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
Stephan Pops the Question, then Makes Dust on the Playa
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 […]
Bobby Muse Continues to Climb
My good friend Bobby Muse continues his quest to rise in the Elite Buggiers Rankings, he has just upped his PB to 65.60mph Well, it’s been a fantastic April and May on Ivanpah. I’ve had 4 sessions with multiple runs breaking 60 mph, but no PB for me till today. Winds were forecast to be […]
Its Finished
Ken Shaw’s amazing account of this years ‘non event’ at Ivanpah NV On behalf of the Buggying community around the world thank you Ken, for this fantastic tale
Probably the Greatest Kite Buggy Account Ever Told
Under a Mildly Amusing Moon A voyeuristic account of Greasehopper’s annual journey through The RedNek Decompression Chamber a.k.a. NotX 2013, XbaN 2013, Slopped my Dripper 2013 Any similarities to actual persons, places or non-events, alive or dead, real or fictional is merely coincidental and the product of a failing memory. Many of the names have […]
Ivanpah ‘Club’ 2013
Great video from Bobby Muse, especially when he’s running alongside the PL Speed Buggy.
Five Hours of Polishing
I started work a few days ago on the last set of the Nike Tick style front fork plates I will ever use, and this set of forks when I have finished will cradle a Landesegler NABX/Wet UL wheel, and it will be in good company too. They are going to a good friend of mine, Mike Kenley […]
Remembering 9/11 Fallen Hero’s
Today 11 years ago the world changed, everyone can remember those horrific scenes on every TV station around the World The attacks in America on 9/11 resulted in the death of 2,996 people and of those a total of 411 emergency workers died as they tried to rescue people and fight fires. My tribute […]
Ivanpah…..wet Lake-bed
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 […]
Nabx 2012 – Friends photo captures, and Sponsors
These are a few photos I was captured on by Mike Kenley aka MDK, Ryan aka gOOfba11 and Chris Shultz president of HQ USA, thank you for these photos I would also like to say a big thank you to my sponsors, please guys, take the time to look at their sites, merchandise and offerings, […]
NABX 2012 – Memories
NABX 2012….brilliant event yet again, even better than 2011, the sun was out the wind came to visit us, fantastic location, great friends, and memories that will last forever….if you kite buggy, or even just fly a kite, promise yourself you will make the trip the to Ivanpah Dry Lake Bed View Larger Map NABX […]
Nabx 2012 New Personal Bests
Congratulations to everyone achieving a new Personal best at this years NABX 2012 Stephan van Bommel 77.40mph Mano Dirix 68.98mph Wexler Muse 58.30mph arkay 54.80mph Dino aka Dakitez 52.80mph Todd Hanson 38.50mph MDK aka Mike 35.20mph
Pre Nabx 2012 News
The M&S team Mano and Stephan ended the epic high wind session, top speeds and new PBs Mano 68.98mph – 111.00kmh, NEW PB, Stephan 77.40mph – 124.00kmh, NEW PB
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
