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WELDNGOD - 25-7-2008 at 07:51 PM

how was it rollin through the deep grass?

silvereaglekiter - 25-7-2008 at 08:19 PM

not to bad The winds were almost as smooth as the beach but to lite to really get some good speed

Il be back up their in a month or so for another week:frog: I need some more seat time before going down to JIBE;-)

clintopher - 26-7-2008 at 05:23 AM

Wind is forecasted to pick up from the SE this afternoon. If it does and I can convince the Boss that kiting half of Saturday and all of Sunday is a good idea then I might be at Grandview around 3 or 4. I'll post again later on today if I'm on my way out there.

Clint

clintopher - 26-7-2008 at 05:23 AM

double post

WELDNGOD - 26-7-2008 at 05:27 AM

You know,I'm already loadin the truck! high tide is at 3:30 today

clintopher - 26-7-2008 at 05:33 AM

I saw that...how much beach is there at high tide?

WELDNGOD - 26-7-2008 at 05:44 AM

there will be plenty of beach ,even at high tide.

silvereaglekiter - 26-7-2008 at 06:15 AM

I mite make it

_____ - 26-7-2008 at 07:11 AM

Damn. I wouldnt be able to make it. Soonest I could get there would prob be 5 or so

I did have a nice little session yesterday with the Ace at Ocean View. Winds were about 3-4 and man that Ace flew sooo smooooth

Thats exactly what I wanted a larger kite for, days that little Beamer wouldnt go up.

clintopher - 26-7-2008 at 08:23 AM

Well, it looks like me and the boss are gonna go to a beach on the south side. Have fun.

Clint

WELDNGOD - 26-7-2008 at 02:52 PM

just got back, winds were 15 -18 out of the ESE. but it was high tide so no buggy today. But I did tons of scuddin though.

silvereaglekiter - 26-7-2008 at 03:06 PM

I got hung up cleaning house:alien: o-well next time

_____ - 26-7-2008 at 03:35 PM

I didnt get home till alittle before 6

I cant wait to get this side job done so I have more kiting time :D

On a side note, Aug. 8th - 11th, I will be down on the OBX if anyone wants to meet up down there. The girlfriends family has 2 houses down there this summer for a week but Ill only be there Friday night to monday night.

WELDNGOD - 26-7-2008 at 03:49 PM

I'm goin to Manteo tomorrow for a family cookout,beach is right down the street.takin a couple of kites and the landboard :thumbup:

clintopher - 26-7-2008 at 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WELDNGOD
just got back, winds were 15 -18 out of the ESE. but it was high tide so no buggy today. But I did tons of scuddin though.

That would have been perfect for kiteboarding. Oh well...going to OBX tomorrow and the forecast is looking pretty good.

Clint

_____ - 26-7-2008 at 06:30 PM

Are you guys planing on kiting in Hampton next weekend? Were taking next sunday off from the side job

If the wind is good on Sunday Ill make it out. My mom wants to try the Beamer and my dad saud he would too so I think they will tag along too.

WELDNGOD - 26-7-2008 at 06:38 PM

Its possible ,but a little far out to call yet. but next weekend the low tide will be in the midday. it's a every other week thing with the tides. Now we gotta hope the wind shows up.

WELDNGOD - 27-7-2008 at 05:41 AM

Hey ,Clint when you get the FIREWALL gets passed to ya .Can I try it? It looks like a great kite,and you don't have that much Exp. with handles.All I use is handles, so I could coach ya a little;-) ,not to mention I would love to try it in a buggy :thumbup:

clintopher - 27-7-2008 at 07:06 PM

No problem...was kind of planning on it.

WELDNGOD - 27-7-2008 at 08:16 PM

sweet

silvereaglekiter - 27-7-2008 at 08:55 PM

my source of webbing kinda paned out. :ninja:

I managed to score 30 peaces of 5/8" x 12-1/2' flat webbing in a lovely shade of green.:frog: I had hoped to get a large spool of 1' but they had a limited selection. :no:

I got was I thought was one peace piled in a trash bag it but as I started to untangle it I found out it was cut lengths.

