Teams 3309 (Friarbots) , 3476 (Code Orange), and 4276 (Viking Robotics) present:
[size=] Beach Blitz 2017[/size]
Check out our promo video!
**When: **Oct 6-8th 2017 (Oct 6 will be a load in day) Where: Marina High School, Huntington Beach, CA
**Registration: **$300
Beach Blitz is returning for a second year. This off-season event will be featuring the 2017 FRC Steamworks game, with a few modifications. In addition to the competition itself, we will by hosting workshops taught be experienced mentors and students, and will be working on having a live sports-like broadcast during the event.
As always our goal is to provide a competitive and entertaining show while leading the future generation of volunteers and teams.
Check out some photos from last year for a glimpse.
Application
With the large amount of interest, Beach Blitz will be moving to an application platform.
Please usethis form to indicate your team’s interest in attending Beach Blitz 2017.
Timeline
Application Open: June 2
Application Closes: July 19
Invitations Sent: July 26
The team must accept the invitation by August 8th and pay the registration fee no later than Sep 5th.
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Volunteers**
We need many volunteers to make Beach Blitz a success! If you are interested in helping out, please fill out this form. Reminder that anyone, any age, can sign up for any role. No experience required.
*Practice Bots will only be allowed if there is room. We will notify teams July 20th if we have room to accommodate 2nd robots.
Stay tuned for opportunities to pre order some awesome Beach Blitz 2017 swag in the upcoming months!
I’m very excited to see such an interest in a young offseason event. Whether we end up competing or I volunteer, I’m looking forward to see all of the teams.
I cannot express how true this is and how great of an opportunity it was to volunteer last year. For students who are normally on an FRC team, you **probably **won’t get the chance to volunteer at another event before you graduate so take advantage of this! Lot’s of the success of the event came from people working in roles that they really wanted to and were good at. There are so many roles so find something you want to do and do it!
I’ll be looking forward to the competition and my hopes are high for 2659’s application. Also, it will be great to see how the broadcast will be handled and the features that will come with it!
We have 22 applicants thus far!
Including…
A half world champ, a 2016 world champion, division finalists, regional chairman award winners, and several 2017 regional winners.
Richard,
We’re working on that right now. Last year we hosted 26 robots. We want to expand capacity to more teams, but do not want to diminish the quality of the event.
Rough estimate: 36 teams But do NOT hold me to that!!!
I can see it now: Load each robot with 40 fuel, line ‘em up on the lines, try to fill the other robots’ hoppers for 2 minutes. At the end of that, count up the fuel. Less fuel inside is the winner. Must aim at other robot. No driving except as necessary to aim.
