I just want to say thank you to Dave Larson of Gem Productions for inviting me to this years event. Flugtag is a crazy flying machine contest that is presented by Red Bull. While I almost always can be found on my jet ski on a Saturday I had to make room in my calender for this. Glad I did. Thank you to the Red Bull event people for the VIP pass to Castaways Boat house at North Ave Beach. Great food and great fun. Red Bull is know as the energy drink that”gives you wings” This would have helped some of the contestants (30 all together) launch their crazy contraptions off a 30 foot high flight deck over Lake Michigan. I would have loved to be in the water on my Yamaha PWC to entertain onlookers while they fished the soggy flying machines out of the water. We will be talking with the Red Bull people about future projects. The event attracted over 700 thousand spectators. Huge Video screens were set up on the beach with one giant screen on the flight deck. This allowed viewers a birds eye view. One flight went for 120 feet the second longest flight so far this year.
So the stage is made to look like an aircraft carrier. They have their contestants who are in costumes to match their craft do a wild dance followed be a striptease down to their bathing suits (don’t know about those speedos . not my style) The city of Chicago did a great job of keeping the crowd under control. I met Jill Kintner a Red Bull sponsored Olympic cyclist as well as many other Red Bull celebs. The weather was perfect the water was calm. Everyone laughed and had a great time. The last time Fugtag was in Chicago was 2003. Hope they visit us again. If they do grab a Red Bull and fly on out.
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