What is the Tour de Rizbee?
Four years ago, I had hit the wall of work-induced stress, over-commitment to volunteer groups, and general frustration with life. What to do? Well, to steal an idea from two of my idols (Otter and Boone from Animal House), there was only one thing to do - ROAD TRIP!!!!! But not the bacchanalia-laden excursion of the Deltas - this was to be a trip for fun, relaxation, and bonding between a father and his young son.
My 12-year-old son,
AJ
and I had recently started to
play disc golf
together at
Morley Field in San Diego. The game was new for AJ, but it was
one of the main ways that I misspent my youth. I never felt more
free or relaxed than when I played this wonderful game, so naturally
this would be the perfect way to spend a few days - hitting the road for
a few days to play as much disc golf on as many different courses as
possible.
We had such a great time on the first Tour that we decided it should be an every year event! So far, we have held four Tour de Rizbees. This past year's (2007) version included a trip to the Amateur World Disc Golf Championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin!! We also raised funds and spread the word about Educational Disc Golf Experience (EDGE). EDGE was developed by a group of World Champion disc golfers and subject matter experts to give educators and youth organization leaders the tools for teaching a fun, easy-to-learn lifetime sport to young people. EDGE also links classroom subjects such as math, science, and civics to the sport, bringing those subjects into situations that will make learning come alive. One goal of our trip was to raise funds to add the EDGE curriculum to schools and the parks program in our hometown of San Marcos, CA. We raised $800 for EDGE and will be ordering the curriculum for one of our San Marcos schools. We also contacted local disc golfers on our route and set up "play events" where kids met us at their local course to play disc golf. It was great! Join us on tour in 2008!!
Check out the navigation links on the left to see more about our previous tours and our plans for Tour #5 (not quite yet...).
Care to join us? Send us an e-mail - the more the merrier!!
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