Dollar Daze 2011 Print E-mail

August 31, 2011 – September 5, 2011

Fort Dodge Regional Airport
Fort Dodge, Iowa

This Year at Dollar Daze (last updated 08/08/11)

USPA Membership and A License Required For All Skydivers

Are YOU going to be at the boogie? Looking forward to seeing you! Join all the other boogie attendees HERE ON FACEBOOK!

Aircraft

  • 4 Planes from the Skydive Arizona Fleet! (3 Super Otters & 1 Skyvan)
  • Jet – in your dreams!
  • Helicopter – Confirmed! This year's Robinson R44 helicopter will have 4 mounted cameras to capture your skydive. 1 on the nose, 1 fisheye on the underbelly, and 2 in the seating area. Check out the video that you can get here

Organizers

  • Tom Schroder & Larry Clapp will be organizing RW dives all weekend long. 10 way Speed Star competition on Saturday! Plus big ways and other RW load organizing for all sizes and skill levels, Thursday thru Sunday.  Evening multi-plane jumps.  Aerodyne sponsored ""Building Better Bigger-Ways" seminar [including 3 jumps] for jump tickets only on Saturday afternoon.  For mid-level, experienced jumpers who want to know a bit more about doing big way stuff.  Safety and proper techniques [exits, approaches, slotting, grips, transitions, etc] will be stressed.
  • Freefly load organizers – Skyventure Colorado will be bringing out their incredible coaching staff to be our FF load organizers in 2011!  They did amazing things for boogie attendees in 2010 and we're looking forward to their junior year with us. http://skyventurecolorado.com/ for more info
  • Wingsuit load organizers - TBA

Entertainment

  • Wednesday night - Karaoke Night with Randy Fagan.  Warm up those vocal cords while playing Band Hero at your house, so you can come to the party hangar and shine!
  • Thursday night – Daylight Savings Time
  • Friday night – Kris Lager Band!
  • Saturday night – Kris Lager Band!  (not a typo)  That's right, we're giving you a duece!
  • Sunday night - Thankful Dirt

Training

  • Tandem Instructor course – none scheduled for 2011
  • Coach course – none scheduled for 2011
  • We will be taking up first time tandem students, of course

Food & Drink

  • Free Beer 24/7
  • Free fountain pop for the non-beer drinkers during the evening parties
  • Hog roast and Iowa Sweet Corn Feed Wednesday Night
  • Iowa Chop Dinner Saturday Night
  • Fort Dodge Chili Lovers Chili Feed Sunday Night
  • Starlite Restuarant will be onsite all boogie during daylight hours serving up tasty vittles
  • Come prepared to cook your own food or head into town to support our local dining locations for dinners on all other nights

Parties

  • Every Night!
  • Saturday - The LEGENDARY, Best Dressed Polyester Contest
  • Sunday - Theme day
  • Lingerie Parties Nightly
  • Wind Sock Runs held on the hour, each hour, after midnight till sunrise

Unmatched amenities

  • Private Shower stalls
  • Electric Hookups (first come first serve) 30A service available for both standard and RV plugs
  • Port-a-potties
  • Satellite Radio playing the stations you hate the most!
  • No trash burning here, we empty the cans every morning
  • We will be offering wireless internet.