The Point of No Return is the title of three notable music compositions. First, it is a great ditty by the American Rock Band Kansas (using the spelling “know” instead of “no” for some reason) with a keyboard riff that you never forget once you hear it- it also has a music video that absolutely represents the mid 1970’s. Second, it is the second to last number before the final of the Phantom of the Opera (often executed so poorly that one truly has reason to applaud when the curtain call finally arrives) which finally gives way to the destinies of the lead characters’ story conflicts. Third, it is a top charting song by the female trio band, Expose, which just sounded great, in the 1980s, coming out of a set of 6x9 speakers in any car that had t-tops. Also, “point of no return” is a period in space shuttle flight where abort is impossible and the mission will either succeed or result in the loss of the shuttle and crew. Guess which one of these examples is most analogous to this point of the 2020 IJSBA World Finals? Please share the following news with your friends and colleagues in the sport of PWC Racing.
What a series of inconveniences we had in 2020. COVID-19, fires, hurricanes, and setback after setback. We intend to bring you the best World Finals we can under these circumstances. As we many to make sure we make you aware of, every week, this is a skeleton World Finals intending to preserve the continuity of the event during difficult economic conditions. We also need to ensure we main compliant with our contract with GoLakeHavasu and preserve our standing dates at the venue. So, this puts us full steam ahead into a World Finals which is going to happen, with most amenities removed in order to produce the event solvently. Staff arrives Friday to begin setting up. As mentioned above, this event is going to happen, albeit smaller with many COVID-19 mitigation policies in place (masks, distancing, hand sanitizing, etc.). Fortunately, VP Racing Fuels stepped in as title sponsor and was able to provide all the sanitizing we need due to them expanding their production line to include PPE products. We hope everyone able to come will do so. We also want you to be aware of what you are coming to if you decide to make the choice.
Event Permit And Schedule
This event requires a Coast Guard permit to go be held. Because Crazy Horse Resort and Campground, which is private property, the event is not required to get many permits that would otherwise be required for an event held on public property. We have the necessary permits to move forward. Staff arrives, this Friday, to start setting up the event. Registration will open on Saturday, October 3, as planned. We will begin setting the schedule this weekend. Practice will not begin until at least Tuesday, October 6. Competition will not begin until at least October 7. It is possible we will not begin practice until race days. Rider turnout, weather predictions, and the like will keep changes possible all the way to the week of the event. Be sure that any changes will be made towards the end of the week and not any earlier.
Minimum Entries For Some Classes Not Met
The phrase “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is, probably, best known to most of you as a Metallica tune that was popularly restructured as a massive ensemble piece with the San Francisco Symphony. Before this, it was an Ernest Hemingway novel making a very real depiction of the horrors witnessed in the Spanish Civil War through a fictional piece (Florida racers, this was one of the assigned readings in High School that you blew off in favor of more riding). Hemingway based the title of his book on a poem by John Donne who propounded that, though one might be rich and well when they hear the church bell tolling for the death of another, the bell also tolls one’s sense of mortality, as that bell also tolls for thee. So, if you are in one of the classes listed, below, my dear friends in the sport, the bell tolls for thee… it tolls for thee. These classes need the amount of entries to increase by the number listed in the parenthesis by Friday, September 25:
Amateur Runabout Rec Lites (5)
Amateur Runabout 1100 LTD (7)
Runabout 1100 open (7)
Runabout 1100 open (5)
Women’s Runabout (4)
Pro-Am Vets Runabout (5)
Pro-Am Runabout LTD (7)
Blaster GP (10)
Ski Endurance Sprint (10)
Pro Am Endurance Runabout Sprint (7)
Ski Mod Lites (8)
Expert Ski Modified (5)
Expert Ski Stock (5)
Classes that do not have sufficient entries are subject to cancelation. Competitors who have entered these classes will be allowed a refund if the class does not meet minimum numbers. We need to meet these minimum numbers by Friday evening in order to ensure that trophies arrive in time for the awards. Classes not listed above generally do not have minimum entry numbers but, will still be cancelled if there are less than 5 participants.
Awards
For classes that make it to the weekend, and we hope and plan for it to be all of them, awards are planned to be given on completion day of each category, at the venue, at Crazy Horse Campgrounds. If the competition schedule narrows to three days we may do all awards on the final day.
Vendors and Sponsors
IJSBA is pleased to announce that the vendor list continues to grow and is resembling some sense of normalcy for a World Finals. We expect this list to grow further as we can get a few things confirmed. Vendors must be spaced out by at least 10 feet. A site layout will appear shortly. Some vendors, who are unable to travel this year, are still providing unmanned displays and/or banners. If you are interested in being a vendor or sponsor at the event, please email info@ijsba.com.
Vendors and Exhibitors
VP Fuels
ShirtWerx
Jettribe
M&M Marine and Powersports
WORXH20 Designs
American Jet Concepts
Bomber Eyewear
Tech One Sports Massage
Real Time Pain Relief
Destination Hydration
RIZNWILD
RonnyMacc Photorgraphy
IMPROS
Nautishine Watercraft Cleaning
IJSBA
Display Only
Solas
Hot Products
Big O Tires
Thai Royal Airways
Food Concessions
Mr. B Giant Lemonade And Burgers
Hooch’s Rolling Smoke BBQ (Formerly Nikos Greek Food)
Marnies Nachos
Golden Sun Filipino Food
Scoops Ice Cream
Donut Man
This concludes this weekly update. Please check ijsba.com daily as there will be many small updates, regularly, as we go forward into the event. If you have questions or comments about this press release, please email info@ijsba.com.
