Come join us at San Luis Pass down the West end of Galveston Island May 1 through 3rd.
NAPKRA races and cruising. :wee: Camping on the beach.
Steve.windthing2 - 18-4-2009 at 08:02 AM
Whats up Steve,Who all is going to come out? A 3 day camping trip sounds good.
Rickkitemaker4 - 18-4-2009 at 01:11 PM
Hey Rick
Brad and I plan on going. I know that Joe is planning on being there and also Dave.
See ya on the beach.
Susan (npw goddess)centex_buggier - 18-4-2009 at 03:50 PM
Hope you are all healed up and ready to buggy Rick. I'm glad to see you are online again.
See you there.
Steve.windthing2 - 19-4-2009 at 01:04 PM
H3aled up is a state of mind hahaha:alien:windthing2 - 19-4-2009 at 01:10 PM
It will be good to see y'all My new e-mail is
rsj1015 at att.com
I should have this for a while:wee:Taper123 - 21-4-2009 at 12:08 PM
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Originally posted by windthing2
H3aled up is a state of mind hahaha:alien:
I'm not sure I want my mind healed then :singing:
See ya'll there :roll:centex_buggier - 21-4-2009 at 07:40 PM
Of course I'll bring bacon and eggs.
See you soon.kitemaker4 - 21-4-2009 at 08:14 PM
Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Susan (npw goddess)Taper123 - 23-4-2009 at 10:43 AM
I think my son and one of his friends are driving down and bringing a canoe and plan on trying to gig some flounder in the bay at night.
Fish Taco's would really go good for dinner.tracktROB - 24-4-2009 at 09:53 AM
I may think to come down if my son do not have make up baseball game to attend.. Will find out for sure by late next week. I do miss doing kite buggy
lately :Ange09:bbrex - 24-4-2009 at 10:02 AM
Who can bring some wood for the pit? I think Susan and I will be there around noon.
BradtracktROB - 29-4-2009 at 09:03 AM
I'm coming down around Friday noon and my family will be on the beach Saturday afternoon. Ready for wind!dylanj423 - 29-4-2009 at 09:25 AM
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Originally posted by bbrex
Who can bring some wood for the pit? I think Susan and I will be there around noon.
Brad
I have a line on a couple large bags of oak. They are perfect for smaller fires. Fine restaurant grade wood fuel. Will be rolling to SLP Sat around 10
am. I can hardly wait.Taper123 - 29-4-2009 at 09:29 AM
I don't have any BBQ wood... but still have some logs lying around the yard (...and not just the type the dogs leave).
Tired of rain and hoping for some sun this weekend.dylanj423 - 29-4-2009 at 11:23 AM
I will bring the wood.bbrex - 29-4-2009 at 03:38 PM
Steve
Bring some logs for the fire pit, I will bring the spliting implements.
Bradtreblehook - 29-4-2009 at 06:42 PM
We will be down Sat in the am---will see if we have some ike wood left----Is Dave going to be there with Brisket?
We will bring some chapel hill sausage and some jimmy dean sausage beans---for Sat evening chow.....lookin like se @ 15kns;;
can't wait---------------Herb:singing::singing::singing:kitemaker4 - 29-4-2009 at 08:33 PM
Dave has not said anything about cooking. He might be traveling light these days.
Brad and I plan on being there on Friday mid-day and Dave mentioned Friday also. I am sure others will join us late on Friday.
Looking forward to seeing everyone and also sand between my toes.
Susan (npw goddess)Taper123 - 30-4-2009 at 08:48 AM
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Originally posted by bbrex
Steve
Bring some logs for the fire pit, I will bring the spliting implements.
Brad
Okie Dokie...
And Dylan can still bring some wood for a BBQ-pit. I have a "Special" guest of honor I can bring. :piggy: :piggy: :piggy:
Maybe :piggy: it :piggy: might :piggy: be :piggy: a :piggy: four :piggy: legged :piggy: creature :piggy: to :piggy: help :piggy: ward :piggy: off
:piggy: the :piggy: swine :piggy: flu :piggy:
:piggy::piggy::piggy::piggy::piggy::piggy::piggy:Taper123 - 30-4-2009 at 03:40 PM
Ok... so it's just a nice little hog that wanted to celebrate with us. Anyone else want to bring something to throw on to cook... feel free. One
thing about buggier's... we all love good food and great company to share it with.centex_buggier - 30-4-2009 at 07:13 PM
I should be rolling in some time in the afternoon.
Steve.kitemaker4 - 30-4-2009 at 08:38 PM
See ya tomorrow.
Susan (npw goddess)dylanj423 - 30-4-2009 at 10:09 PM
i will be arriving tomorrow also... see y'all there.Taper123 - 3-5-2009 at 02:42 PM
Was a great time...
