Over taken by land boarder

[WesFlexAir]

I would just likr to announce that on the 29th of May at Gower. I Wes did over take judge G From Air boss on my Mountain board. he he You should have seen him panick. The only season he, in the end got away from me is because he turn down wind. You should have seen him bouncying in his seat ans Sing his kite up and down the window. Ok i was on a Ozone frency04 9.5 and he was on ,well im not quite sure. Well thank for reading this and please don't take the pis out of judge G to much.

Wes:D

[the_lone_wolf]

lol, you should have seen the looks on the faces of the buggiers as me and crazy dan (not eaton;)) went on speed runs on the last day of wallop, weaving 2 boards, 2 guys and a total of 25sqm of kite through these wheely armchairs with wee race kites is a skill in itself:D:D:D

[littledevil]

i was racing up and down the field today overtaking the same buggier fairly consistently although he did occasionally get me in the turns lol.

 

sounds like u had gd fun at wallop tlw.

 

Ben

[the_lone_wolf]

i was racing up and down the field today overtaking the same buggier fairly consistently although he did occasionally get me in the turns lol.

 

sounds like u had gd fun at wallop tlw.

 

Ben

monday i was just so stoked to be boarding with a mate like dan, pushing each other to the max, and the all out speed racing was incredible on an ATB, so a thrill ride, we got back to base after a few runs and we were both just pumped, plus to see all the buggiers faces was something i shall never forget, imgine you have something like a 4-6m kite up and suddenly this 13m monster closely followed by a 12m monster blast by, edging like mad and grinning from ear to ear - priceless:D:D:D

[GaRRy]

lol, you should have seen the looks on the faces of the buggiers as me and crazy dan (not eaton;)) went on speed runs on the last day of wallop, weaving 2 boards, 2 guys and a total of 25sqm of kite through these wheely armchairs with wee race kites is a skill in itself:D:D:D

What you mean is you were toodling along with your kite up over your head at 90 degrees becuse its far to big to drop into the REAL power zone stopping us buggiers from getting our kites down in the power zone and leaving your for dust :D:D:D:D:

[bushflyer]

What you mean is you were toodling along with your kite up over your head at 90 degrees becuse its far to big to drop into the REAL power zone stopping us buggiers from getting our kites down in the power zone and leaving your for dust :D:D:D:D:

ahem. wallop. saturday. on kite x. and i seen wolf doing it too.

[air stiffler]

totall ripped up a load of land windsurfers or what ever they are at the Ho the other weekend, Oh and hit a load of soft sand at 25mph ish and took a major dive:eek: was cool as best wipe out i've had in ages:cool:

[the_lone_wolf]

What you mean is you were toodling along with your kite up over your head at 90 degrees becuse its far to big to drop into the REAL power zone stopping us buggiers from getting our kites down in the power zone and leaving your for dust

actually, and somewhat embarrassingly, it was us that where diving into the powerzone and staying there, 6ft off the deck or so - we were the most downwind people (no gags about getting drawn downwind, we started there:p) whilst the buggiers were all pootling along with the kites up high, trying not to get lifted out in the gusts, if only they knew if you get the kite low you can slide out the gusts:D:D:D;)

[GaRRy]

actually, and somewhat embarrassingly, it was us that where diving into the powerzone and staying there, 6ft off the deck or so - we were the most downwind people (no gags about getting drawn downwind, we started there:p) whilst the buggiers were all pootling along with the kites up high, trying not to get lifted out in the gusts, if only they knew if you get the kite low you can slide out the gusts:D:D:D;)

 

Oh I know how to get the kite down low and when I could I did According to GPS hit 45+ MPH a few times on the Monday and I really was not trying that hard as I had changed to a much smaller kite than I would use on a beach due to traffic (travelling whole length of field completely sidewards made me see this was a good idea). It was always with out fail a border that caused me to abort a speed run and raise my kite high (One even lauched his kite straight up to top of wind window as I was trying to pass 20 ft behind him after he had already looked and noticed I was bearing down on him DOOH!!!). Dont get me wrong im not having a go as you have as much right to be there as me but I have been saying for several years now that in a confined area the two different flying styles for kite posistion really do not mix that well.

 

Still great event though

[the_lone_wolf]

Dont get me wrong im not having a go as you have as much right to be there as me but I have been saying for several years now that in a confined area the two different flying styles for kite posistion really do not mix that well.

 

Still great event though

lol, looking at the different styles is interesting, i found it hard to predict where the feck to go with most buggiers cause they are all working the kite like lunatics thus taking up all the air space, my kite is either 10ft off the deck to get speed, or above my whilst i'm in the air - simple but effective:D:D:D - i was still amazed at the lacl of collisions, cuased by anyone, at MW - i saw about 3 in the whole w/e

[Adrena1in]

(One even lauched his kite straight up to top of wind window as I was trying to pass 20 ft behind him after he had already looked and noticed I was bearing down on him DOOH!!!)

I apologise if that was me. I do remember having a few troubles out in the middle of the field sometimes, once when I had the small kite up and the wind died, once when I had the bigger kite up and the wind started howling. I generally tried to keep the kite and lines on the ground if I was off the board and people were heading towards me, but sometimes I knew I was a right obstacle, standing there in the field with my kite straight above me.

 

But as TLW says, the amount of collisions was remarkably low, so congratulations to ALL kiters, be they on boards or in buggies, for being so careful.