dunefreak Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Was gonna head out to D this afternoon, but decided to stay home since work is so slow latley. Randog and crew are out there right now. He sent me this pic yesterday and I was jealous as hell. But then I got this one today and it looks a bit nastier out there. He said it's windy as a mutha and knarly! :ah: ^ Still better than what I did today....WORK. :mischevious: lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britincali Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Its blowing 40+ mph gusts here in barstow, looks like a fukin sandstorm outside :mischevious: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Same here in Vegas. The whole town is all hazy and dusty. :mischevious: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limodriver Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 cleaning up the sand for Christmas. Cant wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtoys0@yahoo.com Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 That was the craziest wind I've ever witnessed at the dunes. Going with the flow of the wind was sketchy at best because it was very dangerous. Coming into the wind made it much easier to read and made it fun again! Today (Sunday) was beautiful and I didn't want to leave but you know how that goes. Yup; the dunes are very fresh and ready for Christmas--enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 thats bad....but not all that bad...at least you can still see the dunes from camp..... wind sucks, but is a necessity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dccd45 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 We didnt leave the trailer much on saturday. Good day to drink all the beer. There were times you couldnt see 10 ft from the trailer. Sunday we had some bad a$$ rides though. good times this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtoys0@yahoo.com Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 We didnt leave the trailer much on saturday. Good day to drink all the beer. There were times you couldnt see 10 ft from the trailer. Sunday we had some bad a$$ rides though. good times this weekend The picture above does not represent fully the magnitude of being out in the dunes when the wind was blowing at it's hardest. The reports called for 60mph winds and I would have to agree. Being out in the dunes and riding with the wind was a very memorable experience and the only way to describe it would be to say it was like surfing in a storm if that makes sense to any hard core surfers. There were not any riders out in the dunes when we were dealing with mother nature on her terms. The other rider I was with said it was one of his best rides/experiences ever, and I would have to agree. On a side note--anyone on here have the Banshee with an R1 engine we met out at the North Pole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand chick Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Weather was PERRRRRFECT today!! Uploading pics.... Just rolled in.... More after unloading!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 The picture above does not represent fully the magnitude of being out in the dunes when the wind was blowing at it's hardest. The reports called for 60mph winds and I would have to agree. Being out in the dunes and riding with the wind was a very memorable experience and the only way to describe it would be to say it was like surfing in a storm if that makes sense to any hard core surfers. There were not any riders out in the dunes when we were dealing with mother nature on her terms. The other rider I was with said it was one of his best rides/experiences ever, and I would have to agree. On a side note--anyone on here have the Banshee with an R1 engine we met out at the North Pole? Sounds crazy. I've been out there when it's gotten pretty damn bad. I could only imagine what it was like on Saturday. It was crazy IN TOWN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtoys0@yahoo.com Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Weather was PERRRRRFECT today!! Uploading pics.... Just rolled in.... More after unloading!! Cool; I wanted to stay sooooooo bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randog Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 It was crazy for sure. :ah: Every time someone said "it seems to be calming down"..... BOO-Ya Even harder. Saturday we went on an early buggy ride. wind wasn't so bad at that time. Later (after those pics), we went on a qWad ride and I swear it felt like we were riding right through a Star Wars scene. Cant remember which episode it was. Pretty awesome though. Dunes and weather couldn't have been better today though. R- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mush Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 fugin wind was hardcore on sat, sun was freshies all day.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BADYFZ Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 It aint Dumont if there aint a day of wind, If your lucky the wind will blow sunday to get your butts to leave.. I took a friend the day of the poker run and that fool was in a trailer and me and my 3 yr old boy were in a tent and he left sunday in the middle of the night because the wind was too strong and he was the one in the trailer, dont know if can give him a PASS for that one there..WUSS... It's the Dune doctor fixing the dunes is what i tell the kids.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxysandchick Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 thats bad....but not all that bad...at least you can still see the dunes from camp..... wind sucks, but is a necessity When we pulled in you couldn't see 10 feet in front of you much less the dunes. It kept up like that all day off and on, but never light enough to ride. We headed out once and got caught in it pretty bad and everyone was making a bee line for camp. You couldn't see where the tops of the dunes were with so much sand blowing over them, very dangerous so we headed back to camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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