themountain
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Iam new !!
Buenos dias from Barcelona
My name is Andy and Iam a new "apaixonado" of Kites in general...hope to find some good advice here on the board and I will start to browse
immediatelly...needs ome help for my first powerkite for longboarding:wee:
cheers ANDY
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Todd
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rocfighter
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One of my favorite Queen songs. "Barcelona" Welcome to the forum. You will find all the answers you will need here if you ask. Some one will know.
NAPKA # US65
HQ ApexII 7.5
Skydog/ SDT2.8, SDT4.0, SDT5.5, SDF3.0
Pansh Ace 5.0 X2
North Husky 6.0
PL Guerilla 13, 18
PL C-Quad 2.3, 3.2, 4.2
Home made Rat Buggy
Libre V Max on barrow Plus wider taller sand tires & bigfoot front end
Blades Of Death, \"thanks Fran\"
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shehatesmyhobbies
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Hello Andy, welcome to the forum! You will love this place!
Rich
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www.napka.org
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Kamikuza
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Welcome! 
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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doublespeed360
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i am old,hi andy ,use knee-pads and helmet,3 meter something. crash an learn.
librespecial
libre v-max
pl comp ,mbs comp6
jojo, ozone,quadrifoil,ekko,skytiger
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Bladerunner
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You won't need too big a kite with a long board.
3m is a good size and what I used getting going on rollerblades.
Stick with a quality name brand . The quality will be assured + resale will be much easier.
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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themountain
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well...thanks alot to all:wee:...I did major browsing from yesterday on, to build myself a picture what I was going to buy, but unfortunately my
girlfriend already bought a Big Buzz for me ....well...wasn´t my first pic I would say ...anyway , she liked the colour and I had no expenses... 
So, lets wait and see ....the longboard is ready to go!!!
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thanson2001ok
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Good flying!
Now, go use the money you had for a kite for safety equipment. Helmet, knee pads, elbow pads at the minimum.
Todd... NAPKA US59 \"Have you taught a kid to fly lately?\"
Ozone 4m, 10m AccessXC
PL 19m, 16m Venom | 10m, 13m Venom II | 17m Vortex | 2.6m Viper | 2.3m Vapor | 6m, 9m, 15m Phantom | 22m Guerilla
Flysurfer 8m, 12m DLX Unity |8m Outlaw| 19m Speed 2.5 SA | 2.5m, 6m Viron
Action Vortex 6.6m Foil (FOR SALE) | Mac Bego 600
Flexifoil 1.2m, 2.4m Sting | 6.6m Blade III
The Original Flexifoil and Hawaiian Team Kite
Snow: Volant Alpine Skis | SnowBlades | PL Ice Buggy | PL KiteSled Land: Coyote Skates | Ivanpah Buggy
Water: Peter Lynn KiteCat
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indigo_wolf
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Hi Andy.... and welcome. 
Just a heads up. I believe the Big Buzz is a 2 line kite. It is fine for getting the basics down, and exploring the wind window (details about that
are here), but you will eventually want to move to a 4 line kite for more control.
+1 on safety equipment before climbing on the board.
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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tridude
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Mood: Semper in excretum sum sed alta variat................alwayz in the crap but the depth varys.........
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la bienvenida a Andy .............. vas a recibir gran asesorar aquí en la FMP. Léalo y lo que suena y se siente ud para ir a por ello. También un
poco de investigación por su cuenta también ayudará ........ bienvenida a la locura
welcome Andy, you are going to recieve great info here on the forum..............read it and go with feels right for you.also a little research on
your own will help you as well..........................welcome
17m Ozone Zephyr (2012)
15m Flysurfer Silver Arrow 2
12m Ozone Catalyst (2013)
10m Ozone Catalyst (2012)
MTH Colonel Reb customs 160x45 carbon, 141x43 wood
Wainman Joke & Demitri Pro
11'6 Naish Nalu
6' Davo Fish
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22bene
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Welcome Andy
Glad you picked the right addiction!!! I chose kites over heroin  Heroin gets too
expensive but I do find it's harder to come off of a day of kiting than all other drugs And when the wind doesn't blow you will go through ugly
withdrawls and all your money will be spent on trying to scoop up the wind!!! Good luck! Happy flying!!!!! You have a good girl for buying you a kite
even if she chose the one "with pretty colors" still rocks!!!
Happiness sponsored by:
HQ; Rush 3 & 4, Montana 7, Ozone; Imp 2,Frenzy 11 Slingshot; Fuel 11
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themountain
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 22bene
You have a good girl for buying you a kite even if she chose the one "with pretty colors" still rocks!!! |
You are quite right with that  ...and about safety gear , well everything in
house..I do MX+Pitbike+BMX and....and...  ;-)
so, now Iam exited as a five year old to try it out !!
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