Awesome, Steve! an amazing spot and a pretty darn good sunset to end the day.

Beautiful Steve!!!... Loved it!

I'm thrilled you had a good time. I wish I could've ridden with you too. Think you might be able to make it to IBX? You learn a lot by riding and talking with everyone there.

Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob

I'm thrilled you had a good time. I wish I could've ridden with you too. Think you might be able to make it to IBX? You learn a lot by riding and talking with everyone there.

Sorry we missed each other this trip. I'm sure we'll ride together someday. I would really like to come to IBX in 2016. I found this website a while back, but it doesn't appear to be updated since last year:

IBX

Do you happen to know the dates for the 2016 event? It really isn't a bad drive at all coming down from the Salt Lake area; much of the drive now has a posted speed limit of 80 mph which is pretty sweet!

Knowing the area as you do you probably noticed that the video footage was from three separate days. Sunday on the South side (4m P2 and 2.5m NS3) and Tuesday on the North (6m P2, 5m LS, 4m & 8.5m NS3s). The shots of the the blown apart Chevron sign and the metal Ivanpah gate sign were from Monday. I drove down to have a look (and to get the heck away from The Strip) but I didn't ride that day. Too windy for my emerging skill set and quiver. I was nicely powered with my 4m Peak-2 and 2.5m NS3 on Sunday but the winds were a lot stronger and gustier on Monday. Not a soul was out that day. It was a veritable sand storm.

I feel your stoke Steve. I know exactly the laughing out loud bit. Such joy that you can't help yourself.

All that talk of 30-40mph winds made my heart miss a beat. Is this typical weather for Ivanpha in November, windy and dry Steve, Bob ??

Those big winds were in front of a storm. They tend to be punchy and gusty. Not like the smooth winds of March-May.

Nice video, and awesome stoke! Can't wait to eventually get there and experience myself!

We have had 4 days this month with very gusty storm front 40 mph wind in Indy. And everything between. Between getting dark early and work I haven't been able to kite. In fact the kite wad that used to reside in the truck is neatly stored on a shelf at the moment.

Spectacular adventure Steve

Hi Steve,

What an incredible spot. Your video made clear there are so many beautiful places in the world we can kite and ride. I actually want to kitegroundboard there. You made my bucketlist a little longer and thus one enters straight in the top 3.

Glad to see you had such a great time. The shots with the nose of the buggy and the kite captured too where great.

Have a greay night.
Mischa

Nice video, Steve! Way to share the stoke!

Quote: Originally posted by Devoted

Hi Steve, What an incredible spot. Your video made clear there are so many beautiful places in the world we can kite and ride. I actually want to kitegroundboard there. You made my bucketlist a little longer and thus one enters straight in the top 3. Glad to see you had such a great time. The shots with the nose of the buggy and the kite captured too where great. Have a greay night. Mischa

Wow, thanks for the nice note Mischa. Definitely worth the bucket list. I'm in the process of getting some skates that will be used for kiting.

http://www.proskatersplace.com/english/powerslide-xc-path-se...

I plan to use these as sort of cross-training for snowkiting with skis. I plan to take them out to Ivanpah this Spring for IBX. The surface has lots of small cracks but runs very smooth. I know a lot of people use ATBs, wheels of doom skates, etc. out there, not just buggies. Bring it on!

Is it my imagination or was the longstar experiencing some tip tuck in that video? Sad, it looked like a perfect time to have something like that but it looked like it just couldn't handle the forward speed

Quote: Originally posted by MotoFoo86

Is it my imagination or was the longstar experiencing some tip tuck in that video? Sad, it looked like a perfect time to have something like that but it looked like it just couldn't handle the forward speed

Zero tip tuck. The action of the LS is unique (and not necessarily in a good way) in that when you push the bar forward you crunch up the front edge of the kite making it even narrower and less efficient in the air. I think what you were seeing was me fiddling with the action of the bar to see what the kite would do pull wise and how it sat in the window during buggying.

Speaking of tip tuck, absolutely zero tip tuck with either the 4m or 6m Peak-2 flights. Not one speck. Both kites handled absolutely beautifully the entire time, not just the parts I showed you. Nothing ended up on the editing room floor; those kites were champs.

Great vid..great days
I'm blown away by the location of the dp on the peaks
I never flew a kite that I could actually trim w/out feeling I was on my tippy toes

Gotcha Steve... Looked strange in the video, thanks for the explanation. Given your previous comment plus how much that action unnerved me in the video i think i'll stick with a FS if i decide i need a single skin depower. However, i have yet to be convinced of the need (more power per sq meter... i LOVE huge kites, why would i want smaller :P). Maybe if we kite the coast you can show me why i'm wrong.

Quote: Originally posted by MotoFoo86

I have yet to be convinced of the need

No need to rush out and create a single skin quiver. I maintain that there are two ways that single skin kites really shine. First, they are great in their larger sizes for creating "session saving" low end power. Second, they pack down super small and are light weight.

I'd love the ride with you; no need to prove anything.

That was my coy way of suggesting that I want to try your peaks

Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob

Those big winds were in front of a storm. They tend to be punchy and gusty. Not like the smooth winds of March-May.

Thanks Bob.

Came across this video and website looking up some stuff about Lake Ivanpah. Pretty darn cool machine!

Land Speed Record

NOW THAT'S A MACHINE!