Hi All,

We are running a fun race meeting, this is not a western circuit points race, just a laugh.

The idea is (pending the wind) to all use a 3m Ozone method and buggy of your choice (but don’t worry if you don’t have the kite see below)

Place , Muriwai at the creek

distance max 50km in 5 or 10 km laps , min distance 10 km if there is low wind.

marker points , one flag south of the road access point on the beach, and the other 4 or 9 km north of the CREEK, yup the race will have a creek crossing in it.

Oh, the fun bit . because of the short notice it will not be fancy dress this time,( unless you have a dress that you would like to were)

and for any land boarders / green doom wheel riders and the odd kite biker

they can use a 10 or 11m ozone depower foil.


Kitezone Ltd will provide the kites and cold beers for the winners and
a 1m IMP for first, a Tee shirt for second and a beanie for third. + a Tee shirt for the best fancy dress



the first dates set are;

26 of feb, low tide at 11am

or

27 Feb low tide at 12.20pm


start time to be set on Thursday next week

Please book your seat now

remeber to write down the results.

Al is the Auckland Steward and will be collating points. At the end of the year there will be an Auckland social racing points champs.

Good to hear these things are happening.

Good luck with the wind. Race hard.

yep sweet, im their...
looks intresting gannet,

have been wondering if we could ever run a race like this... but almost all the kites we have are different....i think the only identical kites are infact the N-gens,got 4 2.2z between me an perrin and mine an gerbilmasters sparkling 3.5 and maby a couple of 6m yaks..uceless for set kite racing.

will be very intresting..

charlie, have my notebook and 3 pens on stanby....but no magaphone...all iv got is cardboard tube and im not taking it out in public.

cool, Wayne and I have 7 x 3m Methods + another 2 I've sold out their.

and in the depower kites , I've got 1 x 10m Access, 2 x 10m Mantas, and 2 x 11 Frenzys

so it's almost time, to start doing the wind dance song, Hmmm, how does that go again, Plumet

yipee! green doom wheelers also invited! i wonder how many of us will be there!

one more thing. i've got a fancy dress that i migh wear... anyone else willing to dress up? i don't want to be the only weirdo. actually, why not

As we discovered in the naki nut buster, to summon the wind its all about how many goats you sacrifice. 700 was a little too many and we ended up with 50 knot gusts.


I want to see a down winder race from muriwai to the moose!! now that would get my arse up there to kick some buggy but. theres some scalps i still need on my mantle.

as if I needed to say, ill be there ... could be some close racing ...

im up for fancy dress, probably could make it as nobby the builder!!

where i put them stubbys!!

whats the crack with the start an that, are we running a hot start, fight for best pozzy or a grid format?

Sounds like it.s going to be fancy dress after all , choice.
Saturdays wind is looking the best at this stage .
I think I've found something in the prize cuboard , for the winner ,
Just remember its a fancy dress also ,so the race winner may lose to the best dress.

Start format, I'll give that some though , it'll have to be something stupid.

as this is a fun event there are no rules apart from helmet required.

Im starting a new thread to discuss making this something more regular and the minimum rules to make it fun and accessable so as not to destroy the fun facto of this race .

how about a backwards rolling start that would be silly!...

I'm all for putting kickers into the race! build a kicker on either side of the stream so dudes can hit it and clear the stream!

I saw 3 buggies hitting a kicker at the nut buster!! so it is possible.

kicker was primo, if you hit it every lap you be sure to nail the timing just to avoid landing in said creek every time!!! i vote kicker...

kIIIckeR kIIIIckER kIIICKer..

northernal ,you have got your race blinkers on again.

I vote kickers as well, but this race is about getting newbies to come along and give it a go with a STD buggy or Board, with out having to worry if there kite is good enough.
cause all the kite are going to be the same 3m Methods.

Back to the kickers , we'll have to leave them for the western circuit points race,
sorry

fairynuff....ill just stick with my racing toothbrush, its pretty discreet....nobody will know.

Prizes

a OZONE 1m IMP for first, a Tee shirt for second and a beanie for third.
+ a Tee shirt for the best fancy dress

All prizes are NEW

gannet i think short and sweet with maybe several races in the afetrnoon will be good for newbies. if the race is too long then very shortly a clear winner emerges or clear group of leaders and then every one else follows. apart from any big stuff ups the race is generally decided in the first 10 mins.

Even with everyone riding methods yourself, al, jimmy, perrin will streak away from the rest of the pack.

Keep it short then whne the newbies loose they wont loose by much. then they have a chance to redeam themselves in the next race. Handicaping the fastest guys with a time penalty is a good idea.

Or you could have a couple of marks . A, B, C grade marks stepped further back 50 or 100 meters so the good guys have to go further each lap.


lastly add tennis ball tag into the races.... hehehe. if you get hit you have to stop for 30 seconds!!

Teams racing, fastest teamed with slowest and turn about laps.

So would a race with a jump be a steeple chase or hurdles or BuggyX

Racing with a jump could be a great event. Maybe we could try that at the blue balls. Great video opportunity. Potential for carnage. One for the nutters.

I hear you plummet,

I was already thinking down the lines of short courses.

he main idea is to get newbies and pros to come along and have fun.
So max Method size is to be set on the day( so a newbie is not over powered) or posted earlier.
STD Method lines and handles ( Turbo Bar is allowed)
The only restrictions for the buggy is barrow wheels only.(This does not apply in NZ)
The course maybe set on the day , but a simple two flag figure 8 , with No up wind turns and flags at 500m x 10 laps (so newbies are insight )
The main thing is to keep it Fun for all.

and tennis ball tag game at the close of the arvo!!! yes yes yes!

