kiting with a buggy

OC,

I used to kite buggy for 4 years before I began kite boarding and was sponsored by JOJO Kites and Libre Buggies.

You can buy a buggy pretty much anywhere on-line and it all depends on how much you want to spend. You can get a Peter Lynn, Flexifoil or Libre kite buggies. Having ridden all three Libre Kite Buggies are the best by far in terms of construction/stregth and performance. For recreational kick around then you can go with a Peter Lynn Comp buggy or flexi foil buggys which have no back support, are the lightest and smallest.

If if you want the a step up I recommend a Libre V-Max kite buggy which has a longer wheel base, wider axle and far more durable for riders 180lbs and up. They also are the most comfortable and most stable. They weigh more but you will be able to go really fast in them.

You should wear a helmet, body gear is not necessary unless you plan on doing arial tricks and freestyle tricks but if you get a V-Max buggy a helmet will do fine.

Seat harness is better for kite buggies because you want to have the control handles lower to your center of gravity. You can use inflatables but a quad line foil kite with handles is best for this sport. Foil kites are much cheaper than what we pay. You can find some really good deals out there.

Ozone makes buggy kites, Flexi foil, JOJO kites are the best for everything. I was sponsored by them and their kites are the fastest more stablest and most efficient design out there for over 15 years. If you are looking for JOJO kites they have a series of kites for every budget level but they were more pricier than other brands back when I was the local distributor for them but you knew where that extra money went.

If you want to learn to kite buggy contact Paul Lawrence, he's not in this forum but is always at Nahant Beach and has probably 8-9 buggys. I'm sure he'd sell one of his. PM me and I'll give you his phone number. He would probably let you try one of his set ups. He's pretty friendly as are the rest of the kite buggiers over there.

As far as learning to fly the kites it would only take a few minutes for basic flying skills and a couple of hours on a buggy and you'll have the basic skills down.

Let me know if you need anymore info. I can put you in touch with some of my old kite buggy buddies for gear.

You'll have fun with it.

Dave Dyer "skipper"

Nahant is the best place to buggy. I buggy there with Paul L and everyone's willing to help people get started. There's someone usually there weeknights and weekends at low tide. Show up with a helmet and we can give you an intro, let you try it out and if you like it help pick out a buggy.

You need a helmet (bike helmet is ok). Pads are recommended: knee pads (online skate), gloves ($2 kinko leather gardening gloves) and elbow pads.

If buggying works out for you, you can do it all winter at nahant and even frozen lakes. I prefer skis but people buggyied on wheels or if it is pure ice they put on iceblades.