How far would you travel for a competition?

[Bryan]

Anyone in California from either the Bay Area or LA/SD has to travel about 8 hours to get to the other area's comps.

So, I guess I'll take 8 or more. ;p

Yeah, I think most people don't realize this when they complain that CA has competitions all the time.

 

[ccchips296]

if there were a competition in australia (sigh) then id go for about 6 hrs max but my parents would never let me. i think i could just get away with 4 hr drive if i was super good and they were in a good mood but i would really be stretching it. i could definately get there with 2 hrs

 

[hdskull]

Anyone in California from either the Bay Area or LA/SD has to travel about 8 hours to get to the other area's comps.

So, I guess I'll take 8 or more. ;p

Yeah, I think most people don't realize this when they complain that CA has competitions all the time.

Exactly, San Diego is about 500 miles south San Francisco/Berkeley/Stanford. Caltech is 100 miles north of San Diego. I live pretty close to Caltech, so I got lucky, lol, and I'm going to college in San Diego next year, I've got half of California covered . Still find it hard to drive 6 hours to norcal competitions though.

 

[Rawn]

2 hours max, but there's no comps in australia anyway.

 

[Erik]

I don't care about the traveling, I once traveled 24 hours to the competition. I only care about the costs of the traveling

 

[Ton]

By car 8 to 12 hours , else I will fly do not care about the hours as long as I can afford the trip.

On my list where I like to go to for competion :
Idonesia , Greek, Japan , Finland, Sweden , Australia , Austria

 

[Alex DiTuro]

I would travel about 4-5 hours, but my parents won't take me more than an hour away.

I was about 3 hours from the Captain's Cove so my dad made me pay for gas (50 bucks).

 

[Hadley4000]

I'd go probably go a while. But, I get free airfare to anywhere in the world, so I'm biased.

 

[Kyle™]

i live in FL and went to a caltech tournament in 2004!

 

[ConnorCuber]

Well, I went to the minnesota open, and it was about 12 hours away (from where I live in Canada)

 

[MistArts]

I live in Northern VA. I only care about competitons 2 hours away. Like DC, Richmond, some places in Maryland and maybe West Virginia.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

Meh, anywhere in the North Island of New Zealand.

 

[Kenneth]

Stockholm-Helsinki is 14 hours by ferry, I have done the trip three times to compeate there... But not this weekend, I had enough of it (the long trips, not the compeating)

 

[slncuber21]

i went to the Cincinnati Spring Open this year and it was 5 hours away from where i live, so me and my dad stayed the night....

i think i could go 6 hours in a car, im not sure about plane tho. i havent been on a plane in 9 years..... kinda forgot how it feels to be up in the air.

but i REALLY hope to go to the Cincinnati Summer Open this year- if my mom agrees to it....

 

[SkateTracker]

Well, I haven't been to a competition yet, but I'm planning on going to one in Georgia in October (unless the date has changed again) which is probably about a 5-6 hour drive from where I live (South Florida).

So I'd say 6 hours, maybe more, I don't know. This is going by car though, not plane, so it takes longer. obviously, lol.

 

[DavidWoner]

I don't care about the traveling, I once traveled 24 hours to the competition. I only care about the costs of the traveling

agreed, traveling is fun especially with friends. i would've gone to MN open but i couldn't afford a hotel or gas at the time.

i wouldn't travel more than an hour lol. I'm surprised at how much time you guys would sacrifice to compete

really? really?!? you must be really lazy then. it takes 2 hours just to drive across the Kansas City Metro Area(north to south and east to west). just a few weeks ago some friends and i drove down to springfield, MO(4 hours each way) on a whim and stayed the night just to watch our baseball team play. it was one of the most fun things i've ever done. traveling can be quite enjoyable if you plan it right(or don't plan at all, like our springfield trip.)

i dont think of it as "sacrificing" time to go compete, its more like taking a road trip or a mini vacation. even if you are traveling by yourself, you can still meet and hang out with new people while you are there, and thats worth the trip alone. cmon, get out and live a little!

 

[KConny]

I don't care at all how long it takes me, only how much it would cost.

 

[mrbiggs]

Anywhere I can get to using public transportation without interfering with work or school. In a practical sense, that's a day's trip by bus, which gives me most of the northeast.

Although I'm not going to put in a huge effort unless I've improved substantially over the times I achieved at the last competition. So it depends somewhat.

 

[Tim_Likes_Cubing]

I'm only 14, so it's got to be in the area.

 

[luckysolve]

I live in the middle of the country, in Springfield Mo. it seems like most competitions are near the coasts or boarders. I've gone to two competitions before, one in Ohio and one in Kansas. that's several hours driving time for each. If there were more in Missouri i would go to more.