Our area is gaining a reputation for loving extreme sports and weird events. Red Bull is putting on this event this weekend:
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A year and a half ago they put on the Flutag in front of 90,000 cheering fans on a beautiful Minnesota summer day:
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We'll be going just to check it out!
http://www.20min.ch/videotv/?vid=216466
Holy Crap Batman! [shocked]
That is so cool!!!
Just when I was thinking a game of chess was where it was at..... :D
My son was on a Flugtag team in Tampa FL last year. It was so windy that they couldn't get the plane to release from the cart. Result? 8 feet, but they had a lot of fun!
That was about the average of the planes at our Flutag. The plane that set the record was decorated as a WWII plane and the pilot was a 5'-nothing blond bombshell complete with leather skull cap and goggles. It was designed by a glider designer. Built by one of the rowdier bars in our area. They sure had a blast doing it!
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Never thought I'ld say it, but the event needed some tunage cranked in the background. Seeing it was in the city, I figure they had some arrangement with the neighbors to keep the decibles down. We watched for an hour and a half before we succumbed to the cold. The backdrop of the start by the cathedral was spectacular though. Maybe 20,000 there last night. They are expecting 50,000+ for the finals tonight.