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I had a 7 metre thing on a holiday once, i got me off the ground. lol
It had a ground ancer thing and i thought omg an ancer for a kite, yeah as if !, but wow did i go flying
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| Posted: 22:31 - 02 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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Buggier here Flying a bullet 5.5 AKA widow maker and a peter lynn phantom 9m depower floaty fun
Did do landboards but my shoulder couldnt cope with the bike and crashing the board and started to give me greif 
Watch youself with that thing if its anything like my bullet it can puck you up without warning and drop you like a sack of spuds haha you got your first pendulum jump yet ?
If you find you start to get blisters with the handles stick your bike gloves on.
Once you get used to it and want more power look for a depower kite.
With handles if the kites in the wind the power is on permenant with the depower you push the bar away and the kite looses power and returns to zeneth above you. You can let go of the bar and it just sits there so you can have a cuppa tea or make a call Its great.
If your ever in skem or ainsdale shoot me a message and you can have a go of the 9 and the buggy youll love it
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| Posted: 08:46 - 03 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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Used to have great fun with one up at Dunstable Downs - never bothered with a buggy or owt, we just squatted on a metal tea tray which would slide quite nicely over wet grass.
I called it a day after one of the lads caught an obstruction on the ground (think it was the top of a rock), ripped the arse out of his jeans, and needed stitches to his ragged buttocks.
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Tried taking it up to Butser hill in a good wind yet? I reckon if you caught a good draught up there you could probably make it to the isle of wight.  |
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| Posted: 09:03 - 03 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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quacker_boy's your man, as he's a kite surfer and if I remember correctly he's good enough to get some sponsorship!
I had a go but kept leaving the ground, so had to stop before I endangered all around me  Need a weight belt like the diving one I had!
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| Posted: 10:36 - 03 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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Weight belt wont help, cos the Kite will simply pull you along the ground rather than lift you up
I've been on a 3.3, 4.9 and a 9m Blade.
 The 9m was a very swift go, as I was genuinely unexperienced enough for that.
The 3.3 in VERY strong winds is one of the most fun/dangerous things I have done, and I take bikes on tracks, have done some very silly sht in my time
If you've never been dragged along on your stomach by an unparalleled force, try it.
I've had a fair few 10-15 feet jumps on the 4.9 but it was vair risky. And never got enough time to actually improve on any kinda of technique, was more for shts and giggles really.
Awesome fun though 
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haha we should have a BCF Kite day
3.3 blade had 2 mates maimed by one of them great kite had the power to get you off the ground but lacked the power to keep you up there resulting in a fast decent
A plastic snow sledge is fun down the beach
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| Posted: 18:25 - 03 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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Suprised there is so many kiters here actually!
Cyber, I do plan to go depower soon, when I get the hang of flying well enough to start boarding.
I haven't had any big jumps or anything on mine yet.. only flown it once and spent most of that time trying to get the lines un-tangled got the hang of it all now and flying it fairly okay in very light winds.. it did pick me up once but not by much.
Should be out tomorow and think the winds a bit stronger so this should be funny
Might get a Beamer 3 M soon for higher winds.
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| Posted: 19:01 - 03 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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I started a few months ago 
Got a Bullet 5.5, just getting bit better with Pendulum Jumps with it but still not mastered it. Tried it with my landboard and cant get the hang of that, tried it in a big flat field yesterday and got a little better with it but my favourite place is a massive long hill and you get a nice uplift on it for flying static. Been out in 10-12mph winds and got lifted about 6ft to my feet my bro said so not too bad.
I want a 4.9 Blade though as this Bullet just wants to pull pull pull and doesnt have the uplift of a blade, so you've got to do Pendulums to get in the air. My first go was with a 4m Blade III in about 15-20mph winds ...I havent had as much airtime with this Bullet as I have that!
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| Posted: 16:25 - 04 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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lol at your video - Thats what im waiting for Craig to do.
Altho, I'll be recording and not chasing |
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Cool Pics
Here's a flash guide to the Pendulum type jump I've found helpful for a start
https://chris.m.whittaker.googlepages.com/pendulumjump
Thats a start to doing it, I'm just starting out with it and I'm finding that its just getting that timing right. Sometimes I'll run like mad one way and not jump or have sent the kite the other way too late, so it just looks like I'm running randomly, and I feel abit frustrated like I've ran for nothing. But then sometimes I'll send it really quickly and not run much and maybe it'll take me by surprise so its all about timing the run, sending the kite, and the jump I guess. You dont 'have' to jump I've found when doing pendulums but it does help you on your way
There's two forums I've got some good advice and stuff on, racekites and flexifoil forums. I put that vid on racekites and got attention from a few 'safety nazis'
Yeah should do a bcf kite day haha
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| Posted: 07:38 - 06 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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beware louise, the 3m will drag you around more than craigs!
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Bastards, that looks fun so I've spent the last few hours reading up on the subject and getting increasingly frustrated. Whilst the land surfing looks most enjoyable I wonder if it would be easy enough to make a hybrid buggy/wheelchair...
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A fairly small kite and buggy shouldnt be too difficult TS!
They do race them, somewhere, so I would think there is definitely the scope for this.
I say small so it doesnt take you off to the sun
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| Posted: 11:42 - 06 Apr 2009 Post subject: |
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I think Craig had a few giggles when the 5M dragged me around a bit.
I wouldnt of though the 3M would be the same tho?
Either way Im looking forward to it
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