Video - TRACSAILS Colombia 2013

Kite sports Columbian style...

TRACSAILS Colombia 2013 from sebastian delgado on Vimeo.

Busy..!

Hopefully normal service will resume soon...

And at the moment the forecast is looking good for Sunday and I have started to put together some clips for a video.

Somebody please...

Lend me a couple of kites for long term review? Sponsor me?

I really need a couple of de-powers to cover the full wind range but my wife's not having it!

I'm getting desperate, trying to figure out what I could sell to fund another de-power, even considering my ozone method 4m but that would leave my quiver seriously depleted. 

Somebody help...!

Live from the lake

Showers!

But there is some blue sky...

Video - 3 and a half men, the Simpson Desert crossing

I realised that I have posted this before - but...

Wow! Any epic journey...

3 and a Half Men - The Simpson Desert Crossing from FLYSURFER Kiteboarding on Vimeo.

"A modest expedition, no massive caravan, no 20 tons of survival gear and no shipping to the hot Saharan sands. 3 and a half men, loaded into a 21 year old Nissan, 1 motorbike, 2 kite buggies and an assortment of kites of all sizes including the magical 21m Speed3 Deluxe from Flysurfer, still in its wrapping shipped from Germany to the Gold Coast in Australia. All with one common goal, to try and be the first to cross the Simpson Desert, Australia’s red heart, by wind-power alone.

Check out this adventure video about a dream that wants to become reality.
All funds which were collected through and from this project have been given to the YHES House: yhes.org.au/"

Fashionista - part II

My new Ozone kite t-shirt arrived today, like the kites really nice quality and unlike the kites the material is really thick!

So do you think I have a career as a model?

Pebble dashed...

Got a bit splattered on Saturday morning as the surface of the lake was still a bit sticky...

I gave it all a good hose down when I got home, i'm still waiting for my new bearings!

Video - Collection ete!!! BKT!!!

Just a great, enjoyable video...

Collection été!!! BKT!!! from Guiomar on Vimeo.

What happens...

When your front wheel hits this at 55kph...

You end up wearing (and possibly eating) it!

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I didn't! But I do wish dog owners would clean up after their animals.

Looking favourable...

For the first time in a couple of weeks the wind and weather are looking favourable for a run out in the buggy...

And there's no rain on the radar...

Despite all the rain the surface of the lake is looking ok so I am planning on a mid-morning run out, we have more rain and storms forecast for tomorrow!

Sssshhhh! Don't tell anyone we don't want to jinx it...

iOS 7...

Downloaded to the iPhone and iPad, it will take a few days to get used to the look - does that mean I'm getting old!?

But my first impressions are favourable, appears pretty slick and you should get the new vimeo app...

Fashionista..!

I am renowned for my amazing sense of style and passion for clothes! (Please note the heavy sarcasm)

T-shirts and shorts are my regular and I struggle to wear anything else. Please don't ever ask me to wear smart/casual!

But I have a new addition to my wardrobe - why am I posting this on a buggy blog..?

'Cause it's an ozone t-shirt!

Bought from Stonkerboards on ebay.

Garmin Connect

Now I have my new eTrex, it connects easily to our iMac so that I can download my tracks to Garmin Connect...

It also records speed and distance - none of mine are very impressive (yet!) thanks to crappy winter winds!

Buggy Love...

As part of my ongoing buggy maintenance programme, Sunday, I replaced the padding on my back rest. As the old stuff had worn a bit thin...

The padding is made from a swimming pool noodle (thanks kids!), I also adjusted the back rest position slightly...

And repositioned my trusty kite ground stake on the rail...

This week my new bearings should arrive and I will install and grease them. The new front tyre is on - so the buggy will be as good as new, ready for the spring weather to sort itself out!

"Kiting is one of the best sports there is..."

Ok - so he's talking about kite surfing, but I bet he would love it in a buggy!

Sir Richard Branson breaks record in kitesurfing parade...

"Sir Richard Branson and hundreds of kitesurfers have broken a Guinness World Record in Hampshire.

The 318 participants formed the largest parade of kitesurfers to complete a one-mile course.

More than 250 were needed at the event at Hayling Island Golf Course to break the record.

The Virgin boss said: "When you see the beauty of all these kites up in the sky it's magnificent [and] this is more than has ever happened before."

Funds were raised for Snow-Camp, the RNLI and Virgin Unite.

'Perilous aspect'

Sir Richard, who led the parade out to sea, added: "Kiting is one of the best sports there is, if not the best sport.

"Kiters are always up for a challenge and so I suspect next year there will be 600 kiters, and the year after that 900, and so on.

"The most perilous aspect of this is kites getting tangled up in the sky [but] it's really, relatively, very safe.

Sir Richard led the parade out to sea

"I'd recommend it to anybody, just being out on the sea, blown by the wind, bouncing across the waves."

Sir Richard already holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest person to kitesurf across the English Channel.

The 61-year-old crossed from Dymchurch, Kent, to Wimereux in northern France in three hours 45 minutes in July 2012.

In 1987, he set the record for the first hot air balloon to cross the Atlantic.

And in 1991, he was in the first balloon to cross the Pacific from Japan to Arctic Canada.

From 1995 to 1998, Sir Richard, Per Lindstrand and Steve Fossett made attempts to circumnavigate the globe by balloon."