Red Bull brought a floating skateboard park via barge to the river this past weekend. A barge actually seems like a perfect place for a skateboard park....listen up parks and rec people. Sunday starting about noon twenty or so athletes each had 2 one minute runs to show off their tricks and skate skills. I watched more than a few tumble onto the concrete deck. Hope they got those kids to sign liability waivers. There's going to be a few bruises. The objective for the athletes is a place in the finals of the Mississippi Grind competition to be held in New Orleans. RB will float their barge downstream to St. Louis this month finally reaching the Big Easy in October. RB workers were handing out product samples to the 100 or so spectators watching the action and I accepted my free can of Red Bull. Thanks RB. I've actually never tried one and I'm probably not their normal target market. I decided I would have to save it for another day since I'd already had 3 cups of coffee. Their advertisement says that "if you want to stay on top of things in this 24/7 world, you'll need some wings"....that sentiment must be the inspiration for the Flugtag event they host world wide. Last year they brought that event to Harriet Island and I watched it from the steps of the Science Museum arriving just in time to see a local team's homemade contraption take flight from what seemed like a pretty high perch on the RB barge, skimming gently across the river to break the world record. The estimated 90,000 people that showed up were ecstatic. It was a crazy blending of sports and science. Even the 4th of July fireworks doesn't compare with the crowd that was in downtown on that day. How do we get back on RB's list of host cities for that event?
Monday, September 5, 2011
Red Bull Barge
Red Bull brought a floating skateboard park via barge to the river this past weekend. A barge actually seems like a perfect place for a skateboard park....listen up parks and rec people. Sunday starting about noon twenty or so athletes each had 2 one minute runs to show off their tricks and skate skills. I watched more than a few tumble onto the concrete deck. Hope they got those kids to sign liability waivers. There's going to be a few bruises. The objective for the athletes is a place in the finals of the Mississippi Grind competition to be held in New Orleans. RB will float their barge downstream to St. Louis this month finally reaching the Big Easy in October. RB workers were handing out product samples to the 100 or so spectators watching the action and I accepted my free can of Red Bull. Thanks RB. I've actually never tried one and I'm probably not their normal target market. I decided I would have to save it for another day since I'd already had 3 cups of coffee. Their advertisement says that "if you want to stay on top of things in this 24/7 world, you'll need some wings"....that sentiment must be the inspiration for the Flugtag event they host world wide. Last year they brought that event to Harriet Island and I watched it from the steps of the Science Museum arriving just in time to see a local team's homemade contraption take flight from what seemed like a pretty high perch on the RB barge, skimming gently across the river to break the world record. The estimated 90,000 people that showed up were ecstatic. It was a crazy blending of sports and science. Even the 4th of July fireworks doesn't compare with the crowd that was in downtown on that day. How do we get back on RB's list of host cities for that event?
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