Third year of the Lozer Cup is scheduled

for the summer of 2009 on the Deerfield River, just up the road from the outdoor center of Charlemont, Massachusetts; home of Zoar Outdoor (whitewater rafting, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, biking, fly fishing) and Berkshire East (skiing, snowboarding)

www.LozerCup.com is the main page of the website, but most people will end up using the calendar pages as a way to check both the dryway and fife section release schedules.



Teddy Bears indicate Fife releases
Skull and bones are for the Monroe Bridge releases
Trophy Cup shows that a Lozer Cup race is happening on that Sunday (at noon)

Hopefully I can move up in ranking instead of down. (I know, what else is a Lozer to do?)
In the 2007 overall results I was in second place.
In the 2008 overall results I dropped to being tied for third.
In my defence (a.k.a. all my excuses) the competition drew more skilled paddlers last year, more people were trained up, and I participated in fewer events.

4 seats, 2 outfitting systems by DragoRossi

The newest system is the "Performance" outfitting.
It is a rotomolded adjustable bucket seat. The idea is that it is simple. Backband, thigh hooks, foot sled can be added on when/if you want it. Use DragoRossi parts or whatever you can get your hands on.

http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2007/performance1.html

Here are some photos of all the options you can get on the "Performance" system. Start with JUST THE SEAT, then you can add (ala carte) the thigh hooks, backband, footsled if you'd like.

http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2007/performance2.html

and some more photos of the outfitting in a boat.

http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2007/performance3.html

The continuously evolving "Elite" outfitting is what people have grown used to from DragoRossi. It comes in three seat sizes (large, medium, race/testarossa) which includes a ratchet adjusted backband, adjustable foot sled, proprietary thigh hook system, hull stiffening bars, cool seat pad, lots of prestige (pure H.A.C.K.S. style)

you can go almost to the bottom of the page on this link to see the three "Elite" seats side by side before they have all the extras on them. That should give you a good feel for the size difference

http://totalwhitewaterfun.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html

Here is an ad that has the "Elite" system all laid out in an easy way to see.

http://www.highnmighty.co.uk/images/seats/Dec%20ad3.jpg

and here are some photos from the guys at High N Mighty that show the three different "Elite" seats side by side in the same boat.

http://www.highnmighty.co.uk/DragoSeats.htm

http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2007/performance3.html

Lozer.com

there's the LozerCup.com this coming spring and summer

and there's already a Lozer.com website

so it' got me thinking and I made up a quick screen for printing on tshirts as an easy way to tag old crappy tshirts that need something new on them that would get me psyched about wearing them again