the beach from hell, (at least it started that way).
Been out the last 2 days and the frustration level has been higher than the tide.
The beach does not deserve to be called a beach, maybe a salty wet pile of sand at the best.
Everything about it is wrong and a problem to fight with. While fighting with the public and the low wind(0-2mph) I did get some play time in but had
to work at it way to much.
The soft dry upper beach is too soft for bigfoots and you cant get going in any direction as you are drug along with the kite.
The lower section at the water is ok with bigfoots but too soft for barrows.
The sectin between the upper and lower were the traffic drives is not wide enough to drive on even with a small buggy.
There are pools of water deep enough to dive into and sand bars that are surroundedon 3 sides.
The elevation of the beach is 6 feet in spots.
So with all this, and all the different buggies and different setups I have, along with a 12m kite on 200 feet of line, i was able to have a bit of
fun for a few minutes.
I flipped my buggy changing direction as I was sliding sideways down a 3 foot drop off into the water and was dragged to the other side of the pond as
the kite reached the zenith it lifted me up to my feet and thats when the buggy let go of me.
Most of the time it was like trail riding because of the bad sand and all the trucks driving next to me trying to talk to me as I am trying to get
down the beach. Not knowing they are on the only hard part of the beach that I need to access to get back.
So it was off to the surf and through the ponds to get past the people.l
Now to my point of this thread.
With 3 buggies, and 3 different tire setups, any one buggy would not work but for a small area of the beach. Not being able to park the kite and head
up or down the beach with a perfect onshore wind was a bit frustrating. The sand wasnt consistant, and the beach was not flat at all. I watched a jeep
going down the beach and it looked as if he was at a monster truck race with all the jumps and holes to bomb through.
17 inch Sysmic wheels and tires woulnt work, 21inch beach racers were useless, and the barrows were a joke.
I am hoping for a better day today as a few others will be out trying to buggy. I will sit and watch
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WOW , you can say H E double hockey sticks on here !
I cant print any of the words I was yelling yesterday, I dont even know how to spell half of them.
How about 7734, is that ok?
The beach is 2 miles north of Cranberry Road at Long Beach.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
Sorry to hear that you had so many "challenges". Will be leaving for Long Beach in about 2 hours. Will see you at the Sid Snyder/Tenth Street
approach on Tuesday, I'll be there starting Monday and staying thru Sunday.
Better luck at WSIKF!
Morrie Williams
Westport, WA, USA
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Yep, stood around and played with a few kites and I did not buggy. I did enjoy watching a few others deal with the stuff I did yesterday. Wet kites
are not fun, and the walk of shame is even better when you can point and laugh. Thanks guys, you made my day. Should we try again in the morning? HaHaHaHaHaHa. you guys are great.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
Feeling your pain guys, my beaches are always changing and are sometimes unridable. I have a lot to choose from but you could waste the whole day
checking them all out!
They are better in the winter though which is when i do most of my buggy/landboard riding.
Wow sweet little video. The beach sure looks better up there than it does down below. Thanks for the smile, I had to get back to work for a day or 2
and this makes it a little bit better.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
yeah, based on BS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s description of the beach, I expected normandy during the landing, from your aerial video it looks amazing.
I was 2 miles farther up the beach. Its hard to see the elevation changes from so far up.
If you walk accross the wet sand you will leave little puddles where you stepped.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
Rough life, traveling from here to there...kiting along the way. That would suck. I would hate that.
I have sacrificed so much of myself, guess the beach doest love me as much as I was hoping.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
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Post the video Steve, show the world how to fly in no wind with a 10m on 270 foot lines.
There was a little breeze, the yellow flag out by the water was moving, sometimes.
Almost took out your glider a couple of times with the kite.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
Thanks for the video Herb, was a fun weekend! Amazed Jeff could buggy on those 288ft lines, was a handful flying static... Enjoyed watching how you
flew that 24m Phantom on 180ft lines while riding the haize/flexboardz. Hope to get down to the south coast area for another NAPKRA event soon.
I may have to hire you Steve for your video expertise.
Nice job.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
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Try bugging on a beach around the Great Lakes
sometime. We have no tides so it's interesting to say the least.
