Lake Norman Ride-May 17-18

[BROSS]

I just called the campground and talked to Spike(the dude that works there...) he said the water is comming up really good there so THE RIDE IS ON. May 17-18, Spike said reserve sites now, he will need name, address, number of people, reg. number on ski. He has 30 or so tent sites on the water I think he said. Also camper sites. The info is

Wildlife Woods Campground
4582 Beaver Blvd.
Catawba, NC 28673
704-483-5611-ask for Spike

PM me for any questions or info, or call me Billy 704 634-0686 cell.

All is welcome!!!!
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[DAG]

well you know i'm coming ;)

[live to stand]

me to

[WDKfan]

I'm in

[demolition_x]

does that campground have a website?

i searched google and didn't really see any thing.

i would like to see where the camp sites were at and what not.

[BROSS]

It must not be that big, when I put in Wildlife woods campground it goes to a travel search and it comes up with address and number. Its not the best campground, but what we need it for its great.

[tor*p*do]

I wont be able to camp:puppy_dog_eyes:
but want to come for a day and ride
Is that do-able- do they have visitor/day passes?

[BROSS]

I wont be able to camp:puppy_dog_eyes:
but want to come for a day and ride
Is that do-able- do they have visitor/day passes?

I'm shure they do, shouldn't be a problem.

[SuperJETT]

bump

[X2 RAGS]

im going to try and make this one as well!! im just going to have to wait till closer to time before i will know.

[Mox Emerald]

Holy Shniekies! I'm up in there like swimwear.

[mxrace200]

I'm probably down for it.

[botizzle]

I am down for this!

[kurtwolff]

Me & Chris are in fo sho

[Kennay]

This ride is my main priority as far as me finishing my superjet goes. My actual deadline I've set is for the first of March... so I really hope I make it.

[tor*p*do]

This ride is my main priority as far as me finishing my superjet goes. My actual deadline I've set is for the first of March... so I really hope I make it.

Um, you posted this on MARCH 11th!!! :stups:

I dont think you made it!!!!!

[Kennay]

DOH :D

Anyways, I hope I can make it in MAY haha

[BROSS]

I misunderstood spike when I talked to him. They DO NOT reserve tent camp sites, only camper sites. He's holding all the tent sites for us on the 17-18. All campers can reserve for that weeked.

There are 30 tent sites along the water, anyone who thinks they will tent camp I need you name, address, phone #, reg. number on ski. Its $20 for a night, I'm not shure how many people to a site yet. Here is a crappy pic of the campground map.

Either PM me or give me a call, 704-634-0686 c 704-662-3324 CS

[WDKfan]

PM sent to ya Billy

[BROSS]

PM sent to ya Billy

Sweet, lets keep it comming people.

[wetjet701]

I'll be there if I can get both my ski's finished by then everythings ready but both new motors

[chrisdoc0608]

me and ags0702 are in unless something comes up

[BROSS]

Come on, the more the marrier

[tor*p*do]

Have you asked any other sponsors
to see if red bull or hturf or someone
was interested in setting something up?

[BROSS]

Have you asked any other sponsors
to see if red bull or hturf or someone
was interested in setting something up?

Yea we deff thought about it, but still not shure on how big the ride will be. Griff I think is trying to get something from red bull, not shure what yet:fing02:
I just want to get people together to ride, maybe if its a big hit, next year we can blow it out with sponsors and so on.

But I'm ready to ride and :beerchug:

[tor*p*do]

But I'm ready to ride and :beerchug:

Me too. A little turf and I am good to go!:bigok:

[BROSS]

Me to. A little turf and I am good to go!:bigok:

Yea the ski looks awsome.

[DAG]

As time nears and we get a good headcount i'll be collaborate with my bossman to see what kind of support i can get the Red Bull teams to bring out. It'll be a good one.
cant wait for the ride... is it may yet?

[BROSS]

Who else can we get involved easily? And what can they do for the ride? Like I said, I just wanted to organize a ride simply, but if anyone knows a way to get more sponsors, by all means let me know, I just have a few things going on don't have the time to get really deap in the ride. Maybe a dinner Saturday night of some sort? Lets keep the ideas comming.

