Lake Simcoe Wind Sports:Events

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"Inaugural Lake Simcoe Winter Wind Sports Festival" - Georgina, Ontario

When: 11:00-16:00 hrs ET, Saturday March 15 and Sunday March 16, 2003

Information - The Toronto Star-NICHOLAS KEUNG

Wind Riders please check in with Grant Fitz or one of the organizers when you get there
Telephone Information Line (the voice of Natasha) 416.736.9731 extension 182370
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.
There's a get together at the Blue Moose 905.722.4447 at 5 PM Saturday only. It's about one mile from the event location. If you mention you were at the festival and say "Meet me at the Moose", you can get 5% off your bill. The address is 20865 Dalton Road at the intersection of Dalton and High Street in the TD Plaza. It is a bar, so the age of majority is required. They do have a non-smoking section.

Weather prediction for the weekend as of March 16 (theweathernetwork.com)

Saturday March 15 - Mainly sunny, 0% chance of precipitation, High 6°C Low -8°C 10 km/h SE (actual at location 0-5 km/hr N, due to lake land thermic effect)
Sunday March 16 - Cloudy periods, 20% chance of precipitation, High 11°C Low -4°C 15-20 km/h S

Where (about 1 hour drive north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in Sutton on the south shore of Lake Simcoe)

De La Salle Park, Lake Simcoe map
- From 401, take 404 North to the end.
- Take the Rural Route 19/GREEN LANE exit- exit number 53.
- Turn RIGHT onto GREEN LANE E/REGIONAL ROUTE 19.
- Turn LEFT onto WOODBINE AVE/REGIONAL ROUTE 8.
- After passing through Keswick, follow Woodbine to the RIGHT and it becomes 8A Baseline Road Sutton.
- Turn LEFT onto Kennedy Road.
- Follow Kennedy Road past Metro Road until you get to the lake.
- Kennedy ends at the lake at Lake Drive East.
- Turn RIGHT onto Lake Drive East.
- Follow it around the lake until you get to De La Salle Park.
- Please park in the parking lot in the De La Salle Chapel Community Centre.
- Look for the windsock on the lake.

What Wind Powered Sailing Sports, Quicktime Luff 2 video Need a Player? Get Quicktime

Ontario's finest group of ice and snow sailors will be showing you how they spend their winter outdoors
You'll see kite skiing, kite snowboarding, Snowfering, Snowfer Uniboard (demo equipment available - look for Charles Chepregi), Skimbats, ram air kites, IceHawk, inflatable kites, ice buggies, how-to books, kite videos and more ...
special attendance by WISSA World Champion held in Italy 2002

Recommended Accommodations (Georgina General Info, GeorginaMall-for all seasons)

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.georginainn.com

The Briars
55 Hedge Road,
R.R. 1, Jackson's Point, Ontario, Canada
L0E 1L0
Tel:1-800-465-2376
http://www.briars.ca/

Safety

Kite lines - don't go between a rider and their kite unless you know what you're doing

Georgina, Ontario - possible host to the 24th WISSA Championships in 2004

Fill out a ballot and win a commemorative fleece neck warmer; one each day to be drawn at 4pm. Contact Grant Fitz when you're at the lake. He's also available on FRS channel 4.

Connections

On-Line Groups

World Ice and Snow Sailing Association (WISSA)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wissa/

Kite Skiing

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kiteskiing/

Kite Snow Boarding

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kitesnowboarding/

Toronto Kite Flyers

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tkf/

Snowfer

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/snowfer/

Canadian Kite Surfing

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cankitesurf/

Clubs

Toronto Kite Flyers

http://www.kites.org/tkf/

Kitchener Waterloo Wind Climbers

http://www.oocities.org/Colosseum/Track/8336/directory.html

Local Merchants

High Velocity Kites
Mike Dinsmore

Jojo/Libre kites, buggies & parts

Wind Speed Kites & Design
Mark Groshens

Traction kites including Airea, Peter Lynn kites and buggies, Ocean Rodeo and Q-Power Line

Kite Snowboarding.net
Dan Sheridan

Ozone, Flysurfer, Walland Air, Advance, Flexifoil, Concept Air, Peter Lynn kites & boards

Kite Video

http://www.kitevideo.com/

Kite Surfing

http://www.kitesurfingcanada.com/

Snowfer

Ice and Snow Board Sailing, Uniboard

Air Vision Adventures, Ltd.

