@Dtoast-Must have had fun cleaning that one up, my shoes were caked with mud Maybe we can meet up again sometime soon, possibly this weekend?
@Todd-That looks like a nice field to fly at. Maybe this isn't rare, but you would need a SE wind to board/buggy there and it doesn't seem like we get that direction too often? If most of that beach is hardpack, it appears that you could easily ride there, especially with a closed cell/LEI. The winds are pretty clean there if they're coming off the water right?

Sandy point is not that bad a drive for me, know the place well from driving by it on my way to D.C.. It's about an hour and a half drive or so. I will keep checking as to see what and when things will go down. I am available Sunday, Saturday is my youngest daughters B-day. Gonna be 5. I'm getting excited!

Along most of the east coast the prevailing winds come from the west during the winter, usually with the jet stream. During the summer months it goes all over the place as the water temp fluctuates and the highs and lows move around a bit more erratically. SW shouldn't be that rare. The wind SHOULD be onshore if it's not from the west.

]I actually meant to say SE in my post, I edited it.

Sandy point is a lot of fun. I prefer to have it more south than south east. South winds open up the big grassy area near the water tower to buggying and landboards. I had my best landboarding sessions here which isn't saying much. Be ready to deal with lots of goose #@%$#! because its mostly that not grass. I have tried a few times to ride the beach but its usually to soft for my buggy. If your feeling adventurous and want to go really fast, riding the parking lots is a lot of fun. I've used my pin tail longboard and a really small kite to go extremely fast. Buggying the parking lots are also fun but its really hard to break the tires free to slide turn. You have to be careful otherwise you end up flipping the buggy and its much more painful on asphalt.

I really would like to check out sandy point, especially because its only an hours drive. Anyone up for some local flying before the weekend? I'm off school at 12 tomorow, and then off at 9:30 the next day and then I'm off friday through monday. Just checked accuweather for sandy point, and they're predicting a breezy sunday, SSE. I know its way too far out to tell, but if conditions hold that would be the perfect direction to check it out.

If we do end up at wildwood I'm bringing my sandboard and piece of #@%$#! modified snowboard to ride the sand. Hopefully it will feel like I'm back at tugg hill.

Wow I guess you can't swear on this forum.

@dtoast, yeah, i thought it might be yours. We can hook up this weeknd and i'll get it back to ya...

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Originally posted by Frathouse Wow I guess you can't swear on this forum.

??

type a swear power and see how it come up in your post.

holy #@%$#!

Haha thats cool but I think I've seen swear words typed out on this forum before?

It doesn't pick up on 'a s s', that's what I was thinking of.

must be a new feature to keep posts clean

Silly off-topic discussion.
Wind reports for this weekend still look decent. Full on East winds on Saturday, not much, but it could still be fun...

Whats this about snow friday?:dunno: snowkiting the beaches of wildwood?

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Originally posted by Frathouse Whats this about snow friday?:dunno: snowkiting the beaches of wildwood?

Snow on friday? How much? If we get enough, I reckon we could snowkite somewhere.. just need to find the right location for the wind direction...

That what the local weather report said on wunderground for wildwood and annapolis. Not sure how much there will be.

I have word that sandy point has started setting up for the polar bear plunge for next weekend, not sure how much it affects the beach now. Still leaning towards WW right now. Conditions still look favorable.

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Originally posted by shehatesmyhobbies I have word that sandy point has started setting up for the polar bear plunge for next weekend, not sure how much it affects the beach now. Still leaning towards WW right now. Conditions still look favorable.

If this is true, then there probably wont be much room to ride.

Checking forecast for Wildwood opportunities...

Intellicast hourly forecast is predicting SE @ 16mph by 10am on Sunday, and they're usually pretty accurate, at least for my area. This could shape up to be an epic day.

Yes it's beginning to look epic... too bad it has to be on a Sunday

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Originally posted by Todd Yes it's beginning to look epic... too bad it has to be on a Sunday

Come on, you can do it! Rich and I are talking about driving over at 6am. Ferry ride wouldn't get us there until about 11am.

6am? C'mon, at least head out before the sun begins to rise :eureka:.
I have never taken the ferry, and I make it there in 3.5hrs every time in the off-season from DC. I've made the drive a few hundred times too. The ferry maybe more direct, but I'm almost positive it takes longer.

No way no day.

5 hour trip to
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Extreme amount of fun going balls to the walls
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5 hour trip home
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= Me not being to make it for work Monday morning when I have an 8am inspection.


Some other time for sure.

Todd, you must have been told otherwise but, "Sorry Boss, I was kiting" is ALWAYS an excellent excuse.
Shame on you..

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Originally posted by Knolee I have never taken the ferry, and I make it there in 3.5hrs every time in the off-season from DC. I've made the drive a few hundred times too. The ferry maybe more direct, but I'm almost positive it takes longer.

For me, the ferry doesn't take longer, cause I only live about 30 minutes away from it. The only downside is, the first ferry doesn't leave from Lewes until around 9am, so getting to Wildwood early isn't possible. The upside is, when I do take the ferry, I have less than an hour worth of drive time and I get to relax on the way over.

That sucks you can't make it over Todd. Look forward to the next time we can ride together. Got the afterburners tuned up on the buggy, lol. :singing:

I would not be able to make it either this weekend.

Hundreds of trips knolee? That's almost as bad as thousands of pockets