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Saturday February 21 and Sunday
February 22, 2004, 11:00-15:30 hrs ET -
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What
Wind Powered Ice & Snow Sailing Sports,
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for your school or place of business
- Ontario and Québec's finest group of ice and snow
sailors of all ages will be showing you how they spend their winter outdoors
- You'll see kite skiing, kite snowboarding, Snowfering,
Uniboarding (demo equipment available), Skimbats, ram air kites, IceHawk,
inflatable kites, ice buggies, and more.
- special attendance by World Ice and Snow Sailing
Association (WISSA) champion held in
Italy 2002
Weather Forecast,
ice conditions
Out of Country
visitors
GST Rebate form
Wind Riders and spectators please check in
with one of the organizers when you get there to
sign a waiver and receive your event promotional
package or you can
pre-register
and give the completed form to one of the events
organizers when you arrive.
Parking
Please obey all the displayed parking signs in the
area. The event organizers realize parking may be a
challenge for the weekend, but we're asking everyone
to do there best to respect the community on their
day at the lake.
Activity times
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11:00-11:15hrs All kites in the
air for a photo opportunity
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11:15-11:30hrs Safe & Easy Launching & Retrieval
Techniques for Foil Kites
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11:30-12:00hrs Marker Race
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12:00-13:00hrs Speed trials
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13:00-14:00hrs Freestyle
Jumping, bring your shovels!
Local information at Lake Simcoe:
Bring your FRS radio to the event. When you get to
the lake, if you have any questions or need
assistance, use channel 4 on your FRS Radio. The
event organizers will be monitoring this channel to
support you for the day.
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There's a Family Festival
Schmooze at
Shoeless Joe's 4 PM Saturday only.
It's a few miles south from the event location
on the way back to Toronto. If you mention you
were at the festival and say "I'm a Canadian
Wind Rider", you can get 10% off your food bill.
The address is 18947 Woodbine Avenue at the
south east corner of Woodbine Avenue and Mount
Albert Road. We have reserved seating in the
back room. They have a smoking bar where age of
majority is required. There's also five arcade
games, so bring the whole family. |
Where
(about 1 hour drive north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
in Keswick on the east shores of Cook's Bay Lake
Simcoe, at the foot of Glenwoods Avenue)
Glenwoods Avenue, Keswick, Lake
Simcoe
- From 401, take 404 North to the end. (34.8 km)
- Take the Rural Route 19/GREEN LANE exit- exit
number 53. (.5km)
- Turn RIGHT onto GREEN LANE E/REGIONAL ROUTE 19.
(.6km)
- Turn LEFT onto WOODBINE AVE/REGIONAL ROUTE 8.
(14.3km)
- Past Mount Albert Road, where you'll see Shoeless
Joe's
- Turn LEFT onto GLENWOODS AVE/REGIONAL ROUTE
33. (2.4km)
- at the lights before you come to Leslie, Tim Horton's is a great place
to stop for a coffee and washroom break
- Continue to follow GLENWOODS AVE. until you see the lake
Recommended Accommodations
(Georgina
General Info,
GeorginaMall-for all seasons)
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The Salvation Army Jackson's Point
Conference Centre
P.O. Box 137
1890 Metro Road
Jackson's Point Ontario L0E 1L0
Tel: 905.722.3501/3245
Fax: 905.722.8255
http://jpcc.salvationarmy.ca/ |
Georgina
Resort & Conference Centre
49 Lorne St.
Jackson's Point ON
Tel: 905.7226557 or 1.800.810.7799
http://www.georginaresort.ca/ |
The
Briars
55 Hedge Road,
R.R. 1, Jackson's Point, Ontario, Canada
L0E 1L0
Tel:1-800-465-2376
http://www.briars.ca/ |
Bed &
Breakfast By-The-Lake
RR1, 321 Lake Dr.
North
Keswick, Ontario
L4P 3C8
Phone:905.476.3624
Fax:905.476.9692 |
Spectator Safety
- Kite lines - don't go
between a rider and their kite
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Connections
(Internet Information groups) |
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Kite Skiing |
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kiteskiing/ |
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Kite Snow Boarding |
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kitesnowboarding/ |
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Canadian Kite Buggying |
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/cankitebuggy/ |
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Toronto Kite Flyers |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tkf/ |
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Winter Sailing |
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/wintersailing/ |
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Snowfer |
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/snowfer/ |
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World Ice and Snow Sailing Association (WISSA) |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wissa/ |
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Canadian Kite Surfing |
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/cankitesurf/ |
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Local Clubs |
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Toronto Kite Flyers |
http://www.kites.org/tkf/ |
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Kitchener Waterloo Wind Climbers
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/8336/directory.html |
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Local Merchants & Media |
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Canadian Wind Rider |
Peter Lynn Traction Kites & Buggies, Lessons, Rentals and Q-PowerLine |
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Wind Speed Kites & Design
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Snowfer |
Ice and Snow Board Sailing, Uniboard |
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Air Vision
Adventures, Ltd. |
Alien, Concept Air, Pro Design kites, Flexifoil, Power kiting textbooks |
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Sport Direct |
Paraski Flex |
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Fogh
Marine |
Toronto's #1 sailing shop and selection of
shackles, leader line, and trapeze harnesses |
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Old Firehall Sports Unionville |
Skis, snowboards, clothing, kite ski sharpening & waxing services,
Chris Lightfoot-Hardgoods Manager, Custom Boot Fitter, 905.513.0442 |
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York Regional News Group |
York Regional News - an interactive community,
Georgina Advocate |
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Rock 95
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Barrie's Rock Station |
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