Friday 10 August 2007

How it started

I got myself a 'power' kite whilst on holiday in July 2007 and proudly
took my 1.2m monster to the beach with me. Winds picked up, felt nice,
strong winds, good times. *Then* the big guys turned up with some truly
huge things (in hindsight probs only about 4m). OMG! Skudding around,
jumping, being almost pulled into the sea, great to watch. *Then* more
turned up, with land boards and buggies and it was just fantastic!

Needless to say I soon realised that my tidgy thing wasn't up to
much and I quickly sought out more stuff. I visited a shop in Brixham
and they had loads, got talking to the assistant about kites and his
stories of '30mph in a buggy with a 10m kite'. I wanted some of this.


After doing some research I jumped in and won myself an ebay
bargain 3.6m Beamer II with bars, killers, and a couple of extras so
I'm keen to get out there. Only thing that's scaring me are all the
horror stories and I'm none too sure about weilding a potential killer
in a gusty wind, I don't want to end up in hospital (but the fear
factor is attractive)!



I'm currently considering buying a smaller kite to get me into it,
something like a 2.5m bullet. I eventually want to get into buggying
but that's a long way off yet. BKPA insurance first!