Hi guys,

the nut buster sounded like lots of fun , well done Plummet !

while you lotwere having fun i did a bit of sorting out and discovered i have 2 of everyting kite wise.. who knew ?

so...

For sale

the right kite for nut busting..

Flexifoil Blurr 2.5m2 kite + bag
$280.00 nzd SOLD SOLD SOLD

PROlink handles $50.00 and (lines with kite only $40.00)

speed record rocket...
Ozone Yakuzza 3.4m2 kite + bag( experts only )
$250.00 SOLD SOLD SOLD

low wind power and speed...
Ozone Yakuzza 6.0m2 kite + bag (actually pretty friendly just not for beginners) good for the 2 4 6 combo and 60+ kmph in bugger all wind $480.00

ill layby any of the above and you can add the handle / line combo to any kite you like.
i dont mind if you pay a kite off over a month or three.

3.4m is in good condition and the other two in Excelent condition, the 3.4 has been out in big winds and i have seen it do 0-78kmph to 0kmph in 200m , probably shouldnt have used it that particular day eh Gannet , now wheres that little blurr .....?

yes nutbust was mucho fun! still tired 3 days later! hehehe

now i need a 40-50 knot kite!! maybe your 2.5m blur would fit the bill.... maybe i need a 1.5 something....

i enjoyed flying charlies stack of flexi's..... maybe i stack myself up... aaahhhh!

I also need to upgrade my harness and my 10m manta and my 8m light. need a surf board style and a newer twin tip.

not sure how i'm going to get capex approval for all that!

all my kites are under the capex limit and your harness too. i liked the SB harness and petes modded SB harness even better lots of extra strap for putting over ski suits etc too.

id say the blurr 2.5 would be a good high wind kite, Al had his out in 40+ knots at murs.

not as lifty and has better gust munching than the Hornet 2m. AOA adjustment on the blurr but i found it only worked well on knot 2 of 4 no matter what wind it was in, but Al has some good ideas about that.

Jimmy22 wrote:


There is a difference between a high wind kite and a storm kite.

Lots of kites will fly just fine in a big wind but a big lumpy wind is a very different beast.

The wind at the Nut Buster was harsh and lumpy. I had my 2.5 peel out for a while. It was OK but in the big lumps it was not fun and it lofted Cudby and threw him onto his head. The bigger lumps destroyed lines and bridles and the only way Perrin and Al could keep the 2m quads in the air was to use really short lines. This enabled them to ride but they didn't get alot of apparent going on.

The flexis on the other hand bend and self reef in the gusts. Paul and I could easily swing our kites around the sky. I did break the knots off my stacking lines but I was finishing a 180 with a fierce backwards power slide. It kind of loaded up a bit much then but when we were going forward it was just fine.

fair comment charlie. yourve persuaded me back towards the old school.

i guess if al didnt have his out in the 50 knots then it wasnt right.

some one on here said they were bummed that people put stuff on trademe before offering it to the community so i have planned to offer this for a wekk or so before trying my luck on trademe fyi.

Hey Jimmy,
The Yakuza sounds like a good step up for us. Child number 2 now needs some speed if he wants to retain his lead in the race for Western Circuit points
Ahhhhhh illusions of grandeur always come at a price.....next it'll be a race buggy no doubt!

thought long and hard about putting the blurr 2.5 , its got more camber than the n-gens and comes from planet stable BUT its heavy on the brakes and hard to kill, where as an n-gen will just die a second before you think about killing ,it provided it hasnt already just killed you first.
the other more reasonable theory i had is that the blurr still scares me, i dont know it like the n-gens, its not in the circle of trust yet and in 40+ knots thats definently the wrong kite..

the blurr also generates apparent through airspeed in massive lumps of power...huge.....this is because it is a very very fast kite, this and heavy brakes makes it a handfull and i will be putting mine onto a turbobar nextime it goes out on a very windy day just so i can tame it...this will really bring out the best of this kite and allow more usable range fron the AOA adjusters...
unboubtedy AWSOME bit of kit...i love mine..have beaten fullon racekites with a 2.5 blurr..

all makes sense Al Pete might have thrown his one up but he has done lots of km with it, but over 40 knots is a new ball park as Charlie pointed out.

Mr Fry , ill place a tag on that Yakuzza missile for you. you'll need it for a good few months before you race with it , oh and your P.B. will jump after your first day in control in 20 knots it is a handful and its very fast but i can give some tips on flying it to good effect. pm me if you like.

Cool I'll PM you later on tonight. It was the Kite or running shoes, I'm going with the fast option

don't buy in mrfy!!... i don't want yet another buggy rider beating me! stick to pl peppers!!.

hhehahahah.

He is already in the club Mr boarder. He already beat you once though.

doh!

the beaten plummet list keeps growing!!.... infact its bigger than the beaten by plummet club.....

i'll hold onto the distance jumping crown then!!! at least no one beat me in that! lucky for me Butch wasn't there.

You are also the Taranaki Board racing Champ. You beat 2 guys fair and square in that one even if Dan beat you to the first mark.

And Plummet you hold the award for the best ever Naki Nutbuster Event ever held. It'll sound cooler once we've had more of them