Don – Ivanpah – Primm NV.

wow. Sounds awesome! Wish we were there with you! Have fun dude!

cool

Dude. I’ll be there soon. Not soon enough, but soon.
Me & Lynz should be on the playa on wed the 1st by mid afternoon. We find you. Good times.

Give me a call if you find a minute.
Buggy, er BloKart, on!

You know, I buggied at Pismo beach once before they banned it. Fun time. Shame that we can’t do that any more.

I’ve been thinking about it and I think we (NJBuggClub) should make a buggy trip to one of Dry Lakes in West Coast. Maybe this fall or next spring, making it weekend + one or two days.

I know someone in LA. We can ship our buggies, kites and gear to that place. El Mirage, dry lake is 2 hour from LA and we can camp there. Ride a couple of days and come back home.

Who’s with me?

Sounds like fun. I will need more details though.

looks great… I would go.. only one problem seems to be the transportation of all our stuff..

but I’m with you Brian..

wow, there are more interest than I thought.

Yes, transportation is the problem and that’s why it’s hard for us to make it to west coast including NABX.

Jen’s aunt is living in LA, which is 2 hours from El Mirage dry lake. My plan is to ship everything via UPS or Fedex ground to her place. My Libre buggy costs about $80 one way. We fly to LA with minimal baggage. Pick up a rental mini van, pick up our buggy at her place then head to El Mirage. Camp down there over the weekend. We ship everything back to home before LA departure.

I was thinking about next Spring but if you guys are interested, maybe we should do it this fall. There is a “Buggy Fall Thang” in El Mirage. It’s not an event but just a bunch of guys get together twice a year (Spring and Fall) at El Mirage and ride.

Things to remember.

1. You will need small fixed bridle kites. No big depower kites. (maybe small depower kites like 4 or 6M)
2. You will need small tires. No bigfoot. You will likely to wear them out at the end of the trip.
3. You will need a buggy. Surface is very hard and you will go really fast. Land board will experience speed wobble —> dangerous.

It will be a weekend trip + one more day (either Friday or Monday) so if any of you are serious about it, let me know. Either this Fall or next Spring.

I’m seriously interested. Though I’ll need to pick up a small fixed-bridle kite, or that 6m Outlaw I keep thinking about.. (heh). Just point me in the direction of where to go to get tires. I know there are a couple of guys we can get stuff from.

Depending on my financial situation, the hold up for me would be plane tickets. If we can get a good deal on those, then I’m set.

You don’t want to use expensive kites like Outlaw on the desert. The surface is like a sand paper. If not being careful, it will make a hole in your kite in one slide.

All my Flysurfer kites will stay home. My biggest kite will be 5M Yakuza.

Ah, right. Sandpaper + kite = bad.
I definitely bring my two Beamers then, question is, would the 3m be small enough, or do I need to pick up something smaller before we leave? I know its a good ways off, but I can at least think about it so I can propose it to the wife enough in advance that she doesnt flip out on me.

Are you thinking a 2m Beamer, or a 1.8 Rage? I have the 3.5m Jojo RM+, but that might be a bit much in stronger winds.

My quiver will be 1.8M 2.2M 3.5M 5M. I think I used 4.9M and 2.5M most during NABX. Smaller size is definitely good to have.

Check the wind on Dry Lake:

http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ivanpah-wind-22_3_09.png

wow, hardly goes below 20mph…

I could be wrong, but thats just one day’s prediction… right?

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