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104kph Buggy Speed
By Jason
Some good winds between Christmas and New Year here in SEQ. Decided to dust the cobwebs off the buggy and get the bearings turning. Running Sysmic 2 Buggy with Midi XL tyres. Kite- Ozone Edge V8 with 24m lines. Location - Skirmish Point Bribie Island (Beach)- 12 comments
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World Records on Extreme Kites
By .Joel
Today, Extreme Kites releases a World Kite Records section that allows us to look at the past whilst stepping in to the future. The new World Kiting Records section is fully uniform with drag & drop uploads for your GPS images and optional GPS data. It's fully searchable with a set of filters allowing you to really drill down in to the information that has set each record. You can filter to find out whom the fastest pilots in your country are, perhaps you want to know what the top speed set on a GT-Race buggy is? Even better, what about finding out the top speed set on Discs with a Peter Lynn Vapor? All of this and more is either possible today, or within the next month as more information gets added to the database. Previously we've all been limited to records being maintained in Wiki's, Forum Threads and Personal Blogs. The one thing that all of these inherited was that they are all up to an individual to maintain whether it was here in our Community or elsewhere. Instead we've built a system so that there's a whole team from today and forever in to the future maintaining a database of peoples' personal achievements. This is just the beginning, last year we went through a whole site redevelopment explaining after years we had to finally take two steps back to be able to move forwards and bring you the type of online experience we wanted. We did this by launching the new website, then following on with sections like Blogs, Reviews etc. The Kite Buggy Speed section is just the first, over the coming weeks we'll include more sections along with other kiting disciplines like Landboarding, Kiteboarding, Kite Skates and Snowkiting. We aim over time, as a team to build the most comprehensive, searchable database of World Kiting Records available. Kind Regards,
Joel T- 17 comments
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Sexiest Kite so far at Kingston....
Beach domination!
Dead Calm....
When the wind blows....,.
Beachport Fly
First Morning
So it begins....
Website Upgrades
Today I've done the basic upgrade, there's a few areas to fix and polish then I'll be launching a new section which will keep you hooked for hours There will be some errors and issues, they can be submitted here: http://www.extremekites.com.au/bugs/
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Videography 2016/17 Season
I'm considering a DJI Osmo Mobile to use with the iPhone7 Plus, and a couple of additional SJCam's to mount on to people at the Extreme Kites meets. PS: If you didn't see my video from last year here it is, I've refined a lot of techniques and learnt some new angles and ideas since then I hope to be able to reproduce in the next event video. Thanks for reading, hit that like button if you enjoyed this blog entry so I know to add more!
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MK1 Nearly Complete
My Latest Mystery Box!
Peter Lynn Waterfoil 3.6M
Peter Lynn Arc 1120
Peter Lynn Guerilla II 15M Arc
The next time @nigel and I get out for a photo day I'll take some photos of them all flying
August 2016 News
World Records for All Kiting Disciplines
Last month we launched a new World Records section that is filterable and searchable. We've started off with Kite Buggy Speed Records, this month we'll extend on that to include Speed and Distance achievements for Kiteboarding, Landboarding, Snowkiting and other related disciplines. If you're a Kite Buggy Pilot and have a GPS photo of your top speed we would love if you could contribute by submitting your personal best in to our database. The records will tie in to a few new upcoming site sections and features we're yet to publish and still working on in the background whilst the team also tests these before release. Like any new feature we launch, if you find an issue please submit to our Bug Tracker so it can be noted and fixed.
Extreme Kites Community Event Calendar
Upcoming events to RSVP and get to! Moose Meet, New Zealand
October 14th - October 17th
RSVP | Event Discussion Clench @ Speed Week 2016, Australia
October 27th - November 1st
RSVP | Event Discussion Blow @ Kingston 2017, Australia
January 12th - January 26th
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Getting Started with Extreme Kites
World Records on Extreme Kites
Joel T
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