Does anyone know of any good kiting spots for kite buggying and/or kite landboarding in Southeastern Pennsylvania (PA) or Northern Delaware (DE)? I really would like to get into kitesurfing/kiteboarding, but am realizing that I'm pretty landlocked here in the greater Philly area, so spots in Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, Lancaster and Philadelphia counties that are good for land-based power kiting would be awesome. I've heard of a spot in Warminster -- not quite sure where -- and saw a thread on this site about kiting in Valley Forge park. Would love to get more info on these spots as well as any other possible locations. Would also love to meet others who are doing these activities. Thanks!

ice

i live in newark,de and usually just goto a random soccor field. or if i have all day free i goto wildwood, nj because its always windy at the beach and wildwood has a mile of sand between the boardwalk and ocean. its a really big open area. check around your state parks usually they have big feilds just search google maps for "pa state park". also i dont have a buggy or landboard i just jump around with it like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H999LqFQNWs so you might need a bigger area then me :P

search for the recent thread about these areas - a park off rt. 40 in glasgow looks promising - but wildwood is still Mecca. :roll:

Ice,
Where are you located in PA? I don't ride my buggy there, but I do fly my kites in Manderach park, Limerick, PA. Wildwood, NJ is the best, once the summer season is gone. At this time there are too many people on the beach.

Funny, I was just in WW yesterday and waited until after the lifeguards left and the beach cleared to haul out the big 'uns.

A sign off to the side of the big beach to the right of the convention center says "no vehicles of any kind." I stuck w/ doing a little static Ranger jumping instead.

Buggys certainly do appear out there- off season.

I just wonder if "vehicle" is defined by the whim of the patroling officers. If might make more sense to just bring a landboard out instead, at least during the on-season.

a park off rt. 40 in glasgow looks promising

not really. its got a big hill thou. in the way is a road, and whats rumored to be a skatepark in the building, along with trees

as far as vehicles im pretty sure those are just talking about motorized, as in cars, and by any kind it means dirt bike, ATV, mini bike, ect.

The Glasgow place is inland and has treelines - but there are some open areas in it.

As for the Wildwood sign, I might just take my board next time. No way it could be labeled a "vehicle" by any beach goer who feels threatened by it.

As a Head's Up: I might be up in WW near the weeS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s end or so, depending on the weather.

glasgow isn't worth driving from pa, its not bigger than a soccer field. if u goto wildwood let me know what day, i wanna try a landboard before i buy one

sofa king. I was just at the glasgow park the other day to check it out and if you go all the way to the rt 896 end of the park where the tennis courts are there is plenty of room. There is a tree line, but if the winds are good enough it should be ok. Also sofa if you ever want to hit this park here in smyrna let me know. Its called Big Oak Park and if the winds are from the W NW it is a pretty good buggy spot. Yet another DE buggy guy!

You guys name the date and time and I'll come!

lad one of these days I will catch up with you and get to fly with you for sure. Fall winds will soon be here!:bouncing:

Warminster park is ok. Its an abandon airfield. Plenty of room. Ive also ridden valley forge park but have heard the park rangers will kick you out. Hasent happened to me yet. You can check njbuggyclub.com for info on wildwood.
In winter a bunch of us goto nothern ny to snow kite. they get some pretty epic conditions up there.

warminster park , abandoned air field? sounds interesting, mapquesting now!

this friday, whos coming with me. 16mph winds with a 30% chance of rain according to the weather channel. ill be right next to the convention center all day, probably like 11am-6pm if it doesnt rain....ill be the one with a big blue kite on the sand

Ah jeeze, me and my Phanny plan to be in Wwood or Cape May then - you're right about the rain then, these last 2 stinky hot days would have been ideal for the waterside.

Which Convention Center are you refering to?

I'm guessing he is talking about hte convention center right on the beach in Wildwood. If you are driving through the heart of wildwood, turn off on Rio Grande towards the water. I am pretty sure that will put you right at the parking lot for the convention center...

edit: Just looked it up. 4500 Boardwalk, is where the convention center is if you look it up on maps.google.com.

Rio Grande is Rt. 47 coming right into Wildwood proper - and into the convention center. I will be somewhere out there and may put my 12m Phanny or Ranger early evening. If I see a big kite beforehand, I'll be sure to walk over!

i usually am at the red X on this picture

its right behind the parking lot with the concert beach balls, and the sign that says wildwood in big metal blue letters where alot of ppl stand to get there picture taken...probably wont get there till about 1pm thou. what time will yall be there?

I may not have the kites out until later - esp. when the lifeguard leave at 5:30!

gotcha, mines a land kite(beamer III) so ill be out all day if i go. i dunno if i will because of rain. you should bring your landboard and let me try it thou

prehaps we'll get wind from hurricane bill

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Originally posted by lad I may not have the kites out until later - esp. when the lifeguard leave at 5:30!

why didnt you show

I came out just after 5:30 - only saw a little kid kite up! I just don't like to put anything big up or get on my board 'til people start to leave and the lifeguards/beach patrol leave! Will you be back up there again?

we were out there from 3pm-4:30pm getting dragged across the sand. packed up got something to eat and came back a like 5:45 but had to untangle a line cus i was too lasy to roll it up right so that took 2-3 hours and then the kite was a little wet or something and i couldnt get it up. im not sure if it was beacuse it was wet or i messed up the length of line. i need to get that checked out and ill try to be back next time its windy. thought im busy with school and work so i dunno

we saw a kite in the water but couldn't tell if it was a kite or seagull because it was so far away. it looked green and was a bit south of the convention center so i assume that was you

EDIT: i look forward to trying snow kiting this winter. know of any spots?

There's little snow that sticks around in this region for the last decade or so - ski shops have been closing right and left in the same time period. Marylanders always head to the PA ski resorts (i.e. Roundtop) for the artificial snow - BUT I have no clue about the status of kites at these places.

You may hafta settle for joining us NJ Buggy Bashers at Wildwood over the cold seasons.

i went to this place in virgina. 3.5hour drive from newark... it was called the cove campground and it had a lake. people said it freezes over and ppl drive cars on it in winter time. i think that would be fun to snow kite on a lake. plus id be able to camp there

Nothing beats northorn ny for snow kiting. A bunch of us from the nj buggy club head up there alot, leebrian( wilmington), ragden(dc), me(pa).

Its a long drive, but well worth it.

I plan to whiz by the So. DE area maybe thur. afternoon/eve. - hope to meet up with shehatesmyhobbies..and maybe rcdavis over there. if anyone else is in the area, maybe there is a mutual flying spot or even beach area we can meet.

im in newark, so name the place i might be able to meet yall, but its only 7mph winds thursday so i dunno. other then that friday/saturday theres gonna be a hurracane or tropical storm hitting wildwood. 17-10mph winds. i may be there