Big Kites Pull Hard!- NW Traction Kiting

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This site is dedicated to all forms of traction kiting with recent forum updates, kite reviews, weather links, and local links for the NW Oregon kite scene. 

SOBB 2008 

SOBB 2008

Video from the Sunset Beach Oregon Buggy Bash 2008.

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Current Conditions- Astoria, Oregon 

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How To Guides 

info for all

Getting Started
helpful tips for getting started
More Tips on Getting Started
more helpful tips for getting started
Scoop's Guide for Newbie Powerkiters
Scoopy's Guide on PKF
How to pendulum jump
cute animation showing how to get some air. Note jumping can be dangerous and should only be done by experienced kiters.
Buggy Basics
Great information for starting out and understanding buggying.
Creating a Larks Head Knot
step by step instructions for creating the most important knot used for kiting
Splicing Lines
A tutorial on how to splice your kitelines. this is a great way to make the loops on the end of your lines if you are making your own line sets or equalizing lines that have stretched.

Wind, Weather, & Water Links 

Weather and wind- forecasts, current conditions, reports, and historical data.

NOAA
Search for local weather, marine forecasts, and tide predictions by area, zipcode, or city.
Magic Seaweed
The one and only Magic Seaweed! Wind and Surf reports and forecasts for locations world wide.
iKitesurf
Excellent wind charts and data especially the Pacific coast.
Windfinder
Windfinder is my lastest discovery. Maps, charts and forecasts! What more can you want from a site.
Air Sports Net
Current conditions, forecasts, and more for over 1000 US sites. Great charts, maps, and graphics.
Sail Flow
maps, graphs, wind forecasts and more.
Wind on the Water
Very cool new site with current wind conditions on the water (coast, rivers, lakes) throughout Oregon.
Windmapper
Nice wind maps and forecasts on this easy to use site.

A few more movies and pics from Sunset Beach 

this beach is truly kite buggy heaven

Check out this little site I put together......
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Axlecam: Trial Run  

Sunset Beach Oregon

Axlecam Trial Run

Test run with the axlecam on the kitebuggy. The tripod spun and had a mind of it's own going over the bumps which accounts for the strange camera angles. Filmed in four parts with my failing but hanging in there Canon SD110. No Special effects other than fades and titles added. The pink effect is a gift of the gremlin.

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Where is Sunset Beach? 

It's on the Northern part of the Oregon Coast Between Seaside and Astoria

Great Destinations in Oregon 

Wondering about other great beaches in Oregon? 

I've been working on a catalog of Oregon beaches with an eye towards finding out how much of the coast could be traversed by buggy or landboard. Oregon is unique in that the entire coastline is public land- all 363 miles of it! Check it out.
Catalog of Oregon Beaches
This is a living document that I will update frequently. If you would like to add information regarding any of the beaches, please sign the guestbook at the bottom of this page. Thanks!

Winter session in Seaside 

Ozone: Kite Buggying

Mid winter session in Seaside, Or.

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Current Conditions- Portland, Oregon 

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Now available 

latest issue of Ikitemag.

Very well done online zine for all aspects of kiting. You wont be disappointed with this one! click here to view

Buggying the Oregon Coast in February 

an epic winter buggy weekend

Seaside & Sunset February Buggy Sessions

Clips from a sunny February weekend on the Oregon coast. First meet for NAPKRA #10 pilots.

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NWKite : Latest Forum Posts 

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Check out the action 

from the Montana Snow Kite Rodeo

2008 Montana Snowkite Rodeo

snow kite footage from Georgetown Lake on Saturday FEB 16. Brad, Brandon, Blake, Miguel, Armond and Forrest were the riders

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US Annual Traction Kiting Events 

DBBB
Dead Bird Buggy Bash- Galveston, Texas
NABX
North American Buggy Expo- Ivanpah, Nevada
SOBB
Sunset-Beach Oregon Buggy Blast- Sunset Beach, Oregon

Current Conditions- Newport, Oregon 

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NW Shops and Schools 

Kite Buggy Speed Shop
Libre buggies, JOJO kites, and more based in SW Washington.
Kiteboard Oregon
Kiteboarding lessons for NW Oregon
New Wind Kite School
Lessons in the Columbia Gorge

a few of my own kite flicks 

More great kiting links! 

