Buggy Tricks

Well ..... yes and no.

There are sort of 3 skills shown there.

It starts with some big race buggies. The are heavy and built for speed. Very popular in North America and great for Dry Lakes / big beaches.

Flying the kite 360 degrees like that is pilot skills.

The main focus is on Freestyle. Very few people in North America are into big air with their buggies. It is hard on both the equipment and body.
Freestyle also includes Spinning, riding backwards and 2 wheeling. All good things to learn in case things go bad.

I think a lot of us wish we could ride like Helen. That Grrrrl has skillz !!!!!

Awesome video, thanks for the find. The video has two types of buggies in it, one is the full on race buggies which are usually quite heavy, have larger wheel bases and longer rear axles. These are for higher speeds and are the ones you see rocketing down the beach. The freestyle buggies are the smaller ones that they are using for jumping and big airs. As mentioned above, they are usually fairly light and have been reinforced in all the stress areas. Basic freestyle stuff like 360's, wheelies, two wheeling, spins, backwards riding and such can be done with a normal off-the-shelf buggy like the Peter Lynn's or the Flexi bugs (like in the video - which are quite hard to get a hold of in the states). These maneuvers are not that stressfull on the buggy and are a blast to do. If you want air, you will probably want to pick up a couple extra rear axle's and frame rail sets just in case.

It's all fun though, get a buggy and start learning. You will not regret it.

I get a little tense when a wheel comes off the ground... :o Actually it scares the $*^# out of me , ever since Nov.14 2010. Yeah ,I remember the date.

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Not taking a solitary thing from those guys (man they've got skills!) but it appears that we see less than half the jump landings in this video. I wonder how the other landings turned out? Just something to think about before leaping into this.... :o

There is a reason..

There is a third kind too ,it's called the "suicide buggy". Check this out.

Maybe this will help

Quote: Originally posted by WELDNGOD

Look closer.... LOL

DOH!!!!! Now I see. I was on my phone and hadn't blown up the pic. Now that's funny.

Quote: Originally posted by lceliz

So basically its all in your leg strength wow. So how much upper body strength do you need to move the bigger kites?

As you will look back and realize, your question is a classic one for somebody just starting out. What you will come to know are a few basic things. First, there are three basic ways you get connected to a traction kite. First, you can hold two handles in your hands and resist all the force with your arms and core muscles. Second, you can be wearing a harness that has a hook or pulley in the front and you can use a "strop" (cord between the two handles) that gets hooked into the harness to put the force into your body and off your arms. Third, you can have various types of bar systems that get hooked into a hook on the harness usually via a "chicken loop".

Second major point: size of kite doesn't really determine pull. What determines pull in the simplest terms is a factor of both kite size AND wind speed. If you want to buggy at a certain speed and ferocity, for example, you will need a larger and larger kite to generate the force to do this as the wind speed drops. Conversely, as the wind speed increases you need smaller and smaller kites to generate the same amount of force. Thus the oh-so-affordable kite quiver... :saint:

Quote: Originally posted by WELDNGOD

There is a third kind too ,it's called the "suicide buggy". Check this out.

Now that and a Pansh Ace would be sweeeeet!!

Quote: Originally posted by lceliz

So, was looking at some buggy videos and I came across this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqknh1MIwM Is this what you guys do with buggys?

the simple answer is yes!! its no fun unless you are flying!!