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hi just registered im new to all this my dad introduced me to kite buggying, just need to put my hand in my pocket and buy some equipment now, which is one of the main reasons i signed up here, im lookin for advice on what i should be buying.
So anyway HI to you all
Mark_mouse

Hi Mark.

Forst of all, where abouts are you located? You might be able to meet up with a few flyers for some tips and advice.

For starting to buggy, you will need to know if you want to do freestyle (2 wheels, buggy jumping etc) or go racing (high speed).

After you have made this decision, you will need to see what buggy you want to buy. A Flexifoil buggy is a great buggy for freestyle, and you can buy extras (wide axle, wide tyres) so you can do some speed runs if you wish. For racing, a Libre special or V-Max, Barracuda etc are good buggies. But you dont need to go spend £500 on a race buggy to learn in!

Kitewise, it all again depends of you want to go freestyle or racing. For freestyle, Blades seem like the popular choice rightnow. Although more and more depowerable kites (where you can adjust the power pulling the bar in or out) are getting into the freestyle area.

For racing, you might want to start with a nice little kite, not a full on Race Kite. PKD Buster2 springs to mind, provides plenty of power. THe PKD Brooza aswell is a good kite. Then you can progress onto PKD Centuries, Ozone Yakuzas, U-Turn Nitors etc.

You will also need to think about if you want handles or a bar. This all depends on what you feel comforable with, but i find handles provide more control.

Well im sure there will be a few posts after mine expressing a different opinion, so i'll shut up now. :afro:

Adam

adam seems to have covered pretty much everything.

it really depends on how much money you have to spend. if money is not a problem then u can have the pick of the crop. but if you are struggling for cash, its better not to spash out jsut to find out that it might not be for you.

I reccomend that you start out with something reliable, stable and safe for learning. Kites like flexifoil bullets, (or a rage / rage 2 - i keep losin track). PKD buster II. Ozone samauri 2 are all good starting kites. I believe the PKD buster II is the best value for money, allthough they are scarce at the moment i think.

As for buggys, just look around, everyone has their own preference. If u want to do wheelies or spins then get a small buggy like the standard flexi. Which is also scarce atm for sum reason (i think).

If u want to have a bit more comfort an less chance of gettin pulled out go 4 sumth like a libre or vmax. They hav higher sides an wider axle, so less chance o gettn pulled out an more back support.

Have fun! an if ur close to a kitin spot it may b a gd idea to pop down an get some advice, will save LOADS o time on the learnin curve

Hello and welcome Mark

I think adam and james have it covered - best thing to do is go talk to some local kiters/buggiers and try out their kit before punishing your bank account :wink:

cheers all for the advice, on the kite i was talking to my dad about it last night and he has a pepper 4.6 he says i can have for now, just to get used to it and its free so i cant really say no, bought myself a libre seat harness yesterday with the arminator bar(same as my dad) , now im just torn between the libre v-max (same as my dads) and the flexifoil buggy, i have had a go on my dads and it seems great, theres such a big differance in price though its hard to figure out which one is the most sensible for a newbie

Well, the choice between the Vmax and Flexi is actually quite easy, if you want to do freestyle, spins, 2 wheels, jumps etc. when you get better then get a Flexi, if you want to go fast, and arnt too bothered about freestyle then get a Vmax.

Bear in mind you can still go fast in a Flexi buggy, it will just be significantly harder to do so (without going sideways or getting flipped out).

Kev

Bear in mind you can still go fast in a Flexi buggy, it will just be significantly harder to do so (without going sideways or getting flipped out).

Kev


Yeah, going fast in a freestyle buggy without getting dragged out of it sideways isn't easy - especially when you're new to it

Really Important !! Get a helmet.

cheers, already have a helmet been skateboarding for years, also have a motocross helmet as i do that every weekend, but will these be any good

I take it the motox one is a full face?

This might be good. I use a full face in my buggy.