Racekites
Huge collection of kite reviews, friendly forum, and more.
NW Kite
Local info and discussion for the Pacific NW kite scene.
Kiteforum
The largest kiting community on the web.
Powerkite Forum
The name says it all!
Foil Zone
All things foily!
Flexi Forum
Community forum for all things Flexi and more.
Snowkiting
Info, links, and community forum dedicated to the world of snowkiting.
American Kite Buggier
MSN kite buggy group message boards.
The American Kitefliers Association
Official site of the AKA- more than just traction kiting!
North-West Buggy Pilots
A new MSN group for buggiers in the Pacific NW. Yee-ha!
KiteATB
how to guides and resources for kiters of all levels.
Appozone
Unofficially Ozone.
Skypilot Kiteboarding
Kiting in Canada, eh?
US Kite Forum
New US Kite Forum for land and water kiting
NAPKRA
North American Parakart Racing Association
KiteFlix
Videos just for kiters.
Unofficial Pansh Forum
Blag about your Chinese kit all you want here!

Latest Kite Reviews on Racekites.com 

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FlexiForum: Latest Forum Posts 

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Chill out buggy vid 

Chill Out Kite Buggying

A chilled out kite buggying video featuring JoJo kites.

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Kite Manufactures Websites 

where the info is at!

Ozone
Ozone products ooze quality
Flexifoil
Probably the most widely known traction kite manufacturer
Flysurfer
It hard to find anyone who has a bad thing to say about flysurfer
Peter Lynn
best known for their unique twin-skin ARC kites
PKD
PKD kites in the US
Mac Para
manufacturer of the legendary Bego
HQ
manufacturer of the Beamer, Crossfire, and the Montana
Slingshot
US based company manufacturing LEI's and foils.
Best
Homepage for Best Kiteboarding- manufacturer of the legendary Waroo among others.
U-Turn Kites
U-Turn Kites Worldwide
Pansh Kite
New Chinese kite manufacturer- only available direct from Pansh. These kites are cheap but most reviews say that they fly well.
JoJo
Jojo kites
Libre
Kites and Buggies

Flexifoil on eBay 

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Build your own Kite 

if ya got the mad sewing skills then check out these sites for everything you need to know!

Surf Plan
Kite Design Software. Demo version available for personal use and evaluation works with many types of CAD and solid surface modeling programs.
Wingine
Free plans for several different tested kite plans (Gual, Speed, & Junkie).
Kite-Stuff
Online kite community with an section dedicated to homemade gear. Share plans with other kite makers.
Foil Design- Yahoo Group
For the discussion of matters related to the design and construction of traction kites, parafoils, kitesurf kites, Hybrids and Sled foils. Manufacture of traction kites for buggying, kiteski, kitesurf, parakarting, kitesailing and all other traction activities. A forum for people using the Foilmaker and Surfplan kite design programs.
Flying Circus Kite Plan Page
Tons of different kite plans for single line kites, deltas, revs, foils and more!
Kiteman
Lots of info and plans for building NPW's

Video Archive 

Keepin' it fresh! an archive of videos previoulsy featured in large format on this site


Hoylake Jan29 07

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Montana Snowkiting

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NABX 2006

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LANDBOARDING

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Gravity Renegades

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Ocean Beach kiting

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the race

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Peter Lynn on eBay 

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Gear on Amazon 

What our favorite bookstore sells gear!

MBS Alex Brown Pro 6 Mountainboard Kite Board

Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009) Buy Now

SlingShot Snow Ranger Kite Package - 9

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TSG Evolution Skate Helmet

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TSG 3-Piece Pad Pack

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Video Archive :: part deux 


Lewis Wilby- Brought to you by Sylenz Films

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Sunset Beach Kitebuggy 07.08.07

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Gabe Shortman Landboarding

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NABX Pre-Event, Superior Lake

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Hoylake 24 start

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Hoylake 24 hour race

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Ozone on eBay 

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Speak your mind 

Share your thoughts about kiting and about this lens.

Lensmaster

Kayra G wrote

Love the site,very helpful for a beginner like myself,lots of tips.
Great vids.

Reply Posted June 11, 2009

ninakargaard wrote...

I really have enjoyed looking at your site. Loads of cool videos and info for ppl at all stages of powerkiting.

I am very impressed! I will definately be coming here often for inspiration and news for my own blog.

ReplyPosted March 22, 2009

ArtByLinda wrote...

Hi, just popped back in to invite you to join my group called "Exploring Oregon". You can look at the group there, and a> if interested. :-) I'm inviting lens' of quality, and I like yours, you did a wonderful job! Linda

ReplyPosted July 09, 2008

ArtByLinda wrote...

I'm impressed with all the work you put into this lens, great job, tons of great info! I'm going to lensroll to my All about kites and my Visit the Oregon Coast lens too.

ReplyPosted May 12, 2008

The_Book_Garden wrote...

Awesome!
One day soon I'm going to trade in my little stunt kite for one of these Big Boy's Toys!

ReplyPosted March 18, 2008

 
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