Hey soccerflyer... I just met a guy this week from Kansas. He pulled up next to me while I was coming in for a run. He had a couple of buggies on the back of his jeep, and we kited for a few minutes.

He said something about an abandoned Air Force Base that he regularly flies at... If you know where that is, I imagine you could hook up with him, and probably a few other kiters.

Good luck

His name is Brad and the abandoned airport is about an hour northwest of wichita Kansas. He is a nice guy that I sold my old libre stainless to. I have been up to the abandoned airport, but if you don't have lots of skill this will b a dangerous place for you especially if you can't do a tack turn you willl end up on your face sliding down a bumby ashalt road.

Big John

Thats the guy... nice dude. He did say that it was asphalt. He pointed out that the tread on his tires was from the spot. Hes put lots of miles on that libre.

Really?! Sweet! That is close to me!! Do you have any way to contact this guy?

I have heard of an abandoned airfield in Great Bend, but haven't made it out there yet. Was that it? That would be about an hour and a half northwest of Wichita. Is that the place Jo Jo?

I would LOVE someone else to fly with!!! :wee:

I have heard of a guy who flys and buggies in Hutchinson. I have tried to find him, but can't. I bet this is the same guy!!

Sorry, but i misplaced his number a few years ago and have not heard from him again. I was actually wondering if he was still playing in the sport. he was at DBBB alike 4 yrs ago, but I have not seen him since.

That sounds about right for the abandoned runways, but I can't say for sure by name as I don't remember the name of it.

Keep in mind that not much further distance to the south from you is the Oklahoma City group and field. We have a nice group of kiters here and a great field next to the lake that we buggy and a few board and also have probably 100 or so kite boarders that kite the lake as well. If you ever want to come down give me a shout and I will give you some directions.

Big John

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Originally posted by soccerflyer Really?! Sweet! That is close to me!! Do you have any way to contact this guy? I have heard of an abandoned airfield in Great Bend, but haven't made it out there yet. Was that it? That would be about an hour and a half northwest of Wichita. Is that the place Jo Jo? I would LOVE someone else to fly with!!! :wee: I have heard of a guy who flys and buggies in Hutchinson. I have tried to find him, but can't. I bet this is the same guy!!

When Brad came down to Galveston about 6 years ago I talked with him about the air strip that he buggys on. It is located out of Huchinson Kansas and it was used by the city untill they outgrew it. It is an old military base and the city welcomes people to use it. Brad's user name of another kite forum that does not exist anymore was jungletommy. I wish I had more information to pass on.

Susan (npw goddess)

I just remembered that I have an old e-mail address. I am not sure if it is still good but worth a try. Send me a u2u if you want it and I will pass it on.

Susan (npw goddess)

Hey Jo Jo, thanks for the offer. I will probably take you up on that! OK city is only about a 3 hour drive or so from here.

I will check on dates. I would still love to track this other guy down too. Would still be fun to find someone in my area to kite with.

Susan - U2U sent.

- Justin

Info sent check your u2u.

Susan (npw goddess)

I e-mailed him and got a hold of him!! We are gonna try to meet up! thanks PKF!!!!

Glad we could help

Hey! I live in Kansas City and am purchasing my first kite tonight. Peter Lynn twister 5.6 How was the pull on that 3.0? Enough to drag you around a bit?

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Originally posted by gbboy Hey! I live in Kansas City and am purchasing my first kite tonight. Peter Lynn twister 5.6 How was the pull on that 3.0? Enough to drag you around a bit?

5.6m for your first kite? Thats a bit large... Please be extremely safe with that thing. You can easily hurt yourself and others with one that big.

The Blaze 3M did drag me around a LOT in the right winds. It actually kicked my butt one time - and I put it up.

I am still scared of my Ace though! I am waiting for some lighter winds to fly it in and get used to it.

Gbboy - I got your U2U and sent you an e-mail.

So, Brad never e-mailed me back! I was so excited to fly with an experienced flyer. If anyone sees him let him know I would like to hook up with him. He even offered free buggy lessons!!!!!!!!!!!!

I live in wichita too and am really interested in getting a kite. I want something that I could kitesurf and landboard with. Is there such a thing? I also don't want to end up buying two kites. I want something decent that will let me learn and still be able to shoot myself up in the air.

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Originally posted by tennisllama I live in wichita too and am really interested in getting a kite. I want something that I could kitesurf and landboard with. Is there such a thing? I also don't want to end up buying two kites. I want something decent that will let me learn and still be able to shoot myself up in the air.

