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I just heard from Neil who asked me to pass along the following news ...


The guys are hard at it again and are calling for intermediate or stronger riders to join in on the
FIRST EVER South Florida BOARDERCROSS COMPETITION!!!



What is it?

Boardercross is a race of small groups of riders around a set of buoys and OVER floating obstacles. Neil tells me it will consist of a course around five buoys and three floating obstacles (rubber bananas). The first Boardercross in Florida was held last weekend in Tampa. See the post about the Tampa Kiteboard Masters Competition for photos and info.


The layout for the Tampa race is above. The layout of the Miami race may be different in some respects.

Where and When is it?

Hobie Beach, Virginia Key off Rickenbacker Cswy in Miami, OUTSIDE the out of bounds swimming buoys! This is the area to the west of the Miami Sea Aquarium on the south side of the causeway.

Registration starts at 9 am, Saturday, February 11, 2006.




Who can race?

Neil tells me that the first 32 riders to sign up Saturday morning that are intermediate riders or stronger who can ride upwind and jump 3 ft. or higher on demand. Knowing how to both avoid and to try to handle line tangles with other kiters is important too! Helmets and impact vests could help.


What does it cost?

There is no fee to race OTHER than a SIX PACK OF IMPORTED BEER (Kent's idea).

And ... WINNER TAKES ALL the registration suds!!!



Remember ... don't drink and ride, especially with that cat!


Who is sponsoring this?

NOBODY! This is just a bunch of guys choosing to get together, solely at their own risk, to have fun.


What is the forecast? Checkout: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/marine.php


If this works out, Neil tells me there may be more, perhaps a lot more of these in the future.