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Buggy Boogie Sprang Thang 2011

coreykite - 9-3-2011 at 12:51 PM

Hey Sailors
Before you know it, nabx will be memory.
A new itch to ride the desert winds and sail the dry lakes.
El Mirage Dry Lake in California is the place.
June 3rd, 4th & 5th (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) 2011
The weekend AFTER Memorial Day.
Mark your calender now!

Horny Naked Buggy Chicks will be there.
You should be too.

Check out "Horny Naked Buggy Chicks" on Facebook
On the internet at www.buggythang.org
Or www.nakedbuggy.org

The Wind is FREE!

Entry and camping at Elmer's now costs $30 for the weekend.
Bring everything you'll need.
Pack it all out when you go.


Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... Never in doubt"

the coreylama

WindWiz - 18-3-2011 at 01:44 PM

Yowza! :bird:

All looks good, except the 2nd link should be http://www.buggynaked.com

That one will work and take you to buggythang.org

See ya on the Playa!

Bladerunner - 18-3-2011 at 05:18 PM

Giggidy Giggidy ! :tumble:

fluke242 - 19-3-2011 at 11:40 PM

Bladerunner told me about this as I live in Cali.. Oh my what a hoot... See ya in June!!! :D

kiteetik - 20-3-2011 at 09:03 AM

every summer i buggy in shorts--WTH--might as well go all the way.......

dman - 6-4-2011 at 02:07 PM

Looks like we'll have to come as well. Is it kid friendly? My 14 year old son has become enamored with the buggy brotherhood and would be pissed if he was left home.

WindWiz - 7-4-2011 at 08:31 AM

Yes Dman, it's kid friendly! We've had whole families out there!

:bouncy:

thrash - 18-5-2011 at 08:02 AM

bump

van - 18-5-2011 at 10:16 AM

I hope you guys can make, I'll be visiting family end of this month so I'll be there with my wife and son. Just give me fair warning before anyone strip down. :D

ripsessionkites - 18-5-2011 at 10:51 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by van
I hope you guys can make, I'll be visiting family end of this month so I'll be there with my wife and son. Just give me fair warning before anyone strip down. :D


i would like to make this but cant at the moment unless something changes. it would be great to get the Asian NABX Group together again. hehehe :smilegrin:

ihatework - 18-5-2011 at 01:28 PM

What do you mean you can't make it Ricky?

Just tell work that you are sick with the chicken flu...if they ask you to write down the symptoms just put down "Sum Ting Wong".

coreykite - 26-5-2011 at 11:32 AM

Hey Sailors,
The Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and I hope you all are having fun.

Please don't mistake a lack of chatter on this forum for anything other that we are mostly out playing and don't need much of a reminder that Sprang Thang is just around the corner.
Ivanpah has been outstanding the last 5 or 6 weekends with plenty of wind and reasonably cool temps.
Let's hope the trend continues through our little gathering.

El Mirage Buggytown will spring up about 3.5 miles up the lake bed from the entry road.
We set up on the right side, next to the track we like to run through the "pucker bumps" and across the lake bed from the wind sock pole marking "Sailors Bay" where the land sailers tend to gather.
We'll probably be the largest camp out there, being the weekend after the big three day holiday weekend.
I am planning on pulling in Friday sometime around mid-day or early afternoon.

Hope to see a few of you there.


Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... Never in doubt"

the coreylama

greasehopper - 26-5-2011 at 04:56 PM

Can I come play too Lama ?

van - 27-5-2011 at 11:14 PM

Just talk to the folks at the Palm Springs windfarm and they said the windspeed is 40mph. I hope that wind holds until next week when I show up. I'll be using my jacket for a kite.

greasehopper - 28-5-2011 at 08:54 AM

NOAAWX sez mild winds (8-12) and 82/50 for hi/lo next weekend. Perfect cruzin' wx...

The low pressure blowin' through there now is endin' up in my backyard this weekend. Got go rock the Rock-It in a bit.

KitePwr - 1-6-2011 at 10:16 PM

Can't wait... looking forward to some buggy time this weekend.
We will probably roll in early Saturday morning -- depends on who is driving and who is sleeping :-)
See you at Elmers.

Darrin & Susan & a few surprise tag-a-longs.

ihatework - 1-6-2011 at 10:49 PM

Darrin & Susan: You guys get John Q to come along?

geokite - 2-6-2011 at 11:09 AM

The monster buggy is getting fixed as I type, should be there by Friday evening.

greasehopper - 2-6-2011 at 07:49 PM

The plans is to be wheels up by 0500 and on final Friday forenoon. I'm 'cited...

greasehopper - 6-6-2011 at 04:05 PM

Great weekend !!! Really enjoyed see some good friends and meeting some new ones. Great fun.

ihatework - 7-6-2011 at 09:39 PM

Loved the event - Thank you Corylama and to all that made my first experience at El Mirage so great.

coreykite - 8-6-2011 at 12:01 PM

Hey Sailors,

Yikes!
We forgot to race!!!!!!

Pretty spectacular winds all weekend - numerous direction changes daily - some approaching 180 degrees and some within an hour (quite dramatic).

Plenty for everyone, except it seems, the BLM, who sent two Rangers, and felt it necessary to question us about a $5 donation button on one of Dan's web pages.
(Check out www.buggythang.org or www.nakedbuggy.com to see Dan's response)

Gee, coming to the desert used to be fun... Now we realized it can include confrontation. What has happened to our culture? Are all assumed guilty?

Still, the temperatures were very nice, cool at night and warm during the day, and the assemblage was outstanding! Great group of folks to buggy with.

Dan reports the SCTA will be on Elmers the weekend after Labor Day, running their jalopies and hotrods and speeds over 200mph (some of them) so we'll wait until two weekends after to gather out there again.
Put Sept. 16-17-18, 2011 on the calender now.


Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... Never in doubt"

the coreylama

ripsessionkites - 8-6-2011 at 12:16 PM

did Alex (ihatework) get his Naked Pin??? i dont want pics but just curious if he went for it.

ihatework - 8-6-2011 at 01:12 PM

Ricky: Didn't get a chance to do the naked thang.
It was cold in the evening - I was worried about shrinkage amongst other things.

WindWiz - 8-6-2011 at 01:43 PM

A linkage correction..

In CoreyLama's post above the second link should be http://www.buggynaked.com

It was a great pleasure to hang out with the extended buggy family and to see some new faces on the playa! :wee:

van - 8-6-2011 at 07:27 PM

We had a great time , especially Henry , since the ice cream truck kept coming back ...:singing:

Here's a few pics my daughter took .. anyone have any other pics of the event they can post??

link to more photos .. http://www.vantantech.com/Gallery/El%20Mirage/















ihatework - 8-6-2011 at 09:14 PM

Great photos - bring back memories.
Loved those long runs.

Now when I look at my little kite park I get depressed...Haha.

Got to find a time to head back Van...

WindWiz - 8-6-2011 at 09:52 PM

"Now when I look at my little kite park I get depressed...Haha."

Elmer's tends to do that to ya.. :singing: