DIEM
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hi guys
Hello everyone, i have just joined your community after lurking for a little while, My name is david and i have been flying about a year, i currently
fly "flows" a 5 & 3m and ride in a flexi bug. I live literally in the centre of the uk in a small town called "Nuneaton" so fly inland mostly,
occasionally getting to the coast for some "proper" wind..Anyhow guys thats me and i look forward to contributing and you never know i might actually
make sense at some point..atvb david
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Welcome to PKF! :D
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Welcome your in very good company with these folks.
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Hi David, My name is David. Welcome to the group.
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hello , my name is weldngod. And I'm a kiteaholic.......
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Howdy!...........aj
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Welcome aboard mate!!
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Welcome
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welcome
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Welcome to the forum - gotta keep us yanks up to date on how your yearly weather cycle works - here in Northern California Fall and Early Winter are
terrible - Spring and Early summer are the best times of year for good winds. Let us know how we can be assistance to you and feel free to share any
insights you may have. Cheers.
we all believe is called the expansion
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DIEM
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Hey fellas, Thanks for the warm welcome.You guys certainly have a very entertaining and informative site here..Thanks again for the welcome. 
ps.pretty much the same here Flexiblade, but being inland it, is always gusty.. |
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Hey David,
Great to have more U.K. influence.
You folks are ahead of us in North America so believe it or not you will be very helpful .
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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DIEM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bladerunner
Hey David,
Great to have more U.K. influence.
You folks are ahead of us in North America so believe it or not you will be very helpful . |
In what way are we ahead of you guys Bladerunner:puzzled:
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Bladerunner
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More people active. More established locations. More organized with insurance , events and standings.
Better skilled in general ?
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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DIEM
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Really. i,m not sure how much help i can be as i,m fairly new to this sport and i am still finding my feet, but if i can help in anyway please feel
free to fire away and ask and i will do my best to assist you guys.;-)
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In what way are we ahead of you guys...
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Looking at the videos from the UK, and having ridden there briefly, it's amazing how many large, open, public fields there are there. In N. America
there are maybe 2 or 3 large (>20 riders) land based kiting festivals. I've heard that in the UK there is one nearly every w/e.
It's especially strange for us here in Ontario, where there is tons of land, but no one lets you use it. Lack of land access is severely limiting
land based kiting here, and as a result, land boarding skills are probably 5-10 years behind the riders I've seen in the UK, and Holland.
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Make sense?
What fun would that be? 
Welcome!!
ATB,
Sam
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, does anyone?" - The Body by Stephen King
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DIEM
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CHEERS SAM,my thoughts exactly:duh::frog:..William rx7 i have to agree we are very lucky over here we do have a lot of open flying spaces and we do
all tend to seek out other flyers, so yeah in that respect it`s great, But we also have a lot of restriction in certain areas due to irresponsible
flying and it has to be said members of the public who see a "kite" and some loon hanging of the end of it laughing like a banshee and think they are
in mortal danger....Before you know it another ban is in place..Personally i`ve got an immense journey of about 150 metres to my local spot which
consist`s of 4 football pitches laid out side by side..(that`s proper football)  :frog::D alright fellas calm down lol..you are all welcome to come and have a sesh with me whenever you`re ready!! atvb guys david |
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