Auto Quick Release setup
Thanks to Jeff, many buggiers now will have the peace of mind they will not be launched if things go wrong, check this video out. Thank you Jeff for sharing your idea
Polishing and More Polishing
This is the process, going from Mill finish (if your buggy is not polished or bead blasted, it will be mill finish) to mirror finish, yes its a long laborious task and yes a very dirty one too, but the rewards are there at the end smiling back at you. Find out the process […]
Windy Season Is Here, Contemplating going for a World Record
Winter winds in Europe, and blasting winds are now starting to hit the dry lake beds in the US…..Record time is here again, equipment checked, kites finely tuned, bearings lubricated and safety gear scrutinised you are ready to go. For the pioneers of speed among us, the guys who go out when some of us […]
Another record by the Sand Yeti
My 2012 Kite Buggy log shows I did 4337.2 kms in 71 sessions, which is better than my previous best year in 2008 of 4186 kms in 75 sessions I sat for the equivalent of nearly 8 days (24 hrs per day) actually moving and 16½ hours not moving at all during 2012. My most […]
Kite Handles by Stephan van Bommel
If you are needing some new handles or are thinking about upgrading your existing handles, then the kite handles from Stephan van Bommel are well worth checking out. Designed by the man himself, you just know these are not going to fall to bits or let you down, and the best part……they do not cost a fortune Find […]
Kites = Green Energy
Trial to test whether kites can generate green energy Green innovation news – by GreenWise staff 13th November 2012 Trials have begun in Germany to test whether kites can be used to generate renewable energy to power homes and businesses. Kites could in future compete with wind turbines as a form of renewable energy, according […]
(Reports) The most advanced production buggy on the Planet
Feedback from trials at Speed Week, Sandy Point Australia from Clive and John Holgate UPDATE Reports sourced PowerKiteForum
The most advanced production buggy on the Planet
The Concept To design a full size buggy that could be assembled and disassembled within a matter of minutes without tools and eliminate the need for trailers or buggy racks on the back of your car’ and for this reason the rear axles were designed as they were and not as an integral part of […]
Spinning Spreader Bar – Review
Never being one to accept what I am given, the ‘received wisdom’ so to speak, I have been trying a number of different ways to attach to my Kites. I’ve always flown ‘hooked in’ from day one – in fact I never knew there was any other way to be honest…… Fletties in depth review […]
Is this the best Buggy location in the world…?
Take a ride across the Alvord Desert. uncut and stripped down, just you and the Playa! The Alvord Desert is around 84 square miles of dry lake bed. our trip across was across the width, I’m afraid the length would take all day to cross. our line was a slight c shape as we got […]
popeyethewelder.com – The Story So far
This buggy resource is growing and growing, here are a few facts from this website As of 18th August 2012 This website first went live on 14th dec 2011, 38,209 people have visited this site in 248 days, averaging 154 vists per day from 134 countries around the world There are now 361 kite buggy […]
Kite Buggy Questions & Answers
Get involved via popeyethewelder.com/facebook questions Contribute your knowledge and experience to buggiers starting out, some serious questions and some just for fun, you can find all the questions and answers stored on this site HERE
ENTRY LEVEL RACING -WESTON SUPER MARE
INVITATION WEEKEND – Buggy Racing 15/16 September 2012 SWATK would like to invite competent kite buggiers, who do not have a pilot’s license, to an introductory, amateur racing weekend on 15/16 September. We want to encourage buggiers into the racing scene and thought it would be good to have a virtually FREE weekend for anyone […]
Landsegler Price Change
Around a 25% price drop……these wheels are the future When I say these are the future, what I am refering to is the shape size and weight of these wheels, the perfect intermediate between the full blown bigfoot and the thinner disc wheel….seen below here is the UL Beach wheel, light-alloy rim, double-walled, anodized, 16″- 100mm wide 36 […]
360 backwards with kiteloop on upwind side
This video shows Randy Oldenbürger G1234 doing a 360 in a kitebuggy riding backwards and doing a loop on the upwind side
The World Championship Results 2012
[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Men John Jansen, Dutch Bernd Spiering, Germany Sebastian Thomes, Germany [/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””] Women Annika Grab, Germany Emilie Ravaux, France Stephanie Le Tionnaire, France [/wpcol_1half_end] Also well done to the :- [wpcol_1third id=”” class=”” style=””] Brittish Team Ryan MCGAVIN Matthew JOB Neil BODSWORTH Dutch Team John JANSEN Jeroen POTTERS Eric LEEGWATER Belgium […]
The 2012 World Kite Buggying Championships
During 8-15th July 2012 the kite buggy World Championships will be held at Cherrueix. It is a coastal village situated North of the Ille-et-Vilaine department. Bordered by the English Channel, this village of more than 1150 inhabitants is right in the middle of the Breton part of the Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel, about 20 […]
Want answers to questions
On popeyethewelder.com, we allow no comments, we have created a popeyethewelder.com Facebook Group, for you to ask all your kite buggy realated questions. It is also a place to give us feedback, to let us know what is and what is not working, we have invited hundreds of experienced kite buggy pilots that could possibly answer […]
Icaro 4fight cut integral Helmet review
I took delivery of my new helmet today to use in the kite buggy, it is a paragliding helmet, to replace my RuRoC helmet, and I thought I would write a review of the helmet HERE
Ziggy Racek No2 in the 24hr Distance Record
Just recieved this email from Ziggy this morning Hi Carlos. Week at Romo was not lucky for me I’ve done 810 km and my buggy broke twice (down tube). Beach is very uneven. It was my first and last time at Romo. Fano. Really a wonderful beach buggy is a pleasure. I really drove 3 days: […]
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Congratulations to MDK, a new PKD, USA Team Rider
Just two months after Mike Kenley sat for the first time in a buggy at NABX 2012, he has been snapped up by BKK as a team rider for PDK USA, well done Mike, I knew you were special, the moment you set off.
The Automatic Quick Release
Inspired by Jeff Earl aka bigkidkites, I have made my own very simple auto QR See how simple this possible life saver is to make HERE
New Front Fender for the Apexx Disc Fork
I wanted a fender for my Apexx front disk fork, I search EBay and found this See more photos and the fender I used HERE