Attention Goofballs! Flugtag is almost here

This Saturday, August 21, Red Bull Flugtag will wallow all over Long Beach Rainbow Harbor from 1 pm to 3:30 pm. Thirty six teams will be competing. Having designed a flying vehicle, the wackier, the better, these brave souls will push it off a platform into the bay to be judged on distance of the flight, creativity of design and showmanship. There's even a people's choice award. Gates open 11 am.

More Red Bull Antics Downtown

The Grunion Gazette reported last week that Red Bull is planning a flugtag event in downtown Long Beach in 2010, although no definite date has been set. Flug tag means flying day and the event offers prizes for human-powered flying machine and humans zany enough to try to "fly" these contraptions off a 30-foot tall pier (in this case the Pine Avenue Pier) into the water. Sounds like a great way to cool off on a hot summer's day