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In the latest forum software update, they introduced giphys. Really exciting huh? 😆 To add a gif, or giphy, to your post, click the icon next to the smiley button in the toolbar. Ten just search what you are after. If you are wondering WTF a gif or giphy is...it's these little animated things that explain your reaction to something... Everyone's reaction to this exciting new update.... enjoy

Anyone else headed out for cleanup weekend? This will be the season-closing trip for us. 😥 I'm looking forward to it though. Hope to see some DDR members out there. Here's some info on the cleanup if anyone needs it.

We're FINALLY able to get back out! Haven't been since MLK weekend! That's like a life time for us! Darn promotion to manager for me and Mike being an employee again! Ah life is good, even if the sand time has to suffer. 😁

Old thread, but I'll be heading out Friday to Sunday! Missed out on the whole season, looking forward to this! Anyone else heading out with RZR's?

We will be there!

Some more pics!

Yesterday. So nice!

Quiet weekend at little D.

It is very easy to get lost at night. I use the free GPS Status and Toolbox app on my phone to mark camp. This is a very simple app that does not require cell signal to work. It will show you direction and distance to camp. It turns off the GPS when the app is closed but remembers your camp after you turn it back on. This feature saves battery. This app is useful in large parking lots as well. I'm sure iOS has something similar.

Riding mid day with the sun at your back with relatively smooth dunes will get you in trouble as there's no contrast (shadows) and you can launch off a dune without ever seeing it. Check it out next time mid day, face your shadow and look a hundred yards out the sand looks all the same light color, then look 90 deg left or right and you'll see light and dark texture, tire tracks and hi / lo spots. You might be surprised. Better to always be turning and following ridges as they seldom abruptly end and cross over going downhill, you can see way more of the other side than going uphill, gravity assists you downhill and uphill, as an example, as soon as your right front tire goes over the ridge (razor) your left rear unweights and the rear of the quad, and to a lesser extent rail, will want to slide out. Personally, being a quad and bike rider mostly I feel safer at night, I can tell if a rail is coming up the other side by their lights, daytime I haven't a clue till I see a flag, if it's not on a soft springy pole.

before you load your cars for Dumont, crawl under them and tighten your seat belt hardware and your steering shaft hardware. Check your brake system for leaks and loose caliper mounting hardware

There is no law against someone stopping as long as they are NOT a paid or volunteer provider, the general public is covered under the "good Samaritan law" which releases the general public against any liabilities as long as they are acting in the best interest of the injured person. It was enacted to encourage the public to initiate and provide some care until EMS providers arrive..... Now if they (professional EMS providers) assume care and CPR is continued, then they must have permission from a physician to stop.

Great thread Pete! One thing that was said to me years ago was actually about power tools, but I apply it anywhere that I am doing anything where I can get hurt. "The minute you get comfortable with a tool, put it down and walk away! You have now entered the area of making a mistake that can and almost certainly will hurt you!" I feel the same goes for the dunes, and many other things for that matter. Once you become comfortable with danger, you start letting certain things slide and not paying full attention, that's when accidents happen.

What the hell happened to the Tiki at North Pole?? We were here yesterday & it was here and today it is gone... wtf? Have some respect!!

Hey guys! Im a professional photographer headed out to the dunes this weekend looking to shoot some images of some guys riding the ridge and a few other ideas i had for a motorsports edit. anyone interested? in return will give you guys great pics for social media, websites etc. Im not looking for money, just some connections of good people looking to collaborate and have fun! if anyone is out there this weekend love to connect for a hour or so with as many people as i can. link to my website is here: christiankozowyk.com thanks! if your into it send me a email or message! hoping for some sun across the dune with some shadows too, my first time out to the dune, think the weather will be ok for some cool shots at sunset? thanks guys! link to my website is here: christiankozowyk.com looking to make some images like these:

Keep your safety gear up to date! If it's old or not functioning, fitting properly it can't do it's job and does you no good! Several Christmas' back my son and a really good friend were in a sand car accident, the harnesses were so old that the driver's frayed apart on impact from years of sitting in the sun. Had I known or looked closer I would have never let my son in that car. Thankfully my son's harness held together and he ONLY shattered his ankle and received a contusion to his head.The driver survived, but his head hit the frame and he will never be the same. I just got a new helmet myself, I was way over due, I believe you are supposed to replace every three years.

CPR is great to know (we do training here at work every two years) but the thing you have to remember when making the decision to give someone CPR is that once you start...you can NOT stop until said person comes around or an EMT is there to relieve you (there is a law I believe for this)...you can not make the decision on saying "This person isn't going to make it, so I will just stop". I think longest CPR session was around 20some hrs with 4 or 5 people, they just kept alternating.