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We spent Easter up there in the fog. I have some great shots of a friend disappearing into the mist with his WindWing 660. Pretty cold like, man.

Most of my family has moved down to South Wales. Any decent beaches for buggying between Chepstow and Cardiff? Spent 3yrs in Swansea and the Gower but it's a little too far for a quick buggying session from Monmouth. :-)

Looks like low tide is around 11am on Saturday and Sunday so we'll be around either Fraisthorpe or Mappleton if it busy. I was only half joking about the laces! ....

Thanks - you'll be able to spot me. I'll be the idiot with a Bullet and my shoe laces tangled in my buggy being dragged backwards ;-)

We're off camping up there this weekend. Vicki at the Kiteshack in Bridlington replied to my email and told me the following: Brid to Fraisethorpe very good. Filey very flat but tourist / sailors can be a pain. Scarborough banned. Anyone know if any of the beaches down to Hornsea are any good / quieter than Fraisthorpe?

Not sure if they'd swap the kite for the 4.9m. Sounds like a good idea though and last time I spoke to them on the phone they bent over backwards just to send me a book. Tried a mates new WindWing 660 at the weekend (static). Nice kite - he's got a landboard and searching for "big airs, dude". Only problem I had with it was overhead - tends to over fly in light winds or when the wind drops and you are bringing it up. He had it on 2 lines on a bar but I'd imagine it would be better on 4 line handles to stop the problem. The chap down at Air Jam rated it better than a Blade of the same size if you want air (and he writes for KiteSurf). Probably not what everyone looks for in a buggy kite but great fun!

True, but we can't all afford to buy multiple kites in one go :-( I'm trying to buy something I can use in lighter winds than my 3.5 but don't know how the Blade performance differs per sq. meter compared to the Bullets. One thing I did learn down in Cornwall is that bigger kites are no more scary than little ones - it just depends on the wind!! lol

I just been looking at powerkiteshop.com website. They currently have a Flexi buggy and Blade 4.0 for sale. I was wondering how well this would team up with my Bullet 3.5? I spent a day at Watergate bay in a buggy with a Bullet 4.5 and had to work the kite in light winds. I was thinking of getting either BIG bullet (5.5m or 7m) with the buggy but concerned about a large gap between my kite sizes. Also a Blade might be more fun on the beach on holiday when the buggy stays at home. If I go for a Blade would anyone recommend the 4.0, 4.9, or even the 6.6m? (again, probably a bit too large a gap down to my Bulllet 3.5) . I know about the difference in lift between these kite designs, but wondered about the turning and power delivery. I read another thread about the Blades being smoother than the Bullets and being faster on the turn. My general feeling is to buy a smaller Blade than I would a Bullet but I still don't want to end up with a large gap. Thx in advance.