It's not based here because no shop or organization wants to sponsor
it. Mac Kite in Grand Haven has a booming kite business and wants to
continue to promote kiteboarding in SW Michigan.

Perhaps you could ask Best, kitesonline.com or where ever you buy
your kite to host an event here?

Mike

--- In kitesurf-chicago@yahoogroups.com, tim grossnickle
<tog0713@y...> wrote:
> The nice evening sesh John Quinn and I had a M last night on
buttery flat water and the NWS forecast for the weekend that seems to
have a lot of East Winds makes me want to say to the King of Air -
Great Lakes organizers, "Why don't you base this competition in
Chicago??" We have airline connections from everywhere in a major
media center with a huge beach that works on most wind directions in
the Fall.
>
> Basing the competition in Chicago also gives you the option of
going Northwest to Illinois Beach State park on a big SSE wind or to
nearby Miller on a Big West wind or to Tiscornia on a big SW wind.
>
> I personally love Grand Haven, but its not a major media center
and if it blows from the East as it might this weekend you have no
competition. By holding it in Chicago you gain major media exposure
and have nearby options for any wind direction.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
>
>
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