Countdown 2012
Only 58 more days to the next NABX! Dates for the upcoming North American Buggy eXpo are set. Get ready to join us on the playa April 03 to April 08, 2012. Registration is open!
NABX Annual Kite-Powered Buggy eXpo
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Since 1994, kite buggiers, skaters and landboarders have gathered on Ivanpah Dry Lake Nevada for a week of kite-powered buggying and racing. The event was known as the Spring Break Buggy Blast (SBBB) and introduced formulated kite traction races to the American desert.In 2004, a new organizing team changed the name to reflect the more international aspect of this event as well as to promote a more global culture and help foster a community of cooperation among kite buggiers from around the world. Now entitled the North American Buggy eXpo (NABX), this proud, environmentally conscious event plans to combine an abundance of fun while putting an emphasis on sharing knowledge, encouraging education, and supporting the kite traction movement.
The Future of NABX
The NABX plans to preserve the best elements of this long standing desert event while continually adding new exciting features. An inspired mixture of growth and tradition is projected for this groundbreaking event including new races, impressive drawings/raffles and a gourmet banquet under the desert stars.
NABX 2012 NABX 2011 was off the hook. If you were there you know what I'm talking about.
What can we do now, we ask ourselves, to set the bar just a little higher? Well, we're getting the band back together. Calling all old school folks back to the playa! If you attended one of the first Buggy Boogie Thangs, and you know who you are, come back to the desert and tell us where you've been.
2012 is going to be full of surprises!
Old School/New School is our theme, and we can't wait to share with you what we have in store.
Promise yourself you'll come!
So if you are a beginner or avid kite traction enthusiast, motivated sports spectator, intrigued journalist or interested sponsor, come join us in the open desert for a fun-packed, high speed, kite powered adventure.
NABX 2012 is dedicated to our fallen brother Charles 'AJ' Jackson.
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