I still may have another source to checkout I'll keep you posted :D :thumbup:

_____ - 28-7-2008 at 03:43 AM

Ooooh I could use one of them for my QR for my harness

silvereaglekiter - 28-7-2008 at 06:46 AM

I was thinking more seat making but I have more of what my handle strop is made of if u need some

_____ - 28-7-2008 at 08:51 AM

Yea that would prob work too. Just need somthing to attach to the pin in my QR so I can grab it better and wont loose the pin in the sand.

silvereaglekiter - 28-7-2008 at 09:47 AM

OK you meant a grab something like this

:cool2:

_____ - 28-7-2008 at 09:56 AM

Yup

thats the d0o-hIckY!

_____ - 29-7-2008 at 06:13 PM

I plan on meeting up with WELDNGOD this sunday at his beach spot if you all free

Nick? Clint? Hello.... anyone?

clintopher - 29-7-2008 at 06:36 PM

I might come out...depends on the wind.

_____ - 29-7-2008 at 06:39 PM

YAY! I may get to finally meet you haha

WELDNGOD - 29-7-2008 at 06:43 PM

low tide is around 5 pm , so some rideable sand will be in the after noon. so far weather looks good ,just can't tell about the wind yet.

silvereaglekiter - 29-7-2008 at 08:16 PM

waiting on the wind

_____ - 1-8-2008 at 02:38 PM

So Ikitesurf.com is not showing me wind speeds at the normal locations anymore so I signed up for the free membership and still dont see em? Any other good sites to use

WELDNGOD - 1-8-2008 at 02:40 PM

http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&am...

WELDNGOD - 1-8-2008 at 02:42 PM

http://www.windfinder.com/report/Chesapeake_bay_bridge_tunne...

WELDNGOD - 1-8-2008 at 02:43 PM

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/cbports/cbAllMET_inset.html

WELDNGOD - 1-8-2008 at 02:44 PM

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/akq/

_____ - 1-8-2008 at 02:56 PM

<3

_____ - 2-8-2008 at 05:04 PM

Still planin on heading to Hampton tomorrow aslong as the weather holds out :thumbup:

WELDNGOD - 2-8-2008 at 05:17 PM

I 'll be gettin up about 6 am and heading out there early and do some fishin during high tide, low tide will be later in the day . That is also when the wind shifts off the water.

_____ - 2-8-2008 at 05:21 PM

Im gonna try and be there about 11-12 Im bringin mom to learn her how to fly and Im bringin my whole cute little quiver now that I have more than 1 kite... :lol:

clintopher - 3-8-2008 at 04:37 AM

I'm headed up there now. Wind is blowing 10-14 out of the North. Will probably stay until 1 or so.

Clint

WELDNGOD - 3-8-2008 at 05:18 AM

we (bunch of drunks) woke up late . were leavin now tight lines

WELDNGOD - 3-8-2008 at 05:26 PM

hey folks, I had a great time with all of you today. It's great to get a bunch of kites on the beach.Jason ,thanx alot , now I gotta have a 5m ACE :smilegrin:

. but now I think you will be dyin for wheels! come out to the beach and get a fix whenever I'm there. 2 1/2 yrs. ago I was the lone kiter in VA. Last year I was the lone kiter in newport news, now I'm not alone any more. :thumbup:

here's the pic of the day!( only cause everybody but Clint missed my wipeout w/ the landboard!) :lol:

clintopher - 3-8-2008 at 06:00 PM

I only saw the tail end of the crash...you rolling around on the beach doing some fancy flying keeping that thing in the air.(nice work by the way)

It was great meeting everybody. Wish I would have had more time to stick around...especially since the wind picked up right as I was packing up. LOL.

silvereaglekiter - 3-8-2008 at 06:13 PM

1/2 mile runs

I had a blast:tumble:

Ps. Jason your ATB'ing pics are on my photo page :thumbup:

_____ - 3-8-2008 at 06:37 PM

I had a blast today. Very cool finally meeting you Clint.