Race course was through the paths in the dunes on Saturday and was really fun. Course started with a slight upwind tack into a either a narrow
hardpack channel, or a wider path with dunes and softer sand. If you took the faster path through the hardpack, it led into a 90 degree turn, with a
180 degree turn soon to follow. A Hard packed curve with only a buggy and a half wide channel or else you got muddy/wet that lead into a perfect
powered straight path came next into a 270 turn. This took you back to the starting line... WIth only a few passing areas in the course, Kite and
buggy postioning really made a difference. Smooth surfaces and sand "speed bumps" up to a foot tall made it a fun and challenging course. Winds
seemed in the 15 to 20 range. Some of our NAPKRA courses have been setup for speed (40+mph), but this one was a ton of fun that focused on kite
postioning and buggy handling in tight quarters.
A ton of fun... see everyone next year for Cinco de Mayo.centex_buggier - 3-5-2009 at 05:14 PM
It was a great course. I had a lot of fun. It was very difficult to pass anywhere on the course, but it was challenging.
We had a good turn out with several faces that I hadn't seen in a while.
It was a great weekend... Thanks everyone!
Steve.kitemaker4 - 3-5-2009 at 06:01 PM
Glad yall had a good time. I know I did.
See ya on the beach.
Susan (npw goddess)
Ecxellent Weekend of Racing
bbrex - 3-5-2009 at 06:20 PM
I just wanted to personally thank everyone for coming out and participating in the 8 races this weekend. I don't think we could have asked for much
better weather on Saturday and the very fun and technical course that was set up it challenged everyone. I also want to thank everyone who helped out
putting on the races, photographing and videoing the action, supplying the food and cooking too. It seems each time we get together for the races we
have more fun than the last time, and more new pilots participate and others get much better at racing and honing their skills. It is a pleasure to
help organize and get these races for Club 13 going. Everyone that participated had a great time and a number of them really surprised themselves with
their skill level. I look forward to the next event.
Brad Rex
Club 13 CoordinatortracktROB - 4-5-2009 at 09:49 AM
I had a great time at SLP on Fri / Sat with the hospitality from everyone even the newcomers!! Darn missed the tryout race challenge on Saturday as
were picking my family up from Houston to bring them down to the beach for first tandem ride. See you all next time!Taper123 - 4-5-2009 at 10:14 AM
Got up early saturday morning and lit the grill...
Watched the sun come up while making a run to the water tower.
Late morning the races started treblehook - 5-5-2009 at 07:24 AM
Had a great time Friday and Saturday at the pass.
Fridays winds were in the 15 to 20 mph range, SE ,tide going out all day.
Which made for long,fast, smooth runs . Logged 52 miles in the bug,
with top speed at 33.5 mph.No wonder I am so sun burn. Flew the 4 meter jo jo rm and the pkd 3 meter Brooza . The Brooza is turning out to be a
favorite with me in the said above wind range. Kite locks in and its all forward speed. Saturday got to the beach just in time for the pilots meeting
for the races. Winds were SE ,18 mph range.Two thumbs up to the guys who laid out the race course. Long speed straight away ,hairpin turn ,"S" curve,
and whoop-dee-doos. I was not born with kite buggy racing skills, so every time we get to race , is a learning experience.
The race agenda was 4 heats (5 laps per heat) "A" class and "B" class. "B" class being the newbs. Did well in the the first 2 heats.
But in the 3rd race we had a pile up in turn 4 ,which side lined me for the rest of the day with an ankle injury. "bummer" having to sit in my beach
chair , ankle propped up with ice on it, watching all the fun. in spite of the ankle ,still managed to cook up some grub
for a little feast. I'll have to ditto what Dylan wrote in his posting.
what a great bunch folks, get to meet a few more people every time we make the trip.Life is good...
anyhoo --Ankle got an x-ray on Monday and no break just bad sprain. So will be back in the saddle soon. till next time.....Herb
Taper123 - 5-5-2009 at 09:19 AM
Glad to hear it wasn't too serious.
See ya at the beach bbrex - 5-5-2009 at 09:43 AM
Hey Herb
That is great news on the ankle. Now we just need to get an xray of that hard head of yours.
Anyway glad to hear it is not serious, we need to get ya in a Libre buggy and get you in the A class.
Take care and get well soon.
Bradtreblehook - 5-5-2009 at 11:20 AM
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Hey Herb
That is great news on the ankle. Now we just need to get an xray of that hard head of yours.
Anyway glad to hear it is not serious, we need to get ya in a Libre buggy and get you in the A class.
Take care and get well soon.
Brad
I will make an appointment for the both of us...lol HerbUSA_Eli_A - 5-5-2009 at 05:45 PM
Herb