Mikelp3586 Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Heading to Emerald Isle NC in a month anyone near there or have any info on shops, good spots etc if anyone's close maybe fly one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafThunder Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 I have been eyeing on kite festival events and still too far ... but you can go there (link) if it's in your time frame ... good luck and have fun ... fly a few for me http://www.kittyhawk.com/events/khk-announces-lineup-2016-events/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelp3586 Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 DeafThunder I've seen that may be able to make one it's the day I'll be leaving but maybe I can squeeze a side trip in! [emoji16] thanks for the info Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomom Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 The Southern Outer Banks is my home turf. The local kite shop is Kites Unlimited in Atlantic Beach. The kite club flies every Sunday morning at 9:00 in the summer at Fort Macon State Park. That's a straight drive down the island. Our annual kite festival is the last weekend in October. The link DeafThunder had is for a shop on the Outer Banks in Kitty Hawk, NC. That's about a 5 hour drive from where you will be. We'll be in and out of town most of June but maybe the schedules will work and we can meet up. BTW, we fly at the same location the quad clinic will held in Sept. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelp3586 Posted May 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 I'll be down July 9th so the 10th would be the best day for me to make it. How long a drive from where I'll be? Less than an hour it looks. It looks like a great flying spot!! Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomom Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 It's usually about 25-30 minutes down the island. If visitor traffic is very heavy, you can add about 5-10 more minutes. It's about 20 miles but the speed limit is 35-45 mph. And don't try to speed because there are speed traps along the way. We should be home from all our travels by then. We fly at the point by what's left of the rock jetty. Winds from any direction are flyable. Northwest winds are the only ones that are difficult because of the Fort and the dunes. But there's plenty of beach to move away from turbulence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafThunder Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 12 hours ago, photomom said: turbulence that is where I fly my kite most of the time ... inland. turbulence, 190 degree, yo-yo wind ... all in one ... on nearly every 3rd windy day ... take me there, I handle it ... I can not picture myself flying my Rev in a purest consistence windspeed, straightest line wind on a beach ... my kite will probably be more still-er than still, when hovering ... LOL hardest I ever fly is flying a Rev and walking across under the very low twin spaced out highway bridges ... like only 1 time success out of 50 tries ... LOL ... of course, on a 50 ft line. Sorry that I hijacked it ... because I am still fighting against turbulence wind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelp3586 Posted May 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Yeah Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelp3586 Posted May 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 That's why I love foils just need a little wind.. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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