jimbocz
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Should I bring my Drysuit?
Hey Guys,
Is the beach on JI particularly wet? Are there puddles and creeks crossing the beach?
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flyguy0101
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Jim, no drysuit nec- occasional splash will be welcome when it is 70+ and sunny
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markite
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it'll be hot and sticky - wear your board shorts. There are a few small drainage shallows as tide goes in and out - you can avoid getting wet or go
for it. As the tide comes in and beach narrows there are areas where there is a tidal pool mid beach that starts to fill creating a median - you'll
get wet crossing that and all of the sudden some areas that were an inch or two of water are now a foot deep - but that's the fun part!
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
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Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
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jimbocz
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Sounds great. That's what I figured but thought I would check anyway.
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3shot
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Trying to find Errol's epic tide pool splash clip.
I agree with Mark. With the afternoon humidity, buzzing the tide pools is quite refreshing.. lol
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jimbocz
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The place I usually fly looks like this:
Seems like fun until you get that wiff of raw sewage...
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3shot
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Lots more room between the water and the dunes at Jekyll. Biggest thing is dodging all those baseball style jellyfish that wash up lol
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Demoknight
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Sometimes Jekyll Island has some good splashes. But most of them are avoidable. I have two videos that really show both sides of Jekyll from a buggy.
With splashes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7nhNnGxcFk
Without splashes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCkWxD02Z7k&t=10s
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3shot
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Ha!!!! That's the clip Errol! The huge splash at the end of the vid. Lolol
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http://hint.fm/wind/
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markite
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here was the trip from the north tip, down past driftwood, all the way back to base camp and then south to the water tower - all when it was a lower
tide so all the little tidal pools are dry (or slick with whale snot)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfeHjZIpfEI&t=694s
ps - i think someone had the problem a while back where they couldn't see any of the video links (hopefully the above link shows for you guys. Anyway
about a month ago i can no longer see the videos posted in the forum, just a big white area - I was thinking i needed to update something but so far
no luck - what was the trick or what do i need to check?
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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markite
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Aghh trying to edit above post... Never mind this one
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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jimbocz
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I could see all those videos. Looks like fun.
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Demoknight
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If the wind is a bit north, and the tide is fully out, you can basically go on the Jekyll Safari to the North. It is very technical, especially around
the Driftwood Beach parts, but very worth it. There are miles of beach that don't often get touched with buggies in the north.
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soliver
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Great Clips Errol, 2014 was indeed a particularly wet year... good stuff!
I'm going to take a nap now
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Demoknight
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2014 was my first time coming, and it hooked me. This is now a yearly tradition for me, and has recently become a tradition for Anna to bring her
family as well. I am getting so excited thinking about it!
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Kites:
Ozone R1 V3 7m
Flysurfer Sonic v3 15m
Flysurfer Speed 3 Deluxe 19m
Peter Lynn Charger 2 12m
Ozone Access Reride 6m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 5.5m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 8.6m
Prism Tensor 5.0m
Ride:
GT-Race Code:R6
Weird Beard VTT Custom
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