NEW UK Kite Bugging Speed Record SIXTY NINE POINT EIGHT mph
It gives me absolute pleasure in announcing the UK kite buggy speed record has been broken, and its one of our favourite kite buggiers too, Tom Mulligan aka RedSkyHorizon…..as usual Tom was out in crazy winds and using his Trikbitz Dust Devil buggy, with Kenda Beach Racer tyres, so not only is Tom the fastest […]
Thierry Has Done It – Landboard 100.4 KPH World Record
The Man, the legend, he’s done it again, except this time its the big one, The first Landboarder on Earth over 100 KM/H HUGE CONGRATULATIONS Thierry from the whole of the kiting world The board is : AKKREW PRO MODEL/ SPEEDCORE By X-Shape Kite BOOST 7sqm by Flysurfer Kiteboarding It was so, so long since I dreamed […]
Record Breakers Daughter, Follows Fathers Footsteps
Multi world record holder Peter Foulkes aka Gannet, has someone chasing his records, his own daughter Theresa, and in the process as far as I am aware already broken a world record, the fastest female on a Kite Bike at just 14 years old, unless anyone can say they have bettered these facts then young […]
In 2015 this remarkable record was set by Craig Sparks
So at the start of the trip to Ivanpah I managed a double kite 360 in a buggy and posted a video clip asking the question had it been done before. Singular kite 360’s have been done in the buggy many times and have different names but I was not aware of multiple in a […]
A New Speed Buggy, and Others by Eric FONTAINE
Inspired by the Peter Lynn Speed Buggy Eric FONTAINE aka Du’gnou Chmoldu, has been building some amazing buggies, not your usual buggies, outrageous and amazing ones Google translate, its not great but we get the idea, it was a twisted idea .. plans in my head . Also in the delirium, I will equip it with […]
No Barriers 16 – The Final Chapter – Video of the Week
From 2013 – 2016 Dai Cheryl and Nudge created a superb event for all land sailers across the UK, No Barriers, and Pembrey, South Wales, one of the best beaches around for an event like this, and around 200 people every year went and had the most amazing experience, massively wide flat beach easily big enough […]
6 Years Ago, History was Made
Six years ago this week 30th March 2010, a bit of history was made, a massive kite buggying mile stone, the first man on the planet to break 80mph in a standard race type buggy, at that speed the amount of drag created from the position of the pilot is immense, when you consider the […]
The Women’s World Speed Record Broken- Again
The Women are pushing hard in 2016, only a few days ago Karen Cutbush UK, broke the womens Kite Buggy Speed Record with a fantastic 55.50mph on the sand, now the bar has been raised yet again, by another speed demon, this time from the USA, on the dry lake bed of Ivanpah, at the […]
New UK Landboard Record Broken
Congratulations go to Will Rose today for achieving a massive 53.50mph 86.09km/h – UKs No 1 Top Speed Making the most of Storm Katie during the Easter holiday, at Camber Sands UK. Will, on his LANDBOARD, become the WORLD No2, and the UKs No1 speed man. Will sent in his track and GSP log […]
Peter Lynn Vapor II
The Vapor is the ultimate high performance fixed bridle kite. Built for top level kite buggy racing, it pushes the envelope in every aspect, from its flat out performance to its exceptional build quality. This new iteration of the world renowned Peter Lynn Vapor is not only faster than its predecessor, it is also more […]
EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2015 – Dennis Aalbers
Congratulations to Dennis Aalbers on becoming the European Kite Buggy Champion 2015 European No1 Kite Buggy Champion After 6 races I ended up first at the European championships in Oostduinkerke Belgium in my new Rapide++! Just fantastic! Shout out to my buddy Mark Van den Berg for becoming vice champion in his GT Rapide with Ozone R1. […]
Matthias Kite Trike Tour
Some of you may have been following Matthias from Germany on his amazing solo trans Mongolian Kite Trike Tour on a recumbent trike, here are some of the facts and videos from the tour The Transmongolian Kite-Trike-Tour in facts & numbers 90 days | 7500 kilometers (excl. flights) Russia-Mongolia-Russia Start: Novosibirsk, crossing Mongolia on the […]
