New Jersey Buggy Club is having our first annual event!!!!!

What is it: Wildwood Buggy Bash 2007
When is it: September 29th and 30th, 2007
Where is it: Wildwood Beach, NJ

Don @ kiteplace.com will bring out many HQ demo kites including Beamer III, Crossfire and Montana II.

Here is Google map of our gathering place:

map

You don't have to be a club member to join this event. Just come on out and have fun with us.

If you have any questions, check out this website below or just contact us:

www.wildwoodbuggybash.com
don@kiteplace.com
leebrianh@hotmail.com

Hope to see you all!

Brian

Nice web site Brian. Sure wish I lived closer.

Susan

Thanks Susan. Actually, Don @ kiteplace.com came up with the website. Now we have something in East cost as well Whatch out DBBB and NABX, WWBB is on the way - Brian

Hey,, It was a good time..... I was suprized we actually had about 12 buggyers show up.... over the two day period,,, for a first time it was good. The weather wasn't bad,,,, Saturday morning good wind going on. The beach here in Wildwood is very nice,, big. Brian showed up with official WWBB tee-shirts... We should get another going,,,, diffently next year if not sooner,,,, spring time would be nice... Also any buggyers get to the Wildwood New Jersey Area let us know so we can meet down there. Yes I am spoiled,,,, I live only 15 minutes from the beach.......

Ye, it was definitely a good time. Wind got weaker on Saturday afternoon but wind direction got better later. I was actually able to ride along the beach with my 10M Flysurfer kite. Of course, Glenn's gone too far, I thought he left early


Thanks to Don @ kiteplace.com who organized the event. Thanks to NJ Buggy Club members who showed up and made the event possible. It's just a beginning. It's just too fun to have it only once a year, right?

Pictures coming soon. NJ Buggy Club - Brian

I had a really awesome time. Everyone there was super-friendly, and it was a great feeling just to be around other buggiers. (this was the first event I've attended...)
Watching you folks kite and buggy so well gave me lots more hope and inspiration to continue improving my own skills.

Definitely too much fun to do only once a year.

Though next time I'll be bringing more Gatorade and treats....and sunscreen... Definitely will never forget the sunscreen ever again...

Thank you Brian and Don and everyone for creating this event here in the Northeast. I can't wait to go again.

check out pictures here:

Wildwood Buggy Bash 2007

Great pictures brian... And Don makes it look sooooo easy! But I know once you get it down it does become second nature, thats one of the really cool parts of doing it.

Hey Brian

Is that Jake in the pics from Wildwood.

Susan

Does anyone know anyone from New York City who i could meet and carpool with maybe????! I'd love to come and pull out my landboard for a bit the poor old thing hardly sees the light of day anymore

oops, i just looked at the days sob

Nice pics, Brian....wish I had a big wide open beach like that here that blew onshore/offshore!! Can't complain, El Mirage is pretty nice : )'

BTW, love the libre buggy,,,did you get it form a distributor in the U.S.? If so, who?

and also, how are you attaching the buggies,,couldn't quite make it out in the pics (looks like the other person has to steer, right?).

Thanks.

Pete

Susan, yes, that's my baby Jake. Looks lovely, doesn't he?

Pete, I bought it from Jon @ KiteBuggySpeedShop.com. As far as I know, he is the only Libre distributor in US.

I was using Libre tow hitch, which connects two buggies. It is basically a triangle metal with hook shape at the end so you can hook that ends to the other buggy's foot peg. If you need a picture of it, let me know.

Man! that was fun!!! - Brian

Hey Dom,,, one of the guys from our group did come from New York somewhere,,,, I thought he said the bronks,,, ask Brian for contact info.. His name is Luke.

Hey Brian

I forgot to ask how you like the new buggy?

Susan

Brian, if you could post a pic of the tow hitch that would be great. Thanks.

I will take a picture of it and send it to you. Check your U2U. - Brian

hey nj buggiers
yea i had a good time too.
until jake ate my npw. LOL
yea i was having him chase my kite
and he sunk his teeth ripping it.
no big deal. its only a worn out npw. LOL and i patched it up.
brian.
you need to learn how to get back up wind. LOL
he thought it was my kite and buggy letting me get back up wind.
but he was wrong. its my 12yrs in the buggy that let me get back up wind in the soft sand. LOL
once the wind came up. i was gone. so far up the beach i lost sight of camp.
lets do it again real soon. i`m be there.

