Corey Jenson – The Mayor of Buggy Town
This week I was deeply saddened to hear that the great Icon of kite flying and bugging, that is Corey Jenson had sadly passed away. Corey was one of the first names I came across when I first started to search out this great sport called Kite Buggying, I found the video below and was fascinated […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Sean Venes
Congratulations to the newest member of the 100km/h club Sean Venes rolled in today covered in playa dust even before the party had started at the IBX 2016 with a 64.20mph or 103.31km/h. Sean Venes – Monday was just another day, except we all saw the wind forecast! 50+ mph winds. I didn’t go out […]
NEW 100km/h Club Member
Well done to Ryan McGavin for storming into the elite club with a very impressive 64.00mph / 103km/h using the new Peter lynn Aero 9m. Meet the Elite
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 […]
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 […]
Extreme Buggy Pilot SVB heads to PL & a change of Strategy
Latest news from Stephan van Bommel Hello people, hereby I proudly announce that that PETER LYNN is my new kite sponsor. For the coming storm season including my two trips to the USA, Peter Lynn will support me with their products. I will face and conquer the biggest storms of both Europe and the USA. […]
SWATK Connor Event 2014
The Connor Event & Charity The reason we hold the Connor Endurance Event each year is because of a 13 year Old SWATK member called Connor, Connor sadly passed away in 2010, from a terminal illness, Connor loved power kiting with his grand-dad, he always had fun and fully enjoyed this sport. We hold this event to […]
Nicolas Jackson – One to Watch
As Kite Buggiers continue to get younger and younger, or is that just me getting older, 14 year old Nicolas Jackson from Denmark, continues to keep impressing me. With tremendous support from his parents and fellow peers, Nicolas became the youngest person in the WORLD to break the 50mph barrier at 14 years and 12 days, 83.2km/h – 51.14mph this year. […]
Just Shootin’ the Breeze – “So, How Fast Can You Go”
“So, how fast can you go?” We’ve all heard the question posed hundreds of times and reasonably so when you realize that most folks have a limited frame of reference. Most folks don’t know what travelling 150mph on the Autobahn in a mushy, squishy, loose jointed chunk of Detroit Steel feels like. They honestly believe […]
Kites and Buggies For Sale / Wanted
It seems logical we have a place on Facebook to collectively offer Kite and Buggies for sale, we have seen random posts in various groups, so now there is a dedicated group for this purpose, with well over 5000 members so far, this is a good starting point to either search for or sell your […]
Ivanpah Buggy Blast – Event Announcement
It gives popeyethewelder.com great pleasure in being able to announce what will become THE KITE BUGGY EVENT to go to….THE event for fun, THE event for friends, The event for laughs, THE event for speed. The Ivanpah Buggy Bash or IB2 has been founded by two of the most respected and passionate US buggiers, Bobby […]
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 […]
FBBT 2013 (Fall Buggy Boogie Thang)
FBBT 2013 Part 2: And the Rains Came Monsoon Season in the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts has a will of its own that simply will not be swayed by the trivial desires of one little Buggy Nut in a remote corner of this vast desert region. Annual rain fall in these environs ranges from 3 […]
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 […]
Sand Yeti – Sand Storm
SAND STORM Last Friday’s forecast was for just 11 knots, therefore, I didn’t bother throwing my smallest kite in my car before heading to the ghaf tree, which as many of you would have guessed by now is about 30 minutes drive from my villa and is a lonely but magnificent tree in the Dubai […]
Look what My Mexican Buggying Friends Sent Me
Wow….what a buggying shirt this is, this long sleeve shirt was sent to me from Alberto Soria Lopez & the Mexican Buggiers, in conjunction with https://www.papalotesandkites.com/, what a very thoughtful gesture and to cap it all they even put my name on there to……Thank You […]
Don’t Risk Losing Your GoPro while Buggying
I thought of you guys when a good friend of mine introduced me to this product, he had recently lost his GoPro, without realising the mount had come away from his helmet while riding his motor cycle, he lost his expensive GoPro. He searched the market but could not find exactly what he wanted, so set […]
Bolton Le Sands Summer Meet 2nd-4th August 2013
This is not an event, this is just a meet, Camping is next to the beach at Red Bank Farm, Address – The Shore Bolton Le Sands, Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8JR England Tel – 01524 823196 Web – https://www.redbankfarm.co.uk/ It is advisable to book as soon as possible, it is £6 per adult per night […]
Having a Clear Out
After 10 years of buying, using and selling kite gear, and seemingly buying more than selling over the years, We have decided to have a good clear out, and make some much needed space We will over the course of the next 4-6 weeks sell all sorts of items, from a Parastorm Buggy, to stainless buggy plates, […]
Dragonfly carbon products
Laurent Calatayud, owner of Dranonfly Carbon Products from Marseille, France, is an expert with Carbon Fibre, luckily for the kite buggy world, he is an avid kite buggier himself. He has used his skills with carbon fiber to produce many products for kite buggiers at remarkably cheap prices. […]