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You must be an inland kiter if...

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Cerebite - 14-12-2015 at 05:46 PM

48. You frequently see Parks and Rec groundskeepers in county-issued pickup trucks pull up alongside a public field you are buggying on, stand there looking at you, pull out their mobile phone and talk while still watching you, and then get back in their trucks and drive away. (a.k.a., when is the foot going to drop?).

@ abkayak - hey! Some of us are devoted to our bed sheets! :D

For me this scenario always plays out with the Parks and Rec. guy saying something like (North Ga country accent inferred) "Well, I asked my boss and he said the rules say no motorized vehicles on the field and you aint got no motor but the wind... thats cool man."

@abkayak; being and inland kiter and a lover of Cores, Reactors, and glorified bedsheets I fail to understand your meaning... or this statement is very specifically pointed :smilegrin:

Unfortunately sometimes the Park Rangers refuse to believe reality and issue you a citation for a motorized vehicle and dangerous operation, when the buggy has not operated because of the Janky winds :mad:

Hopefully my appeal comes back soon and I can start using half of my regular locations again.

Cerebite - 14-12-2015 at 06:03 PM

129 -you go for a buggy session and when you come home the pedometer says 5 miles but the GPS on the buggy says 200 ft.

130 -you start a session with 10 soccer fields to yourself and end with enough space to only hit 5 kids when you swing a cat.

Randy - 19-12-2015 at 06:00 AM

You consider a place like this a great find.

abkayak - 20-12-2015 at 09:11 AM

You guys have no idea what it's like trying to get 20#'s of wet sand out of a kite...This will be a 2 day affair minimum...i put 3 in the ocean today just to ride an an hour and a half...2 obe's upside down once...i hate offshore winds but you gotta do what you gotta do..so know it gets "janky" here if your commited...thought I was gonna have to go in the ocean waist deep to bring my blade back to shore...so there is that

Hey Randy, hope you have a handicap sticker to fly there

Randy - 20-12-2015 at 10:35 AM

I think I can fly in it, just can't park there. :D Sounds like you had an "interesting" day. I hope never to find out about getting wet sand out of a kite.

volock - 20-12-2015 at 01:18 PM

Quote: Originally posted by abkayak

You guys have no idea what it's like trying to get 20#'s of wet sand out of a kite...This will be a 2 day affair minimum...i put 3 in the ocean today just to ride an an hour and a half...2 obe's upside down once...i hate offshore winds but you gotta do what you gotta do..so know it gets "janky" here if your commited...thought I was gonna have to go in the ocean waist deep to bring my blade back to shore...so there is that

Hey Randy, hope you have a handicap sticker to fly there

So that's what those side zippers and holes in my buggy seat are for? Glad you didn't lose your kite. I've done the accidentally filled a FB with snow, but that's not the same.

br44 - 21-12-2015 at 06:04 AM

Actually removing wet sand should be quite straightforward, as long as you first wait for a couple of days, to allow the sand to dry.

TEDWESLEY - 21-12-2015 at 05:15 PM

Takes longer than you think for 50lbs of sand seaweed and the occasional small creatures to dry, and then there's the smell...

abkayak - 22-12-2015 at 06:50 AM

blades and bullets also have the mesh which complicates removal...alot...each cell has to be worked multiple times by hand and a 200mph blower helps..on that note i cant tell you how great the Soulfly is...great kite finished that one in an 10 mins once the sand was dry

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