The Kitebuggy
Probably the most exhilarating fun you can have on a beach
There is nothing quite like the buzz of hurtling along an open beach, harnessed to the wind, being pulled along by a bloody big kite, while at the same time trying to steer and remain seated in a little 3-wheeled buggy....
...with a little...well... a lot ... of practice it can be accomplished with relative ease!!
Kitebag contains Advance Quattro 1.6, C-quads 2.2, 4.2 and 6.3 and a Blade 3.3
The C-quads are probably not the best things to learn on but when you get the hang of them they have the advantage over foils in that they fly in a fart and are hugely powerful machines for the money.
They are cheap and extremely powerful BUT they are very unforgiving to impact and break easily. There are 'running costs' involved with ownership
Fly it till it falls to bits.....
I used to use a Peter Lynn competition buggy.... I learned how to do it in this buggy...
... in this version I had a couple of inexpensive refinements. More padding around the frame and rear axle, "handlebars" on the footpegs with bungee cords to keep your feet from slipping in the wet. A "crudcatcher", a triangle of waterproof material sewn onto more bungee cord, stretching from wheel assembly to back axle..... this stops a lot of spray hitting you in the face.
My old tandem...great for kids, photos and showing people how its done.......
I don't have this buggy any more because......
you eventually get one of these!!!!!!
The most excellent Libre V-Max
The Rolls Royce o' buggies!!!!
... ever since I made the mistake of sitting in one...I wanted one....and it arrived... Aug 15 2001
Iain's basic buggy .. few refinements..
He has since replaced the rear axle and put a new front fork on to accommodate the bigger wheels.... Bastard!!!
The Walk of Shame .......
Flexifoil Blades ... the 4.9 and the 3.3
I do most of my buggying on Belhaven Bay in the John Muir Country Park at Dunbar, East Lothian.
The 4.9.... The Bass Rock is in the background.
Iain with the 4.9 at Belhaven 20/2/00
Luckily, Dunbar is the 'Chicago' of East Central Scotland and wind is usually in plentiful supply!!
I also try to get to St Andrews as often as possible where conditions are usually even better......
St Andrews is a cool beach too and certainly worth the hour-and-a-bit it takes to get there.
The SPKA meet there regularly. The beach usually gets a straight easterly or westerly which gives you the whole length to play on .....
St Andrews
You can usually expect a few buggies at the far end of the west beach on most weekends....
Sim gets some car-jumping in....
Sim gets some air
The V-Max complete with rear mudguards....
The mudguards were designed and constructed by my brother, John.
He has also masterminded this fine piece of transport ..... complete with suspension!!
Passenger buggy
C- quad 6.3
Getting it all there................. the battlebus....
X-Zone Games
Pendine 2002
Pete's indestructible carbon fibre etc buggy
Saturday was pretty windless so things started to get silly.....
Roger Blake and his PKD's
Gary on the board
Sim makes it look oh so easy............
Stacey launching a PKD
Sim and Roger take a break
Mr Jeffries clever design
Mary at the tent
Young Mr Jeffries gets a ride home
Big Board
