How to - Kite Buggying

My all time favorite hobby. I hope I can spare a few people from making the same mistakes I did. This is basic start, stop, turning and a few do's and don'ts. It also assumes you're already pretty proficient with a power kite - if not, there's my 'how to fly a power kite' video!

[@stevet842]

Brilliant intro! Thanks a million

[@jerseyroyal9427]

Great video. Thinking of getting a buggy and this was good information and well done.

[@nigelnickson5932]

Fantastic mate. Thank you

[@D3moknight]

Great video, John!

[@southpaw7475]

Hey Great video! Keep em coming, and Thank You very much.

[@persebastienmerour6517]

Thanks for making a great video👍

[@cjtuba1]

Great 8nformative video. Have a Brmeamer 3.6 and 5m and looking at getting a Flexifoil buggy cheap soon. Really useful. Cheers, Chris, UK.

[@quedecree]

Thanks Chris!

[@kitebuggytv8651]

very good video for beginner!!!!

[@paddelnisse]

Nice and good vid

[@sacp2273]

Man this is sailing! Same as on the water. I'll Sail where ever I darned well please. Land or water mate!

[@WIOACE]

great video. Can you do a video on transporting the buggy via car, how you fit it in do you pull it apart etc etc. Cheers

[@quedecree]

+WIOACE I'm a bit spoiled - I have a ute with a large canopy on the back which the whole buggy can go into. Or I can mount it on a modified bike rack on the back of the ute. Check out this thread on XK for a buggy rack idea: www.extremekites.com.au/topic/15852-duke-rack-v1/

[@WIOACE]

+quedecree Cheers for that. Loving the videos, they are helping make the change from board to buggy

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

👍👍

[@balooa7133]

Very nice video quedecree! Many thanks for the valuable tips. I had my first kite buggy session with an instructor and did my first meters with a 3m kite. It was a bit light wind condition about 4 Bft, and I felt little bit underpowered. I needed continuously to fly big figure 8s in the soft-zone. Would a 4m kite be more appropriate to be able to cruise more easily (in wind conditions like 4-5Bft)? And what are the kite options if I also would like to use a harness. Because most kites with this size are no depower kites and cannot be used with a depower bar and harness. Although I have a crossover bar (which is not that good as a depower bar, I think), so I could try it with that one. Do you have also experience with kite buggying with a 6m depower foil kite? Would that still be manageable for a beginner in light wind condition with smooth steering; and not feeling overpowered?

[@quedecree]

Cheers Baloo. Yes, sounds like a 4m would be better in those conditions. The only fixed bridles I use in the buggy anymore are Steffen Born's Nasa Stars - I fly these on a simple bar/harness combo which works very well. A normal 4m foil, you could fly from handles with a strop between the two handles and run that through a pulley attached to your harness. Some kites will work well with a crossover type bar, but others will not. Alternatively, a single skin depower - Flysurfer Peak 2 or Born Kite Longstar 2 in a 5 - 6m size will cover a large wind range and are quite manageable. If you feel over powered, you can let the bar out. I fly my 6m Peak 2 from about 7 knots to around 15 knots. Above that, I have a 3.5m Longstar 2 which I can manage up to 25 knots. Cheers J.

[@balooa7133]

@@quedecree Many thanks J, your kite size examples give me a good idea about which kite size to fly for which wind range (if you "just" want to cruise around easily). And how do you land and secure a bigger kite like the 6m if you are alone? Is it possible to use a stake (like it's mostly used for smaller kites) also for a quite big kite like a 6m to secure it? Because actually I don't see that in the manuals.

[@quedecree]

@@balooa7133 Hi Baloo. With the single skin depowers (Longstar 2 / Peak 2) you can either pull the brake strap and the kite will back down, then you can hook the brake strap around your buggy rear wheel or a stake, or you can 'ghost land' them at the edge of the window - this is where you fly the kite to the edge of the window, just above the ground and let the bar out and it just sits there and bobs up and down on it's side. Check out my video review of the Longstar 2 5.5m for an example. In really gusty wind, I would stick with using the brakes to land. You can always pull the safety too if it gets really windy but I've probably only ever needed to do that a couple times.

[@kawasaki32]

Is a blade 2 3.0 any good ti learn with?

[@quedecree]

Have only flown the series 5 Blade, but from what I've gathered about the early Blade series - they're a pretty lifty and aggressive kite. Fly it overhead while in the buggy and you may not be in the buggy much longer!!! If that's your only option, fly it in a nice steady breeze to start with and be careful not to 'chuck it around' too much. :)

[@rivermedicines133]

what size kite are you using

[@quedecree]

It's a 3.2m Nasa Star 3

[@oldtimer1467]

Is there any age limit ?

[@quedecree]

If there is, no one's told me about it.

[@lucasdewaal595]

your a nice man ♥️♥️

[@Captain_Bartolo]

💯👍⤴