scoobyfirst

As above

scoobyvirgin

Nope, HTH

magepaster

iTrader: (2)

No, but I have tried extreme colouring in

Daz34

I think JackClark does.

Say BitTorrent three times and he will appear

DYK

tried it a few times..still got the kite,and off road skate bord thingy...

PG

I did a while back.
Was a bit of a fad for me tbh. I had a few kites, harness, board ect. I bought a lot of them off Flexiforums then subsequently sold most of the kit there again for what I paid for it and more in some cases.
I stay inland and as such the wind was a bit 'lumpy' so some of my kites were a little interesting
I've kept a 3m 4 line on a bar for the occasional bit of fun.

Cheers

Paul.

WRX_Dazza

There are a few "Kiters" - me included in the Essex section.

not boards or anything, just the kites!!!

adamfraser

Yep, buggy raced here in Scotland for a good 3 years.

CrisPDuk

Don't power kite, but I do own a big (2.4m) delta winged stunt kite that gets a lot of use

speedymonkey

Not me, altho i did take out the 'sport' kite i have out to the park yesterday with the missus, and by'eck it was miles windier than we thought
My arms are now a whole foot longer than before

It was great fun tho, until the girlfriend kept crashing it when i gave her the handle thingys

scoobyfirst

Sorry for slow reply, been away for 5 days with bf and friends camping. My fella has been buggying now for about 12 months and is really into it. Just wondered if anyone else was into it on here. Maybe see some of you at 1 of the meets 1 day.

Power Junkie

iTrader: (1)

I Kitesurf and use the kites messing on the beach too, so I suppose a 4.9 blade and a 10.3 wipika i power kite

scoobyfirst

He wants to get into kitesurfing next but it looks a bit dangerous to me!
He keeps trying to get me to get into it but i don't like it at all i'm just happy watching, LOL!

Power Junkie

iTrader: (1)

It can be dangerous if you go out in too high a wind, I dislocated my shoulder still doing it tho

BexTait

I've fancied trying kitesurfing for a while now, I enjoy trying allsorts and seems a good way to get the adrenaline flowing. There's a place just up the coast that does either one day or three day tasters/beginners course so am tempted when I get the time.

scoobyfirst

Go for it!

Scooby-kid

Flexifoil sting for me, not huge, but great fun! 4 line two handle jobbie.

Scott.

scoobyfirst

Where do you fly? We are from Staffordshire.

adamfraser

Does get dangerous at times. Took a kite out in too high winds, dropped me from about 30ft and couldnt walk for a week and a half.

Bloody good fun though, escpecially the Buggy racing which I mentioned earlier.

JackClark

I Paraglide and Paramotor, bigger kites with shorter strings.

zip106

I watch the kite surfers at Paramali beach in Cyprus when I'm there.
Mad as a box of frogs, the lot of them

dpb

too right - get yourself out on a winsurf board, much softer landing and you get to feel a part of the ocean

scoobyfirst

It always makes me laugh when people take the mick out of it before they know what it's all about or have tried it. Quite a few of the fliers are quite big blokes and they are getting ripped around by a piece of material, it's mad! People under-estimate the power of nature and the buzz it gives you.

dpb

Iv had a go - dont feel the need to get body dragged thro pylons, beachuts....houses
- If we never get another force 5 south-westerly i might be forced to think again


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CrisPDuk

Well said
I tried my mate's power kite a while back, I decided it wasn't for me when it lifted all 16st of me clear off the ground My little delta's fine for me thanks

Scooby-kid

I just use the local school field, usually the wind blows onto the field from a long area of 'clean' sky, so it's nice and smooth. Plus, its about 2 mins walk from home.

Scott.