Funny you guys should mention scheduling... During this past Nationals in Chicago, there was an Artistic Events "discussion" held that raised that very issue of when to schedule skysurfing, freeflying and freestyle. Most agreed (events director Tony Thacker, all the AE judges, and all the AE competitors in attendance) that the best time to hold all AE events would be at the beginning of the nationals competition. That way, (1) there is a buildup to the main event (RW), (2) the relatively low participation AE events would not hold excessive staff and other resources over once RW had completed, (3) AE competitors could benefit from the same high volume attendance at their awards ceremony that RW experiences, and (4) AE would receive greater exposure as opposed to holding the events until after 99% of everyone else had already left. Lawrence