NJ Buggy Club

It’s time of the year, Folks!

What: Wildwood Buggy Bash 2008
Where: Wildwood Beach, NJ
When: September 27, 2008
Time: 8 am ~ 6 pm

We are currently communicating with HQ-USA for some demo kites, including Montana IV, Crossfire II and possibly Neo!!! We will also have many other kites you can try. No buggies? No problem! You can use my buggies and landboard for sure.

Lunch will be provided. Nothing fancy, some hotdogs and burgers. Maybe some pizza.

We will announce our gathering place as we get closer to the event day. So, stay tuned!!!

Come on out and have fun with us. For those of you who can’t make it, please pray for wind.

Special thanks to Don @ PowerKiteplace.com, NJ Buggy Club’s official shop, for sponsoring this event.

PS. Seats are limited. Bring your camping chair. And sunblock.

Edit:
We’ve determined our gathering location and it’s E 2nd Ave and John F Kennedy Beach Dr @ North Wildwood.

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You can park on the side of the street and don’t have to put coins in the meter.  It’s free during off season.

It’s about time! It’s time to rule the beach again!

Ok. First, I checked tide info and September 27th (Saturday) appears to be the most suitable day, low tide @ 12:43 pm. Next possible date is October 11th (Saturday), low tide @ 11:22 am.

Second, what would you guys like to receive this year? T-shirts again? I thought about it but it’s hard to estimate how many people will show up and what sizes we need to prepare. Maybe we should do “T-shirts for members only” but again, it would be nice to greet non-members with something else as well. Any thoughts?

Let’s hear what you guys have to say.

Surprise, surprise!  LBJ and I did a sneak preview session @ Wildwood beach yesterday evening, August 24.  It wasn’t easy but we made it happen.

I arrived our NJ Buggy Club spot @ around 4:30 pm.  Joe showed up a little later.  It was crowded of course and our plan was to wait until life guards are gone.

While we were waiting, Joe took my 8M depower kite for a spin.  Joe, seriously, you did better than most kiters who spent a lot of money and time.  I know you are not a big fan of water but it would be shame that if you don’t use that skill in water.

Ok, we felt like we waited long enough so I went out with 12M depower.  While I was going through some beach-goers, I thought “Hmmm, maybe this isn’t such a good idea.”  My session didn’t last long.  Wind direction wasn’t good (almost East) and there were still some people left on the beach.  I came back in shortly.

Since wind was not favorable and there were still some obstacles(?), Joe and I decided to move to LBJ place.  We packed up quickly and rushed to LBJ spot as we are running out of time.  When we got there, there was definitely less people.  I pulled out my depower 12M and Joe, I think, 5M buggy kite.  I was landboarding and Joe was buggying.  Barely enough wind to move around.  I tried Joe’s buggy with 12M depower kite and had a blast (sorry Joe for stealing your precious buggy time but I couldn’t resist

At the end, it was too dark to see by-standers so we called it a day.  It was probably a good hour session.  If you ask me, an hour session at the best beach in the middle of the season?  Totally worth it.

Now I got taste of it, I want more.  Can’t wait to buggy ALL DAY in fall.

Joe, I am thinking your next kite should be a “depower” kite

I believe after labor day (Sept 1st), life guards will be gone then we can buggy @ WWB again, right?

This fall, when wind is good and right (SE), we should do a buggy race.

Can’t wait!