VertFest 2009

It's official - dates for both VertFest events are firm:

VertFest Crystal Mountain - Saturday, February 28, 2009

VertFest Alpental - Saturday, March 28, 2009

As the details for VertFest come into sharper focus, we'll keep you all posted.


Thanks and enjoy the summer.

Kaj (and the Outdoor Research VertFest crew)

Sweet. Looking forward to it, and to BenK for bringing the house down at the Rando Rally in his Knieval 1-piece.

VertFest Update: Sign-ups

As many of you know, our goals for VertFest are very simple:

1) Put smiles on the faces of participants
2) Donate money to NWAC

Last year we had online signups and professional timing, but both of these violated, to some extent, point 2 above. It costs money to do these things, so we're simplifying the process for 2009. We'll still have accurate timing and reporting on results - no worries there. But...

...signups will be day-of-event only. We will accept checks and cash for payment when you go through the registration process in the morning. We thank everyone in advance for your support of this decision as it will preserve our ability to donate the maximum amount to NWAC.

More updates to come.

How about some snow now?

Kaj Bune and the VertFest crew at Outdoor Research

Has there been any discussion of having a race at Baker too?

Hello from OR!

It's that time again... VertFest is starting to take up more and more of our time around the office and we are super excited that we can finally able to cross something off our list. Our VertFest website is finally up and running!!

Check it out at www.outdoorresearch.com/vertfest

While there is more information to come, the basics of both events are listed.

We included the course maps from previous years. We can't be sure that the courses will follow these maps exactly, as that will depend on weather and avalanche conditions, but it is a good place to start in terms of deciding which race you would like to participate in.

You'll notice that we also included an RSVP button. Two things about this:

1.) This is NOT your registration, registration will take place the morning of the race. This is just to let us know you are thinking about coming so that we can make sure we have enough swag and enough beer!!!

2.) We promise that this will not cause you to get spam.

So check it out, let us know if you think you are coming, and keep an eye out, we will keep the VertFest website updated with all new info.

In the mean time, be safe out there and let us know if you have questions!

Cheers!

Sam

Great stuff, I'll try and attend.

Any chance you (or Martin Volken if course setting) could have LESS downhill traversing on the Crystal Mountain course? Its was really quite unpleasant from a splitboarding point of view!

Thanks