Kite Skates

Luke, the point I was trying to make, that if you used the stronger 7050, then you could make it even lighter. Though once you start thinning away, you can get buckling problems, then web stiffeners need to be added.

You must be feeling like a big kid, three weeks out from Christmas?

When I saw Rich jump up and down and rock back and forth on those Terras it looked a very stable system.

Cheers for explaining it SB.

Yes he got my deposit and is ordering some of the parts to make them now, wheels bindings.....

Yep pretty excited.

I agree they look very stable even with the higher centre of gravity to for eg, Spartans set.

I think they will be ok!

I think they will be ok!

mate they are going to be better than ok, you can count on that.

Good news.

A deal fell through and the Terrablades for an order are now mine.

They will be shipped early next week, I saw them on a Skype meeting this morning and they look bad ass!

I hope to have them in the next 10 days, Much sooner than I was expecting.

Let the freestyle begin!

wtg mate, i hate the waitin too.

get a cam up ya!

How are the squat exercises going Luke, ready for the action?

How are the squat exercises going Luke, ready for the action?

Sore legs! Been buggying to long.

I am pretty excited about them now.

Will get skating on them as soon as they arrive each evening, and the first decent day their is some wind get to work on them.

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My finished skates
(being shipped on monday first thing from the USA)













Photos courtesy of Rich.

Thanks to Rich for keeping me informed throughout the process of building them & for our long skype convos!

Looking forward to them arriving.

Snazzy Luke, hopefully they will be here in time for next weekend so you can hit the dunes at Stockton

Just one question though those valve stems in the photos look like as though they go very close to striking the inside of the plate do they cut them down to clear or is that standard length. Looks like you might be pushing to get a valve cap on to stop the sand a dirt getting into the valves.

Hi Goz,

The valve stems are ground down to have minimal clearance to the side frame.

Rich has toyed with the idea of making the frames wider to accommodate longer valve stems with caps but this would change the dynamics of the skates.

If it helps, my buggy does not have some valve caps on them (I loose them at the servo) and generally when I am putting air in the tire I just blow them out first of all.

Will have to see how it goes. If it becomes an issue I will just plug them with something.

The Terras look fantastic mate.

But there's a big problem with them.

Picture this You drive down to your local park. The wind is blowing a perfect 15 knts. A beautiful sunny day. You open your tail gate, and here's the problem. What do you pull out, the Buggy or the Terrablades.

The wind is blowing a perfect 15 knts. A beautiful sunny day. You open your tail gate, and here's the problem. What do you pull out, the Buggy or the Terrablades.

The Terrablades........

or whatever Dave has not confiscated out of the back of my truck already

Looking good mate, can't wait to see them in action

fweugh ..... wow .... drewl ........ They sure look serious Luke, without any scale rule next to them you could think they are some mega army vehicle from a futuristic film. With those spare thread holes you could mount a mini cam there, hmm interesting vids?

So how are you going to sleep at night with all that anticipation Luke?

fweugh ..... wow .... drewl ........ They sure look serious Luke

Agreed a fair bit of Alloy there.

you could think they are some mega army vehicle from a futuristic film.

The M1 Abraham tank comes to mind, guaranteed to break my legs before I break them

With those spare thread holes you could mount a mini cam there, hmm interesting vids?

I was thinking of auditioning for Transformers 3 actually, they will look the part.

So how are you going to sleep at night with all that anticipation Luke?

Anticipation, or fear? I do not step on these things lightly, I have a feeling the air time capable having the use of my legs will catch me by surprise, time will tell

mate they look like it.
kid at christmas.....



nice:yes3:

I just hope customs do not think they are some kind of robotic mounts for taliban rocket launchers.

Terrablades have been sent, express courier, I could have a broken leg as early as Friday evening!




plan B: I can kite buggy with a cast on my leg

That's great to hear Luke,
the part about there on the way, not the leg

Could be just in time for JD lurking in the dune at Mayday with a vid camera

cheers mate