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Guests and Participants

• No one may attend or participate in any of the NABX activities or meals without paid registration. Late minute registration will be accepted at the event. Please display your NABX buggy tag on your buggy at all times.


• The NABX Racing Rules will be in effect during organized racing activities. Absolutely no other racing rules will be allowed or acknowledged.


• No extracurricular activities or races may occur without express prior consent from the NABX organizing committee.


• Minimum safety equipment (helmut +) is required to be worn at all times while operating a kite-powered vehicle or kite jumping. Kite jumping is discouraged due to the hard surface.


• Attendees are responsible for properly disposing of their...Read more

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  ]]> about Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:48:04 +0100 http://www.nabx.net/articles/ivanpah-at-its-best-video.html http://www.nabx.net/articles/ivanpah-at-its-best-video.html Ivanpah at its best video
  I'd like to share some fond memories that I look forward to every year. 2008's event should be bigger than ever.
  
  Here's an idea of what the playa has to offer from the middle of camp and all the way back to the hotel parking lot. Notice the security vans I pass when leaving the Playa.
  http://youtube.com/watch?v=vwhqOGOzIOE
  
  I recommend not trying this because BLM has issued a permit so long as we are safe and aware of how to protect the open space Ivanpah has to enjoy. As more people attend, there's always a jerk like me who does something silly.
  
  Please respect the playa regarding garbage, driving through camp, and most of all safety. Be sure to enjoy yourself and bring a camera to share your antics too.
  
  Terry...aka...Cr@sh ...Read more

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  ]]> articles Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:48:04 +0100 http://www.nabx.net/articles/happy-new-year-2008.html http://www.nabx.net/articles/happy-new-year-2008.html Welcome to NABX 2008!
  We have a brand new web site, thanks to our benefactor Bob Childs who has worked tirelessly after taking over for Bob Hogan to help us all out through this great medium. Like Bob Hogan, BC is very involved in kite traction and keeps abreast of what's what and who is who.
  
  While the web site is new, what isn't new is our continued commitment to Kite Traction of all sorts with an emphasis on fun, friends and family. Year after year we get together to share our love of kites and look to new and interesting ways of getting the word out about our sport. You can help us by using the new web site, submitting articles or bringing new people, trends, or news to our attention.
  
  This year we will be brining even more international guests to the event with an increased sponsorship program. To help with this monumental job we've enlisted the aid of Slawek Krauze a San Francisco Bay Area freestyler who is very active on the circuit. Slawek...Read more

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  ]]> articles Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:48:04 +0100 http://www.nabx.net/articles/racing-rules.html http://www.nabx.net/articles/racing-rules.html NABX Racing Rules
  These rules are designed to be simple and enforceable. They have evolved to reduce manipulative games based on rules rather than ability. We are a spectator sport and our rules are designed to enable open and fair racing, where the winner is the winner, not decided in a protest room. It is our desire to avoid the complicated right of way rules which plague yachting.
  
  1. A race judge will be appointed before the start of the meeting whose
  judgment is agreed to be impartial and non-partisan and that judge has the
  power to black flag competitors out for blatant obstruction, unsafe
  behavior or buggy "hunting", incompetence to the point where it is
  generally preventing the fair conduct of the race and team racing. (Team
  racing is defined as a buggier fouling out another competitor to advantage
  some associated competitor).
  
  2. For multi-buggy races we do not outlaw obstructing in general with
  exception of deliberate or blatant...Read more

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  ]]> about Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:48:04 +0100 http://www.nabx.net/articles/new-website.html http://www.nabx.net/articles/new-website.html Welcome to our New Website!
  Our new website is finally online, however, much work must still be done before it is complete. You can help - please give us a hand by reporting any bugs or errors to the webmaster. More site sections will be added in the next few days.
  
  Registration is now open!
  
  Notice this year when you register that you are also assigned a members site login. The members site has several features to make things easier like registering for future events. Using the Quick Register page you can register without having to fill in long forms. Registering with the Quick Register also allows you to maintain your pilot number year after year.
  
  When logged in to the members site, you'll be able to view the attendee's list, submit stories to our articles section, volunteer as a helper, contact other members and more.
  
  Several new...Read more

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  ]]> articles Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:48:04 +0100 http://www.nabx.net/articles/kite-buggy-in-jordan.html http://www.nabx.net/articles/kite-buggy-in-jordan.html Kite Buggy in Jordan
  We started four years ago in Jordan after we got impressed with a kite festival that was organized in Aqaba on the Red Sea. The event featured international kiters and had the usual mix of huge single lines, the royal squadron formation flyers, and Traction kites with boards and buggies.
  
  We got hooked on traction kites and started buying kites and learning. We are all self taught on the kites and buggies but we are doing quite well and loving it.
  
  Jordan has a very impressive desert backyard with very good wind statistics. We ride mostly on weekends close to the capital, Amman for convenience. Not too far off, an hours drive we have a number of mudflats and dry lake beds. Another area, AlJafr dry lake, 250Km from Amman is where they tried to break the land speed sound barrier.
  
  Interest is building in our kiting activity but we are still quite far from putting a show.
  
  Nasser...Read more

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