Tug Hill, NY - Snowkite Ozone Basecamp Fly In Jan31- Feb1st

I'll be there, if it's windy.

Meeting some friends there so probably carpool / book hotels on our own. Let us know where you're going to book a hotel and we'll try to use the same place.

A friend of mine expressed his excitement as the Tug Hill area is getting about 6 inches an hour as we speak!

I am certainly going to be there and will be riding there for Ozone and IMCS...I will have a huge tent and flags and Brian is coming from Utah etc...Kelly from ME....all should go!!

It is going to be great!

I m more psyched about tug hill than vt...even more ppsyched about US open then the latter...but mostly psyched about getting a bad ass day out today in nice steady winds from the west,....which really means gusty!

big air. Fast Taxi's et al...SNOW for SUNDAY up here....more wind on the way...folks come on up!!

it is going to be great!

Zebulon

Anyone book a room yet? I'd like to book a room where everyone else is going to be....

I'm 60/40 can/can't.

Unfortunately, I won't know until sometime in Feb. It's either that or go somewhere warm :)

Jermy you will know in Feb??? this is Jan31 and feb 1??!!

I will need a group to travel with if I commit. Are wind there good on avg.. Seeing how they installed those wind turbines..

OK, got cleared from work!! I'm in!!
(turns out its a better weekend to take off than the one I originally thought)

Sump, where are you staying? I'll book a room close.

You guys bringing yer ladyfriends?

btw, there is no official website for this event, right?

edit: I did find this site:

http://www.lewiscountyrecreation.com/kiteskiing.shtml

they have some event forms on there... may be worth printing those out before-hand.

Sounds fun! Sorry to miss it, but I have deadline staring at me between the eyes :doh:

I have my big F-150 quad cab. We can take that split gas ect ect. Jermy I will ride with you if yah like and we can split a room or I would prefer not top pay for my own. Blue lets do this car pooling or whatever. Jermy can you spot the hotel as Sump said pet friendly and 24hr cancel. Maybe you can call Windzup in Utah and see if they have more info as an Ozone affiliate.

I am going to pull the trigger on the T-shirts today so we should have them. I hope that they can print some flags too. I got pricing so be nice to have them before the event. The flag is a great way to find our base camp! Is a tent a good idea?? I have that heater that runs on small 1lb tanks or the full size grill tank.

LOL I had to do the same thing earlier. I have a google maps file I can make into an article if that helps. Take Sump's map and select "search nearby" to get some places to stay. Looks like most are in Lowville with a few exceptions.

I just found out I'm missing a major engagement I had previously planned for that weekend. F. I'm pretty torn :/

I put the info on the front page... JD, How do you make it do the "read more..." thing?

EDIT: nevermind, found it.

And I have no Idea why it always zooms all the way in... but the google map is there, just zoom out to see stuff.

Sweet, got 6 confirmed. I'll book it once normal people wake up.

Sump Trev is in too he said he would call you.

If there's still room, you can count me in !!!

Looks pretty perfect. Some new snow this week with nice smooth winds for the weekend!

I'm stoked too... we still got some room in the house if anyone else wants in. I counted 13 beds - I think we have like 8 or 9 filled so far...

PeteCat might be in! He just wanted me to give him the details and he did not want to miss the Superbowl though.

Is Matt going he has the flag!!! I have a work dinner tonight and then I am having to pack tonight.. I hate that part as all my gear is in my truck as I left it from Sat.

I am super excited!! Love finishing a session and then just PAHtay!! No rush.. no ones leaving!

Have fun everyone!!

Sitting firside house pahtay!! Kristof came

report??

Ok I will start. We drove through crazy snow storms and arrived at 2AM to the house. It was buried! snow up to the windows. The doors to the truck when opened was like leveling a measuring spoon. I mean it was so deep! We had to check the car in the driveway to make sure it had MASS tags. When we woke up we were surrounded by snow covered fields. 5-6 ft of snow I guess from past storms. I have never seen so much snow! We had breakfast thanks to Sump. We headed to the event. They had a big geodome base camp tent with heat so that was awesome. We set up and the wind was stop and go. But the terrain had rolling hills and one good peak to loop your kite up!

When you stopped you could be up to your knees and in some drifts waist in snow! It was hard though moving around without power was a struggle. It was crazy though surfing poweder like that, and jumping off theses peaks or riding down them. Everyone was having a blast! That night we had a big Cheese fondue event and spaghetti! The next morning we hit the event again and it was warmer. I rode for 3 hours and selfishly took almost no pics... I am so Sorry!! I have never had such a 3 dimensional snow experience. Pete got his first ride although he is lucky that it was not any worse as he went into the road.
He had ridden at NH and I spent the day with him there working on set up, relaunching, and self rescue. Then he flew again on the first day and then second day flew the 3m for an hour. Most people once they ride get scared and stop or fall a few times once they get going. Pete unfortunately proved to me that his expert level of skiing gave him NO FEAR. He ran the entire length of the field 3 times at about 20mph-25mph. He said after "everything was working and I was flying, I didnt want to stop." Only problem was he was doing to well riding his first time that he never dealt with going up wind. So he ran out of field and did realize that he needed to stop. He knew how just didn't want too.. Instead he though he would attempt another high speed turn.

I feel bad and he was not even shook-up but I have never seen anyone get going like that not by accident but because he wanted to.. He was saying wooohoo right into the street. Most people go fast and bail.. or fall a few times to catch there breath not Pete..

So I tried to make light of it as it was really a bad thing. But then to listen to Pete it was like he never felt like he didnt know what to do. He just thought he could push it.. He survived and I am officially apologizing.. I suck as a teach but Pete sucks as a student who figgin goes like a bat out of hell on purpose he was not out of control at all just CRAZY!

That was the best snow kiting I have ever done! That was a great experience! Doing a front roll off the peak of a hill is so diff then flat water!!!

Had a blast cant wait to see the pictures!

How many people were there?