I also wanted to start a thread discussing the possiblity of having
some diversity of activities at our events. As I help plan for our
first event in Milwaukee in many years, we have concluded that
adding a freestyle event, lessons and possibly a speed event would
be good things to do. Other variations might be more slalam events,
swap meets at events, etc...

A challenge for race directors would be to possibly develop the same
consistancy for running these types of events as we have with our
course and distance events. Should there be points for freestyle?
Speed? Etc...

I would be interested in the thoughts of the more experienced race
directors on this issue, as well as the participants that feel that
they would enjoy a little more diversity. I want to be clear that I
am not suggesting undermining the course racing that we are already
doing, as obviously we have a fairly strong crowd interested in
this. I am wondering if, for a little extra investment of energy,
we might be able to add other dimensions to our events that might
either draw more participants, more spectator interest, or just help
give our competitors more options during down time.

Your thoughts?