Has it changed? Why has it changed?

[MadAndy71]

A few years ago, maybe a couple, forums and flying was mainly buggiers.

 

OK, boarding is/was new then.

 

Take wallop, take here..remove static flyers and you have mainly buggiers left.

 

Has the balance changed?

 

Why has it?

Is boarding more fun?

Is it more accessable and practible? cheaper for a board than buggy on the whole. Easier to transport esp if you cannot drive or have no car.

 

 

Any views?

[LoKi_79]

i definitely went for a board first for 2 reasons:

 

1) it fits in my car

2) you can use it downhill to learn and when there is no wind

 

added bonus was the price, but now my girlfriend fancies a go at buggying - i might have to get one as well :D

[Morb]

i think its because boarding is easier. thats why girls do it.

 

 

 

 

*morb steps back*

 

 

 

 

 

[Johndango]

For me its easier to store and transport your stuff... (sold my buggy to a mate with a transit so still get to use it now ands again) and you can have more fun flying on smaller areas (important if you live in the middle of the country)

 

I like buggying on a big flat beach, but there is something so nice about getting air on a board. :D

[Andy S]

Easier to transport, easier to setup, easier to store, generally cooler, "younger" (we all know buggiers are old farts ), cheaper to have good kit (only need couple of depower kites to take part at the highest level - top end boards are cheap compared with buggies) easier to bail from, easier to freestyle...

 

BTW, the people I have most "respect" for are the buggy freestylers.... personally, I think that's the "coolest" part of our sport - they're mad, bit it's definitely the coolest looking (and most dangerous IMHO)....

[splatbucket]

easier to transport, also you have to bear in mind that loads of people have been pushing the whole atb scene (well done j @ atbmag) and so to joe public they have seen people mountainboarding and so prehaps the have got a board and then decided that kiting looked equally as much fun, you also have something to use onhills when there is no wind, and it is alot easier to transport.

 

but enought from me i BUGGY

[Agger]

Boards = easier to transport

 

 

Buggying being banned most places, I know it applies to boards as well at certain venues but most turn a blind eye to boarders:cool:

 

 

Storage of boards is easier, Mrs Agger got a bit pi55y with Agger when he had the SuperTruck in the living room for a week:eek:

 

 

Boards are cheaper and a better root for some into traction:eek:

[the_lone_wolf]

Boards = easier to transport

 

 

Buggying being banned most places, I know it applies to boards as well at certain venues but most turn a blind eye to boarders:cool:

 

 

Storage of boards is easier, Mrs Agger got a bit pi55y with Agger when he had the SuperTruck in the living room for a week:eek:

 

 

Boards are cheaper and a better root for some into traction:eek:

i think agger has hit it on the head there.

 

boarding is cheaper, more space economical, isn't getting banned left right and centre, and it could be argued to be "cooler" in the eyes of people taking up the sport.

 

personally if i had the £££ i'd do both, they're both a rush but in completely different ways:)

[Gandromedus]

I had a bit of a boardsports background, and couldn't afford a buggy, when I could get a board for £80. I really want to get into buggying though.

[trebor]

I've thought about this one a lot. I used to primarily buggy a few years back with MA and the rest of the crew. As I started getting into boarding my boards became lighter, but the speed I travel has remained fairly constant, prob 25mph tops and I like to focus on tricks and jumping. So as a rule I dont need that much space, in fact I can get out on a single footie pitch and operate to pretty much the peak of my capabilities. The other guys have got steadily larger buggies and higher speeds which require more space so a day out for them on the green Isnt going to be as much fun as they have to stop as soon as they're up to speed. I've noticed over the past year a much greater amount of boarders around, sometimes now you hardly see buggies at our local. At wallop there was probably a 60/40 buggiers / boarders split ( just a guess really ) .....

[Spook]

Don't forget that buggies are for old men

[the_lone_wolf]

Don't forget that buggies are for old men

ROTFLOL:D:D:D

[MadAndy71]

The other guys have got steadily larger buggies and higher speeds which require more space so a day out for them on the green Isnt going to be as much fun as they have to stop as soon as they're up to speed. ..