Alien, Concept Air, Pro Design kites, Flexifoil Power kiting textbooks

Boardsports (since 1972)

Boards, Sails, kites

Sauble Beach Kitesurfing School

IKO/PASA Certified Instructors, Lessons, Rentals, & Sales,

KiteRider Canada Inc.

Eskape, Gaastra and Takoon kites & boards, Daniel Medysky, Lee Fitzgerald

Sport Direct

Paraski Flex (14 schools in Quebec)

Voice Genie Technologies Inc.

Voice Web Solutions Provider

Old Firehall Sports Unionville

Skiis, snowboards, clothing, kite ski sharpening & waxing services, Chris Lightfoot-Hardgoods Manager, Custom Boot Fitter, 905.513.0442

Embroidery by Bridget's Bouquet

Custom embroidery 905.668.5090

York Regional News Group

York Regional News - an interactive community

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Liability Information
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When: 11:00-16:00 hrs ET, Saturday March 15 and Sunday March 16, 2003
Information - The Toronto Star-NICHOLAS KEUNG
Wind Riders please check in with Grant Fitz or one of the organizers when you get there Telephone Information Line (the voice of Natasha) 416.736.9731 extension 182370 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. There's a get together at the Blue Moose 905.722.4447 at 5 PM Saturday only. It's about one mile from the event location. If you mention you were at the festival and say "Meet me at the Moose", you can get 5% off your bill. The address is 20865 Dalton Road at the intersection of Dalton and High Street in the TD Plaza. It is a bar, so the age of majority is required. They do have a non-smoking section.
Weather prediction for the weekend as of March 16 (theweathernetwork.com)
Saturday March 15 - Mainly sunny, 0% chance of precipitation, High 6°C Low -8°C 10 km/h SE (actual at location 0-5 km/hr N, due to lake land thermic effect) Sunday March 16 - Cloudy periods, 20% chance of precipitation, High 11°C Low -4°C 15-20 km/h S
Where (about 1 hour drive north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in Sutton on the south shore of Lake Simcoe)
De La Salle Park, Lake Simcoe map From 401, take 404 North to the end. Take the Rural Route 19/GREEN LANE exit- exit number 53. Turn RIGHT onto GREEN LANE E/REGIONAL ROUTE 19. Turn LEFT onto WOODBINE AVE/REGIONAL ROUTE 8. After passing through Keswick, follow Woodbine to the RIGHT and it becomes 8A Baseline Road Sutton. Turn LEFT onto Kennedy Road. Follow Kennedy Road past Metro Road until you get to the lake. Kennedy ends at the lake at Lake Drive East. Turn RIGHT onto Lake Drive East. Follow it around the lake until you get to De La Salle Park. Please park in the parking lot in the De La Salle Chapel Community Centre. Look for the windsock on the lake.
What Wind Powered Sailing Sports, Quicktime Luff 2 video Need a Player? Get Quicktime
Ontario's finest group of ice and snow sailors will be showing you how they spend their winter outdoors You'll see kite skiing, kite snowboarding, Snowfering, Snowfer Uniboard (demo equipment available - look for Charles Chepregi), Skimbats, ram air kites, IceHawk, inflatable kites, ice buggies, how-to books, kite videos and more ... special attendance by WISSA World Champion held in Italy 2002
Recommended Accommodations (Georgina General Info, GeorginaMall-for all seasons)
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.georginainn.com
The Briars 55 Hedge Road, R.R. 1, Jackson's Point, Ontario, Canada L0E 1L0 Tel:1-800-465-2376 http://www.briars.ca/
Safety
Kite lines - don't go between a rider and their kite unless you know what you're doing
Georgina, Ontario - possible host to the 24th WISSA Championships in 2004


Fill out a ballot and win a commemorative fleece neck warmer; one each day to be drawn at 4pm. Contact Grant Fitz when you're at the lake. He's also available on FRS channel 4.