anyone from the ny tri-state area..? i'm from upstate NY, but am willing to travel to fly with anyone as i'm often the lone kiter when i fly :ticking:

Contact bobalooie57 he's from that area! If you want to travel then come on down and join us October 2,3,and 4th for the NJ Buggy Bash. njbuggyclub.com

Welcome to PKF; what do you fly?

Hey cheezycheese, I'm in the Lowville area (Tug Hill/Western Adirondacks). I fly the local County Fairgrounds, School athletic fields, and sometimes a private airfield when the wind is right. mostly alone too, except for winter. Of course, for snowkiting, there is the Tug Hill, great for wind and lake effect snow! Where are you, and what do you fly? bobalooie57

hey thanks for the response. i am in Poughkeepsie, NY. probably a few hours from you bobalooie , but am willing to coordinate something. i am definitly interested in the Oct. meet Todd please send me the info.
currently i fly a BeamerIV 4m, prism p.3, and i just got a 5m 2line peter lynn peel yesterday.
i am interested in landboarding to start, would love to buy a buggy but i have nowhere to store it (no garage)

I'm in Albany, so not too far from you. Not a lot of great non-winter spots to fly, unless it's just static. I haven't made it out much this summer due to lack of time and wind, but I plan on rippin it up this winter.... Feel free to drop me a line if you ever make the trek up. I have a buggy that you're more than welcome to take for a spin. This winter I'll probably be frequenting Sacandaga, Round, and Saratoga Lakes depending on which way the wind is blowing....

hey bigben, let me know when you are flying. Albany is just a hop skip n jump away. i have only flown static, but now am looking to get more out of this. i go down to Jones beach a lot, and this store in Toms River NJ 'cobra kites' they
organize a fly every wed. on Seaside Hts beach. around 530pm. i am free nxt wed if you have any interest in going down. not sure how many power kiters show. i went 3 wks ago and besides me there were only 3 or 4 other pS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s in the air. lots of deltas and power sleds up though...

Unfortunately I don't have any free weekends until October, at least that's the way it looks right now.... I've actually ordered from cobra kites before. I may try to get down to the WBB, we'll see how the schedule pans out.

As far as when I kite, I keep everything in the car and just hit a local park if I have time and if the wind is blowing, it's usually pretty spur of the moment so not sure how well that would work out with an hour drive for you, wind changes a lot over the course of an hour around here.

This winter should be better though in terms of planned 'days' of kiting. Since it will be more on the weekends instead of weekday evenings.

So where do you fly around Poughkip?

i'm always scoping out new spaces. like you i keep my gear in the car, so whenever i feel wind i find a park. i have a place right off the hudson river i like to fly at, but also the soccer field at my kids school. but i have been taking frequent trips to jones beach this summer to fly.

Is there snow in lowville yet? Im waxing im boards already. Winter cant come fast enuff,

If this rain were snow, it would be a blizzard.....

No snow in Lowville yet, I buggied at the fairgrounds this am in 80+ deg.heat. Prolly around the end of next month though, lol. Board is waxed and ready, I hope I can get it goin' this year, only managed some fast screamers ending in face plants last year, but my board skills gotta improve, must move on to the intermediate lessons at Snow Ridge this year. Can't wait too, but will take as much summer as I can get up here, they sometimes end early, and quickly too.

Bob would be more then happy to give you some tips on the board. Maybe if we are up there and the wind is bunk, we can hit snow ridge and ill get ya ripping like a pro. Are you coming down to njbuggybash?

i will be headed down as i'm so close. looking forward to meeting some of you guys. any tips on where to stay?

www.apollomotel.com

There is also camping in the area if you cant afford the motel stay. If you need a couple websites for that, let me know.

Just a tentative heads-up for Sun. 10/25. I contacted Jan from TI Adventures, I still have his Rockville Buggy from the spring. We are hoping to meet up this Sunday, with some other kiters we know from the Syr. area (snowkiters too). Tentative location is Southwick Beach State Park in Woodville, NY along the Lake Ontario Shore. Wind is predicted by NOAA to be W at 14 - G22! More to come...

Bob, i wish i could get up there but things are a little tight right now. hopefully as the season progresses i will make it up there. have enough fun for the both of us, OK...:bigok:

Wish you could make it Marc, but with the 'new addition', I understand! Hopefully we will have a great day, and will have some pic's to share. I took about a can of duster to get all the Wildwood sand out of my digital camera. I had tried to take some pic's on Friday, when the sand was blastin' and got the lens all gummed up, only getting 1 still of basecamp, and 30 sec. of vid what looks to be 'Mass. Dave', zooming by at about 35 or so. Will keep you posted.

i look forward to hangin again...

Me too cheezy, well today is the big day, weather looks right for a 'blast' on the beach at Southwick. Will have some pics later!

Gonna be back at Southwick sun. 11/8 around 9-9:30am. There will most likely be lots of room for anyone else who cares to buggy/fly. Wind is forecast from the West at 10mph, dropping from there.

i envy you bob, but i just started a new gig (thank god!!!) and can't spare the time. hopefully when some snow drops i can make the trip....

Hey cheezycheese, the pic is supposed to make you envious! lol Congrats on the new gig, would always be great to have you ride up here, but WW is prob. closer for you. This beach is really newB friendly, (except for the trees, but they are at least stationary) in that it is mostly empty at this time of the year, so you got it all to yourself. (I'd just like to share it!) Good Luck with the job!

Hey all, I'm not sure of the date, but I've been told by the organizers that the Tug Hill Snowkite Rally will be held in Jan. 2010, most likely on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, so maybe some will be able to take advantage of the monday holiday. Heck, being that I volunteered to help set up this year, I guess I are one of the organizers! Now, if I could only order some snow...

I spent the day at Southwick Beach again today, wind was W at 8mph gusting to 12, so fairly calm. I put my digital camera set on video in an 'outdoor products' waterproof box, which I strapped to my chest. I launched the NPW, sat down in the buggy, and took off south toward "the cut". I travelled about 6.5 minutes at an average speed of 15 mph(18 max) and realised the wind had gone to NW, and I'd better see if I could make it back N in the bug. Try as I may, I could make no better than a walking speed in that direction, so I decided to look at my video. Turns out I got 6.5 minutes of video of my arm, once in a while you can see past the arm and see the beach, or the kite, but mostly my arm! Then to boot, I had to fold up the kite and do about a 1.5 mile walk of shame. Lucky the only ones to see it were some cyclists and some seagulls. Spent the rest of the day within 500yds of 'buggy camp'.:roll:

sounds like a good day despite the walk of shame. wish I could have been outside, instead I was stuck working at a desk for 11 hours today....ON A SATURDAY!!!

Here's a link to that video, even tho most of what you see is my arm in front of the camera, you do get to see the beach now and then. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual...

Hey Bob and others in NY, We will be in the Ithica area for a few days after Christmas. I know it's south of Lowville a bit :P but theres a good feild there and pretty flat.

Keep us informed roc, there may be snow/ice by then? If not have buggy, will travel! Bob

Will let you know dates when Sandy tell me :bouncy: But I think we are leaving here the day after Christmas. So the next few days I would guess.
I just drive the car and carry the bags. That way I'm always right.

OK Bob I'm getting you up to date. We will be heading up to Ithica area on Sat. nite Dec.26 or Sunday morning the 27th. And will be there for a few days hanging out with the kids.I hear there is a good amount of snow right now so I am thinking snow blades instead of buggy. Will have to wait and see.
Dave.