teklife
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help! need advice about flying with a kite buggy asap
i am flying out of nyc with a libre full race buggy. i have it "saran wrapped" the front wheel and fork and downtube and foot pegs and seat are all
wrapped around the rear axle, the rear wheels are still on the axle.
i was considering sending it from ny to seattle via greyhound bus cargo, but wondering how much extra would it be to just have it come along with me.
i am also checking in a golf bag with kitesurfing gear; it is quite large and heavy already. how do you guys get your stuff to buggy events like nabx?
especially a buggy so large and heavy as a libre full race (vmax i think?)?
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Packing it in a "deceiver" golf bag is the most popular way to go. I have put mine in a ski bag and gotten it through.
It depends a lot on the airline.
Be careful With many airlines going over on weight can be very pricey!
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
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Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
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action jackson
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Know your airlines baggage policy is the key! Southwest has a liberal policy of 2 - 50lbs bags and extra 50 lbs is only $25! Buy a large fish scale
and always make sure you are under the limit! Carry axle bolts and others in your carry on. Always wrap board in sheet or a towel and don't mention
the word "board".If it does come up its a snowboard which fly free on many airlines. Check in through skycab at dropoff and always have tip money
showing!
International is abit more tricky, especially in the southern Hemispere.(They even weight your carry on) American policy is much more
liberal!........aj
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bladerunner
Packing it in a "deceiver" golf bag is the most popular way to go. I have put mine in a ski bag and gotten it through.
It depends a lot on the airline.
Be careful With many airlines going over on weight can be very pricey! |
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teklife
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ok, i have flown a libre special (much smaller) on an airline inside a golf bag myself, but the full race is quite a big bigger, yet i'm not sure of
the dimensions as it's not at my apartment, but at my parents house (i have a tiny nyc flat).
anyone here know the length of a libre full race axle with the wheels still attached? and other specs, such as weight. i need this info to get prices
from different shipping co's.
cheers,
ss
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Fire off a note to jellis at kitebuggyspeedshop. Should be able to hook you up with the specs.
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Just beware about taking your bolts on as a carry on. In the last few years myself and friends have had bolts rejected as as a carry on as a possible
weapon. They don't seem to like any metal in carry ons anymore and even told Norm "they are a tool and therefore could be used as a weapon"
Screw that nonsense.
The worst part is that they will tell you that you will need to check them as baggage or ship them to your destination - great, nothing like showing
up without bolts.
May not always be the case but be warned they could stop you on those.
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I know folks who mail their buggies ahead of time. Coordinate with someone at the distant end and just mail your stuff. Just make sure you send it
more than a week in advance as getting it there faster is much more expensive. I did some price comparisons, and if I had mailed it out a week in
advance, it would have been a lot cheaper to mail my stuff ahead of time... 
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bigkid
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I am in Seattle if that would help at all. You can ship it here or I can pick it up for you.
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PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
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Bladerunner
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| Quote: | Originally posted by action jackson
Carry axle bolts and others in your carry on. (They even weight your carry on) American policy is much more liberal!........aj |
I tried this and got busted for it ? :ticking:
I ended up just having to give them my wrenches. It took some talking to get to keep my bolts and bearings.
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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ragden
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bladerunner
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I tried this and got busted for it ? :ticking:
I ended up just having to give them my wrenches. It took some talking to get to keep my bolts and bearings. |
Now that would suck. I'm guessing you couldnt get your wrenches back?
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action jackson
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Must be a Canadian thing!................aj
Ocean Rodeo Razors 8,10,12
Ocean Rodeo 5\'11 Surf series
PL Arcs 6,15m orange Phantoms 10,19m Venom 16m proto scorp ,synergy 12,
NPW\'s .5,2.8,6.9 and 15m skytex
145x49 crazy fly,Decay 142x42,aboards z- series 135x40
Pl xr+ buggy , Pl Kitecat hull #5
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teklife
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thanks bigkid, but i think i got that bit sorted. where do you ride your buggy around there?
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Best and closest is Marymoor Park in Redmond, along with a few others depending on the wind. Look me up when in town and we'll see what we can do. I'm
always up to play hooky.:D
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
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Bladerunner
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| Quote: | Originally posted by action jackson
Must be a Canadian thing!................aj |
No doubt EH !
I was just glad to get to keep my bolts and bearings. I didn't even ask about getting the wrenches back. It was just a set of vise grips and a
crescenrt wrench. 
Funny thing is. I found out the Coyotes work at NABX and never even rode the buggy. Didn't even take it last year.
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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