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News Fat Face launches dates for the Night Series 2008
Night Series with the addition of a new event – the Fat Face Night Sail
by Rachel Anning
12/03/2008:// Fat Face, the active lifestyle brand, has announced the dates for this year’s Night Series with the addition of a new event – the Fat Face Night Sail.
The Night Series is the only series of events in the world, held under the cover of darkness, where amateurs compete alongside the pros – often with surprising results!
Last year the events attracted 1,153 Competitors, 33,500 Spectators, 2,115,661 Newspaper, Magazine and Web readers and 5.83 Million TV viewers in the UK, with millions more through its international TV distribution. This figure is set to rise considerably as more people get to know about the events, which have been growing steadily underground for some time.
The dates are as follows for the Fat Face Night Series 2008:
Night Ski Manchester 17 May
Night Surf Newquay 28 June
Night Sail Plymouth 5 July
Night Jump Thorpe Lakes 19 July
Night Air Gloucester 16 August
Night Windsurf Hayling Island 6 September
Night Ride TBC 4 October
The Fat Face Night Sail will take place at the Mountbatten Centre in Plymouth and will feature dinghies in a new style sprint concept. The event will be raced close in to shore for optimum spectator viewing.
The Night Series events - as a general rule - feature heats held throughout the day to eliminate up to 350 competitors who sign up to race. Finalists who make it through the rounds are then qualified to take part in the main heats held at night, where spot lights flood the sea, snow or track and maximum concentration takes over.
For many, even the professionals, competing in the dark is a completely new experience, as Pro Windsurfer and Fat Face Team Rider, John Hibbard explained at the inaugural Night Windsurf in 2006: “The compulsory forward loop was generally in the flood light but then we were flat out in the dark. We literally just had to feel our way along the course; a completely new and powerful experience, especially when you’re trying to avoid fellow competitors! It takes a very special skill, which you learn when you’re out there!”
This year we’re aiming to make the Fat Face Night Series the biggest and best series of events yet. Press are invited to come along and help us in our quest by covering the events and even taking part (go on! We’ll provide coaching if necessary). With many of the events relatively new or, this year, taking new formats, there is still a great deal of exclusivity to the stories and great opportunities for the taking.
We’re happy to discuss competitions to win VIP places, workshops with Team Riders, Fat Cash to spend in-store etc, so just get in touch with one of the team and we’ll be happy to help.
NEW At most of the events this year, where snow or sea allow, we’ll have a dedicated media centre where journalists will be able to meet, connect to the internet and find out all about the events.
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