[chrisdoc0608]

question for all you local guys, how big exactly is norman? ive got a friend that is offering to let me and ags0702 stay at his house there and i kinda need an idea if it would be better to stay there or at the camp ground. im not exactly sure where his house is located but if the lake is huge odds are his house may not be close by

[DAG]

Lake Norman is the largest body of fresh water in North Carolina.

* 34 miles long and eight miles across at its widest point (twice the size of the Sea of Gallilee)
* 520 miles of shoreline (more than the coasts of both North and South Carolina)
* 32,510 surface acres of water
* 130 feet deep at its deepest point; average depth is 33 feet
* Holds 3.4 trillion gallons of water, weighing approximately 14.2 billion tons
* Four counties border Lake Norman: Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln and Mecklenburg

[chrisdoc0608]

lol you know your stuff, a simple its huge would have sufficed....... guess i need to see where his house is in relation to this camp ground before i tell him yes haha

thanks grif

[DAG]

well thanks to Google, i found out a lot about the lake i call home, the wealth of info was for everyone. It surprised me on some of those facts.. o_0

[BROSS]

Nice find Griff, The campground is in Sherrills Ford off of NC Hwy 150, about 15 min from Interstate 77 and 5 min from NC Hwy 16. If that helps.

[chrisdoc0608]

how close are you guys to queens landing?

[Kennay]

Lake Norman is the largest body of fresh water in North Carolina.

* 34 miles long and eight miles across at its widest point (twice the size of the Sea of Gallilee)
* 520 miles of shoreline (more than the coasts of both North and South Carolina)
* 32,510 surface acres of water
* 130 feet deep at its deepest point; average depth is 33 feet
* Holds 3.4 trillion gallons of water, weighing approximately 14.2 billion tons
* Four counties border Lake Norman: Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln and Mecklenburg

Ahahahahaha!

[DAG]

how close are you guys to queens landing?

allot of us ride rode at queens, CS Performance is just around the corner, We had a private drive out on a peninsula with a ramp.. but the new owner is a :baby: and locked it up:bs2:

[BROSS]

Queens landing is about 10 min from the camoground. Great place, all of our rentals are there on the water.

[chrisdoc0608]

NICE!!! well consider me and AGS0702 there along with a couple of drinkin buddies , what great luck that my friends house is so close!

[Kennay]

sweeeeet

[BROSS]

NICE!!! well consider me and AGS0702 there along with a couple of drinkin buddies , what great luck that my friends house is so close!

Who's your friend? I may know him, I work at CS Performance and know alot of the local stand up riders.

[ags0702]

Looking forward to this ride and meeting you dudes :party:

[tor*p*do]

BROSS
has anyone asked RonnyMac if he could do a logo?
maybe he can be persuaded to throw
together some kind of LKN Freeride logo. . . . that would be sweet! :arms:

[chrisdoc0608]

Who's your friend? I may know him, I work at CS Performance and know alot of the local stand up riders.


my friend is not a standup rider :slap: that means we will have to persuade him to start :fing02:

[BROSS]

my friend is not a standup rider :slap: that means we will have to persuade him to start :fing02:

Bring him on, we will convert him...:unitedstates:

[BROSS]

BROSS
has anyone asked RonnyMac if he could do a logo?
maybe he can be persuaded to throw
together some kind of LKN Freeride logo. . . . that would be sweet! :arms:

Damn good idea, I'll PM him.

[SJ GT]

im down for the ride...

[SJ GT]

im down for the ride... ill bring my crew of about 6 ppl

[SJ GT]

srry bout the double post...i had to refresh...

[tor*p*do]

Damn good idea, I'll PM him.

sweet! any luck?

[WDKfan]

Does anyone have a wake-board boat or have access to one it could be a lot of fun, and even more if we could get two:brap: or :barrel: or more likely for me:splatt:

[tor*p*do]

I will volunteer my WR500 as a tow/utility craft on an as-needed basis.


But my MasterCraft wont make it to LKN . . . :sad6:

[WDKfan]

Sweet, it will be nice to have a semi-dedicated tow boat. Too bad the the MasterCraft cant make it though.

[DAG]

Question.. did you wont to wakeboard,, or jump the wake with the ski's :)

i know a few people here on teh south end of the lake and MI lake.. but highly dobut they'd come up.. but it doesent hurt to ask. :) :) i'll fill yall in.

