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Old 05 May 2003, 04:01 PM
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Been getting realy into this lately, great way to spend a day, getting dragged down the beach by my flexifoil super 10! Just bought a flexifoil air deck too, but now I need a bigger kite!
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Old 05 May 2003, 04:11 PM
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Thought about taking up kitesurfing last year, but don't even get enough time for windsurfing. Looks like fun
Old 05 May 2003, 07:13 PM
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Had the same Flexifoil, dissapeared from the boot whist my car was in for repair at Deerleap... Aledgedly. Hope the tosser broke his ankles.

Great fun and fantastic excercise.

Old 05 May 2003, 07:41 PM
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Where do you go kiting rob.. allways fancied buying one, i'd only need a 3 foot one to get me in the air
Old 05 May 2003, 07:48 PM
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was not into it, but had a 6ft flexofoil, was lots of fun. Did want to get a bigger one a fly Camber Sands down on the south coast is brilliant for it when the tide is out, loads of chaps with kites and buggies, plus surf boards too!
Old 05 May 2003, 09:13 PM
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Been flying a two stack 6 foot Flexifoil for years. Been thinking recently about upgrading or increasing the stack so I can use my mates buggy.
Old 05 May 2003, 11:18 PM
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I got a metre &a half one but haven't as yet been able to fly it, you feel a right prune standing on a windless beach with your kite at your feet !
Old 05 May 2003, 11:40 PM
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Aerialis

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Benson

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Old 06 May 2003, 07:09 AM
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I go to West Kirby sometimes, been on Black Rock Sands too (thats where the pic is from) If I get my new kite by the weekend then thats where Ill be, looking at a 4 Metre Flexifoil Blade II, they recon you can get some good air on one of those!!
Still only learning on the board though, got some good advice on the flexifoin forum.
Cheers.
Old 06 May 2003, 12:23 PM
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must learn to read things properly !!

I thought it said power kniting
(I know there should be another -t- in there)
Just have a mental pic of grannies giving it knit one, pearl one @100 mph
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i did this for a while- i flew 4m, 6.4m and 9m blade 2's and two PKD century buggy kites (3.5 and 5.5m)

used a flexifoil buggy and kheo mountain board.

all good stuff

T
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LOL, power knitting, sounds as much fun as extreme ironing
Tiggs, sounds like you know what your talking about, 9M blade!!! Wow.
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