3/5/2008 8:01 PMJason wrote:
I would like to thank everyone from Kids Pro Ice who came up to I'Falls last weekend. I think a good time was had by all! I really appreciated hearing the comments from KC East members who finally got to meet and talk to Pro Ice members and all the help they provided. I especially want to thank everyone who gave me a hand getting my kids back on the track. To me, this is what kids racing is all about, it shouldn't matter where your from or how you run everybody helps out. Lots of good, fast racing with few incidents. Kudos to kids and parents. Once again again and thank you to everyone, Ice Pirates are coming to Ogilvie so watch out! HA HA. See everyone this weekend.
4/20/2008 10:36 AM
THE SCHOON wrote:
WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE JUNGELONS AND WAITES FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A GREAT RACE SEASON - YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF TIME AND HARD WORK INTO MAKING IT THE BEST RACE SEASON AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT! YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY BUT YOU GUYS KEEP YOUR HEADS UP AND PROVED TO EVERYONE THAT CHANGE CAN BE A GOOD THING!! WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FAMILIES THAT PUT THE BANQUET TOGETHER THIS YEAR IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS - ALL THE SMALL AND BIG DETAILS THAT WENT INTO IT REALLY MADE IT ROCK! SO THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! GO FAST TURN LEFT AND HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! Reply to this
5/28/2008 10:51 PMThe Beltrands wrote:
We are looking for volunteers to help man a Kids Pro Ice booth at the Outlaw Grass Drags held in Princeton. This event takes place August 22-24. We are willing to complete the set up and tear down, along with some of the shifts, but we are in need of many volunteers to man the booth Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. If you are interested in helping, please contact us, sooner then later. The more help, the less shifts that will need to be covered. This is a great opportunity for our club to get some exposure and recruit new families into our sport. The Outlaw Drags pulls in about 10,000 visitors each day. For more information on the Outlaw Grass drags, go to www.outlawgrassdrags.com Reply to this
5/30/2008 11:13 AM
Gregg Childs wrote:
Just checking in to see if the KPI membership body will be able to submit any proposals for rule changes or new rule additions for the upcoming ISR spring rules meeting? If so, is there any possibility that they could be voted on "on line"?(to help save having another scheduled group meeting). Also: What is the date of the ISR spring meeting? Thanks. Gregg Childs Reply to this
We are looking at possibly doing a KPI parade float in the Forest Lake 4th of July parade. This is the states largest parade. People start putting out there chairs and blankets 3-4 days before the parade even starts. We have the truck and flat bed trailer and all the decorations already donated if needed. What we need to know is if we have enough kids and families interest in taking part in the parade. The kids can also have there sleds on the trailer to show them off (we are hoping to get one of each kind of sled) or just ride along for the fun of it. There are a lot of kids at the parade and this would be a good way to get the word out about our group and hopefully get some new members. We are willing to do the set up and take down, but if you wish to help that would be great. (We will be decorating the float Fri late afternoon early evening) We are just waiting on the sponsorship O.K for the parade fee.(If the sponsor turns us down the fee is $125.00 if you know of someone else that may be interested in helping sponsor us) We would need to start lining up at 9am and the parade starts a 10am. Please let me know ASAP if you’re interested. There is also a carnival and a huge fireworks display if you wish to stay in Forest Lake and spend the day.
Thanks the Steuernagel Family.
