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 […]
Jul 31, 2015 | Categories: Bolton Le Sands, Brian Holgate, Buggying Records, Craig Hansen, Dirix Mano, Dominator 4, Dubai, Events, HQ Power Kites, Information, Ivanpah Dry Lake, Landsegler, M&S, NABX, News, Peter Lynn, Popeyethewelder, Power Kites, Prodigy Race Kites, RedSkyHorizon, Sand Yeti, Sponsorhip, Stephan van Bommel, Vapor | Tags: Adrian Levelle, Angus, Apexx, Bobby Muse, Bolton Le Sands, Brian Holgate, buggybags, building buggies, Carl Kirton, Corey Jenson, Craig Hanson, Craig Sparkes, Dave Roberts, David Hobbs, David Peck, Dean Jordan, Desert Gang, Dino Arias, Dominator 4, Dominator Buggies, Dubai, Eli Anderson, Extreme, Grant Van Dyke, HQ Prodigy, James Martin, Jon @ buggybags, Ken Shaw, Kent Kingston, Krazy Karl, Mano, Mark Sherlock, Mike Kenley, Nabx, No Barriers, Nudge, Ofer Eppstein, Ozzy, Peter Lynn Vapor, Philpig, Popeyethewelder, RedSkyHorizon, Ruudje, Smogthemog, Stephan, The Sand Yeti David Lees, Trikbits, Windjammer | Comments Off on My Bugging Days are Over, For Now
Brian Holgate has made a great video of Stephan van Bommels recent visit to Ivanpah dry lake Primm, Nevada. Stephan also used his trip there wisely and popped the question to his girlfriend Fon Custers, congratulations to you both from all the buggying community. Brian captured some great footage of Stephan and Bobby Muse creating dust […]
Nov 06, 2014 | Categories: Information, Ivanpah Dry Lake, Ozone, Stephan van Bommel | Tags: Bobby Muse, Brian Holgate, IBX, Ivanpah, Ivanpah Buggy eXpo, Landsegler Wheels, Stephan van Bommel | Comments Off on Stephan Pops the Question, then Makes Dust on the Playa
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 […]
Oct 03, 2013 | Categories: Events, General, Ivanpah Dry Lake, News | Tags: Bobby Muse, Brian Holgate, IB2, Ivanpah Buggy Blast | Comments Off on Ivanpah Buggy Blast – Event Announcement
Great video from Bobby Muse, especially when he’s running alongside the PL Speed Buggy.
Apr 05, 2013 | Categories: Ivanpah Dry Lake, Landsegler, NABX, Peter Lynn Speed Buggy, Speed Buggy, Video, Video of the Week | Tags: Bobby Muse, Brian Holgate, Ivanpah, Landsegler, Video, Video of the week | Comments Off on Ivanpah ‘Club’ 2013
If you wish to make an ‘OFFICIAL’ Kite Buggy World Record, this is the criteria you will need to follow, please download the criteria from Guinness World Records below Guinness – kite buggy – fastest speed World Record Evidence Required As we all know as a kiting community, Brian Holgate USA, holds the ‘unofficial’ world speed […]
Mar 22, 2013 | Categories: Brian Holgate, Information, News, Peter Lynn Speed Buggy, World Records | Tags: Brian Holgate, Guiness, World Record, World Record Attempt | Comments Off on Criteria For Guinness to Recognise a Kite Buggy World Record
Part of the article from https://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/mar/19/kite-buggy-enthusiast-waiting-wind-redemption/ “My whole drive on all this is I want to have the record videotaped. I want to have it documented properly and be the first person to put it in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records,’” Holgate said. “That will kind of redeem myself, not so much for them, but […]
Mar 20, 2013 | Categories: Information, News, Peter Lynn, Peter Lynn Speed Buggy, Speed Buggy, World Records | Tags: Bobby Muse, Brian Holgate, Brian Nordli, Las Vegas Sun | Comments Off on Brian Holgate Raises Kite Buggying Profile Again
Fastest Barrow Tyres – Luk Stanek (Canada) – 72.80mph, 117.16km/h Fastest Beach Racer Tyres – Tom Mulligan aka RedSkyHorizon (England) – 66.00mph, 106.21km/h Fastest Bigfoots Tyres – Stephan van Bommel (Netherlands) – 67.73mph, 109.00km/h Fastest Buggy Backwards – Richard Grimshaw aka Heathcliff (England) 49.90mph, 80.30km/h Fastest Buggy Pilot – Brian Holgate (USA)- 84.10mph, 135.34km/h Fastest […]
Nov 28, 2012 | Categories: Records, World Records | Tags: Arjen van der Tol, Brian Holgate, Buggy Records, Buggying Records, Gerd Tschampel G1160, Jay Taylor, Karen Cutbush aka SpecialK, Karen Mansfield, Luk Stanek, Mad Way South, Matt Cooke aka Windjammer, Peter Foulks aka Gannet, Pittarak Team, Richard Grimshaw aka Heathcliff, Tom Mulligan aka RedSkyHorizon, Wexler Muse, Will McKean aka Ginge, Ziggy Racek | Comments Off on Kite Buggying Records – Meet the Elite
With the recent torrential downpours around Las Vegas recently the streets were not the only place to suffer from flooding, just take a look at Brian Holgates photo of Ivanpah, the home of wind powered speed records and home to NABX, normally seen dry as a bone. We need not worry though, as this water […]
Sep 03, 2012 | Categories: Brian Holgate, Ivanpah Dry Lake, NABX, Photos | Tags: Brian Holgate, Ivanpah | Comments Off on Ivanpah…..wet Lake-bed
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 […]
Mar 27, 2012 | Categories: Brian Holgate, Ivanpah Dry Lake, Peter Lynn Speed Buggy, Video, Video of the Week, World Records | Tags: Brian Holgate, Ivanpah, PL Vapor, World Record Attempt | Comments Off on Brians Holgates 2nd World Record Attempt
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 […]
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Buggying Records, General, History, Peter Lynn, Types of Buggy, World Records | Tags: Brian Holgate, Ivanpah, Peter Lynn, Peter Lynn Speed Buggy, Rules, Vapor, World Speed Record | Comments Off on Ladies and Gentlemen…..and the NEW WORLD KITE BUGGY SPEED RECORD…