mike c

Am thinking Camber Sands - I know high tide is around 12pm does anyone know when after this there will be enough beach for boarding? Ta

The ambush is totally over-priced and a bit nasty IMHO, I would say it compares with exit, mongoose etc. I have ridden one downhill and it was a dog. Scrub boards are nicely made but a bit heavyweight and not much by way of pop. The Core, Comp16 Pro and Comp26 are all a totally different ball game. Lush..................

My girlfriend fancies a weekend away this weekend, so unselfishly I want to take her somewhere which has a good beach for kite landboarding and is as close as possible to London. The nicer the place the more selfless this act will look. I've only been inland so far, so suggestions appreciated Mike

Someone is selling Hylines on ebay on and off at the mo - Hellraiser is channel truck and Killer Zombie is skate truck model. They have been going for around £120 for channel and £80 for skate. A mate bought a Hellraiser and I would certainly rate it above an Exit board (I have owned an Exit Airforce myself and gave it away to buy an MBS after 3 months of downhilling with it.) Just another idea....

I fancy adding a new kite to my bag. At the moment I have a 4m Buster and an LD 1.5 stunt. I really like both but obviously they are very different kites. I have been kiting for a few months and have been kite land boarding now may be four or five times (although mountain boarding for longer.) I want to stick with the boarding aspect of kiting and am enjoying it, although for the moment I’m not doing much more than cruising up and down the heath. I am 14.5 stone and therefore the 1.5 currently only gets used when it is really blowing. I am comfortable with the Buster in most winds – I’ve only scared myself with it once in a gale and I think I now know my / its limits and when not to get it out. So, should I fill the gap between these two kites? I flew a mates 2.5 bullet the other day and loved it and got moving ok on the board. Or should I go bigger, to say a 5.0m Samurai. Would this be to close to the Buster in terms of power? I fancy something with some lift at some point but its not my priority for my next purchase. Any other suggestions welcome. I haven’t exactly got money burning a hole in my pocket, but I think I deserve a treat.

I haven't been kiting long and did my first jump a couple of weeks ago in the very high winds we had. I hadn't been out in that much wind yet and I think I under-estimated how fast it was blowing. There was nobody else at Blackheath, but I guess that was beacuase it was a weak day morning. I put up my 4m Buster and having read that they don't have much lift thought that if I was ever going to get a jump out of it, it would be then. Played around for a minute or two to make sure I could control it (only just actually) and then put it up into the power from low down. I think I got about 5 feet or so up, not quite head hight, but I got pulled a long, long way forward very fast. I estimate around 35 to 45 feet (no witnesses to tell me). I know it doesn't sound much compared to some people who have being doing this for a while, but it serrioulsy sh@t me up. Exilherating as hell though. You could definitely feel the buster wanted to go forward rather than up though and this made for a fairly hard landing - I'm about 14 or 15 stone. I decided the wind was a bit much and put the buster away shortly after and got out my LD 1.5 and there was enough wind to get me moving on my mountainboard (with a bit of work) - so got my first few runs of landboarding in, which was ace. Anyway great day, but it proved to me I need an in between size kite, maybe a small blade (and obviously a bigger one for lower wind days:eek: )

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Just butting in - I Have only just started kiting, but have been mountainboarding for a while. The first batch of Matrix trucks on the Comp and Core MBS boards had some issues with base plates cracking under heavy use but this has been sorted in all subsequent batches. I have a Comp 16 Pro, which has the Matrix trucks and they are excellent - they can be adjusted in seconds with an allen key to tighten them up for high speed with no wobble or loosen em for tighter turns - they are also light. IMO the Core is a great package for the price not least because it has the Matrix trucks - nice deck too. Compare it to the rest priced in the same ball park - Furnace Creek, Exit Toaster, Keo Flyer etc and I believe you have a much better board. If you ever want to ride down hill with your board too, you will be way happier on a Core than any of the others, particular the skate truck boards.

Sounds mental - would rather go to a mountainboard centre with a lift (Priory Farm in my area) until you've tested the theory a few times!