I've had a sweet year so far.
Kited the following beachs

Fitzroy beach in NP (home town), static, landboarding and kite surfing.

Mokau, static and landboarding

Foxton, landboarding and kitesurfing

Muriwai, landboarding

Raglan, landboarding,

Baileys beach and north head kaipara harbour, landboarding,

90 mile, landboarding, buggy, static, dune flying

Rawawa, kitesurfing,

Ruakaka landboarding


oh yeah.... been a good start to the year. need to do something in wellintgon and bop aswell.

raglan , buggy racing
orewa 3 x
murs 1x
moose 2x
glenfield rugby fields 3x
bastion pt 1x
im sure there are some others inland too..

i did make it past bombay once !

to do list
Baileys
Kariotahi
Ohope
/Ohiwa

no reason why you can't do baileys as a day run. its only 2.5 to 3 hours from auckland.

Raglan Ngarunui
Raglan Te Kopua
Raglan Wainui Reserve
and Raglan I think.
Yup Raglan.

where hav i been riding??

lyall bay (welly) x4
island bay (welly)x1
seatoune (welly)x5
petone (welly)x6
eastbourne (welly)x3
waikanie (kapiti)x3
foxton x2
kina rd (Naki)x2
Tay rd (naki)x1
fitzroy (naki)x3
waitara (naki)x3
pt chev x5

some of them were ridden on same day, it helps not to work form december til now

rock on

nice!

thats a good tally.

I can ad a twilight kitesurf session at back beach (np) to mine!

heading to wellingtron next week. maybe i'll some tron beaches to the count.

another sweeet sweeeet session at foxton for Butches kite night

and then tonight was a super cruizy light wind session at wakanai. well waikanai to te horo and back a few times.


ahhhhh. kiting has been sweet to me this year.

another beach to the list.

Eastern beach in Auckland. kitesurfing.


Fitzroy beach in NP (home town), static, landboarding and kite surfing.
Mokau, static and landboarding
Foxton, landboarding and kitesurfing
Muriwai, landboarding
Raglan, landboarding,
Baileys beach and north head kaipara harbour, landboarding,
90 mile, landboarding, buggy, static, dune flying
Rawawa, kitesurfing,
Ruakaka landboarding
Waikanai, Landboarding

Ha ha ... finally a session in wellington! this completes my mission of kiting beaches from the very top of the north island to the very bottom. whoot! now i need to add some east coast beaches to my list.



Petone: kitesurf and static fly.

Back beach NP. kite surfing
Eastern beach in Auckland. kitesurfing.
Fitzroy beach in NP (home town), static, landboarding and kite surfing.
Mokau, static and landboarding
Foxton, landboarding and kitesurfing
Muriwai, landboarding
Raglan, landboarding,
Baileys beach and north head kaipara harbour, landboarding,
90 mile, landboarding, buggy, static, dune flying
Rawawa, kitesurfing,
Ruakaka landboarding
Waikanai, Landboarding

plumbtree i regard your exploits whith the very highest of respect.
i believe that you are upholding with some of the best kiters in NZ and should be very proud.

i also think that you need to buy a buggy.

PS.

one day daniel son, one day..... its just a hard justification when my local beaches aren't that falsh for buggies and to really get any use from a buggy i'd need to drive 3-5 hours, on the occasions i am at those locations its usually during business trips when i don't have enough room for a buggy in my vehicle.....

ps Al list up your beaches i know yourve been to a few yourself this year.

Taranaki beach are great for buggying. I have had many sessions on your beaches and although it is a wet ride its always been a good ride.

indeed you can buggy the naki beaches. but the place were i see an advantage to use a buggy is in the dunes or hammering massive distances. on a short wet beach i'd rather be on my board sliding and jumping the streams, boulders etc. Zipping back and forth 50-100m stretches with cross on wind on a wet beach in a buggy doesn't appeal.

Fat Old Whimp wrote:


plummet wrote:


What a coincidence! I JUST posted a topic about where one can board/buggy in this region then I come and read this!

Care to pop over and comment on some locations?!


My pathetic list for this topic:

Paraparaumu: One unsuccessful static session! Still stoked to have a kite though!

plummet wrote:
[ Zipping back and forth 50-100m stretches with cross on wind on a wet beach in a buggy doesn't appeal.[/quote]

Thats not my memory of buggying in the Naki. You may find the runs a bit longer when you can hold a better line.

prevailing wind is sw which is cross on back beach and almost direct cross shore at fitzroy.

north westers are best you can zip the full fitzroy and oakura without tacking. but northwesters are few and far between. a true westerly may see back beach at super low tide doing the same.

and dont worry i hold a good upwind line. perhaps the only buggiers that can upwind better than me are dudes with superwide axles flying race kites.

However all of this is moot as i'm a landboarder first and foremost and would still be even if i lived on the top of the dunes at the moose. it suits my style and complements my other sporting activities. one day a buggy will enter my kiting quiver but not for a while.

I wasn't worried. You ride just fine. I remember feeling ashamed when you passed me on the hard at the moose meet.
We all gotta do what we gotta do I just found it odd that you would write off Taranaki as a buggy zone when I have so many fond memories of the place.

