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And where the hell are they going to put a light house?

Where did I park my F16 dude ============= "Well every one ells on this index is sitting"

Yep, pulled it out of it's wrapper yesterday on the beach for a run. Ridiculously light wind for a 4m depower though. When I finished I wandered up the dune a bit with the wind meter and got 9 - 11 knots - but the 4m had been pulling well in that.

this is a raw clips with no music and max 4 knot i really want to make more clip but apparently is the raining season here A-15.mp4

You need to keep the rear straps of the seat above the bend in the side rail, otherwise they fall to the axle, and offer no support. Loosen the middle straps so the seat drops (as low as possible), and keep the rear straps as tight as you can. You get just enough lower back support, but this is further reduced by the use of a seat harness. Seat harnesses don't like to be folded up, and keep pushing you into a more reclining angle, as your knees in a PL buggy have to be elevated over the side rail. If you want, try using a back strap. These put the pull on the upper body and keep the body much more upright, and these's no need for a back rest. A good work out for the abs as well.

charlie browns kite eating tree

Great pictures! Awesome board!

Unfortunately they don't taste as good as they look 🤑

I have a thing for new tyres

Looks very cool

@roblukin's one finger salute!

What...no nips?

it's cool when I've got EK open on my laptop I can point my iphone at it and open EK on that, what ever next

They are so cheap im going to get some more.

met him at Wildewood N.J. in 94, good guy

Yes, the company I used to sew and screen print for, Got the contract to supply all the feathers and sponsors rokaku's. it was a two person operation. 9 months of screen printing and sewing for $1500, I spat the dummy after that little episode and we parted ways. I must admit though I got a TON of experience through them that would otherwise have taken years. so looking back on it I would call it an 'internship' the older me probably would have handled it differently. My highlight ? Ray Bethell.

@Mez you should get Doug to make you one of these. ?

Not 19.., 2002. It was the same weekend they had the smooth tailed Mega Ray flying.

If someone was to ask me what my favourite picture was out of our thousands......this would be the one!

don't poke too hard, the bloody thing will fall a part !

Shine a torch in the other ear so Mel can see what she is doing

An industrial vacuum cleaner still wouldn't be strong enough! Hang on, has Mel got the tweezers and is going for the ear hairs??

I am giving this picture a poke, it deserves front page status. Beautiful Photo of an awesome piece of working history. @the_hatman OBE rocks the rasta hat

So I make a point of showing the kids at school, the videos of the kite buggy and blokarts, and every time they see your Peak, they shout out "Cheese Burger Wrapper!" Nice to see they pay attention! Looking forwards to Kingston!

@jhn.holgate has it right, the P2s seem to have more grunt per m2 than the NS3s (assuming here that NS3s and NS2s are more or less comparable). In terms of a low wind kite I personally love the 12m P2, in fact its my favorite kite of all time. I know it's silly, but I even named my Session Saver I liked it so much. As a low and variable wind engine it is hard to beat. I can directly attest that it is a superior low wind engine to the 10 and 12m NS3s, as well as the 12 and 15m Summits. The caveat here is that I am an inland janky wind flier. Around where I live when the wind is light enough to need to pull out Session Saver it is also quite variable, often going to absolute lull to periods lasting a couple of minutes of wind pretty much above comfort level for that size kite. I'm not saying "gusty" in a punchy sense as much as the being variable from minute to minute. Having a 10 or 12.5m NS3 in the air when the wind speed exceeds their range in these settings is a hairball experience as you don't have any way of letting off the gas. I've found that the 12 and 15m Summits are a real challenge to get off the ground and keep off the ground in the winds I describe, though both fly and pull nicely when they are in the air and the wind is just right. So.... I'm a big fan of the 12m P2 for my conditions. It will get off the ground in a puff of wind, generally stay afloat with the bar out during low wind lulls, sits rock steady in a park and ride position, and if the wind picks up when you have it in the air you've got the trim strap to further throttle down. I've pulled the trip strap near all the way in (it flies pretty weirdly all the way in) let the bar all the way out and pointed upwind to save my ass many times. She'll flap and surge around like an angry bird but she won't be pulling hard. Last thing I'll say, and I learned this from @jhn.holgate, is the little magic ball as he puts it (a grape sized black ball that can be slid down the trim lines to hold the bar in place) is absolutely a wonderful thing when in a setting where you can park and ride a Peak2. I know John has his ocean beaches which look spectacular. I live about 7 hour drive away from Lake Ivanpah on the CA/NV border and can get endless long runs on the playa there. Take a gander here of some Peaks in action on the playa including the 12m, each with the magic ball in place. Great fliers!

The one time I flew the 6m Peak 2 back to back with the NS2 5.5m, I felt the Peak 2 easily had more grunt. Plus way more speed and upwind ability. Down here, with colder winds, the 6m P2 will park and ride pretty easily in 8 knots. I would imagine the 12m will be perfect for what you want. @windstruck has the 12m P2 and had similar size Nasa Star 3's - he might chime in with some more info.

Nice looking kite @.Joel. Your storage shed should be in Container Hunters!

you you 2, that's just it drifting.

me too mate thats just my OCD kicking in, but it would really bug me

Yeh Doug that would shit me to tears every time I looked at it.!!!

You can plainly see he just wants to go give it a good kick

They have some big budgies in Mongolia, if Polly demands a cracker you better give him one or else.

Yeah Gannet made it himself, he is a wealth of knowledge on them.

With the first time kite festival assistant Alexander, flying Daddy's indoor kite (with some assistance from Daddy), to the right of image. At that point in time we had all of about 2-3 knots of wind. In fact the wind did a complete 360 though out the entire event.

Never noticed Darths ball on fire, expains the voice a bit

You know it's been a big night when you need a gas mask the morning after

And now a "full Andrew"........ fail Thunderbirds on a windy day

Yeh, the old "Baked Bean" jet pack.

and now to test the hover jocks

invisible buggy

Goof stuff John! I'm assuming the resistance must be pretty minimal on those beach runs of yours. I'd barely get budged in those winds in grass with a 4m P2, much less a 6m cheeseburger wrapper. In grass in those winds I think I'd be pulling the 9m P2 out of the bag. Reminds me of my (so far) one trip to the Ivanpah playa - I sized down two kite sizes because of how much lower the rolling resistance was compared to my plush long grass fields I'd be putting in most of my time. For long beach runs under brink wind conditions I think you will really like this little red gremlin, particularly with that sporty little ball to slide down to choke the bar in a pulled in position.

why has it got silvery stuff on it instead of sex black carbon?

Lol no parked up in order to stock up on supplies.

not the fish and chip shop - it's the bottle shop!

Bought a fish 'n chip shop, Doug??

I asked for them. I explained to Steffen that I shove all my kites in a little bag on the back of the buggy and I found the small bags that came with the NS2's more handy than the larger shoulder bags and he obliged.

"but i seem to have missed something" Yes one of these-