I got 3 hours with the new buggy and the Crossfire II this afternoon with Crieke. I can't wait to get some coastal winds for 2 1/2 days. We'll either come in Thursday night or mid Friday morning. Can't wait. I'll be the one on the beach with the big grin. :D

I plan to hit the road early Friday morning to get their close to noon as I can :tumble:

OK gang, weather is good for the weekend! Wind is tough to call, though. NOAA says North, Weather.com says West. But at least it is clear that we have wind from somewhere and Friday at 20 knots!!
Everything else is dialed in: Parking passes, Sea Turtle Center Tour, Dinner Saturday. The Jekyll Island Authority has been awesome.
See you on the beach!!

I plan to be there by 10 am friday. 11 at the latest. Can't wait to see everyone. It will be only Wexler and I. Jared has a baseball tournament so we are going separate ways for this weekend.

Angus i plan to be there SAT. about 1;00pm. i will pay and register when i get there if that is ok. doubtful i will stay for the feast. we have a party on the books here.

we have had great wind since last fri. N/NE honkin like mad, insane 5 hour session on sat. almost the entire tide swing.

should be a great time. low tide, wind and bags -o-fun.

chad

OK at least now the oracles agree that winds will be WSW Friday and Saturday, nuking over 15 kts on Friday- Not as good as East, but I'll take it over North any day. We should be good for fully lit distance runs. Stoked!

yep, the NWS forecast confirms the same conditions here on Friday. I pasted this link for all you attending. If youre heading into the water (WSW side off there I believe) watch the along shore rips. The west component should clean the water up but you never know about the rips. I had the Scorpion out and surfed yesterday.................................. it was strong!

http://www.pdfamily.com/weather/buoy/SEbuoy.php

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Originally posted by goldendmd Angus i plan to be there SAT. about 1;00pm. i will pay and register when i get there if that is ok. doubtful i will stay for the feast. we have a party on the books here. we have had great wind since last fri. N/NE honkin like mad, insane 5 hour session on sat. almost the entire tide swing. should be a great time. low tide, wind and bags -o-fun. chad

Chad you will be most welcome any time; we can work something out. See you then. Sounds like West winds 10-15 kts. Good for distance runs mayb just a bit lumpy.:wee:

Just got word that the Neos are here Stateside. I'll have an 11 meter in camo for the weekend; maybe not for Friday depending on UPS.

Angus,

I'm cool with that, looks like WEST for the weekend. definitely gonna get some breeze.

just wrapped a mad miday session in the sound with a north wind on a rising tide.

may have a flaming V13 for saturday if ups makes before i leave.

peace

Looking good here I will be leaving Thurs evening around 1 or 2 so i should be there for some flying on thurs evening. Winds are looking good

I'll have a new kite this weekend too. UPS delivers our Montana III 9.5m tomorrow. I'm first in line for a carnival ride on the neo when you start sharing Angus. I buggied for 2 hours today so I'm really anticipating some hard sand that I can slide on with some precision. I"ve spent about 5 hours in the buggy on hard dry grass with somewhat bumpy dirt underneath. The smooth hard sand is going to be heavenly, even with a west wind.:wee:

I'm hoping my Sieger NPW arrives tomorrow.
the info packet & my last new axle bolt arrived today Im all set:tumble:

Man, I'm useless today. I was tinkering with the buggy and loading some things in the car, and before I knew it, I had filled the preloaded cooler with ice. Oh well, it'll be good and cold already when I top it off tomorrow.

How is the gasoline availability down on the coast? Someone called talk radio here yesterday saying they drove to Orlando from Augusta and couldn't find gas anywhere along the interstate till they got to Orlando. I wonder if I should pack a few cans to make sure I can make it home. Several CS chains here have been out for 3-4 days now.

Good for gas here and exit 29 is the cheapest in the region

Our whole area ran out today. No station within 12 miles of my house has gas. I have 180 miles left and will head south in the hopes of finding gas before I run out. you might see me buggying down I-16 if I run out.

Despite the predictions of west winds, the sea breeze kicked in for southeast on-shore wind at up to 12 mph for a good part of the afternoon. Ripstop filled the air and we had over a mile to ourselves with few people besides spectators viewing from the dunes with mouths agape.

Air traffic control was a real challenge but it was nice to see that much color in the sky.

Chad (goldenmd) stacked two Venoms and tore up the sky on both water and landboard. Crazy.