I agree we should do it real soon.... I have been checking the wind everyday and it hasn't been any good...... the direction has been good but the speed just isn't there.. hopefully we will see some speed coming up soon........ I will keep you guys posted.......

Yep! We will definitely do that again. I am thinking about another official club meeting next Spring and of course many more between whenever wind is good.

By the way, I swear there is a hidden motor in Glenn's buggy. Just didn't have enough time to investigate :D

- Brian

hey nj buggiers
yea. lets do it again soon.
keep me in the loop.
hey brian
no i don`t have a motor on my buggy. LOL
thanks for making the shirts.

Yo guys,,, got out this sunday in the same area where we were before,,, a few people on the beach and the wind was not that good... maybe 6-7mph. Just about to leave at 4pm and the wind changed direction and kicked in like a son-of-a- ..... I was using my 5 meter and not moving too good at all. When this wind came in people started leaving the beach, umbrellas and chairs were getting knocked over etc. I broke out the 2 meter,,, the wind was coming right down the beach heading south. I was afraid to sit in the buggy for the first few minutes,,, not being that experinced and then I said "what the helll" sat down and took off like a rocket,, going back and forth from almost the waters edge back to the street end... cool as hell......... fastest I have gone yet.... should have been there.........................

(2nd time typing this...looked up BB code help and text of post went byebye upon my return...Grrrr....)

Got out to Wildwood yesterday. Didn't have a windmeter, but weather sites said it was 22mph, and it felt to me like that was about right for most of the day..maybe a little less at times.
Used 2m Brooza, and had all the power I wanted all day at my current skill level.

Wind direction wasn't perfect, but as long as I worked the kite a lot and stayed on the hardpack sand near the water, I was able to travel up and down the beach in both directions. Saw a total of 6 people, including the fishermen in trucks.
I love October.

Look out for the huge trenches dug up by the beach maintenance dudes (something about water control, I think the signs said). They're wide and deep, and zooming upon one of 'em unawares at speed would be...bad. I stayed near the water on the hardpack and was able to avoid them with no problem. (This was in the vicinity of East Cresse Avenue, where we parked... Looked it up on my map today, Joecat...sorry 'bout the confusion; I'm navigationally challenged

Had a great time and learned some more. My brother took some pics and vids:
pics linky

Hoping to get out there again very soon.
-crosshatch

Hey Crosshatch,

Looked at your pics. Etrex looks familiar. I'm glad you having fun with it!

e

Hey Luke,, Dont worry about the navigation problem,,, I thought at first you were by yourself, glad that you had someone with you and you had a good time. I was there until about 5:30pm and yes the wind was kicking,, Used my Beamer III 2meter and also agree it was just enough. Forearms were hurting but it was still good... I was riding mostly in soft packed sand and the bigfoot was doing its job.. hopefully this weekend will produce some favorable conditions.

Luke, the photos are good,,, now I know where you were.LoL Where are the videos?

Hey Elkiter - The Etrex is awesome! The buggy and I got flipped a good number of times yesterday. I was worried about the little yellow bugger getting smacked around, but no problems. It's a toughie!

Joecat- Will keep my fingers crossed for good wind this weekend for ya. You and Brian have me envious... I gotta get me a huge-tired buggy someday.... Christmas isn't far away. Time to start dropping hints

Oh, the videos are in .mov format and filesizes are huge. Have to get a converter/editor so I can post 'em.

:tumble:

Looks good! Will join you next time as kiteboarding season is almost over. So, you do 2 wheeler already? me jealous :-) - Brian

Yea, I noticed that two wheeler thing in the photo,,, I thought that was just you getting ready to flip.... So you were doing that on purpose?

Not really. For a second or two I was between flipping forward and leaning back to get back to three wheels. Not sure how I held it like that for a coupla secs. Luck.

Hope I get good enough to use a seat harness soon... My arms feel like someone hit them with a baseball bat today. My normal local sessions are just static-flying, for like an hour or so usually. Buggying all day sure was a good workout.

Have you used your harness much yet, Joe?