Any news on that race you were talking about?

Baylys beach is 46km from my place and if its blowing easterly Ruakaka beach is 42kms away.

have you made it to baileys yet north? it is magic. particularily the south head. you should work on those auckland buggiers and get them up there for a weekend at the north head (south end of bailies). come on guys. its 5 times the size of the moose and smoother more roling nicer dunes..... do it.

Charly i'm not writing off the naki as a buggy zone. all i state is that i would prefer to landboard it. but then really the only time i truely hunker for a buggy is in the dunes.

yes. i was all planned to organise the naki race but then an overseas trip popped up and that has used up all my aloted man time and then some. it will now have to be next year.

UK: Rhosneigr / Ainsdale / Lancaster / Poole Harbour
NZ: Fergusson Park / Tay Street / Papamoa / Raglan / Wellington's Seatoun / Pilot Bay
Europe: Northern Sardinia

Bring on more NZ locations!!! Can't wait - and see you out there

wowa international locations. nice. Make your way to the naki for some awesome waves!

Hehe, well I've been to Muriwai, Raglan and Port Waikato this year

that's pretty good for a JAFA


I've been at Muriwai just about every day, for the last 6 years

sorry , I'll go and get back under my shell now

Gannet wrote:


Better than me.
I went to Taranaki for a kite fest but the date was advertised wrong and all I found was an empty field. Oh well Raglan ain't so bad.
Just got some new tyres and a 3m Peter Lynn Twister. best thing. I am on holiday for 2 weeks. Just need some wind.

you should get some tomorrow with a few showers to boot.

next week is the kite display in Auckland , check kite works web site for details

hey Plummet - will get to the Naki when I can!! If you recall I am the kiter / mountain biker from the UK who was on the way over here seven months ago - here now, evidently! You said I should get down there with kites and bikes (if there was no wind). Will take you up on your offer when I can

Being a new JAFA I'll be getting to Muriwai as soon as I can. Shame all the wind is going to be mid-week...

yes, yes its all flooding back now!. . . . yep do that mtb in the morning kite in the afternoon. nightride at night if you have lights!! just don't turn up between 23 july and 11 Aug. I'll be in Chamonix belting down endless singletrack! Whoot.

ah, zut alors et merde! My mates have just come back from Cham and Pila (one without attached collar bone). It is the first time I have missed the trip in seven years... serves them right for going without me. Chamonix is the greatest town on the planet

Have fun - there are loads more new tracks off the back of Le Tour into Vallocine where there is a new chair. Jealous? Yes. Next year? Definitely...

sweet thats what i want to here!..!.. Hopefully i can retain my collar bones whilst over there.

whats your kite style bikesandkites? land/water? remind me.

bikes: Santa Cruz VPFree / BlurLT2 / Roadster
kites: Octanes and Rev2's
boards: SS Misfit / Celeritas. No land stuff

I have been just around Europe so far,

coming from North Germany, going out there at

Kiel (Falkenstein/Laboe/Stein/...)
Fehmarn (Gold/Ort/Grüner Bring)
St. Peter Ording (Love the South Beach)
Flensburg (Franz Otte/ Holm

Denmark:

Hvide Sande
Klitt Möller
Anholt
Bregger
Mastal

UK:
around Cornwall

France:
went down the westcoast with my Van last summer

Italy:
Went to the Reschenlake
did some snowkiting down there...

Raglan again. Although it was on grass today. I have not done grass for a long time.
Kawhia and Mooseland later in the year.

bikesandboards wrote:


blur lt, vp free combo. Nice. i'm a nomad man myself with a dmr for the street trials action. tho the nomad gets most of the use.

Time for a list update!


Titaha Bay porirua:- Lanboard
Rahotu kahui rd :- landboard
Tai road Opunake:- kitesurf.... heavy waves.
Oakura :- landboarding
Ahu Ahu Rd :- Landboard
MOOOOOOOOOSE land :- Landboard 24hr


Petone: kitesurf and static fly.
Back beach NP. kite surfing
Eastern beach in Auckland. kitesurfing.
Fitzroy beach in NP (home town), static, landboarding and kite surfing.
Mokau, static and landboarding
Foxton, landboarding and kitesurfing
Muriwai, landboarding
Raglan, landboarding,
Baileys beach and north head kaipara harbour, landboarding,
90 mile, landboarding, buggy, static, dune flying
Rawawa, kitesurfing,
Ruakaka landboarding
Waikanai, Landboarding

I went to Kawhia. I spent most of the day huddling in a tent but managed to get a race done. I seem to recall moving about in my buggy but if anybody asks I will deny it.

I did however Nuke the Moose. First time in 13 years. That was a long time between drinks but Aaron Rhoades and I had a great ride up.

Raglan and Muriwai. Thats all I will admit to.

theres a race you need to hold charlie. "Nuke the moose"
i'd be there with bells on and nobs.
I've nuked it once and it was super sweet.

something about going a to b that just wya better than backwards and forwardsing