It's official! :wee:

Join us for the 2nd MikeDobbs Invitational tomorrow morning at Long Beach.

Low tide is at 7:24AM, I'm planning to hit the beach around 8AM. Winds are predicted out of the SW in the vicinity of 13mph and gusting higher (if you were at the first one you know what I mean) so bring all your kites big and small. :singing:

If you've never been you can check out the meetup and kiting spt on google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=214...

Hope to see you there- I know Marinitpro will be out for this.

yowzers... 5hrs 18 minutes without traffic for me to get there...
Sorry... cannot do that this weekend. Maybe another time...

ragden- no worries, that's a long trip. Tomorrow's not the ideal tide anyway being so early.

One of these weekend when the tides are mid-afternoon and the wind is predicted SW or SSW all weekend we'll look to get a bunch of folks out for an overnight two day event. That oughtta make the trip worthwhile for ya

6 hrs 3 mins. for me! But then, thats what it will be for you too, if you come up for the Tug Hill Snow Kite Festival, MLK weekend. Just starting to snow here, we got a trace overnight. Wish I could be there.

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Originally posted by MikeDobbs ragden- no worries, that's a long trip. Tomorrow's not the ideal tide anyway being so early. One of these weekend when the tides are mid-afternoon and the wind is predicted SW or SSW all weekend we'll look to get a bunch of folks out for an overnight two day event. That oughtta make the trip worthwhile for ya

As long as the cost isn't through the roof, that would be much more manageable. Cold weather doesn't bother me, but bad tides, and expensive over night trips tend to turn me off..

Now, if we do an overnight trip somewhere.. I might be able to talk Sunnie into cooking bulgogi again...

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Originally posted by bobalooie57 6 hrs 3 mins. for me! But then, thats what it will be for you too, if you come up for the Tug Hill Snow Kite Festival, MLK weekend. Just starting to snow here, we got a trace overnight. Wish I could be there.

Overnight trips to Tug Hill are expected. And the cost on those isnt generally all that bad (staying at Eddie's Place is pretty cheap). That and you gotta love the snow...

bobalooie don't remind me : )

If only big open snowy fields were closer to home... I am hoping to make it up for Tug Hill though. Also plan on reaching out to a local sod farm to see if they would be open to letting us kite there if it snows.

Awesome!!! I will he there as early as I can!

Martinipro- Awesome! What part of Jersey are you from?

I am Central(New Brunswick). Anyone else from the Jersey crew joining us?
Jaymz or Kober?

I'll be out of town. Bummer. Will try hard to make MDobbs3

Can't do tomorrow ....
... I just get back from Poland and got some things to straight out .....
.... I am sure now with wind blowing almost every day we get a chance to finally ride together again ....

Hope to catch you next time Kober and Statistic!

Can't do this weekend but 26/27th look good,
weather permitting

Leaving soon. Should be there by 8:30

Thanks to Martin for coming out to buggy with me last weekend and for sharing his 4.6 FB when the winds started to drop.

Unfortunately, the SSW wind never materialised and we were forced to do mostly downwind runs on the beach- still had a great time though! At LB there's a boardwalk you can take back so the "walk of shame" isn't quite as bad as it would be trudgin through the sand.

I hope you enjoy this video I edited (mostly from my helmet cam) of the day. Had a pretty awesome recovery while underway after steering the kite straight into the ground at about 2:10. Also brought the GPS this day and was clocking 18-20mph pretty regular, with runs as high as 25mph.

Killer !!!

Nice Vid!

I gotta get myself a camera!

Nice one! Sharing a spot is always better, I think. Fun video. Thanks for posting. Great recovery at 2:10.

Hope to join you next time .........
.... looking good......

Attention all:

We will be flying again this Sunday 11/27. Winds are forecasted to be 14mph dead onshore. Tide will be low at 3:30pm.
I will be there around noon.

I know Mike will be joining me. Anyone else?

:bigok:

Yup Yup I'll be there! Hope to see a bunch of the NYC area kiters.

:bigok:

I will try to make it this time ....... Hope to see you there guys .........

Way sweet video... wish I could join you on Sunday!

May join you guys Sunday. I'll know by tomorrow night and post back.

I will definitely be there tomorrow.
I will be there a little later than originally planned. I think around 1:30.

Thanks for the video props Todd- watching yours makes mine better. Tomorrow I'll be trying out my new GoPro HD Hero for the 1st time- can't wait!


:wee:Woo Hoo! Forecast is now for 12-13 mph winds dead onshore. :wee:

Low tide is at 2:57PM - I'll plan on being there around 1PM or a little earlier.

If you haven't kited with use at this spot yet, check out google maps for parking and flying locations: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=214...

Kober and Jaymz, would be great to see you there.

Cheezy- you out there?

Can't make it today. Have a good one!

Sounds fun. But I'm heading the opposite way today. Have a blast and give us some more notice next time:wee:

Sorry for the short notice rocfighter- the weather report changes daily it seems, and we just don't want folks to drive out if conditions are poor.

:singing: We'll try to be more pro-active this weekend! :singing: