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Nahant is open on Monday

B-Roc - 30-8-2008 at 07:14 PM

A permit has been secured for traction kiters to ride at Nahant on Labor Day between the hours of 9am and 3pm.

Unfortunately high tide is at 1 but there may be some good hours if the crowds are light.

I believe there is a general kite flying event going on - nothing official just the KONE guys getting together and Greg got a permit to ride for all who are interested.

beachrights - 30-8-2008 at 07:49 PM

Great... I'm working! Are you even able to ride with the crappy high tide time?

B-Roc - 31-8-2008 at 06:11 AM

If beach traffic is up it will be difficult to ride at high tide - especially if a lot of riders show up.

When I got kicked off the beach on Memorial day weekend, I hung around until just before high tide flying sport kites and talking to other riders. I threw a foil up and jumped on a board right before I left that day and it was just about high tide. I could ride but the wind direction at that time was somewhat cross shore so my rides were toward the water and then back to the soft sand - not ideal but doable for very small runs.

bluefunelement - 7-11-2008 at 07:04 PM

This Sunday looks great at Nahant, MA - see you there!!!!

B-Roc - 7-11-2008 at 07:56 PM

I don't know if I can make it up this weekend. My car is in the shop at the moment but I'm hoping its done around noonish on Saturday. I know I can't go on Sunday :(

doublespeed360 - 8-11-2008 at 05:33 PM

i will be there,w sw wind they say.hope there not to many people walking.

beachrights - 9-11-2008 at 05:38 AM

Still can not go!! Still have to work!!

kiteNH - 9-11-2008 at 03:41 PM

Did anyone make it out today? How was it? I really wanted to head down there but I was out of town this weekend.

dgkid78 - 9-11-2008 at 04:34 PM

well if Nahant beach was anything like i had at my local spot about an hour south of the beach. Ugghh was a nightmare for me. Wind was 14mph gusting to 24 mph. I ain't use to that LOL :eekdrull: wind was blowing from the West South west which in my spot I have the bike path downwind , litterally 5 ft away from the path. which means i had to pull her down everytime somone was walking that way....and of course it was sunny and 60 degrees so everyone and there dog and gerbil was out walking LOL. :Ange09: people were calling me rude cause i wasn't allowing them to spectate me:crazy:. LOL if only they knew it was because the wind was gusty and i didnt wan't the thing collapsing on them on the path. I didn't get too much flying time in. but it was nice to at least be out. I havn't flown in 2 weeks. was on vacation, and the time change only allows me to fly on weekends now that it's getting dark when i leave work on weekdays. :mad:

doublespeed360 - 9-11-2008 at 04:55 PM

it was a wicked good time dave and me give it a8.8 people on kgb,4 on buggys, beach was smooth,dry,hardley any spectators.wind started out w.n.w turned west able to ride the hole beach.started out with2m. went to a3 ended with 10m bullaroo,you miss a good time. paul

doublespeed360 - 9-11-2008 at 05:16 PM

o yea i gave these 3people a ride on a tandum .told the first one 2 dollars.jokingly ,at the end they handed me some cash i said no they said take it, i said no ,they take it,i said ok rode back to camp thinking 2 maybe 5 it was a 10 i started laughing what a beautiful day.iwill put it to my n.a. b. x. fund.

kiteNH - 9-11-2008 at 05:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by doublespeed360
it was a wicked good time dave and me give it a8.8 people on kgb,4 on buggys, beach was smooth,dry,hardley any spectators.wind started out w.n.w turned west able to ride the hole beach.started out with2m. went to a3 ended with 10m bullaroo,you miss a good time. paul


I figured I missed a good day today. Oh well, I'm glad it worked out for you guys. :thumbup:

beachrights - 9-11-2008 at 06:20 PM

Great! Another good kiting day lost to work!!

DGKID78: Where do you fly?

dgkid78 - 9-11-2008 at 07:47 PM

Right ova hea in New Bedford Ma





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beachrights - 10-11-2008 at 05:02 AM

Oh yeah thats right! I asked you before but forgot- you threw me off with the hour south of Nahant statement.

B-Roc - 10-11-2008 at 06:58 AM

It was a good day in deed. Lots of nice kites and lots of different kites in the air and lots of boards and buggys cruising the beach and on the other side of the causeway a couple of kitesurfers were doing their thing. I rode for about 3 hours with maybe a total of 15 minutes rest during that period. Lots of fun.

Dave62 - 11-11-2008 at 01:07 PM

Excellent day indeed!

I rode from 10:30 til 4:30 with minimal breaks on my 6m Access, 4m Access and 6.5m Blade IV.

I remember 10 kiters being there and very few other people on the beach. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen so many kites in the air.

kiteNH - 12-11-2008 at 08:18 AM

Jeez all you guys out there flying and no pictures to share???

dgkid, have you been to Nahant before? If not its well worth the hour drive if the tides are right and the wind is from the East or West.

Adam - 12-11-2008 at 10:35 AM

'Excellent day indeed!

I rode from 10:30 til 4:30 with minimal breaks on my 6m Access, 4m Access and 6.5m Blade IV'

When did the blade come out? Did the wind drop that much after I left?

Anyways yeah, was a good day :) Gonna be while before we get the next one like that!

B-Roc - 12-11-2008 at 07:01 PM

Adam, I left at 4 and was glad I was back at my car at that point. The wind really laid down as the sun got low in the sky. I think I would have been stuck if I was down the other end of the beach on my 2.5. All the kiters were back at the base camp around 4. I was leaving and thought they were too but apparently they broke out the low wind stuff. It got pretty still as it got close to dark - at least compared to what it had been.

Dave62 - 13-11-2008 at 10:19 AM

Yea, I think it was just about 4:00 when I got out the Blade. I brought all my other kites up to the car and when I came back with the 6.5 I was surprised to see everyone else packing it in.
I threw it up and made a few nice runs. The wind had died down a lot (obviously) and had gotten really smooth. The Blade was in its sweet spot and I had plenty of power for some long slides on the board. I probably went faster then than I had all day.
When Paul saw that he thought about getting out his 6 but with all the stuff he had to put away there really wasn’t enough daylight left to be worth it. I ended up being the first one out and last one still riding. I don’t think I’ve ever put in that many hours in one day before.