My buddy Rob invited me to go with him to the North American Buggy Expo (NABX) this year. For you that don't know, a kite buggy is a little three wheel cart that you sit in and get pulled along by a kite at insane and terrifying speeds about three inches off the ground. People live for this shiznit.

This event takes place in the Ivanpah dry lake bed in the Mojave desert near Primm Nevada. This lovely casino is on the border between Nevada and California, about an hour or so out of Las Vegas. We stayed in the Buffalo Bills casino and hotel and went out to the desert every day. I had a lot of fun practicing my photography and just relaxing. I also went on a buggy ride across the desert at about fifty miles an hour, which is just insane when you're a couple of inches off the ground. Here's one of Rob's pictures of me about to set out for my first ride. Notice my pristine white rooky gloves.

It wasn't too hot most of the time with the wind blowing and I met some very interesting people who I probably wouldn't normally run into. People that live to do wind sports. Lots of tattoos, mohawks, and other folks who live for getting dragged around by the wind from all over the world. Ultimately, I don't really think the kite sports are my thing, but I really enjoyed the trip and would go again just to hang out and take more pictures.

I just posted my pictures to my site here. Thanks to Rob, my photo mentor, for the crash course in sports photography I got over the weekend.

Thanks for the fun trip Rob, and remember, "He Drive Slow!".