Bladerunner
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Peter Lynn on Discovery channel
I'm not sure if it is the same down south but the Discovery channel show on P.L. and his ( not so ) speed buggy .
I was slightly disapointed. WAaaaay to short and a little too focused on the Kiwis. They mention the competition but don't exactly name them ?? !!
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Is anybody savey enough to link to it ?
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Up yer bum - I'm sure they didn't focus ENOUGH on the Kiwis :D would like to see it too!
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Whats a Kiwi??
Ok calm down Kami I'm just fool'n with you:evil:
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It's important to be able to recognize a Kiwi....
Then, of course, there is the Kiwi that you can fly
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What I found disapointing was that the show was all about them going for the speed record. They show Arie going WAY faster than the PL buggy ever did
but simply mention the Dutch beat then exceeded them ( + start off with the Dutch Canadian camps flags ! ) They don't even give Arie the nod for going
fastest in the PL buggy ?
Not a word about the maker of the buggy that DID what the show was supposed to be about ? No mention of how the tires have evolved into thinner larger
wheel ? Not exactly balanced reporting !
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got a link to the vid?
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If you are looking for that kind of "balanced" reporting, you are going to have to look elsewhere:
Kite buggys and landsailing continually breaking records
Going Fast on a Kite Buggy (Peter Lynn Himself Blog)
Generally speaking, I don't think they mainstream media is going to dig that hard, unless they have a resource/reference to tap.
If you look around on the Discovery Channel Forums there are plenty of people pitching segment ideas. That might be a be the only way to get what
you want.
ATB,
Sam
P.S. The link to the vid would be easier to find, if you could tell us what show the segment appeared on. The Discovery Channel is a BIG
place.
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Spent a few minutes on the site and ended up in a completely different field and forgot what I was looking for, cool stuff about space travel
though:wow:
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.
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I ended up on Top 5 "Iron Man" Exo-Skeleton Suits
ATB,
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kiwi eh
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Sorry it was Daily Planet. Not sure if you get that down south but this is the link I found . Not the video yet though.
http://www.discoverychannel.ca/episodeList.aspx?sid=13287
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 .
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Daily Planet is a Great North thingy....
Video can be found here.
Jump to time index 08:36
ATB,
Sam
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This is a kiwi -
I expect it's a bit of a stretch for lazy Americans to say the extra vowel, but this is a kiwifruit -
No, using kiwi to describe the fruit is NOT American English, it's totally wrong. I could be really strict and insist you call it by it's correct
name, the Chinese Egg Gooseberry but with all those sylables, you'd probably have to get into your SUV just to drive to the end of the line.
:P
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Easy there Kami, your gettin all puffy and stuff.. Breath 1..2 .... 3.... :bigok:
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cool video... wonder if that orange kite is a Phanny proto...
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Quote: | Originally posted by cheezycheese
cool video... wonder if that orange kite is a Phanny proto...
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na, all the proto phanny II are Purple Top skin and Blue Belly.
the Orange i believe was a Scorpion
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