This was a awesome day. The wind was kickin for most of the day, nick and donny got buggy runs in, I tried the ATB and got plenty of jumps in with the Ace. My mom and dad fley kites and had a blast too.

Mom dukes and pop said it was very cool meeting a friendly bunch of people for once...lol :thumbup:

WELDNGOD - 3-8-2008 at 06:51 PM

that's all that was going through my mind"don't crash the kite!"

_____ - 3-8-2008 at 06:55 PM

haha I didnt do toooo bad givin the wind at the end of the day

Thanks for the pic's Nick. Im gonna steal em and put em on my myspace too. Now I need some jumping pictures. Maybe next weekend I can get the girlfriend to snag some for me.

WELDNGOD - 3-8-2008 at 07:03 PM

be careful w/ that ACE bro'(watch for gustyness) :thumbup:

_____ - 3-8-2008 at 07:10 PM

You know it man. I was lovin today thought, that wind was perfect for me. Im alot more comfy flying not than I was 2 months ago but still konw when too much is too much.

WELDNGOD - 3-8-2008 at 07:16 PM

it was fun , we gotta do it again. ya know clint is gettin the firewall .we are gonna buggy with it and put in a review. you might wanna make that day(not sure when it will be) it will be fun :thumbup:

. no doubt!

_____ - 3-8-2008 at 07:19 PM

Will do guys. Im off to bed. Sweet dreams ladies...lol

WELDNGOD - 3-8-2008 at 07:22 PM

g'night :cool:

_____ - 4-8-2008 at 09:44 AM

So Ive got a buddy that wants to come out and try photographing us flying, buggying, boarding, jumping and all that jazz. Next time we all get up Ill have him come out too that way we dont need to worry about putting a kite down to take pictures

WELDNGOD - 4-8-2008 at 03:08 PM

Great! Today I came across what I believe will be a swan neck. And then I tripped over a set of siderails that have no bends in them. What luck!! Now if an axle would just fall out of a tree or somethin.... :lol:

_____ - 4-8-2008 at 03:19 PM

Damn what luck. We just had our aluminum tree cut down too. hahah Awesome Donny thanks alot man :thumbup:

Youre finding the pieces alot faster than you thought you would man

WELDNGOD - 4-8-2008 at 03:26 PM

what a day! :thumbup:

WELDNGOD - 5-8-2008 at 12:57 PM

getting bigger by the day!

0805081327.jpg - 216kB

WELDNGOD - 5-8-2008 at 01:02 PM

another pic of the down tube.

I can't believe I get paid to do this!:D :ninja:

_____ - 5-8-2008 at 01:22 PM

Now that is lookin sexy :D

WELDNGOD - 5-8-2008 at 01:48 PM

:ninja:

I didn't weld a thing for the co. today,but I did build a head tube, and a down tube then welded the head tube to the down tube. made upper and lower doublers that go on the fork plates to strengthen them . Welded them in place .took some pics. :ninja:

Then I went out to my truck and took the wheels off the buggy.Pulled all the bearings ( 7 out of ten were completely froze up.) That's why Sunday my wheels were squeekin like hell, they were just turning on axles.Imagine how fast I coulda been going with bearings that worked. Anyhow I soaked em in PB blaster penetrant oil . I finally got em turning again and packed axle grease in em. Put it all back together and bam it was time to go home.:D :ninja:

They are a little more noisy but better than just rollin on the ungreased axles :lol:

I need a beer .... and some 1 3/8" x 5/8" stainless bearings

_____ - 5-8-2008 at 01:58 PM

You need to stop by my house one day on the way home man. You work in va. beach right? Swing by my crib and you can have some cold ones before you get to the HRBT

WELDNGOD - 5-8-2008 at 02:11 PM

might have to take ya up on that sometime bro':singing:

_____ - 5-8-2008 at 02:22 PM

Im right off Terminal Blvd. ro you can hop right back onto 64 once traffic has died down

silvereaglekiter - 6-8-2008 at 09:42 AM

Santa came early

seats any body :cool:

