, CanCan's and DeadMen. We're also planning on putting more people on the water at a time again this year. Everyone was stoked with the action of having a lot of riders at once last year.

Play hard & Pray for Wind!

EdG · Since 19 Dec 2005 424 Posts Just a Kook that's Obsessed

is there a photo day? I should be back in time and would like to take pic's again since i won't be on the water.

G.Reed · Since 30 Jul 2006 51 Posts

There will be lots of photographers and riders on the water on Friday the 20th.

Mountain Dew is going to be filming for a commercial so we hope lots of riders will be out there.

hedquista · Since 13 Apr 2007 72 Posts Salt lake city

how crowded is it going to be? will there be enough room for us to get the kites in the air? i forsee a bad day of back up like at pdx airport waiting to land. I plan to be there and cant wait for the sick tricks to see. jsut wondering really. the utah crew is on its way up and they want to ride. i got to show them a good time. this looks like the ticket
keats

Spike · Since 13 May 2007 1414 Posts Alameda Spelling Expert

say there is room, and there isn't rain, will there be wind...?

benji712 · Since 30 Apr 2006 34 Posts Boardman

does anyone know if the timing is gona roll over to sunday? the weather is lookin kinda shitty and wind is looking like its gonna be on the weak side.

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

come on guys... haven't you ever heard of thinking positive? besides, we were invited to a party tonight! Thumb's Up

tonyb · Fri Jul 20, 07 8:28 am

Party on, Garth!!! Smile

We'll still break out the rum if anybody shows up but what do you guys think about postponing the event till next weekend? I know if will mess up the people who've traveled in specifically for the event but the lack of wind is going to do that anyway. The local sponsors can probably deal with the change to a better weekend.

We went to the Velocity games in Corpus this spring and they had the same thing happen - no wind for 3 days, no kites flying, no competitors, and most importantly, no spectators for the event. I think they will struggle next year to get the local sponsors involved as they did not get anything out of it.

The strapless event was kind of flexible this way - they wanted to go to the coast but because there was no wind they stayed in HR to make it go.

Just a thought!

Tony

Mark · Fri Jul 20, 07 8:40 am

I Agree. I think the event will go off better if the weather and Wind are there. Better to delay and have a great event than to have a potentialy bad event.