I go at least 5 times a year, which leaves me with 2 trips there and back = 10 total trips per year. 16*10=160. At LEAST 5 times a year +/- 3...(2) =16*16=256. My dad's old job required him to work from MD during the week and he'd make it up every weekend to Stone Harbor during the summer. He's probably made the trip close to a thousand times since he's been going there since he was 25. Oh and my mom? She's been going since she was born. Oh and all my relatives that live there to, they make the trip just as frequently. It takes them all 3.5-4hrs. That would add up into the thousands.

o. So who can't make it to wildwood? Probably can't make it myself, but I'll at least try to coax the mother into it. Unless of course anyone going to wildwood is just doing a day trip? Rides:bigok:? If I can't make it there who wants to do a local meet up at sandy point?

Me.

Conditions look somewhat good for the bowl on monday... WNW and windy. Maybe itll change to NNW.

Weather sunday looks rainy. If that doesnt shape up soon, I wont be going. Not going to do just a day trip, I would head out saturday afternoon, and I'm not booking a hotel room for iffy conditions. We'll see if that changes at all...

Well monday is looking to be windy and sunny. Know of any good place to fly for a WNW?

WNW? Dont know of anywhere, sorry.
Sunday would be good, if it wasnt raining. Of course, the prediction from NOAA shows very very little rain. Could be really good. Problem is... I'm not sure I want to drive out for that. If I could find a place to crash for cheap, I'd be a little more inclined to do it...

How much is the apollo a night?

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Originally posted by Frathouse How much is the apollo a night?

Off-season. They arent open. Normally, around 50-60 dollars a night. There are a couple places that are open... Just dont recall where we stayed last time... It was nice though, with a kitchen my wife cooked dinner in.. Could probably do a room without a kitchen, and it wouldnt break the bank, especially split... Let me check and see where we stayed...

Update: Okay, I found it. We stayed at the Days Inn. It was nice. For three people, it would come out to 91.06. That comes down to 35 dollars a head. For each additional person, it adds 10 dollars. If we were to only take two people, it would run about 40 dollars a head. That isnt totally unreasonable. Factor in another 20-30 in tolls, and another 20-30 in gas... I would need to find out if Sunnie wants to come or not. I'll find out tonight. If we get rained out, thats a good chunk of change to spend for a weekend on the beach doing nothing... Let me know what you think...

I'm to tired to put up a full report on wildwood today. I'll just say it was awesome and don't let Power borrow your buggy you won't see it for 45minutes:shocked2:. LOL!!!! I'm glad it wasn't mine and that it wasn't a issue just really funny. Ragden's Speed3 was again king of the low wind to high wind, truly an amazing kite. Lastly for now I got to really test out the low and high wind performance of the 11m Neo2 and it did really well. Love that kite though I'm a little concerned about some of the line and bar wear I see and its only my 4th time out on it?:shocked2:

Catch you later
Brad

Too tired as well but WW was a BLAST! I love big buggies and yes if you lend me yours you may not see it for a while:duh: It was awesome to fly with all of you guys; brad, ryan, rich, mike, and the buggy builder (never caught his name). Good luck with that neo2 brad- seems to be a powerhouse. Can't wait to see those pics and vids that sunny took- you were tearing it up out there mike! Landboarding was great, too bad the beach wasn't a bit harder but o well.

I'm still sore and in recovery, but man, what a day.

When we first arrived, wind wa a bit on the light side. I figured it was gonna pick up, so I took my S3 and my Outlaw 8m down to the beach. Brad pulled out his 11m first, and started to pre-finflate. I rolled out the S3 and it took just about everyone's help to get it into the air. Finally it was inflated, and I started to cruise around the launch area a little bit. Wind was a bit fluky, side-onshore. Frathouse got his Neo2 going, and Power got a Rhino 10m flying. We were all moving around a bit, but the wind was light, and it was hard to get to the hardpack. I finally made it down there, and started working the kite. Before I know it, I was at the southern edge of the beach. I turned around and started cruising north. It felt like the wind had picked up a little bit (silly apparent wind from the S3), so I just kept going. I went to the FAR northern edge of the beach. Turned around and came back.

Took a short break, at which point it felt like the wind really had picked up. Threw my 8 into the air, and rode that for a little while, but was feeling under-powered. So I rolled the 15 back out and took off again. Winds really did pick up later, and the S3 was definitely a handful.