danandkelly@frontiernet.net or 651-462-8592
HI Everyone, I would like to let you know that we have a sponsor for the parade. Jeff and Kim Nelson's company Climate Works has offered to sponsor the float. I would like to thank them for helping to sponsor and promote the group. If anyone else is willing to help us out let me know. This is a huge parade so hopefully we will find some new racers. Here is a quote from Kare 11 News "Forest Lake's Fourth of July parade is the biggest in the state, dating back 84 years. It draws 30,000 spectators and 170 units" WOW!!! That a lot of people. Thanks again Jeff and Kim Nelson Kelly Reply to this
7/7/2008 10:13 AMDave Junglen wrote:
Kid's Pro Ice members,from Jenni Bihner, Hello all. I am passing on information about the Grantsburg Watercross being held July 18th to July 20th in case anyone is interested in being there, helping with the booth, and/or watercrossing. If you are planning on watercrossing, I will need to hear back from you by Wednesday, July 9th to get you the proper registration and waiver form. The watercross starts at 1pm on Friday, July 18th. There is a street dance from 8:30-12:30. Saturday's racing starts at 9:30 and Saturday evening events include another street dance 8:30-12:30 and fireworks at dusk. They do an awesome job with the fireworks and it is definately worth seeing if you plan on being around for the day. Sunday racing starts at 9:30 again and runs until about 5. We plan on having a booth there for the entire weekend. Please let me know if you are interested in helping out with this so we can plan some shifts. If you would like more information on the event itself you can visit the website at www.grantsburgwatercross.com If you would like more information on the booth you can contact Jeni Bihner at 651-779-9968 or jenniferbihner@msn.com Reply to this
7/21/2008 10:11 AM
Rick & Jen Waite wrote:
Grantsburg Watercross~ We'd like to Thank the Bihner family for heading up this event, you guys did alot of work and we appreciate everything you do and did to make this happen. We'd also like to Thank Gregg Childs/Bulldozer Chassis for building a watercross sled and asking Kyle to ride it. He had a blast riding it and we still can't get the smile off his face or the proudness out of his heart, after he was the first kid to cross the 412 or 400+ feet across Memory Lake. I know those memories will never leave any of us. This was a great event and it was a ton of fun for everyone that attended! Thanks to all that made this happen! Rick and Jen Waite Reply to this
7/21/2008 4:11 PM
Kelly Steuernagel wrote:
Hi Guys here are some photos from the parade and from the water skips. Click on link below. Thanks to the families that helped with the parade. Kelly Steuernagel
A big Thank You to Greg and Jeni Bihner for doing all the work to get KPI setup at the Grantsburg Watercross. They took a day off of work and pulled the trailer up there on Thursday night and got it all set up. Thank you to Dave and Trish Junglen for all the help and the use of the trailer ( palace! ). We had a lot of people stop by the trailer and talk about kids racing. Thank you to Greg for building a kids water crosser and letting five kids make water cross attempts. Miranda made two tries and was smiling big each time she came out of the water. Many of the Watercross racers came up to us and looked at the sleds. One father said "The kids sled running on water really got my kids attention, we need to build one of these for next year", another girl told use "my Dad is already working on a kids watercross sled".
The whole weekend was a big success and a lot of fun. It was the Miller Family's first Watercross event but it won't be the last. Look for Marti, Miranda, and Sara to be ripping up the water next year!
7/23/2008 4:04 PM
Gregg Childs wrote:
WATERSKIPPING..............Who would have ever thought this was something that would happen on a youth size machine? To be honest, I wasn`t real excited about the concept of taking a new, hot engine and dipping it in cold lake water several times per hr. in an attempt to reach the opposite shore. CRAZY? That opinion changed at Grantsburg! I`m here to say "WE ALL HAD A BLAST"!!! We would like to take a couple minutes to first thank the Bihner family for all the work they did in spearheading and organizing this concept. Additional thanks to everyone at KPI for contributing their time and effort to professionally represent our group with the booth and sled displays on dealers row. VERY NICE JOB GUYS!!! Another big thanks to Duke and his Grantsburg crew. They are as nice of a bunch of people as we have ever met. It`s no wonder this group was celebrating it`s 32nd year as a host! Top notch people creating a top notch event! Our hats are also off to everyone at the IWA and the Vintage Sled Waterskippers. Here again, super nice people! We appreciate them finding an opening for us and giving us a chance to do our thing. I also would personally like to again thank my riders (TDK Racing/Turner, Daulton & Kyle), crew (Skippy & Rick) and their families. On the technical end, special thanks to Bill Tripp/Kids Performance for building an awesome pipe, Wahl Bros. Racing as always for tech advice and parts, parts and more parts and John at Northern Crankshafts for his expertise on these "Old School" free air Suzuki crankshafts. It was truly a 100% TEAM Effort in making our 1st waterskip project sled a success. And in closing, I think the real success for all of us was to witness and experience the looks in our children's, dads and families eyes when all the kids took to the water. This was certainly a big challenge for all of us as parents, builders and riders. The winners here are everyone that had the opportunity to participate and witness this new frontier. We will certainly be back for more next year. The 09`"CatFish" is already on the drawing board! Thanks again to all. Gregg Childs/Team Bulldozer Reply to this
