If floating on the Colorado River with a few thousand friends sounds like your idea of a good time, you’ve got to check the Bullhead City River Regatta on Saturday, August 29th.
The float launches from Bullhead City Community Park at 9 am (check-in begins at 7 am) and winds 8 miles down the Colorado River, ending at Rotary Park. After party with food and entertainment!
Bullhead City Birthday Bath -n- Splash
No regatta is complete without a theme, right? Last year it was Pirates of the Colorado.
This year it’s Bullhead City’s 25th birthday celbration:
Think PARTY! (Cakes, balloons, presents, party games).
Think HISTORY! (what do you remember about the 1980s?)
Be sure to check out the Questions & Answers and Things to Know page from the official site. You’ll get all the details you need, like where to park, how much it costs, how to register your float, and so on.
Oh, and don’t forget about the Ye Gotta Regatta party on Friday night before the float from 5-10 pm. Best Bartender Contest, too? Yep.
The Regatta is GROWING so Register in Advance!
In only it’s third year, the annual Bullhead City River Regatta is growing exponentially. The 900 attendees in 2007 grew to 4,000 plus last year. They are now expecting more than 9,000 people. Holy Float!
Advanced registration for the float is strongly encouraged: Bullhead City River Regatta registration.
Are you a Floater?
If you’ve made the regatta float (or any other Colorado River float for that matter), I’d love to hear your story or see some photos. Please leave a comment or drop me an email.
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Hi Evan,
I’m so glad to have found you & your blog – great resources for us folks “in the city”! I only wish I had found you earlier, as I just returned yesterday from a long weekend of playin’ in the river (stayed at the Avi), and could have used some insider tips! Next time, right?!
PS – this Regatta looks like a blast!
Hey Chris,
I’m glad you found me, too!
Hope you had a good time at the Avi. It was a great weekend to be outside don’t you you think?
Next time you’re in town stop in and say hi. I come your way about once a month for AAR stuff, so maybe I’ll see you there.
BTW, I dig your “About Chris” page. I feel like I know you!
This looks like a lot of fun, but I’m a little concerned about the focus on alcohol. What kind of safety measures are you taking along the river float to ensure no one is injured or drowns as a result of excessive drinking? Wouldn’t it be great if you had a way to supply bottles of water to participants along the route, and save the drinking for aftersards, although you don’t want to encourage drinking and driving either. Fun in the sun on the water and alcohol just are not a good mix.
If anybody attended this float and saw the fight that happened afterwards and would like to provide a statement defending the guy that got tasered for no reason, please let me know! We need all the help we can get becuase that was completely uncalled for. Pictures, Videos or statements would help greatly! Thank you!
WHAT?!?!
I was in a wedding out of town this weekend so I missed the float. This is the first I heard about a fight. Let me see what I can find out, but if you have time to drop me an email or give me a call that would be great.
Evan
Thank you so much! Ya the fight really was not that big of a deal, it was two drunken friends being idiots. The cops however blew everything out of porportion by tasing my boyfriend and turned everything into a big show! My email is a_m_burnett@yahoo.com if you can send me any information that would be great!!
i dont think the police where wrong why would two adult men start a brawl in a place where people come to enjoy the river and the event remember it only takes one idiot to ruin everybodies fun all i have to say is grow up and think of others keep your acts in california and not in OUR TOWN
I agree with you that they were idiots for fighting, but they had already broken themselves up when the cops came and in no way shape or form should he have been tasered!! The fight was done when the cops arrived, they were out of line!! And you know what, what do you expect is going to happen when a bunch of drunk idiots from all over come together? There is not going to be peace the whole time! Remember that your little city put this on, what the hell do you expect. Maybe your cops should come to California to learn how to deal with things that go wrong and that not everything is going to be flowers and candy! Its called Life!! All im asking for is help from people that saw it, not rude remarks and opinions!
I wasn’t there so I can’t talk about whether or not the guy deserved to be tasered, but that is a real bummer. The idea is to come out and have a good time, not start brawling, get taken down by the cops, or worse, get killed.
Yes, it’s a fact that things sometimes go bad when you get a bunch of people together and introduce alcohol, but that’s not a California thing, it’s a people thing. Everyone – residents, visitors, and law enforcement, need to use their heads and especially respect the water and the heat.
I think “A Mother” called this one in her comment back on Friday.
It gets really old reading about people getting injures or worse in avoidable incidents while trying to have a good time.
Thank you for the kind words evan. It is not a California thing, its something that happens when people get drunk and cannot handle themselves. I do not agree with what my boyfriend and his friends did at all but that does not call for the police to do what they did. Yes people did go out to have safe fun but sometimes things happen.
All we want is poeple who saw the whole thing and can stick up for Brad and the crap he had to go through with the cops. It was not something him or anybody should go through when they are complying with police.
this will be my first time taking my dum ass down a fast moving river. i’m a idiot. but i’m going to do this. do you know if there will be shuttle back to the starting point were my vehicale will be.
Hi Tyrone,
There is a shuttle. Check it out:
(from http://www.bullheadregatta.com/index.php?action=faq)
“We suggest people drop their floats off at Community Park, drive their vehicles to Rotary and park there. Then, take the Regatta shuttle back to Community Park. This way, your vehicle will be close when you come ashore”
Have a great time and be safe.
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