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Sunset Beach Trails - Movie

ripsessionkites - 31-5-2011 at 10:48 AM

http://vimeo.com/24450127

:wee::wee::wee::wee::wee:

mougl - 31-5-2011 at 10:59 AM

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!


Nice flying exits at the end there :)

Coolbreeze - 31-5-2011 at 01:06 PM

Great Video as usual...... Cant wait for SOBB in Sept, Oh wait there's still Manzanita in July :wee::wee:
Thanks to Sunset Jim for storing our Buggies at night and everyone else that was there to make it a great week end. Lesson for the week end.......... check your bearings before an
event :rolleyes:

CB

DAKITEZ - 31-5-2011 at 01:32 PM

no video is complete without a CB OBE :wee:

Coolbreeze - 31-5-2011 at 03:39 PM

Hey that doesn't count as an OBE, it was planned.... sort of

CB

rocfighter - 31-5-2011 at 04:58 PM

Real nice place to ride. Great fun video.

flexiblade - 31-5-2011 at 06:20 PM

@ Coolbreeze - how are those topflights working for you? Was thinking of getting some. Curious as to how they break traction when carving a turn - I like to drift at speed and am wondering if they bite a lot, would possibly flip? Thanks

ripsessionkites - 31-5-2011 at 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by flexiblade
@ Coolbreeze - how are those topflights working for you? Was thinking of getting some. Curious as to how they break traction when carving a turn - I like to drift at speed and am wondering if they bite a lot, would possibly flip? Thanks


driving CB's buggy here and there, they are great for grass riding and sand with the wider footprint. they hold more traction than Beach Racers / Eurotrax / Duro. They still have a bit of drift still when you're driving overpowered.

flipping? has more to do with the balance of your buggy than tires.

Coolbreeze - 1-6-2011 at 04:13 PM

Just like Rip said they have way more traction than the beach racers but not enough that you can slide out if you need too. I like to do those long power slides at the end of a run to scrub off speed for a turn and didn't have any problems doing that. I guess the only problem I have is the weight. The Top flights are 21 pounds on aluminum rims and the Beach racers are 19 pounds on plastic rims, (weighed on my bathroom scale) not a huge difference but thats 4 pounds of rolling weight I haven't really found the added weight to be a hindrance but some might. all in all a way cheaper tire than the Beach racers. and then theres the hubs, but thats another story.

CB

flexiblade - 1-6-2011 at 11:57 PM

Thanks for the info Coolbreeze - you can see in the video in my signature that I too like a good slide at the end of a run - even a well balanced buggy can throw you with bad sand.

Drewculous - 2-6-2011 at 03:47 PM

Awesome video! What size vapors were u guys flying?

ripsessionkites - 2-6-2011 at 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by Drewculous
Awesome video! What size vapors were u guys flying?


11's and 16's

Drewculous - 2-6-2011 at 04:52 PM

i was thinking those looked pretty beefy!

There arent too many vids of the 16m in action, that was pretty cool!

Any good speeds logged that day?

arkay - 2-6-2011 at 08:02 PM

Great video, great times!

My top speed was only 35, my tires did not have enough traction for the wind and the kite. I think that burst was when I did a loop when overpowered with the kite and rode down wind a few hundred feet. Speed was ave 20 upwind 25 downwind.

Vapor 16m video ;) I love the 16 & 11 both! --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRwZ07Zv_LQ

ripsessionkites - 3-6-2011 at 01:28 AM

yep, i like 16m for everything ... oddly its the size CB and I use most. trust me, we always want more wind. =)

last year, on the 13 / 16
http://vimeo.com/12753708

if you get a chance to fly a 16m ... make sure you got your $$$ out afterwards.
we'll have a two at WW-Fall, but crossing my fingers we don't need it.