Jeff,
Thats strange and cool there is a shop there in Anc. i cant find them
online, do you have a web address or phone number?

Ben, can your inflatable boat take an outboard. does it have the wood
back to mount it to?

im glad you guys are on boards, thanks for the offer to help out. i
may need it.

One thing i did want to get squared away is the date. here are some of
the considerations: the earlier in the summer, the better the wind but
also the cooler. later in the summer the wind peeters off a little but
everything is greener and warmer. we want the tides to be low between
1pm and 6pm, about. we would like as many kiters as possible be able
to come so im trying to figure in fishing seasons. bristol bay starts
the end of june and i know a few kiters missed the event last summer
(june 20th) because they went to bristol bay. does anyone know exactly
when those guys usually leave?

If anyone wants to send me an 09 tide book, i would appreciate it.
Box 912, Flagtsaff, AZ. 86002.

Traveler

--- In kitesurfalaska@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Brown <jeff@...> wrote:
>
> Hola guys,
>
> Shop in town is Zakıs Boardroom (715 W. 4th Ave, Open Tues-Sat 11-7)
Nice
> location and cool crew working there. They are pretty new to kiting
> themselves, but I spoke with Zak and they are very interested in
learning as
> much as possible about kites. They are a ³Skate/Snow/Wake/Surf/Kite²
shop
> that currently carries a few Ozone kites in the shop and my guess is
that
> they will eventually team up with Tom Fredricks to offer some
instruction as
> well. Definitely a great idea to try to team up with them for some
kind of
> sponsorship.
>
> Hoping to get my brother James to come up from Colorado to kite with
us this
> summer, Iım sure he would throw a few cool moves to make us feel like
> newbies. I would love to take him on a mini AK summer Kite tour and
spend a
> few days in Homer at the event for sure. Lemme make some calls and
emails
> about some level of sponsorship for the event from Ozone. BTW, check
out his
> grassroots snowkitemag...www.driftsnowkitemag.com
>
> Everything else is sounding great you guys. I will do some brainstorming
> here and see what else I can come up with to help. I ran out of time
last
> summer to really do anything for you, but perhaps I can be more help
this go
> around.
>
> -Jeff
>
> On 12/17/08 8:21 PM, "Ben Belfiglio" <benbelfiglio@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey Traveler,
> >
> > You have some great ideas for the fest. I've designed a bunch of
T-shirts
> > over the years and can try to come up with some ideas if you want.
> >
> > I'll plan on bringing the the boat down, since we'll be coming
down from
> > Anchorage, we may be able to bring a tent down, depending on how
big it is, I
> > just have a 4Runner. If we want to purchase food in bulk from
Costco, we
> > could bring that down too.
> >
> > Also there is a new board shop downtown Anchorage that's been
advertising that
> > they have kite and surf stuff. I'll try to swing by sometime,
they might be
> > interested in sponsoring something.
> >
> > Looking forward to getting out more next summer, maybe trying
snowkiting this
> > winter.
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >>
>