The Point of No Return is the title of three notable music compositions. First, it is a great ditty by the American Rock Band Kansas (using the spelling “know” instead of “no” for some reason) with a keyboard riff that you never forget once you hear it- it also has a music video that absolutely represents the mid 1970’s. Second, it is the second to last number before the final of the Phantom of the Opera (often executed so poorly that one truly has reason to applaud when the curtain call finally arrives) which finally gives way to the destinies of the lead characters’ story conflicts. Third, it is a top charting song by the female trio band, Expose, which just sounded great, in the 1980s, coming out of a set of 6x9 speakers in any car that had t-tops. Also, “point of no return” is a period in space shuttle flight where abort is impossible and the mission will either succeed or result in the loss of the shuttle and crew. Guess which one of these examples is most analogous to this point of the 2020 IJSBA World Finals? Please share the following news with your friends and colleagues in the sport of PWC Racing.
What a series of inconveniences we had in 2020. COVID-19, fires, hurricanes, and setback after setback. We intend to bring you the best World Finals we can under these circumstances. As we many to make sure we make you aware of, every week, this is a skeleton World Finals intending to preserve the continuity of the event during difficult economic conditions. We also need to ensure we main compliant with our contract with GoLakeHavasu and preserve our standing dates at the venue. So, this puts us full steam ahead into a World Finals which is going to happen, with most amenities removed in order to produce the event solvently. Staff arrives Friday to begin setting up. As mentioned above, this event is going to happen, albeit smaller with many COVID-19 mitigation policies in place (masks, distancing, hand sanitizing, etc.). Fortunately, VP Racing Fuels stepped in as title sponsor and was able to provide all the sanitizing we need due to them expanding their production line to include PPE products. We hope everyone able to come will do so. We also want you to be aware of what you are coming to if you decide to make the choice.
Event Permit And Schedule
This event requires a Coast Guard permit to go be held. Because Crazy Horse Resort and Campground, which is private property, the event is not required to get many permits that would otherwise be required for an event held on public property. We have the necessary permits to move forward. Staff arrives, this Friday, to start setting up the event. Registration will open on Saturday, October 3, as planned. We will begin setting the schedule this weekend. Practice will not begin until at least Tuesday, October 6. Competition will not begin until at least October 7. It is possible we will not begin practice until race days. Rider turnout, weather predictions, and the like will keep changes possible all the way to the week of the event. Be sure that any changes will be made towards the end of the week and not any earlier.
Minimum Entries For Some Classes Not Met
The phrase “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is, probably, best known to most of you as a Metallica tune that was popularly restructured as a massive ensemble piece with the San Francisco Symphony. Before this, it was an Ernest Hemingway novel making a very real depiction of the horrors witnessed in the Spanish Civil War through a fictional piece (Florida racers, this was one of the assigned readings in High School that you blew off in favor of more riding). Hemingway based the title of his book on a poem by John Donne who propounded that, though one might be rich and well when they hear the church bell tolling for the death of another, the bell also tolls one’s sense of mortality, as that bell also tolls for thee. So, if you are in one of the classes listed, below, my dear friends in the sport, the bell tolls for thee… it tolls for thee. These classes need the amount of entries to increase by the number listed in the parenthesis by Friday, September 25:
Amateur Runabout Rec Lites (5)
Amateur Runabout 1100 LTD (7)
Runabout 1100 open (7)
Runabout 1100 open (5)
Women’s Runabout (4)
Pro-Am Vets Runabout (5)
Pro-Am Runabout LTD (7)
Blaster GP (10)
Ski Endurance Sprint (10)
Pro Am Endurance Runabout Sprint (7)
Ski Mod Lites (8)
Expert Ski Modified (5)
Expert Ski Stock (5)
Classes that do not have sufficient entries are subject to cancelation. Competitors who have entered these classes will be allowed a refund if the class does not meet minimum numbers. We need to meet these minimum numbers by Friday evening in order to ensure that trophies arrive in time for the awards. Classes not listed above generally do not have minimum entry numbers but, will still be cancelled if there are less than 5 participants.
Awards
For classes that make it to the weekend, and we hope and plan for it to be all of them, awards are planned to be given on completion day of each category, at the venue, at Crazy Horse Campgrounds. If the competition schedule narrows to three days we may do all awards on the final day.
Vendors and Sponsors
IJSBA is pleased to announce that the vendor list continues to grow and is resembling some sense of normalcy for a World Finals. We expect this list to grow further as we can get a few things confirmed. Vendors must be spaced out by at least 10 feet. A site layout will appear shortly. Some vendors, who are unable to travel this year, are still providing unmanned displays and/or banners. If you are interested in being a vendor or sponsor at the event, please email info@ijsba.com.
Vendors and Exhibitors
VP Fuels
ShirtWerx
Jettribe
M&M Marine and Powersports
WORXH20 Designs
American Jet Concepts
Bomber Eyewear
Tech One Sports Massage
Real Time Pain Relief
Destination Hydration
RIZNWILD
RonnyMacc Photorgraphy
IMPROS
Nautishine Watercraft Cleaning
IJSBA
Display Only
Solas
Hot Products
Big O Tires
Thai Royal Airways
Food Concessions
Mr. B Giant Lemonade And Burgers
Hooch’s Rolling Smoke BBQ (Formerly Nikos Greek Food)
Marnies Nachos
Golden Sun Filipino Food
Scoops Ice Cream
Donut Man
This concludes this weekly update. Please check ijsba.com daily as there will be many small updates, regularly, as we go forward into the event. If you have questions or comments about this press release, please email info@ijsba.com.
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