Sunnie took lots of pictures (posted below). Highlights of the day were watching Power jump, leave the landboard in its spot (including one shoe) and flying 10 feet through the air. No pictures of that, unfortunately. Winds picked up enough that I could sit the S3 at the top of the window, back pedal hard, and pull in the bar and get lifted pretty high. Jumped clear over frathouse's head at one point. It was pretty crazy and fun. Test riding the custom buggies was very cool as well.

Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=michael.d.marcha...

GPS Reports:
I have two different reports cause I took a break, saved it, and then started it again:
Name: Wildwood20100124.1
Date: Jan 24, 2010 7:44 am
Distance: 21.9 miles
Elapsed Time: 3:13:54
Avg Speed: 6.8 mph
Max Speed: 24.9 mph
Link: http://maps.google.com/?t=p&z=15&ll=38.9731750488281...

Name: Wildwood20100124.2
Date: Jan 24, 2010 11:36 am
Distance: 39.6 miles
Elapsed Time: 2:49:38
Avg Speed: 14.0 mph
Max Speed: 33.4 mph
Link: http://maps.google.com/?t=p&z=15&ll=38.9731178283691...

Great pictures Sunnie! Thanks for sharing, looks like you guys had fun.

Great photos looks like a fun time, can't wait till I can make it. What time did you guys get there, is that the sun coming up?

Great pics Sunnie! What a blast it was. Wind was a little pesky at first but ended up great by mid afternoon! Had a couple of close calls with the Ranger and OBE's. Not from getting flipped out of the buggy, but literally being pulled up and out of the buggy at speed. Had to bail the kite once and forgot I didn't have the leash hooked up, made for some good exercise! LOL Can't wait to do this again!

Nice pictures sunny. Good to see that you ended up breaking 30 ragden!

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Originally posted by power Nice pictures sunny. Good to see that you ended up breaking 30 ragden!

didnt break it by much. Might have gone faster if I had been working with a 12m instead of the 15 in those winds. Hard to say. It was definitely fun as heck though. Glad you liked the pictures, I passed that on to Sunnie

Cant wait to do this again. Lets hope the wind gods cooperate with us again.

Well I should finally have a kite now to use with you guys. I just need bar and lines and attach a 5th line to it. I should be out there with you guys next time.

The question is will you fit in the ragden's trunk

I think we can probably cram the stuff into the box. If we things right, we can prob fit both boards, and the kites in the box. We will just have to pack it in there good and tight. You might have to sit with a kite in your lap, but I think we can make it work... :wee:

You know, I think your flysurfers fit better in the backseat, and power fits better in the trunk. Yeah, that'll work.
Hope that's okay with you Power.

I'll be happy to transport anyone's Flysurfer or Neo 2 to Wildwood or elsewhere. In fact, if they want to drop them off to me ahead of time, I wouldn't mind....even if I have to hold onto them for months!

LoL. Y'all are hilarious.
The Flysurfers pack very small. Packing them isnt the problem. I can fit all three of them into a space in my trunk as large as where my one TD2 fits. Speaking of which, I can fit my buggy, all three Flysurfers, and the TD2 in my trunk. Its adding other stuff that gets tricky. Which is why I would say we can probably fit both boards and some luggage in the box. Maybe even a kite or two...

You could just tie the boards to the rods that support the cargo box on the roof, no joke. That would definitely save some space.

Do we have a date for when next time will be?

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Originally posted by power You could just tie the boards to the rods that support the cargo box on the roof, no joke. That would definitely save some space.

I wouldnt want to do that. I'm sure it would work, but I have a box for a reason. Lets put what we can in the box and see what happens from there... Plus if we travel up with Brad, we might be able to throw extra stuff in his vehicle...

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Originally posted by Maven454 Do we have a date for when next time will be?

Depends on conditions. This weekend will have the right tides, but wind direction is up for debate. It all depends on what happens over the next couple of days... Plus I have something going on on saturday already...

Oh man guys it looked like you had the whole beach to yourselfs! I have got to get out there! Hey Power can you shoot me a U2U next time you guys think your going and I will try to make it. I have a Honda Element with a big ass roof basket and coffin so if anyones house is on my way I got plenty of room for four and tons of gear

No problem. Lets hope it'll be soon!

I daresay this weekend looks decent at The Bowl. Hard to believe it would line up again so soon... but if the prediction doesnt change drastically, it could be good. Saturday looks better (with straight north winds), but I will not be available until Sunday. Winds are shifting west as the day progresses, so an early session may be in order...

I'll check again as we get closer to the date to see if this pans out... Lets keep our fingers crossed...