Archive for March, 2012

Day off Work !!

Engines – 16.1m PL Vapors on a low wind 4-10mph….. Pilots – Adrian Levelle (Blue & Blue Vapor), Matt Job (Blue and Grey Vapor) & Mark Sherlock (Blue and Orange Vapor) View Larger Map                                                                                                            Location = Hoylake Adrian Levelle – It was one of those days where work had to be sacked off, as the […]


Early NABX 2012 News

Even before the pre event get started, Mano and  Stephan aka M&S get some early runs in…that gives them plenty of time to adjust and prepare for the 60mph winds heading that way this coming Saturday 31st Mar 2012, and we all know how these boys like to push the limits as hard as possible, then party just as hard, […]


Brians Holgates 2nd World Record Attempt

Brian Holgate Its great to see Brian back out there after getting the World Kite Buggy Speed record and not putting his feet up and saying, “well beat that”, he’s already out there trying to do just that, good on ya Brian, fly safe and keep pushing the limits They were calling for rain in […]


New Entry in the Elite Club

                              Congratulations Bob….you did it ! It gives me a tremendous amount of pleasure to announce a good friend of mine and one of this sports greatest ambassadors, a true gentleman, Bobby Muse has only gone and broken the 100km/h barrier, with a […]


Freestylers…..get ready

The Xxtreme Camp are on the verge of a long awaited new freestyle buggy, Flexifoil have dominated this market virtually since buggies became airborne Prices will be announced very soon so keep checking the  https://www.xxtreme.nl/ website for the latest details Good luck with the Basixx guys, it looks to me like a real contender for the […]


The Count Down is on…..

Even when the wind is not blowing we still have fun For those of you who knew, please enjoy again. For those of you that didn’t or had left NABX early and missed this little video, please enjoy now. Strange things happen at Buffalo Bill’s Hanging Tree bar after midnight 🙂 Even stranger plans are […]


Peter Lynn – Speed Buggy Continued

                      I am striving to collect the whole story about this remarkable buggy, and so decided to add another page, and update the page as and when some more interesting facts become known. Peter Lynn Speed Buggy Continued


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


Video of the Week

Buggy weekend in Brouwersdam Netherlands 3rd-4th March 2012


Lets hear what you think !!

There has been a discussion taking place on the Facebook NABX thread regarding the new rules for the following Kite Buggy World Records 1/ Top Buggy Speed 2/ Top Ice Buggy Speed 3/ 24hr Distance Records team and solo       I had followed the Team 24hr distance ruling stating 3GPS units must be used, the middle […]


Ivanpah Dry Lake

Ivanpah

                            More about this great dry lake bed HERE


MG keeps at the forefront of design and Innovation

                              MG Reverse Buggy  Well Maarten at MG Kites has been really busy just lately, not just happy with the proven MG Aero Buggy and the Sniper set of kites,  he has now brought a brand new buggy to the market, the MG Reverse as seen […]


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 […]


Video of the Week


More PB’s at Ivanpah for the Muse Family

Father and son team, BeamerBob and his son Wexler, had a great day on the dry lake bed Ivanpah on 11th March 2012, five days after the World Record was set there. To start with Wexler Muse, a sponsored HQ rider, and PTW Hero rider broke the 50mph barrier, and managed a brilliant 53.80mph flying […]


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 […]


Inside Buggy Pilots

Ever wondered on how some pilots got to the stage they are now?, ever wondered when you see a pilot, what their very first buggy was? Well this is a Brand New side bar category, so keep checking back as this will grow and grow with some of the sports most colourful, prominent and skilled pilots […]


Last Preparations for NABX 2012 by Mano Dirix

                          Dear Carlos Three weeks ago I went to Ijmuiden (Holland) for the first and last rides in my new Custom GT-Race before they leave to Las Vegas for the NABX. The first runs with my Landsegler discwheels where fantastic! Everything feels good […]


Round Four of the Scottish Kite Buggy Race Championship held at St Andrews

                      A championship Kite Buggy Racing competition will be held at Fraserburgh beach this weekend. Following on from Round Four of the Scottish Kite Buggy Race Championship held at St Andrews, around 20 competitors will take part in Round Five of the contest at the […]