Welcome to the internet home of the Cheers Over California Hot Air Balloon Team. We are based in Sacramento, California and do most of our local ballooning, including rides, tether operations, corporate events and more in the surrounding Northern California communities of Marysville, Lincoln, Lodi and Woodland. We also travel frequently to special events throughout California and also to Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.

What's in a name?    

    Early French balloonists carried fine champagne as a gift to local citizens who thought the huge, smoking objects descending from the sky must surely be demons and set out after them with pitchforks. The pilot would lower the bottle to the angry hoards below and offer a toast in exchange for safe landing privileges. Because of this, ballooning became known as the "Champagne Sport." To this day, the tradition lives on and balloonists still carry a bottle of Champagne as a gift to friendly landowners. We celebrate this tradition with every flight and offer a toast to all who see our "Cheers" balloons and share in the joy they bring.

    We invite you to follow the links at the top of this page to browse our site. For a family reunion, company picnic, corporate marketing program or the wonderful experience of a balloon ride over the beautiful farmlands of the Sacramento Valley, come see the fun that you too can have, ballooning with Cheers Over California.

The Balloonist's Prayer
May the winds welcome you with softness.
May the Sun bless you with it's warm hands.
May you fly so high and so well that God joins you in laughter
and sets you gently back into the loving arms of Mother Earth

New!! Pictures from the 2006 "Prosser Balloon Campout" in the Gallery.

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Cheers Over California is proud to be your Northern California RE/MAX balloon operator. For more information, click on the balloon at left.

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So...want to get involved?? Maybe you have what it takes to...Join the Team!! Read on...

CREWING NEWS!!

Cheers Over California and other local balloonists are frequently looking for people who don't mind missing a few hours sleep to have some real fun. For information about our Team and how you too can participate as part of a hot air balloon crew, please visit our Team page or contact Cheers Over California at 916-922-9253. Email us at:  info@cheersovercalifornia.com

All maintenance and inspections of Cheers Over California balloons performed by:

California Ballooning Services, Inc.

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Last updated: March 06, 2008.