Mad Way Mongolia Part II – World Record 3692.5km Journey
Furthest Distance Travelled – Gavin Mulvay and Joe Steffert (Mongolia) – 2,294.41 miles, 3692.5km (unsupported) Gidday Popeye Just adding up the km for the buggy trip, 3692.5km all up in 49 days, unsupported, Mongolia and inner Mongolia. can send the gpx files if you like. Longest day 232km mostly at night. Fastest speed 75km/h on […]
Madway Mongolia Report
We are currently (May 2015) in Jargalant Mongolia, Joe and myself started bugging in Bayankhongor 26 days ago, the first few hundred kilometers were hilly technical terrain until we got to the Gobi desert. This bought wide open terrain, strong winds with violent dust devils in the afternoons, and heavy buggys due to the amount […]
50mph in 7.9 Seconds
50mph in 7.9 seconds on wet grass, with a buggy weighing over 70kgs that is…! …..it can only mean one thing…. RedSkyHorizon’s in Town I had a midweek buggy session on Wednesday 6th May at the Purley Way playing fields. The wind was up and I was there primarily to test a camera and GPS […]
M&S, American Oxygen
Some say oxygen is what it takes to live. My buddy Mano and me however require more. We only live when we are on the edge, the top. Racing over the playa with speeds over 100km/u, your heart bouncing in your chest, and gasping for oxygen. That is what it really takes! Do you want […]
Demonic Wind
Account by RedSkyHorizon Prepare yourself for a tale of woe but then ultimately, triumphant-ness. Monday night, 30th March: At work. I pulled a muscle in my back while vacuum cleaning which was a shame because I had planned a sneaky weekday buggy session for the following day. The forecast was looking good, 35mph-48mph winds, pretty […]
Ivanpah Buggy eXpo 2015
IBX 2015 Prologue: For the Good of the Order and at least one broken soul I had been unsettled, out of sorts, “bumpy” since my return from Buggy Nirvana some two weeks afore. I struggled to get out of bed in the morning and my keenly honed routine turned to a quagmire of fitful starts […]
Infinity Buggy Kite 360 – WORLD RECORD
So at the start of the trip to Ivanpah I managed a double kite 360 in a buggy and posted a video clip asking the question had it been done before. Singular kite 360’s have been done in the buggy many times and have different names but I was not aware of multiple in a […]
One of the Greatest Buggy Records – Remembered
This record has been logged in this website for Kite Buggying Records since it first went live, it was all logged in the accounts of some of the greatest speeds ever achieved in a kite buggy…..the speed in question is 103km/h or 64mph. Now that speed in a full blown race buggy, with a state […]
BLS 2014 Summer Meet July 4-6
This year was going to be bigger and better than any other Bolton Le Sands meet, the camp site had been booked at Christmas and 60-70 people have booked pitches there. Quite a few people decided to travel on the 3rd to make the most of the promised good winds on the Friday 4th, but […]
Just Shootin the Breeze – On a Short Leash
On a Short Leash Walt and I had been working the lower end of Ivanpah well below the bush line when we stumbled upon the first mark of our Out-N-Back adventure and downed gear to reconnoiter. As we studied the clue that would lead us to our next mark, the winds shifted to what would […]
The Wackiest Wind Ever – Sand Yeti
Yesterday, was the weirdest of wind days I’ve ever encountered & have seen some pretty strange wind conditions in the desert over the last 2 decades. During the 30 minute drive out to my buggy spot there was a good breeze blowing. As soon as I set up my buggy, donned my body armour, it […]
FBBT 2013 (Fall Buggy Boogie Thang)
FBBT 2013 Part 1 Monsoon Madness Summers in the Sonoran and Mohave deserts are always tough but the early arrival of the 110 degree heat, the insidious humidity that settled well ahead of seasonal norms and complete absence of buggyable conditions in and around my local digs had me doubting I would be in any […]