8/7/2008 7:13 PM
The Beltranda wrote:
We are still looking for volunteers for the Princeton Outlaw Grass Drags August 22, 23 and 24th. Volunteers are needed for Sunday the 24th. Please contact us as soon as possible if you are able to help out. 763-389-0188 ~ 763-389-6112 or teambeltrand@izoom.net Reply to this
8/11/2008 4:19 PM
Rick & Jen Waite wrote:
Hi everyone, Princeton Outlaw Grass Drags are not even 2 weeks away! Please contact Rick and I at our home email rickjenskidoo@msn.com or call 763-753-9200 to pre-register if you are planning on having your kids race in the Mod. Grass Drags at Princeton on Saturday August 23, please pre-register by the night of August 20th (Wednesday) at 10pm. We'll be setting up brackets for each the 120 Mods and the Kitty Mods. Please pass the word on to friends from other organizations that have experienced racers too…. because the Grass Drag organization wants to have experienced kids racing that day only and doesn't want walk-ons because of the speeds and safety issues.The price will be $10-15 per class. All racers will need Helmet, goggles (or shield), chest protector, long sleeve shirt and long pants as well as shin guards and shoes (NOT Sandals!). We'll give you more information when you pre-register in regards of pit area and where and when to meet on the day of the event, we'll also have insurance waivers to sign the day of the event. KPI will have a booth that the Beltrands are setting up and they are still looking for volunteers to work that, as well. We look forward to seeing everyone~
Thanks~
Rick & Jen Waite H:763.753.9200 Rick C: 763.568.0188 Jen C: 763-567-8737 email: rickjenskidoo@msn.com Reply to this
8/12/2008 1:09 PMDave Junglen wrote:
I wanted all to know the Beltrands have decided to pay for the expences of the booth at the Outlaw Grass Drags. This is very thoughtfull of you guys and I wanted to say thanks in advance for this as well as setting up a display for KPI and all you do. Reply to this
8/25/2008 5:36 PM
Marti Miller wrote:
The Miller family thanks the Team Beltrand Family for all the hard work setting up KPI at Outlaw Grass Drags. It was a great looking display and we had a lot of people stop and visit and learn about KPI. KPI would not be able to continue to grow and improve if it weren't for all the volunteer work put in by our members.
Thanks again, we look forward to next year.
The Miller Racing family.
P.S. We won't be coming to a Bear hunt with a pop gun next year. We will have a big caliber automatic weapon like the other 'cheaters' that ran in the 120 outlaw modified class this year. Reply to this
I would like to thank everyone from Kids Pro Ice who came up to I'Falls last weekend. I think a good time was had by all! I really appreciated hearing the comments from KC East members who finally got to meet and talk to Pro Ice members and all the help they provided. I especially want to thank everyone who gave me a hand getting my kids back on the track. To me, this is what kids racing is all about, it shouldn't matter where your from or how you run everybody helps out. Lots of good, fast racing with few incidents. Kudos to kids and parents. Once again again and thank you to everyone, Ice Pirates are coming to Ogilvie so watch out! HA HA. See everyone this weekend.
Jason
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WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE JUNGELONS AND WAITES FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A GREAT RACE SEASON - YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF TIME AND HARD WORK INTO MAKING IT THE BEST RACE SEASON AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT! YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY BUT YOU GUYS KEEP YOUR HEADS UP AND PROVED TO EVERYONE THAT CHANGE CAN BE A GOOD THING!! WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FAMILIES THAT PUT THE BANQUET TOGETHER THIS YEAR IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS - ALL THE SMALL AND BIG DETAILS THAT WENT INTO IT REALLY MADE IT ROCK! SO THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! GO FAST TURN LEFT AND HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
Reply to this
We are looking for volunteers to help man a Kids Pro Ice booth at the Outlaw Grass Drags held in Princeton. This event takes place August 22-24. We are willing to complete the set up and tear down, along with some of the shifts, but we are in need of many volunteers to man the booth Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. If you are interested in helping, please contact us, sooner then later. The more help, the less shifts that will need to be covered. This is a great opportunity for our club to get some exposure and recruit new families into our sport. The Outlaw Drags pulls in about 10,000 visitors each day. For more information on the Outlaw Grass drags, go to www.outlawgrassdrags.com
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Just checking in to see if the KPI membership body will be able to submit any proposals for rule changes or new rule additions for the upcoming ISR spring rules meeting?
