MaD_BaRoN_HahA

u could always get one of those brackets for surboards and hang it on ur wall (not in the bag of course)

hello all, im reasonably new to this sport but have been kiting a couple months. I end up in Uxbridge a lot at weekend visiting freinds and will be moving there in September and was wondering if theres any good local flying sites/any groups of people that fly in the area. me and a freind have been bashing round up at Windsor great park but its quite bumpy there and were looking at boarding/buggying. be nice to meet some new peoples! David walton aka MaD_BaRoN_HahA

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measure the Diamater of the wheel and multiply it by 3.141 = diameter

wow shame to hear that im goonna be up in that area next year, it looks like people are doing their homework on the ecological stuff about the skylarks for the argeument (can spell 2day) and nice to see the clubs, local flyers and SEKA moving together to discuss the issue to get it removed. the issue seems to be the skylarks nesting however they seem to prefer cereal crops or tall grasses. Even if the worst came to worst the area with that specific vegetation type will be restriced so maybe an area could be set aside for kiting, also they only breed between April and August (annoyingly long time tho) so there should be room for comprimise if the powers that be are in the mood to. media may be an idea but make sure you set a very strong story and case, the media arent unknown for twisting a story for sensationalism, Evil Kiters Terrorise birds is more attention grabbing than Park bans Kites. Has anyone involved considered contacting the groups that along with the RSPB are working with the Park authorities (saw a link in someones post but cant find it now) they mostly seem outdoorsy and health concious and im sure walkers would prefer the sound of a kite to the sound of a RC aircraft at least. Admittedly you could do with a "expert" view of the Skylark nesting situation at the site, pity you cant get one of the local Uni's to monitor it as part of a Geography course Impact on bird habitats of recreational landuse or something tho im sure something like that must have been written, maybe find the research that the RSPB guy carried out, and if he didnt do any well.......

hmm you seem to have differing opinions on the Argos thing but most peopl seem to agree that a lot of new flyer to the sport could be dangerous. Now as a newbie myself i must say that it took me a hell of a long time even to find the Flexi forums, i was flying a stacker and my Beamer 2.5 as well a a freinds Stacker 10's and had never hear of the BBC, never hear of SEKA and never even considered looking at the flexi forums. One of the main motivators for me to look at finding otehr flyers was the fact that i movd house otherwise id prob still just be doing my own thing the hard and probrably painfull way. What im getting at in a long and roundabout way is that if there is going to be a new influx of member they need to be aware of the exiting kite groups and bodies stuff in the kite bag with the info would be a start though in this day and age the web is probrably the best way to get peoples attention. people want to keep their local flying sites clean the newbies will have to be taught the etiquette of flying, if noone does theyll fly how and when they want and wont even consider it, not being aware of the issues some might not realise and theres always in any sport the guy who everyone says my god look at that guy over there whats he doing!!! ah well just an opinion from one of those newbs