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 10:07 AM

Good score Nick, that looks like 2 inch too. Less sewing, man I hate sewing( cause I suck at it ). are you gonna basket weave it like mine?

silvereaglekiter - 6-8-2008 at 10:39 AM

actually its only 1 inch. It's mil-spec flat webbing 1400 lb test if I read the tag right. Thinner then the rescue grade I'm use to

_____ - 6-8-2008 at 11:42 AM

I feel like a dumb ass cause you guys are getting all this stuff and sharing it and I cain get my hands on anything good for us except some paint for the buggy's or somthing

silvereaglekiter - 6-8-2008 at 12:04 PM

That's what friends are for

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 03:29 PM

" I get high, with a little help from my friends" ain't just words in a Beatles song, they are words to live by. And as mean as I can, and have been,I need to do all I can to get some more of that good wind karma :thumbup:

clintopher - 6-8-2008 at 03:46 PM

I got a project for you if you feel like banking some more karma points...then we'll both be able to reap the wind.

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 03:50 PM

shoot Clint!

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 04:02 PM

I wasn't complainin, I meant hit me with what you need and I'll get on it.

clintopher - 6-8-2008 at 04:22 PM

I want something like this http://www.biketrailershop.com/catalog/images/bob_trailer_ya...

except I want to use a rolleze beach wheel instead the bicycle tire so I can tote all my crap out past the rock pile without having to hump it on my back. Not only that, and this is the biggy, I'd really like to be involved in the build and learn a thing or two. It'd be really awesome if I could talk you into coming to my shop one day after work...we've got a welder there and plenty of pipe...of course most of it's black or stainless shed. 40. I might be able to talk the boss into ordering a stick of stainless tubing. That way it would resist corrosion and it wouldn't be so damn heavy.

Anyway, if you're up for it I can guarantee there would be a case of your favorite beer in your future. That, and you wouldn't have to fight the tunnel traffic, so really I'd be doing you a favor.

Clint

bye the way, don't hesitate to say HELLLLL NO SUCKA!!!! I know it's a lot to ask.

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 04:40 PM

If you can gather the materials needed , I can be your welder and you can be my assistant.

clintopher - 6-8-2008 at 05:58 PM

I'll start getting things together. What do you think I should get? Do you think the stainless tubing would do? If so what size? 1/2" or 5/8" maybe? Would .035 wall thickness be too thin? I'm thinking with gussets in the right places it'd probably work. One thing I'm not sure we have at the shop is stainless flat bar for the ends. Do you have any in your scrap pile?

Clint

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 06:06 PM

I will look around bro'

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 06:08 PM

Why stainless? are you planning on gettin it in the water?

clintopher - 6-8-2008 at 06:29 PM

I just figured it could be thinner, thus lighter than black pipe, if it were stainless. What metal were you thinking?

Black pipe would be easier for me to get...hell we've got plenty at the shop.

_____ - 6-8-2008 at 06:54 PM

We got black iron shed. 40 but I dont know if you would want to use that or not.

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 06:55 PM

yeah it could be thinner and lighter. but at cost, which is gettin higher every day.And getting more expensive to work( OSHA lowered the permissable exposure limit for hexavalent chromium( key ingredient in S.S.that is EXTREMELY CARCINOGENIC in the lungs) to an insanely low PPM.Which is driving up the cost of manufacturing and working it. Too bad I wasn't into this 15 yrs. ago, I had a job building a huge HIGH OUTPUT VACUUM INDUCED EVAPORATOR.( MAKES 250,000 gallons of fresh water a day out of seawater) The condensation tubes were made of TITANIUM! :thumbup:

:D What a buggy that would make, light as aluminum and stronger than steel! I'll gather together some SS materials that I can get.

silvereaglekiter - 6-8-2008 at 07:17 PM

TITANIUM Buggy

clintopher - 6-8-2008 at 07:32 PM

Titanium would be great...let's do that. LOL

But seriously, what metal do you recommend?...and what size?

