KiteTalk

29 April 2010

BKSA gain national governing body status

Well done to all those who put in the hard work to get this status.

Lets hope this helps the sport grow from strength to strength.

15 November 2009

BKSA kiteival success continues

After the final rounds, consensus was that Kiteval 2009 had been a resounding success. The first ever landbased freestyle kitebuggy and kite landboard competitions had been run at the three kiteival events with entries from some of the world's top freestyle kiters. There were even enough entries from the girls to run a ladies comp. Hats off to Mikee Allwood and Andy Preston for doing the judging, promoting and organising of the land side of things allowing it to run smoothly alongside the established kitesurfing events. Here's hoping that the sponsors (Buff, King of Watersports, and DeadMan Kitesurf as well as the local authorities & all the other supporting companies) were happy with the publicity & will be back for more next year.

12 September 2008

Vansurf 2008

Vansurf
What could be better? VW vans and kites?

Not quite a kite festival at the legendary Black Rock Sands, but a VW meet with a bit of kiting thrown in. Limited landbased kiting, but definitely loads of water based fun. Let's just hope there's a bit of wind eh?

28 August 2008

£2.5m wind sport plan for Fylde beach - Blackpool Today

�2.5m wind sport plan for Fylde beach - Blackpool Today

Best bit of news for a while!

25 August 2008

Flexifoil Sting stars on Granada Reports Power Kiting Feature about Fleetwood Beach

Granada - Feature about powerkiting on Fleetwood Beach. Hangtime Kite Shop Owner Alex teaches reporter Caroline Hacking how to fly a Flexifoil Sting

5 May 2008

Atmosphere kite festival a big success

Thanks to Al (rayens) the festival was a great success.

Many pics posted up on the Flexifoil forum here Flexifoil photo thread and even featured on the BBC's Southwest News Vid clip

22 January 2008

First legal buggyjumping session at Ainsdale Beach 20th January 2008

After a four year ban on kite buggy jumping, hard work by the AOSPKC chairman and other members of the committee has resulted in Sefton Council relaxing the ban. Buggy jumpers still need to obtain a special permit by demonstrating they have the necessary skills and knowledge to progress onto learning aerial kite buggy freestyle.

For more info see The Flexifoil forum and the AOSPKC home page.

Thanks to Carl-the-bullet for the videography

12 January 2008

A K Bearings

A K Bearings

The guy who runs this site is also known as MadAndy on the Flexifoil Forums

Look no further for all your kite buggy bearings, landboard bearings, skateboard bearings and mountain bike bearings.

Recommended for low prices, friendly and reliable service.

7 January 2008

Cool Kiting Vids from Youtube

13 December 2007

Peter Lynn Kites - Newsletter

Peter Lynn Kites - Newsletter

These interesting 'blogs' have moved slightly - so time for a new link!

29 July 2007

The Sausage Scale (A kiter's alternative to the Beaufort Scale))

Flexifoil Forums - View Single Post - The Sausage Scale (stop sniggering at the back)

Starting with the oft quoted 'Not a sausage!' and ends with 'Even the seagulls go home.' This is an alternative wind speed classifiaction scale for Kiters.

20 February 2007

Gulfnews: Police 'harassing' kite dealers in Lahore

Gulfnews: Police 'harassing' kite dealers in Lahore

Hopefully this is not the future of kite flying in the UK?

11 January 2007

Kite flyers raise over £750 for charity in kite auction

Flexifoil Forums - View Single Post - A Kite For Charity

This will restore your faith in human nature...Kiters bidding on a kite in an auction organised to raise money for the Air Ambulance and Breast Cancer Awareness charities have raised a grand total of £778.17. Kiters who could not afford to bid for the kite chipped in with donations to achieve this fantastic total.

Well done guys!