If so, is there any possibility that they could be voted on "on line"?(to help save having another scheduled group meeting).
Also: What is the date of the ISR spring meeting?
Thanks.
Gregg Childs
Reply to this
Hi Fellow Race Families;
We are looking at possibly doing a KPI parade float in the Forest Lake 4th of July parade. This is the states largest parade. People start putting out there chairs and blankets 3-4 days before the parade even starts. We have the truck and flat bed trailer and all the decorations already donated if needed. What we need to know is if we have enough kids and families interest in taking part in the parade. The kids can also have there sleds on the trailer to show them off (we are hoping to get one of each kind of sled) or just ride along for the fun of it. There are a lot of kids at the parade and this would be a good way to get the word out about our group and hopefully get some new members. We are willing to do the set up and take down, but if you wish to help that would be great. (We will be decorating the float Fri late afternoon early evening) We are just waiting on the sponsorship O.K for the parade fee.(If the sponsor turns us down the fee is $125.00 if you know of someone else that may be interested in helping sponsor us) We would need to start lining up at 9am and the parade starts a 10am. Please let me know ASAP if you’re interested. There is also a carnival and a huge fireworks display if you wish to stay in Forest Lake and spend the day.
Thanks the Steuernagel Family.
danandkelly@frontiernet.net or 651-462-8592
HI Everyone,
I would like to let you know that we have a sponsor for the parade. Jeff and Kim Nelson's company Climate Works has offered to sponsor the float. I would like to thank them for helping to sponsor and promote the group. If anyone else is willing to help us out let me know. This is a huge parade so hopefully we will find some new racers. Here is a quote from Kare 11 News "Forest Lake's Fourth of July parade is the biggest in the state, dating back 84 years. It draws 30,000 spectators and 170 units" WOW!!! That a lot of people. Thanks again Jeff and Kim Nelson
Kelly
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Kid's Pro Ice members,from Jenni Bihner,
Hello all. I am passing on information about the Grantsburg Watercross being held July 18th to July 20th in case anyone is interested in being there, helping with the booth, and/or watercrossing. If you are planning on watercrossing, I will need to hear back from you by Wednesday, July 9th to get you the proper registration and waiver form.
The watercross starts at 1pm on Friday, July 18th. There is a street dance from 8:30-12:30. Saturday's racing starts at 9:30 and Saturday evening events include another street dance 8:30-12:30 and fireworks at dusk. They do an awesome job with the fireworks and it is definately worth seeing if you plan on being around for the day. Sunday racing starts at 9:30 again and runs until about 5.
We plan on having a booth there for the entire weekend. Please let me know if you are interested in helping out with this so we can plan some shifts.
If you would like more information on the event itself you can visit the website at www.grantsburgwatercross.com
If you would like more information on the booth you can contact Jeni Bihner at 651-779-9968 or jenniferbihner@msn.com
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Grantsburg Watercross~
We'd like to Thank the Bihner family for heading up this event, you guys did alot of work and we appreciate everything you do and did to make this happen. We'd also like to Thank Gregg Childs/Bulldozer Chassis for building a watercross sled and asking Kyle to ride it. He had a blast riding it and we still can't get the smile off his face or the proudness out of his heart, after he was the first kid to cross the 412 or 400+ feet across Memory Lake. I know those memories will never leave any of us.
This was a great event and it was a ton of fun for everyone that attended! Thanks to all that made this happen!
Rick and Jen Waite
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Hi Guys here are some photos from the parade and from the water skips. Click on link below. Thanks to the families that helped with the parade.
Kelly Steuernagel
http://photos.walmart.com/share/p=106211216666755322/l=13595425/g=18811048/cobrandOid=1011/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
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Grantsburg Watercross:
A big Thank You to Greg and Jeni Bihner for doing all the work to get KPI setup at the Grantsburg Watercross. They took a day off of work and pulled the trailer up there on Thursday night and got it all set up. Thank you to Dave and Trish Junglen for all the help and the use of the trailer ( palace! ). We had a lot of people stop by the trailer and talk about kids racing. Thank you to Greg for building a kids water crosser and letting five kids make water cross attempts. Miranda made two tries and was smiling big each time she came out of the water. Many of the Watercross racers came up to us and looked at the sleds. One father said "The kids sled running on water really got my kids attention, we need to build one of these for next year", another girl told use "my Dad is already working on a kids watercross sled".
