I headed straight for the Beach after work today. Rabbit Island was almost deserted at low tide, around four-thirty. John 'the sparky', the guy who bought my car, and fellow kite buggy pilot, joined me. Unfortunatly there was only the slightest of breezes. Between us we only had one kite that would develop enough power to buggy. My 8.5m C-Quad.
I did a run to the end of the beach and back. The West end of Rabbit Island Beach is changing. Near the end its almost all stone and shells now, where there used to be sand. Its a little different every time I buggy it.
Then I gave Jon a go at flying a big C-Quad; something he has never flown before. I took some photos as he got used to the freight train feel of 8.5m of brute force. Then we switched places and I showed off for the camera for a while. I must have been having too much fun, because I flipped my buggy and did a long chin slide that Briggsy would have been proud of (with the buggy on top of me). Luckily Jon caught it on film so you can all have a laugh at my expense.
I'm still well in control at this point...
...a little worried...
...whoops! I'm not wearing my seatbelt so how I ended up with the buggy on top of me like that, I don't know.
Still smiling after being dragged several meters while my jeans fills up with sand.
Your photographer, Jon, doing the two-wheel thing.
10:18:42 PM 
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