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Buggy along the coast of Florida?

kitecanuck - 12-12-2006 at 02:37 PM

Hi,

I am planning a trip to Florida in the winter and was wondering if there are any spot where I could use my buggy along the coast?
Are there any great spot?

thanks

Stephan

Bladerunner - 12-12-2006 at 03:51 PM

Seems to me Daytona on up past St. Augestine should all work. You can drive on the beaches so they must be O.K. I know Jupiter beach is Kitesurf central.

kitecanuck - 12-12-2006 at 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by snowbird
Seems to me Daytona on up past St. Augestine should all work. You can drive on the beaches so they must be O.K. I know Jupiter beach is Kitesurf central.


I lookeds at daytona beach with google maps and it doesn't seem to be very wide... maybe i am wrong...

stevep - 12-12-2006 at 05:35 PM

hry stephan my name is steve and i buggy at treasure island beach on the west coast miles of beach 600 yards wide and the wind is usually 12-15 westerly wind off water there are a few other spots u can u2 me and ill get map for u and u can also call me when u get in area ill met with u and show u around

acampbell - 13-12-2006 at 04:44 PM

Daytona beaches are wide but crowded and as snowbird mentioned, there is auto traffic.

You might have seen a photo at high tide. Take a tide table with you . I'm in southeast Georgia, 30 mi north of the FL border and buggy on Jekyll Island Beach. It's an empty beach but narrow at high tide and only runs north-south. I live by the tides and (east) winds.

SteveP sounds like he has it good down in Clearwater with sucha big beach. I'm looking forward to checking it out. It's about 4.5 hours away for me.

action jackson - 14-12-2006 at 09:38 AM

You need to look up Freeman in Gainville, i shure he is ready to buggy.........aj

acampbell - 14-12-2006 at 09:47 AM

Anyone her buggied on Tybee Island (Savannah area)? Looks like it has multiple wind exposures/ directions.

bugymangp - 14-12-2006 at 10:13 AM

hey guys
a friend of mine went to fla a few years back and took his gear with him.
he tired to buggy on daytona beach but got thrown off.
as the cop told him. daytona beach is a fla road with all road
laws in force. the cop almost locked him up for driving a vehcile without brakes,lights etc.

bugymangp - 14-12-2006 at 10:27 AM

and if i remember right. dean had some problems too.
he told me a story of the cops chasing him down daytona beach with lights and sierns sreaming trying to catch him. seems like he was doing like 40mph and the cop car couldn`t keep up with him in the sand becasue he was fish tailing. dean told me the cop really tore him a new @#$hole.
he had to pack up and walk back to his starting point.

action jackson - 14-12-2006 at 11:18 AM

Who has not torn Dean a new a$$hole?..........aj:P

bugymangp - 14-12-2006 at 12:00 PM

hey aj
yea. your right buts its different when your friends tear you a new one and not the cops. LOL.
as freinds we kiss and make up. :smilegrin:

tedsfoils - 15-12-2006 at 08:49 AM

Not a good place to buggy. Heck you cant even throw a frisbee on the beach.

The city ordinance link is below.

http://municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=10324&sid=...

mak - 24-1-2007 at 11:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by stevep
hry stephan my name is steve and i buggy at treasure island beach on the west coast miles of beach 600 yards wide and the wind is usually 12-15 westerly wind off water there are a few other spots u can u2 me and ill get map for u and u can also call me when u get in area ill met with u and show u around


next time i'm down in Clearwater working, i'll remember to pack my buggy