We didn't have a conversation about it but I just got a text message from Brian Holgate that he has reached 84.1 mph. I asked about gps variation and haven't heard back. Looks like he beat the record though. I'll be away for a bit but he will surely post his account of how he did it when he gets back.

Awesome deal! I hope it holds true! Great job Brian! Get some!

Go Brian !!! Whoop whoop kite loop...!! :bouncy:

On a beach instead of desert?
Multiple GPS's?

I am pretty sure it was on the lake bed!

yah... there was another thread that said he was going out there with a vapor and the speed buggy that peter lynn built... looks like the batmobile....

congrats to the pilot

*edit... by out there, i mean to ivanpah

Congrats Brian!!!!! That's awesome!

Can't wait to see pics! :wee:

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

YAH, way to go Brian!!!

PL in the House.

Hell yeah!! Awesome news!!

It was the braveheart speech!!

way to go BRIAN!

congrats Brian.....................

Congrats, that is fassssssssst

Way to go!!!

Congratulations Brian wish I could have been there to see it!

wowow
135.3 kph.
congrats Brian;-)

good one Brian!:bigok:

Way to go Brian.
I always think of you as #1 in freestyle. Now #1 over all !
Prop's to PL for working on the buggy and having the good sense to leave it in the desert. Where it had it's best chance to perform . I always felt the buggy didn't get a good shot with the pilots he chose. Ivanpah has a learning curve ! Brian sits at the top of that curve !

I am still trying to imagine how that speed felt! My PB is just over HALF this speed and I felt like I was flying. Grats again Flyin' Brian!!!

The bits that I've gotten by text and phone call were that he made 1 run when the conditions worked out and it was with the 2.7m vapor. He was running 3 gps units, an etrex, Delorme Earthmate, and his gps which I'm not sure of the brand. The run was a total of ~2 miles. To answer one question that I saw, it was indeed at Ivanpah dry lake. I'm sure Brian will fill in more details here and do a writeup for Popeye's site as required for uber fast runs and certainly world record runs. Congrats to Brian for going for it today in crazy conditions. While on my way to meet him with a spreader bar, a streetlight fell off the pole about 50 feet in front of my car. Another second later and it would've hit the drivers side of my car.

Wow vapor I 2,7..must have been howling!! Congrats!

Congrats Brian, way to represent!

Well it sounds to me like you were a crucial part of the day Bob - big congrats to you for loaning the kite and driving out with the spreader bar - avoiding that street light of doom.....

okay Brian too, way to go buddy that's haul'n ass for sure - save some of that for NABX. Sounds like a great day on the lake for you. Keep pushing the edge.

Congrats ...... that is fast ......

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Originally posted by markite Well it sounds to me like you were a crucial part of the day Bob - big congrats to you for loaning the kite and driving out with the spreader bar - avoiding that street light of doom..... okay Brian too, way to go buddy that's haul'n ass for sure - save some of that for NABX. Sounds like a great day on the lake for you. Keep pushing the edge.

Thanks Mark. I guess as crucial as can be and not be at the lakebed at all! I just helped out a fellow kiter like any of us would do in the same situation. I just had some stuff he needed and live here to be able to loan it to him. I wish I had been there to see it!

what was he riding in? dont think a 2.7 kite would get the black pen s going that fast.

Congratulations Brian! That's hauling ass and carrying big balls.

Wow! Not jealous at all,

When I heard of the crazy winds I knew someone would knock fast arie into second place.
Congratulations that man. I guess this means we all drop a place on the ptw leaderboard.
I reckon we'll drop an other few places yet too.

All he had out there was the um..... phallic buggy and his little XR+.

Wow BB.....