Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 20:04:08 -1000 From: sirby@nwlink.com (Steve Irby) Message-Id: <3so70o$ktu@alaska.nwlink.com> Organization: Northwest Link Subject: Buggy Long Beach! During the Northwest National Stunt Kite Championships at Long Beach Wa. this past weekend, a number of buggy riders managed to get in a few excellent runs at low tide, off the boardwalk. Closed to cars for the summer, this stretch of beach will be legal to buggy during the WSIKF in August(21 to 27). A permit is being obtained for this time period. Morrie and Kelci Williams, Kurt and Linda Anderson, John -----(forget this young bay area flyer's last name), and a few others were enjoying the 12-15 mph breeze that made it "fun" for the stunt kite comp just completed. The ranger asked us not continue after we broke for dinner. Buggy riders are encouraged to attend a meeting with city officials in LongBeach on July 8th, to ask for their support in petitioning the state of Washington to allow buggy'ing on this stretch of beach. Hopefully a strong attendance of polite, safety conscious kite flyers, will convince the establishment that it'll be ok to allow this sport. If you cannot attend, send your written comments to the City of Long Beach in care of : Ocean Kites PO Box 1287 Long Beach, WA 98631 Terry Yuncker, manager, will present your letters to the officials at the meeting. If you even think you might want to buggy Long Beach some day, write and let them know that you want to spend your tourist dollars in their town doing your sport that is both safe and fun. Buggy'ing will be early in the week of WSIKF. I will be there to give demo's and instructions if the conditions are right, you may buggy with my ride and selection of Quad Trac's. Ted Dougherty, who makes them at Skynasaur, plans to attend. Steve Irby sirby@nwlink.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 18:19:51 -1000 From: sirby@nwlink.com@nwlink.com (Steve Irby) Message-Id: <3tq9p7$r6f@alaska.nwlink.com> Organization: Northwest Link Subject: Buggy Long Beach! Well August 21 & 22, Monday and Tuesday of the WSIKF is officially the Buggy Demo Days of the festival. We will have a permit to buggy from 10th street south to Beards Hollow( the rocks way down there past Seaview). No cars on the beach this time of year. The City of Long Beach is enthusiastically working to amend the beach recreation code, to allow kite buggies on the portion of the beach closed to motorized vehicles, from April 15th to the weekend after labor day. We'll see how that turns out. YOUR letters of encouragement are going to be helpful, in supporting the City officials in their quest to get the State of Washington to drop the restriction on "Experimental Wind Powered Vehicles" . Send a note to the City of Long Beach c/o Ocean Kites, Terry Yuncker, PO Box 1287, Long Beach Wa 98631. You never know when YOU might want to buggy off the Boardwalk there with us. Coming from future tourist's your voices will be heard. I saw two well known northwest kite flyers, leave Ocean Kites with new P/L buggies and a Quad Trac this weekend. We're a growing force. -Steve Irby Seattle & Klipsan Beach Washington. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STEVE IRBY sirby@nwlink.com (206)930-8350 Seattle, Washington U.S.A. Skynasaur Sport Kites flyer/rep for Western Washington State Have *you* tugged your kite today? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =