adam_h

Went down yesterday afternoon. Carpark finally back open. Wind wasn't great though.

Thanks. I like stable, looks like its going to be the Flow

Need a new high wind kite. Both of the above are just over £100 rtf new. Any opinions before I pick one at random?

Just as abit of a heads up, went down the other day and the beach was closed, no spaces left by the discovery centre so people were parking by the beach entrance. 2 traffic wardens were putting tickets on 6 or 7 cars parked on the triangle bit of tarmac by the toilets and a couple of cars bumped up on the pavement. We ended parking at the pub and walking down. Will hopefully get to the beach and see some of you down there at some point. Would be there tomorrow if I wasn't in work.

Went down this morning. Carpark closed and barely enough wind to fly

It's in North Wales, Porthmadog. Had a clear run home on Saturday and did it in just over 2 hours. Massive, hard packed beach when the tide heads out. And as long as you're insured and head up the end of the beach, there's no permits or anything required. You can only fly there between October and April though I think. I started flying again after a few years out but head down Ainsdale mostly. Got family in Porthmadog so go Blackrock abit. Yeah think wheels at St Annes is still banned. I haven't been but Fleetwood and Knott End the other side of Blackpool seem ok, if the tides are low for a few days, so might head up there in the summer if I get a chance. Where do you fly? I'm only 5 minutes from Burscough.

...and my arms are in agony! Sold all my kites/buggy in 2006 when I bought a wakeboard boat and started mountain biking more, was having a look round a few weeks ago to see what's happening since I sold up, ended up accidently buying a V-Max, so thought I'd buy a set of Blurrs to go with it. Finally got my Ainsdale permit through last week but the wind and tide looked pretty awful for this weekend, so went down to BRS. Managed nearly 20 miles, top speed of 30mph. Felt pretty odd after not sitting in a buggy for so long, had abit of a sketchy start but soon got back into the swing of it Haven't managed to get a harness sorted yet, so 2 or 3 hours with a 5 and 7m Blurr has taken its toll. Hopefully get back down to Ainsdale a few times over the next year, so if you see someone in a silver Transporter with a set of Blurrs, make sure you give me a width berth while I'm weaving up the beach

Not within 1 hour (more like 2 and a bit), but I've spent the afternoon at Blackrock Sands, beach dried out nicely by 1ish, 15mph onshore wind. Was only about 3 other cars on the beach. Worth the drive imo.

Final hour...

5 hours to go, still really low prices, grab a bargin

Less than 10 hours to go...

Last day on eBay items...

Buggy and 5m now sold

Decided to sell up as I'm mountain biking all the time and not using my kites anymore. All up for sale on eBay HERE (CLICK) Radsail Pro 3m Radsail Pro 5m - sold Flexi Blade 1 7.2m Libre Special buggy - sold All in excellent condition, ready to fly I'll also be listing a few other bits and pieces that I find around the house Any questions please get in touch

Can have any you want on my kite gallery album too, not many decent ones but hey Click the link in my sig below...

Just thought I'd say hi again Havn't been on here or flying for about 6 months now due to various things that have happened, had a lot of problems medically (knees and hip joints). But just couldn't bring myself to sell all my kite stuff, so decided to start again now I'm nearly fixed. Renewed my insurance and should be sorting my permit for the beach out soon. Hopefully this time round I'll get to know a few of you (generally be abit more socialble ) and enjoy it as much as I used to! Going down to Porthmadog this weekend for family visits etc. But going to try and escape and have a few hours on BRS as the wind and weather look pretty good upto now so may see some of you there if anyone's going.

Managed to get it down to 7.672...help if I knew my alphabet abit better Edit: down to 6.953 now

Pretty awesome video, despite seeing it so many times Their other videos are pretty cool aswell...

My e-mail isn't working atm, but here you go... 7.2m Blade 1 Front http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m268/adamhunter145/flying.jpg and from the back... http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m268/adamhunter145/blade13.jpg

I've never actually tried peanut butter before Looks disgusting though

Now the carpark is shortened again, are buggys still allowed to the fence right down the beach, or do we have to stay within the summer carpark?

I use a 7.2 Blade I in low winds, absolute monster! Does try and lift you out of the buggy if you hold it directly above you, but after a few outings you'll be able to predict when it's about to happen. Just keep practicing in lighter winds, wear a lid and some pads, don't be stupid with it, and you'll be fine. Goodluck Adam

Thanks for your above post Carl, it's cleared a few things up for me.

Thanks Jon, I think I'll pop down the beach either later today or thursday for the first time in...2 months. I'm sorry if my presumtion about you swaying the beach towards racing was wrong, and I will gladly apologise face to face if I see you on the beach. I think it's a thanks mart, but I can't tell if it was intended to be sarcastic Thanks for the support paul&laurie. Tim, I'm glad I was not the only one that felt this way. I've been putting off voicing my opinion for a while now due to fear of upseting some people, but it's just got to a point now where I couldn't really care less what happened.

I know I probably shouldn't, but I feel like I need to get mine and my friends opinion about the beach across. We are 16 and have been flying at Ainsdale for about 3/4 years. We are not loaded and do not fly amazing, top of the range, new kites every year and don't ride the best boards/buggys. I'll be honest and admit we are not the most sociable people on the beach, but we feel we have good reason for this. Everytime we are at the beach we feel like we are unwanted and taking up space. Even when we have tried to appraoch other people on the beach, we seem to get looked down on. Even when buggying along the beach, the right of way rule seems not to apply to certain kiters. And I usually end up having to change course or move off into soft sand because the stuburn idiot coming towards me in the huge buggy doing 40mph+ refuses to move, and it even happens with freestyle buggiers. Due to the above reasons, I am seriously considering selling all my kite gear. The increasing amount of 'snobbery' and stuburness on the beach, and the political side of of it all over the past months is making it hard for me to enjoy the sport I used to love doing. I don't even bother visiting flexi as regularly as I used to due to the increasing amount of snobbery and negative comments posted. Jon - I think I may have briefly spoke to you before, but I do not know you personally. I agree with you about the fact that Carl should not have been jumping, but it does seem that you are trying to sway the beach more towards the racing aspect of the sport. Carl - I again do not know you personally, but I have seen you on the beach before. You may want to introduce jumping on the beach, but is breaking current rules the way to do it? I agree that jumping should be allowed (as long as it is carried out in a safe manner) but I still think you should not have gone againt current rules in place against this. As I said, I do not know either of you and I may be completely wrong about it, but it is the way I see it. Many of you will disagree with the points I have made above, but it is how I (and my friend) feel. And I think certain people need to get a grip and grow up, theres more to life than a beach and kites. And as said before in this post, some people need to stop acting like they own the beach. Adam Hunter and David Jones