Sadly enough that's what we all wanted when we started the sport. . . Some company that can come out with a kite like that would make some big bucks .

The best advice I can give, that I received as well, was get a small 3-4m 4 line kite, learn, and that kite will eventually be your highwind kite. I've heard great things about the HQ Scout, that u can probably get and kite landboard with and have it as your first kite?

Okay, so one of the Scouts would probably be fun enough and be able to get me up in the air? I am really excited for this and just wanna make sure if I blow $300-$400 bucks that I get something that will always keep me busy! And then I would have to also buy a darn board too, and from what i have seen they arent very cheap either??

If anybody that goes to lake Cheney comes across this, i would love to come out and watch and meet up with you just to see how this stuff works. Ive seen you guys out there alot so i know you are there somewhere. Thanks!

I have had this thread up in this forum for a year now and have only found one person in Kansas (besides you now) who flys and they are around the Herrington area and they won't return my e-mails now.

You should meet up with me sometime and I'll let you fly my Blaze 3M. That would be a good kite for you to get a feel for a 4 line traction kite and it is easy to fly for beginners. I have been flying it for a year now and I still really enjoy it. I am just glad to finally start seeing some people in my area that fly!!

We need to find out when those dudes fly in Cheney and catch up with them!

yeah what are you doing this weekend?

My sister in law is getting married soon and so I am going to watch my son all day Saturday while my wife helps her do wedding stuff. There is a 50% chance of rain all day Saturday anyway. I would like to go out to and try a new place I found in Hutchinson on Sunday. But there is a 30% chance of rain then too. I will be out if there is decent wind and no rain on Sunday afternoon. You can come and fly with me if you like.

Yeah the weather isnt lookin to good, even a little cold. I would like to come fly with you though sometime that would be great, we will just have to wait and see about this weather though.

Hey, I am super interested in you letting me come watch/maybe fly your kite, but at least this weekend I can't drive all the way out to Hutch, as I still have a couple weeks left at KU so I will be needing to get back there. But definitely we will meet up soon!

No problem - any time - just let me know when you are gonna be in the area . . .

soccerflyer As i have some experience about kites for the bigginers a flexifoil bigbuzz is an excellent choice

How do I move this thread to "Meet Up" ?? I created it back when I started and it should have been posted there originally.

I finally got a hold of a guy named Brad who kites in this area!!! He says he has about 10 kites and two buggys! He is gonna give me some buggy lessons when we can get our schedules to work out! I am soo stoked!!!!!

YEA!!! I found a kiting group in KANSAS!!! It only took me a year and a half, but I found em! The Mid Kansas Kiteboarding Association!

It is a whole group of guys who kiteboard on some of the lakes around here. And they give lessons!

Guess I better start saving for kitesurfing gear, huh?

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Originally posted by JoJo1 His name is Brad and the abandoned airport is about an hour northwest of wichita Kansas. He is a nice guy that I sold my old libre stainless to. I have been up to the abandoned airport, but if you don't have lots of skill this will b a dangerous place for you especially if you can't do a tack turn you willl end up on your face sliding down a bumby ashalt road. Big John

Well, I got to go buggy with him at the old airport. It isn't completely abandoned. They still use one runway sometimes. But all the rest is for us two kiters!!!!

The airport is about 2 hours North East of Wichita. It was an AWESOME place to buggy at!!! It is near a small town called Herington.

I got to sit on that Libre buggy. It is sweet!! He used it and I used his other Flexi buggy.

It was awesome and I hope to go out again soon! Finally it is paying off to live in this state! :singing:

I found another kite buggier here in hutchinson!! That is 15 minutes from where I live!!! He is retired and has invited me to kite buggy with him any time. He has two buggies and will let me use one. This is GREAT!!!! Just what I've been looking for.

I had heard rumors of one here. When I tell people about power kiting they are like oh ya I have seen somebody do that. I'm like where?! They are like oh in Hutchinson. I have driven by the spot where they say they see him like a hundred times looking and not seen him till yesterday. I was driving by and saw a kite in the sky. My heart jumped!! Then I got closer and sure enough he was on a buggy. This is so great. It is so much more fun to fly/ride with a friend.

Hi , i would like to try Kansas , i do kitelandboard , i have a couple of friends with kites there , but they dont know any location for landboard and buggies