Nice thinkin brian

[SJ GT]

Does anyone have a wake-board boat or have access to one it could be a lot of fun, and even more if we could get two:brap: or :barrel: or more likely for me:splatt:

or if anyone knows someone with a cruiser like at the SFF last May....that was sick

[kurtwolff]

I could hook up one WB boat, a nice Tige, maybe more! Two boats w/ TAPS and a few big guys in the back and we'll be all set!

I rode last weekend down by Stutts, there were plenty of big boats kickin some nice wakes!

[DAG]

DO ITT BIG

let us know if your friends confirm :Banane01:

[John Mellencamp]

`520 miles of shoreline (more than the coasts of both North and South Carolina)` Wow !!!
I`ve never been to Lake Norman maybe May would be a good time to hit it :)

[BROSS]

`520 miles of shoreline (more than the coasts of both North and South Carolina)` Wow !!!
I`ve never been to Lake Norman maybe May would be a good time to hit it :)

May would be a great time to hit it!!

[mxrace200]

I'm still in, probably bringing another rider with me. Does this camping area allow RV's? I just had knee surgery today, so I'm hoping that I am healed up by the 17th.

Mike

[WDKfan]

Any word on if Ronny Mac is gonna be able to make it?

[DAG]

Just pull out our 17year old tent. No holes yet, but i think i'm going to buy a roll a ducktape. now i need to see if i cant pamper myself and steal dad's aero bed :-)

[BROSS]

Any word on if Ronny Mac is gonna be able to make it?

Ronny has a race that weekend:puppy_dog_eyes:

[WDKfan]

Damn

[DAG]

everyone bring their point and shoots

[WDKfan]

I'm bringin the D40 with me and the handy cam

[BROSS]

I'm bringin the D40 with me

You mean D12? LOL

[DAG]

well if everyone else is bringing their channel market i might as well bring mine, D4.

LOL

[tor*p*do]

uh, I will bring some WD-40 . . . . . . . :cheer:

[blowed out]

good meeting you all. i had the white with skulls SJ, 95 GTX, and girlfriend with cotton candy hair. too bad we had to get kicked off the lake! hahaha. we headed down to lake murray sunday. it was alot warmer, but my oh my was it choppy! too much wind! but ya, all in all a great weekend! it was nice to be in some clean fresh water again. and very nice not having to flush the skiis out once i got home! anyone get any good pics of the camp site? i didn't bring a camera.
Jens

[bit]

Yeah it was good meeting everyone. I had the black/red SJ and the broke 650:shooter3:. I had a good time. We should do this again. Maybe in a better location or a different lake.

[Big Kahuna]

uh, Kicked off the lake??

ruh row

[tor*p*do]

they saw the wedge and it scared them!!!:eek5:


http://www.pwctoday.com/photopost521/data/500/wedge1.jpg

buncha pansy homowners called the water swine

[DAG]

:haha::haha::haha::haha:

[mxkris]

So did everyone at the ride get kicked off the lake?!? What the hell?

[bit]

So did everyone at the ride get kicked off the lake?!? What the hell?
One guy was video taping as we were riding and calling the cops all day. A cop finally came and said everyone out of the water or he would start writing tickets. The cop was cool about it and I don't think he liked the guy anymore than we did. He was just doing his job. Sucked for the people that drove far and spent the weekend.

[Big Kahuna]

what was he gonna write tickets for?? Got to catch you doing something..........

[WDKfan]

He said he was gonna get us for no-wake violations

[Big Kahuna]

so, go ride outside of the no wake zone.......... bottom line, you still have to follow the rules.

[Big Kahuna]

He has to actually catch you doing something illegal to give you a ticket. Yes, he can make your life hell but checking everybody for every little thing.... But he cannot tell you to leave. It does suck. We ran into this when planning the SFF, we wanted to go back to lanier, but they said they would ticket for anything.......... we chose to move somewhere else instead....

[botizzle]

so, go ride outside of the no wake zone.......... bottom line, you still have to follow the rules.

Agreed, but you had to have been there...the entire area was no wake, no joke. It had to have been, I dunno 2 or 3miles before you got to open area, seemed like forever and set of fouled plugs later. It was a nice place to have the event otherwise, I really give BROSS a ton of props for his hard work.

[Big Kahuna]

Holy No Wake Batman............. Guess there was not a leg to stand on so to speak...... Sucks.