I got a lot of miles in with my new HQ Neo 11m .

Wexler Muse was ripping up the beach on a landboard and his new Montana 9.5m.

More follies today. Pics to follow...

I made it home finally :bigok: Had a blast meeting everyone wish I could of hung around longer sunday But I figured I better hit the road

Wow, what an awesome time. The winds were much better for Saturday allowing some fast runs to the north and then work your way slightly upwind back to camp. My buggy skills improved dramatically having lots of time and smooth winds to work with, along with pointers from the more experienced. By Saturday afternoon, I was modulating long slides with fully powered turns. It was a real thrill to watch Wexler "get it" with his landboard. I gave him a 5 minute talk about the wind and the direction he needed to roll and he was gone, holding his line and sliding to a stop to head off in the other direction.

I commented to several people that they could try harder to hide their enthusiasm evident by the huge grins they had when riding by. I was excited to fly the new NEO 11m that Angus got on Friday. It looks awesome in the sky and flies like it has an engine in it.

Many thanks to Angus for his preparation and hospitality at a great event. Even the wind was on cue.

We got there late on thurs. and hit the beach Fri morning. Winds were light on fri but i pulled the old trusty Pro foil 5.5 and rolled my buggy all over the beach. Sat started out light winds so back out with the 5.5 . the winds picked up around 2 2:30. I kept flying my 5.5 and got some great speed runs from one end to the other. .sunday we hit the beach for a little bit winds were light so we went exploring the island some Some great things to see there. We had a blast this weekend buggying and meeting everyone. We look forword to next year. Maybe see yall at Tresure Island this upcomming year for some buggy action

A big thanks to Angus for a great event

Angus! my friend, fantastic time! great to get together with all the fliers. Saturday afternoon ride was nice, breeze was right on time, tide was right . 10-12mph perfect for land work. daily dose of venom always good. tight crew everything flowed nicely.
Great to meet everyone.
We all got to play in the planet's gift of breeze. Its why we are here.
GOOD SPOT!
chad

man i really wish i went i kick myself in the #%* i just couldnt get away the economy has killed us at the shop we are actually closeing as i write so maybe next time i wouldnt be much fun anyway pretty tough time right now real sad time for my wife ill see ya sometime later

p.s. thanks for the invite Angus sorry couldnt make it

Steve

Here is one of my favorite pictures from the weekend. JIBE was Wexler's first chance to really have some good wind and a depower kite to hone his skills with the landboard. I'm really proud of how he progressed and how handily he picks up kites and makes flying them look easy. This is in his first 20 minutes with his new Montana. I've heard multiple different people make comments about big things to come from him in the future as easily as he progresses at this stuff.




Link to my favorite pics from JIBE 2008

Nice pics! It looks like you guys had a blast. What a great playground. How much wind was Wexler landboarding in with that 9.5 Montana?

Also, I'd really recommend wearing sneakers or something similar when landboarding to protect your feet. :!: I think jumping off the board at speed would be a pretty easy way to bust a toe or two or otherwise injure your foot.

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Originally posted by kiteNH Nice pics! It looks like you guys had a blast. What a great playground. How much wind was Wexler landboarding in with that 9.5 Montana?

The sea-breeze picked up to about 12 mph

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Originally posted by kiteNH Also, I'd really recommend wearing sneakers or something similar when landboarding to protect your feet. :!: I think jumping off the board at speed would be a pretty easy way to bust a toe or two or otherwise injure your foot.

Thanks for the advice. Wexler hasn't been really sure what would be best to wear for shoes. I guess the straps are adjustable to accommodate whatever you stuff in there.

OK gang, here are some pics...

http://www.coastalwindsports.com/JIBE2008Photos.html

Thanks again for everybody that took a chance on this event.

I'm working with the Jekyll Island Authority for JIBE 2009 and am currenlty shooting for early May for the following reasons...

• No Russian Roulette with tropical storms
  
• More reliable wind patterns
  
• Little conflict with other events (Wildwood, AKA)
  
• Before summer "crowds"
  
• I can't wait another whole year!
  

Stay tuned for details...

Great pictures Angus! I'm thrilled that the second annual JIBE might come as soon as May. I'm afraid I might be back before then though. That sand is so nice for the buggy. I can't seem to get my SUV to powerslide quite the same as the buggy.

sweet, fully hooked on on the atb

cruising through