On another note, the old lady and I will probably be up at Grandview on Saturday morning. Three different weather models are projecting low teens and sub teens throughout the morning AND low tide is around 9:30.

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 07:33 PM

I knew nothing about this sport then:puzzled: But think about how light it coulda been!

WELDNGOD - 6-8-2008 at 08:08 PM

hey Clint we could not afford titanium I think it goes for hundreds of dollars a pound!:o Sat sounds great , not sure the wife can make it, but we will see how she feels. If not maybe she will let me go alone. But she gets tired of being in the house all the time. if I have to pull her out in the buggy , I will. Get up with me friday eve. and I will have a better idea what's up. I gotta get some sleep now ,I was not able to sleep very well last night. we will talk about materials sat.

BeamerBob - 7-8-2008 at 04:50 AM

New thread started about light buggies on an appropriate forum.

WELDNGOD - 7-8-2008 at 03:24 PM

I'm planning on going to the beach saturday,the wife wants to go fishin. I will pull her in the buggy if She can't make the long walk. 9:29 am low tide that day. sweet! Hope for wind :thumbup:

But it doesn't matter I'll be there any way, waiting for it.

clintopher - 7-8-2008 at 03:38 PM

The missus and myself will be there too. GFS, NAM, and WFS weather models are all predicting wind in the morning and they rarely agree so that's a good sign. But like you, we'll be there regardless.

I've got a few errands to run before then though. We're gonna do some fishing and we don't have any equipment or a license so I'll probably hit Walmart up tomorrow night to get everything. So now I'll have all my kite crap AND a bunch of fishing crap to lug out there. Luckily, my sis-in-law has a pretty sweet beach cart...gonna have to hit her up for it.

Clint

WELDNGOD - 7-8-2008 at 03:48 PM

Yeah we gotta get ya a kart or somethin.

_____ - 8-8-2008 at 10:51 AM

Anyone up for hitting up vabeach today? Winds are lookin ok.

WELDNGOD - 8-8-2008 at 03:06 PM

It's a little late for that bro', can't you wait till tommorow?

_____ - 8-8-2008 at 03:15 PM

haha yea I can wait. I have all weekend now, just hope the wind will be on my side. I was just bored today. I got home about 10am and had no plans for the day.

WELDNGOD - 8-8-2008 at 03:26 PM

So..... did ya go flyin?

clintopher - 8-8-2008 at 03:28 PM

The wind forecast changed for tomorrow...not supposed to pick up until the evening. But then again, it blew around 15 all day, and still is, at Grandview from the North and NNE and it wasn't supposed to do that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'll check the wind early tomorrow morning and if it's blowing we'll be there between 7 and 8, if not we'll probably come around low tide.

Clint

_____ - 8-8-2008 at 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WELDNGOD
So..... did ya go flyin?

Nah I fell asleep :lol:

I should have thought about it sooner, I would have asked you if I could borrow your Scrub and I could have practiced while I was down there this weekend. Once again Im a dumb ass and didnt think about it :rolleyes:

WELDNGOD - 8-8-2008 at 03:42 PM

I'm gonna be there wind or no wind , that place is like heaven to me! I'll bring my revolution 1.5 and if there isn't enough wind for you to kite board we can do tricks with it ,or just practice stunting foils. Practice makes perfect and flyin is flyin!

clintopher - 8-8-2008 at 03:56 PM

Make sure you bring the pink kite...Patsy will get a kick out of that.

_____ - 8-8-2008 at 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WELDNGOD
I'm gonna be there wind or no wind , that place is like heaven to me! I'll bring my revolution 1.5 and if there isn't enough wind for you to kite board we can do tricks with it ,or just practice stunting foils. Practice makes perfect and flyin is flyin!

Im headin south this weekend remember? Ill miss you guys

WELDNGOD - 8-8-2008 at 04:38 PM

clint I almost always have all my kites w/ me .

silvereaglekiter - 8-8-2008 at 05:18 PM

Buggys loaded I'll be their. Hopefully earlier then last week

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