[BROSS]

I wanna say sorry to everyone, the first time I went down there, the cove looked alot bigger. I didn't know we would get b**ched at so much by the locals. Next year gonna have it somewhere else for sure. I still have shirts left over, large and XL for $10, let me know. All in all it wasn't bad, besides the campground being a little red and the locals giving grief. Oh yea, and my ski running for 15 min. (leaking base gasket :( ).

[bit]

Big Kahuna,
Take a look at the map. Everything you see in that is no wake.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beaver+blvd+nc&sll=35.567195,-81.020029&sspn=0.016372,0.026951&safe=on&ie=UTF8&ll=35.56709,-81.020715&spn=0.016372,0.026951&t=h&z=16

BROSS,
I'll take an LX shirt. Send me a PM so I can pay you.

[Conquistador]

they saw the wedge and it scared them!!!:eek5:


http://www.pwctoday.com/photopost521/data/500/wedge1.jpg

buncha pansy homowners called the water swine

Wow! blast from the past?!

[wavegoddess]

Had a blast, it was good to get out of Texas. Even though we were kicked off the lake, it happend at the end of the day so it wasn't too bad. It was great meeting everybody!

[WDKfan]

I still have stickers too 2.00 mailed pm me for paypal

[carpanthers555]

Thanks BROSS and everyone else who helped put this together even if we did get kicked off a little early. Whered u guys end up riding on Sunday? How'd it go?

[SJ GT]

Yeah man...good ride even though we did get kicked at least we got some good riding in and i think most everyone had a good time:friday:

[botizzle]

Thanks BROSS and everyone else who helped put this together even if we did get kicked off a little early. Whered u guys end up riding on Sunday? How'd it go?

A few of us rode a Stutts Marina, the wind was kicking up some little stuff for us to play on. Thanks to the couple from TN that helped me load my ski in my truck. Jessica? I think her name was...3rd time on a stand up, out there ripping up the chop. Impressive!

[steel horse]

Hey no problem. We all had a good time. Im ready for another road trip. Thanks BROSS for setting it up. Good to see everyone.

[XFT LOU]

I'm curious here how did this get advertised on x-h20 as a "freeride" on the front page being unproven. Many people take these expensive vacations serous. I think newbies should stay in the events or local section before xh20 puts an apparent stamp of approval on such events. lou

[Jake6488]

Heck yeah! It was a blast. If you werent there u missed out. Hey wavegoddess where did yall put up the pics?

[Bigfish]

Hey LOU,It wasnt a big ride but it was a great time with alot of great people .BILLY did a great job getting it together,you should have been there.
:chairshot:Tell the crew hello:biggthumpup:

[wavegoddess]

Heck yeah! It was a blast. If you werent there u missed out. Hey wavegoddess where did yall put up the pics?

Brian (WDKFan), started it's own thread.

http://x-h2o.com/showthread.php?t=36751

[BROSS]

I'm curious here how did this get advertised on x-h20 as a "freeride" on the front page being unproven. Many people take these expensive vacations serous. I think newbies should stay in the events or local section before xh20 puts an apparent stamp of approval on such events. lou

Not sure I understand... 30-40 people getting together for a "Freeride" was exactly what happened. Sure it wasn't to the scale of Daytona but I had to start somewhere. Sorry if I offended anyone, not sure I did though...

[Conquistador]

Not sure I understand... 30-40 people getting together for a "Freeride" was exactly what happened. Sure it wasn't to the scale of Daytona but I had to start somewhere. Sorry if I offended anyone, not sure I did though...

I think he was talking about you guys getting kicked out. Fact is, you took the time to get a bunch of people together for a fun weekend. I just saw some pics....Looks like you all had a good time! This looks like a ride I may be able to make next year.... :cool:

check your pm

[kurtwolff]

I had a great time, thanks to Billy for putting it together for us! If we could do it again by Stutts in the open area, I think we would be golden. It was fun while it lasted though, and it was good to see some familiar faces again!

[tor*p*do]

Yeah props to Billy for putting this together:bananapowerslide:
I had a great time, rode both days
hung out at the campfire
hit huge wake surfing boat wakes
saw whitecaps
rode an incoming thunderstorm :lightning: on Sunday
it was all good!!!

[Stasis]

I had a great time too, it was nice meeting everyone. Hell, I think next time I'm just gonna leave my ski at home! lol

[John Mellencamp]

Looks like a huge no wake zone kinda makes it hard if you have a stand up .