One of the reasons our organizing committee is confident that anyone who attends the 2014 Lightning North American Championships is very likely to have a good time is Sheboygan, Wisconsin itself.
It is really a lovely small city, the perfect size to play host to us. It's small enough that you can get anywhere you need to in 15 minutes. But it's big enough to offer virtually any kind of dining and beverage experience you might find interesting. It is also home to the internationally-known Sail Sheboygan which operates a US Olympic Yachting Center and has hosted many of the most prestigious Match Racing events in the world. Sail Sheboygan and immediately adjacent Sheboygan Yacht Club are our regatta organizing authorities.
Sheboygan has lots of open park spaces including one within 3 minutes of the regatta site which offers the oldest and most-played disk golf course in Wisconsin (30 years old and it features an full service pro-shop!).
There are miles of beaches which offer the best surfing in the Midwest. Yes surfing...what you don't remember that Chicken Joe who actually won the surf competition in Disney's animated classic "Surf's Up" is from Sheboygan? It is certainly true.
You will find a nice little travelogue produced by Wisconsin Public Television at the following link:
http://youtu.be/JKVi1Brk4Rs
I just watched it and I had NO IDEA how great green grass and leaves look in Sheboygan!
We can't wait until you show up.
I would like to add for those of you who don't surf and don't play disc golf: Sheboyan and the nearby area has some great, interesting things to do and see. The art museum (and I am NOT a museum goer), the Kohler factory store (yes, a plumbing fixtures store is a Must-See!), the town of Sheboygan itself: I'm really hoping for a day when racing is cancelled so I can go see these things again. I've been to Sheboygan 3 previous times and I can't wait to go back!
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