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 […]
NEW World Record – Fastest Female Buggier on the Planet K53
Massive respect and congratulations to my friend Karen Cutbush aka Special K for once again capturing to the No1 spot in the world. The Fastest Female Kite Buggier in the world with 55.50mph or 89.31km/h, using a 3m Brooza at Pembrey Beach. Carlos, please can you submit the speed I reached today on Pembrey. […]
Female Dry Lake Bed Record Raised
Congratulations to Tami Fraser yet again for raising her own world female kite buggy dry lake bed record to an impressive 52.40mph /84.32 kmh Hi Carlos, Thanks for continuing to maintain records. On Ivanpah October 1 I finally bumped my playa speed up to 52.4 mph. I was using a PL Vapor 2.7m. Thanks, Tami
My Bugging Days are Over, For Now
It has been a while since I have written a personal log in this blog, and today I have chosen to formally let you know, that I have now officially finished with my kite buggying. I have also stopped completely building buggies. Let me explain the reasons behind these decisions, Firstly building buggies, as you […]
Britta is Flying….New World Record
Bulli Britta, has done it again, the fastest kite buggying woman in the world has just raised her own World Record from 81.50 km/h to a fantastic 85.50km/h – 53.13mph. This record was achieved using a 2.5m PKD century 1 in Denmark Hey, i increased my personal top speed yesterday smile emoticon sorry about using […]
World Record Broken Again – Twice
Storms were predicted, 50kt winds…..this is history being made again, the World Kite Buggying record for Beach surface has been broken yet again Dennis Aalbers broke the existing record of 111km/h and clocked 112km/h – 69.60mph on a Libre Spirit 2.6 with GT Race buggy on bigfoot wheels, then Stephan van Bommell came back with the […]
New Kite Buggy Beach Speed Record, and Fastest LEI in a Buggy
2014 is ending with a bang, Stephan van Bommel, has raised his own shared World Beach Record by just 1km/h to 68.98mph – 111km/h , but that 1km/h puts him above everyone one on the planet, tremendously well done Stephan, he also at the same time broke the record for the fastest LEI in a […]
New Female Speed Record for a Dry Lake – Tami Fraser
Tami Fraser recently became the fastest woman on a dry lake bed with a speed of 49.50mph, and almost broke the women world buggy speed record held by Britta Berg G2296 81.50km/h / 50.40mph. Britta’s record was of course set on a beach which as we know is much harder to do with the extra rolling resistance. […]
Extreme Buggier Gannet has been Pushing Hard Again-New Zealand Record & Shoots into the 100km/h Club
Peter Foulkes aka Gannet never stops pushing the limits and today 30th November 2013 he has not only claimed his rightful place into the elite 100km/h club, he has also broken the New Zealand Speed record with 108.00km/h. Peter not only has nerves of steel, he is a proficient buggy builder ALWAYS thinking outside the […]
New Record Broken, The Youngest Person to Break 50mph in a Kite Buggy
Wexler Muse held the record for the youngest person to break the 50mph barrier at just 16 years old in 2011, Wexler has since gone onto achieve 58.30mph – 93.82km/h. Now the record has been broken….the NEW age for the youngest person to break the 50mph barrier is 14 years and 12 days, set by Nicolas […]
Fastest Speed on a Beach has been Broken
Windjammer (UK) had held the record 68.10mph for a number of years, but today there was no stopping Kite Buggy Master Stephan van Bommel from taking the record. Today SVB broke a few world records, he became The fastest pilot on European soil, The fastest pilot in the world on sand The fastest bigfoot tyres 110 km/h 68.35mph at Rømø Denmark, The […]
Windy Season Is Here, Contemplating going for a World Record
Winter winds in Europe, and blasting winds are now starting to hit the dry lake beds in the US…..Record time is here again, equipment checked, kites finely tuned, bearings lubricated and safety gear scrutinised you are ready to go. For the pioneers of speed among us, the guys who go out when some of us […]
Which kite is capable of breaking the world speed kite buggy record?
Get involved, have your say https://www.facebook.com/groups/ptwdotcom or if you do not use Facebook send your comments via CONTACT and I will post them for you. You can also follow the answers and comments via the Q & A in the right hand column Kite, which one can break the world record The Peter Lynn Vapor at the […]
Peter Lynn – Speed Buggy
A quite remarkable piece of buggy engineering, and now holder of the Kite Buggy World Speed Record at 84.10mph. See more of the construction, testing and first runs at Ivanpah……HERE
Download Kite Buggy Record Rules
RULES for Personal Bests “PBs” and “World Record” Attempts Download Kite Buggy Rules for World Records and Personal Bests 19.03.2012 ————————————————————————————- 14th March 2012 Just a note to just explain, what and why I have altered the Record Ruling, For a world record just having a GPS photo and a write up, is simply not […]
Ladies and Gentlemen…..and the NEW WORLD KITE BUGGY SPEED RECORD…
135.34km/h – 84.10mph It gives me great pleasure to announce the WORLD KITE BUGGY SPEED RECORD has been broken on the 6th March 2012, by the Peter Lynn Freestyle rider from the USA, Mr Brian Holgate, he was using the PL Speed Buggy, and a 2.7m PL Vapor kite. Everthing HAS been checked and confirmed […]
Antartica IceBuggy Expedition 2013
Hans and his team are planning world record breaking expedition using state of the art kite buggies….read more here
The 2004 Gobi Desert Buggy Expedition
The Team Sourced from https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3643359.stm Kieron Bradley, 30, and Peter Ash, 34, both from Norfolk, and Professor Brian Cunningham, of Greater Manchester, will cross the Gobi desert in kite buggies. The trip, planned for September, will start in the Altay region of Mongolia and finish in the Erdenaalai region. The 43lb buggies measure 8ft x […]
Kite Buggying Records
Ever since the record data was added to the world list, especially the main Personal Best list with it having hundreds of entrants, every time I updated someones new PB, the data would reflect the new speed achieved, but the data would not slot into its new home on the list, this annoyed the hell out […]