The whole weekend was a big success and a lot of fun. It was the Miller Family's first Watercross event but it won't be the last. Look for Marti, Miranda, and Sara to be ripping up the water next year!
Marti Miller
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WATERSKIPPING..............Who would have ever thought this was something that would happen on a youth size machine?
To be honest, I wasn`t real excited about the concept of taking a new, hot engine and dipping it in cold lake water several times per hr. in an attempt to reach the opposite shore. CRAZY?
That opinion changed at Grantsburg!
I`m here to say "WE ALL HAD A BLAST"!!!
We would like to take a couple minutes to first thank the Bihner family for all the work they did in spearheading and organizing this concept. Additional thanks to everyone at KPI for contributing their time and effort to professionally represent our group with the booth and sled displays on dealers row. VERY NICE JOB GUYS!!!
Another big thanks to Duke and his Grantsburg crew. They are as nice of a bunch of people as we have ever met. It`s no wonder this group was celebrating it`s 32nd year as a host! Top notch people creating a top notch event!
Our hats are also off to everyone at the IWA and the Vintage Sled Waterskippers. Here again, super nice people! We appreciate them finding an opening for us and giving us a chance to do our thing.
I also would personally like to again thank my riders (TDK Racing/Turner, Daulton & Kyle), crew (Skippy & Rick)
and their families.
On the technical end, special thanks to Bill Tripp/Kids Performance for building an awesome pipe, Wahl Bros. Racing as always for tech advice and parts, parts and more parts and John at Northern Crankshafts for his expertise on these "Old School" free air Suzuki crankshafts. It was truly a 100% TEAM Effort in making our 1st waterskip project sled a success.
And in closing, I think the real success for all of us was to witness and experience the looks in our children's, dads and families eyes when all the kids took to the water. This was certainly a big challenge for all of us as parents, builders and riders.
The winners here are everyone that had the opportunity to participate and witness this new frontier.
We will certainly be back for more next year. The 09`"CatFish" is already on the drawing board!
Thanks again to all.
Gregg Childs/Team Bulldozer
Reply to this
We are still looking for volunteers for the Princeton Outlaw Grass Drags August 22, 23 and 24th. Volunteers are needed for Sunday the 24th. Please contact us as soon as possible if you are able to help out. 763-389-0188 ~ 763-389-6112 or teambeltrand@izoom.net
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Hi everyone, Princeton Outlaw Grass Drags are not even 2 weeks away! Please contact Rick and I at our home email rickjenskidoo@msn.com or call 763-753-9200 to pre-register if you are planning on having your kids race in the Mod. Grass Drags at Princeton on Saturday August 23, please pre-register by the night of August 20th (Wednesday) at 10pm. We'll be setting up brackets for each the 120 Mods and the Kitty Mods. Please pass the word on to friends from other organizations that have experienced racers too…. because the Grass Drag organization wants to have experienced kids racing that day only and doesn't want walk-ons because of the speeds and safety issues.The price will be $10-15 per class. All racers will need Helmet, goggles (or shield), chest protector, long sleeve shirt and long pants as well as shin guards and shoes (NOT Sandals!). We'll give you more information when you pre-register in regards of pit area and where and when to meet on the day of the event, we'll also have insurance waivers to sign the day of the event. KPI will have a booth that the Beltrands are setting up and they are still looking for volunteers to work that, as well.
We look forward to seeing everyone~
Thanks~
Rick & Jen Waite
H:763.753.9200
Rick C: 763.568.0188
Jen C: 763-567-8737
email: rickjenskidoo@msn.com
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I wanted all to know the Beltrands have decided to pay for the expences of the booth at the Outlaw Grass Drags. This is very thoughtfull of you guys and I wanted to say thanks in advance for this as well as setting up a display for KPI and all you do.
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The Miller family thanks the Team Beltrand Family for all the hard work setting up KPI at Outlaw Grass Drags. It was a great looking display and we had a lot of people stop and visit and learn about KPI. KPI would not be able to continue to grow and improve if it weren't for all the volunteer work put in by our members.
Thanks again, we look forward to next year.
The Miller Racing family.
P.S. We won't be coming to a Bear hunt with a pop gun next year. We will have a big caliber automatic weapon like the other 'cheaters' that ran in the 120 outlaw modified class this year.
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