Its goto be buggyx or boarderx Charlie.

Rules would be hit the ramp or have to do a down wind/up wind pussy line of shame!!

ps gannet we had a ball at the nut buster cranking all sorts of silly games. longest jump, tennis tag, restuarant parking. sometimes taking the focus off hardcore racing makes it fun for every one. try and afternoon of sillyness with no racing.

Pss the most fun kiting thing i have done this year is tennis ball tag. mad as a shit house rat that just drunk a can of redbull. Kites and buggies/boards everywhere! use half a dozen balls, its just insane. it does not matter what equipment you use. its a level playing feild for all.

yep, bring your best tennis balls

It is starting to look like a

Orewa, southern end at 27 Feb 10 am

but that's not final, the wind Gods may have something to say about that

ok so, so far its

Dan doom : depower
Al : Method 3m
Peter : Method 3m
Wayne : Method 3m

quote this and add your name if your in....

p.s. i really want to know where the bendy flags are that Perrin and Peter made that i normally turn up with, i left them at the moose so all could use but they are needed back , please

charlie had some bendy flags at the nut buster.... i think he said they were his?

Hey Plummet will you be attending the MMM event?

sorry boys i'm out. the next kite man weekend will hopefully be the bbb. but i still have yet to get capex approval for that too. so its not guaranteed.

I am heading on a kiwi road trip next week and will be visiting NP so we can go for a kiting session?

found the flags... Perrin has them safely tucked away. call off the hounds

Hey Guys. I would love to be there but both days clash. Good on you of for stepping up and giving it a go. Hope it all goes well.

UPDATE

the wind is all over the place so we need to check again tomorrow night , however plan is to allow for Perrin and meet at Muriwai at 12pm Sunday with Als BBQ for lunch byo food drink. yesterday Orewa looked possible so lets keep the venue open but aim for sunday start between 9am orewa or 12pm Murs.. eek darn wind

ok so, so far its

Dan doom : depower
Al : Method 3m
Peter : Method 3m
Wayne : Method 3m
Perrin: Method 3m
TWO buggy slots left !!


20m lines provided

Confirmed for Sunday 12pm meet , racing around 1pm At MURS

wind could possibly be perfect for the kite size, bring your other kites so we can still have fun if the wind drops off by too much to use a 3m

No BBQ from AL his van has too many bench seats now


Jimmy22 wrote:

Hey guys, sadly I will not be in attendance at this event due a pre standing commitment to undertake a road trip with the wifebot. Needless to say all the kites and boards are already sitting on the back seat. We will be biking, hiking and kiting around the Taupo region and beyond. I hope the wind god will be good to you and i’m messing about with a goat as I write these words to bring you clean wind. DB

what do you mean no bbq from al?? i told you i was bringing the small one, because the big one is to big to fit in the van without removing the seats and the bed...

MMmmmmmm....................B B Q !!!

MMmmmmmm....................B B Q !!!

oops , missed that part . OK BBQ is coming

dont worry i missed wedding anniversary too so its not personal

whats the one for 14 years ? something between wood and silver im thinking..

If you missed the wedding anniversary ,
it a wood spoon
Or the back side of a frying pan when you're asleep

Race time tomorrow

Flag racing with same size kite (3m Method) it's going to be awesome / crazy

where abouts at muriwai is it? would be keen to check it out if im not too busy

-36.810693,174.416885

maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=-36.810693,174....amp;hl=en&tab=wl

sweet i think i know where that is

Drag race!... next tiome i'm up we need to set a drag race. maybe even a 200m? 2 up and haul arse up the beach for a sprint.

I'm going to lay a challenge down and say i recond i can beat your sorry buggy arses in a drag!

Question. do you have to wear drag when doing a drag race?

only two fancy dresses today - adolf hitler's ghost (dan_doom) and chucky (gannet)
otherwise great fun, great weather, al's bbq, beer....

p. s. thank you guys for your generosity that i could fly my frenzy!

Awesome day, one kite racing is so much fun and Tennis ball tag was unreal

And the debrief meeting / beer

dammit i wish i was everywhere!!!/.....

what was the results?

results for 5 laps ssw 10knots mostly underpowerd....3m methods.

perrin = 1
al = 2
pete = 3
dan = 4
wayne = 5

this was a very good technical race, it definently made you plan ahead and as all short courses you had to be very lucky to stay out of trouble, i dont think anybody managed to get away without a tangle with someone eles..
kite flying skills are definently a bonus on a course like this but ofcourse buggy setup shone through massivley in this onekite race..and thus perrin with the midi tyres and wayne with racing slicks on sand varying from hard to soggy were polar opposites....where perrin floated over the soggy wayne would bog killing all momentum..barrows were fine but still boggy in the soft, i ended up totaly changing to wider lines on most corners to avoid any soggy energy sapping ruts..this worked pretty well but by far the best bit was close quater racing, i think you left a bit of your tyre on my buggy gannet
nothing quite like going head to head for a corner..with chucky!!!!

..kitebuggying just became a contact sport.
tennisball tag...needs to be renamed to something more upwithstanding to its awsomness..

never before have i screamed like a girl for so long and loved it so much.
the kids were awsome, perrin had all 12 balls at one point...i dont know how he did this without any of us knowing....
chucky armed with even just 5 balls but two extra ball throwing childred is more scary than 40knots.
perrin ran over his own hand, and after throwing a ball quite squarley into my face, i found this possibly the most hilarius thing to have happend all day..

revenge is indeed a b$#@H

awsome day...cheers pete...