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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:59 PM
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trust me mate, your standard is about 99% higher than mine at the mo.

LOL @ the hurricane.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by tiny01
My Standard !!

Don't flatter me please !!

Hoping by midday there maybe a bit of a breeze that even may get Bigboy moving , Just glad I'm not 24 Stone anymore , would need a fooking hurricane then !!

Lol and a f'kin circus big top tent to get you moving.

Youve done amazing well with your weight/fitness mate. You will only get better and faster

I just wanna go higher
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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second the above

as said before young Frayz, hats off to you for wanting to go higher...i dont have the ***** for that sort of thing any more!!!! getting to old!!! lol

although i do fancy a bit of 2 wheel action
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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2 wheels is easy mate
It just clicked with me the other day, and now i can go for ages and even with one hand.

Once you have the courage to get the buggy right over you realise that its just balance and kite control and not scary at all.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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Look Out !!

Bit of green appeared

Wind Map - Britain
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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must admit it dosent look that hard...but must learn to walk before i can run!!! lol
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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Honestly mate its dead easy, just a bit of balance and initial courage. Once you learn how high you can get the buggy... and you really can take the pi55 with it tbh... you end up doing it without really thinking.

I can do it perfectly on one side and am learning on the opposite side, its a little alien on the other side as your reations are all reversed and it feels weird.

Great fun learning though

You go go go on the green then slim?
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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would imagine it's a bit like snowboarding...just teaching yourself you have to lean towards the ground....if you follow what i'm saying!! lol

Yeah you know you wanna get out tomorrow Tiny lol
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by frayz

You go go go on the green then slim?
Well it's looking better than it was an hour or so ago Im off to Will take stock in the morning & go from there bud

But to be fair i'm 99% likely to go to BL tommorow if anywhere anyway bud

You know

WEST IS BEST @ BL

Nighty night
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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Yeah, leaning in and feeling the buggy go right over is the feeling you gotta just get over if you know what i mean
Once youre happy with that, it feels just fine
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 11:59 PM
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Im gonna do EPKP either way...
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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yep know what you are saying there Frayz....humm might give it a go tomorrow
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:22 AM
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let me know where yr going tommorrow bruv cos i may come out and give the 7m ago if light winds and ive still got yr lines lol
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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Well looks like a bit of movement on the bushes outside the window , Think im going to give Barleylands a look in a bit

One last fly ( Well try ) before back to work tomm

May see some of you in a bit
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 10:22 AM
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Col going over BL for around midday.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by yellowvanman
Have never yet asked first, just have to deal with the fall out after.

For your future reference: flowers and a quid pro quo usually does the trick
Frayz, sometimes it takes more than flowers

https://www.scoobynet.com/essex-scoo...n-trouble.html
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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LOL thats going to be a hand full

Didn't make it out today tried another 100 ***** and the ratio worsened
but the direction improved
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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Well then lads, how did it go at Barleylands?
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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no wind so no flying for me lol
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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Well then lads, how did it go at Barleylands?
Not to good buddy really , Never see the 10-12mph forecasted rarely got over 6-7mph ( Max we see was 13mph for a second ), Was a struggle to say the least , Only managed to get in 3.8 Miles & a massive 14.7mph !!

Spent most of the day sitting drinking coffee & eating Jaffa cakes !!

Glad your day @ the EPKP Was better
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Well i took very little pics today as i was out flying most of the time.

Frosty start carried on most of the day and made pulling an edge quite hard so made, jumping and tricks that require good grip damn hard. But we had a go

Mosty 8/12mph but did blow up for a bit with a max of about 15mph. Stayed pretty constant, clean westery all day.

Heres my selection for the day, spent most of it playing dogems with eachother and funny how little Adam got most of the bashing from us lot












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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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yeah wind promised so much when i left home, but delivered so little!!!! oh well roll on next weekend
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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I was powered up all day mate, mostly overpowered this morning. Got lifted when static a number of times... great fun
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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around 1ish it seemed like it was going to pick up then dropped off again.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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Looks like BL's most of the day my kites were parked up !"!
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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They were inflated though mate, and you can see the flag is nice and square.

West is certainly Barleylands best... But is Barleylands best for west?
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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They were inflated though mate, and you can see the flag is nice and square.

West is certainly Barleylands best... But is Barleylands best for west?
Oooh a riddle!
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Michaela
Oooh a riddle!

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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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All the guys interested in getting involved.

Tidy flexi buggy on ebay.

Flexifoil Kite Buggy on eBay, also, Powerkites, Kitesurfing Powerkites, Sporting Goods (end time 10-Jan-09 21:50:08 GMT)

Bid up to £220 for this one, looks a goodun
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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aint everyone got a buggy now lol
if yr lucky got mine only year old but used on beach for £175
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