 

True e snuff. Was out at a park a little bigger than hillingdon last weekend with my new bug and someone else with a libre much on a par to my old one.

 

I had a 1m bigger kite and was till getting beaten. My kite did not suit the gusty conditions and the weight certainly did not help. I need so so much more space and I couldn't do my usual of getting a larger kite out and just powering down a park due to its size.

 

Its the odd day like that I wish I had my bullets and titchy bug.

[monkeyinshower]

I think it is perhaps down to the fact that board sports are very fashionable and cool. Snowboarding and skateboarding etc. With Kite landboarding people are given the opportunity to take part in a high adrenaline board sport in their own country.

 

I think people are swayed by the marketing machine that is already busy at work promoting, Wakeboarding, Snowboarding, Kitesurfing etc. All popular boardsports, where as there is no such marketing for buggying.

 

Having said all this, I do not wish to imply that boarding is all Hype, personally I think it is all deserved. Kiteboarding and (buggying for that matter) as we all know, is definately worth the hype.

[buggy nut]

when i first got into the sport i was a buggier.... then as buggy jumping wasnt really heard of i got into boarding so i could learn tricks instead of just going up and down a beach.... but now theres more and more buggy jumping, plus buggies are getting cheaper (mbs comp 16 is more than a new flexi buggy now??) i see maybe more people going back to buggying as the "new sport".....

 

i know im thinking of getting back into buggying now

[Mark Rose]

You get out of buggying what you put in...just blatting across a beach gets boring so working on different turns and setting coarses makes it more chalenging.

Boarding is just something buggiers do till they grow up.

 

Flame on.

[Andy S]

Boarding is just something buggiers do till they grow up.

 

Err... something like (although I can't remember the exact words MKB )

 

I tried boarding but decided after 2 seconds I couldn't do it so I stuck to buggying instead...

 

And don't you dare try and deny it

[Mark Rose]

Err... something like (although I can't remember the exact words MKB )

 

 

And don't you dare try and deny it

ffs dude..what are you an elephant?

[Rich Holloway]

I started out jumping with supertens and loved the rush of the g's but got tired of walking upwind well powered up. I then got into buggying but missed the jumping, boarding has the best of both worlds, you can jump and do runs.

[Henry Primett]

No offence to any one but i think it is because boarding has a much cooler image, with younger riders going high and pulling of the latest tricks. it also links to other obard sports like surfing and skate boarding as well as snow boarding. where as often in a buggy it is older people who are just going around and arnt going air born. know thats not always the case but i think thats how the new people see it. and also alot of people want to get into kite surfing evenually and see boarding as the first step.

[Cornish Blade]

I find down at my local mark,these days that i am the only buggyier there more often than not unless there is a emit on the loose.More are going over to board's and de-powerables i have found and by reading this sounds like its happening all over.Not sure if it is a lack of intrest in buggying as i think the intrest is still there(talking to onlookers) .I think it's just that you get more out of a board more options like downhill when its not kite weather,where as with the buggy it would be left at home.imho

[thegman89]

I think boarding is good - easier to transport board (train, on bike, in car etc) and you can do some lush tricks. However buggying is good - it is alot easier than boarding.

[Mark Rose]

I think boarding is good - easier to transport board (train, on bike, in car etc) and you can do some lush tricks. However buggying is good - it is alot easier than boarding.

It depends what level you want to take it to.

[Cornish Blade]

However buggying is good - it is alot easier than boarding.

 

i think its because boarding is easier.that's why girls do it.

Not sure who's right,what do others think?

[marman]

1.) board sports are by far the best sports on the planet

2.) ATB is a superb and challenging sport, just add a kite for a far better freestyle aspect of it

3.) kiteboarding leads on to kitesurfing

4.) less space, cost less - sometimes

5.) landboarding is far more enjoyable than sitting on your arse all day, (no not watching tv but buggying )