NABX News Feed

NABX High speed of the day.

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:12:49 +0100

New for 2011 will be the NABX daily Speed Record.

This contest will run on our tried and true honor system. Bring in your highest reading gps to be listed on the NABX score board and go down in history for that day.

NABX is the premier speed expert in the world today and wants to share the news of high speed kite traction exploits with the world.

Record breaking speeds will need multiple gps verification from the NABX qualifying team to be recognized so make sure you have yours set up and ready to go when those big gusts...Read more

Aoxomoxoa, we have all felt it.

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:47:05 +0100

Aoxomoxoa, we have all felt it. Whether we fly stunts, fighters, traction, or anything else our childish community of peter-pans has devised to put into the sky. It is that divine feeling, or transcendence that one feels at any age. Pure unaltered bliss that you can only know when you fly simply for the sake of flying. It is aoxomoxa that overcomes you and makes you smile even when you snag a kite in a bush or snap your lines. You are happy because you are doing what you love. Aoxomoxoa lives within the playa, and it calls out drawing everyone from near and far. Although, most of us traveled from all over the United States, this years North America Buggy expo (NABX) brought crews from Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Israel, and Japan. Whether it was the possibility of setting new land speed records, or just to be surrounded by fellow kiters, we all converged on Ivanpah Lake south of Primm, Nevada.

The reports from the pre-event were of conditions boasting...Read more

NABX TV

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:01:51 +0100

NABX TV

NABX 2010 has its own TV this year. Video projection outside of the main tent with a chill out area for everyone to share their pictures and videos of kiting.

NABX TV is a platform for NABX participants to create new and strengthen existing friendships. It's totally participatory; it's about your visual material to show and your time spent hanging in the TV lounge.

NABX TV WANTS YOU! Bring your pictures and videos filled with your experiences from kitebuggy, kitesnowboarding, kitesurfing, art kites, videos on
kitebuilding, kite repairing etc. Hot edits, amateur edits, raw footage - it's all worth it! No promotional material. During NABX, bring images you shoot and project them right away at night.

NABX TV projection will be part of the Saturday banquet.

If wind is talking too loud, NABX TV will move to a hotel room.

NABX TV is mediated by Lenka Chludova. If you only have videos/pictures online, but no more as a Quick Time files you can...Read more

Peter Lynn Newsletter March 2010

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:23:19 +0100

Kite-on-a-Stick.

Insanity is inherited- you get it from your kids. But in this case it seems to have worked the other way around.

I caught the "make-kite-sailing-work" virus from John Waters (Spin sock inventor, kite traction pioneer) at Lincoln City in 1987. But John probably wasn't entirely to blame; I was just a Petri-dish-in-waiting for this one.

And, unfortunately it might be a genetic predisposition- one of our children has now come down with a bad case.

He's also Peter (called Pete), which name choice might seem to have been a bit uncreative on our part as parents, but we did arrange a distinction. I'm Peter R Lynn and he's Peter S Lynn (and the generation to follow can have a Peter T Lynn and so on )- clever huh?!

Anyway, Pete has a solution to the kitesailing problem which, unfortunately, appears to be a complete answer- unfortunately because I didn't think of it first (forget Cain and Abel, father/son rivalry is the big...Read more

Peter Lynn Newsletter February 2010

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:05:08 +0100

Newsletter, February ’10,
The big squash is coming.
The 19th Annual Nelson Kite Festival was last weekend. What a delight to drive to an event rather than fly- to be able to hit the road within 30minutes of starting to pack and to take everything that might be even remotely useful- and there was great wind and great fun with kite friends from forever. What a wonderful world this is!
Except maybe it isn’t because I think there’s a problem. Forget climate change, asteroid strikes, entropy and runny ice-cream, this is the big one.
For the last 3 years I’ve travelled to Nelson from Ashburton by the same road in the same Toyota Granvia van. In 2008, from here to Nelson’s Neale park was 507km. In 2009 it was 501 km and this year it was just 493km here to there, and 491 km for the return journey.
The world is shrinking!- all the data supports this trend, none (except from a few completely discredited shrinkage deniers) points the other way. ...Read more

Brian Holgate Freestyle

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:34:43 +0100

Brian Holgate Freestyle

I met Brian this last time at the event, he was two wheeling all over the place, no handing, and in general having way to much fun.

Well it looks like since then he's gone and got himself sponsored, and is getting some good seat time in.

In this video he does a suicide gybe tandem, as well as shows what a good time you can have on a dry lake.

Thanks for the vid Brian!

aoxomoxoa...Read more

Top Buggy Speeds World Wide

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:11 +0100

Top Buggy Speeds World Wide

So you want to go fast? Well check out where some of the highest speeds have been found.

I found this page from our contributer Popeye the Welder who is often over on our forum, The Power Kite Forum where we meet and greet each other when we are not out on the playa or the beach or the field or anywhere that kite traction enthusiasts gather.

Top Buggy Speeds around the World

Check it out, and get ready for more fun on the playa!

aoxomoxoa
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New World Record

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:07:54 +0100

New Kite Buggy World Speed Record 77.05 mph

Date line April 3th, 2009
Ivanpah Dry Lake, Primm NV
StateLine Nevada

On Friday the 3rd day of April, on a very windy day, Arjen van der Tol a dutch rider sponsored by Libre Power Kites, riding an Xxtreme Apexx Buggy , while flying a 3.3 Spirit kite, shattered the old record shared by himself and Luc Stanek.

Mr. van der Tol had set the bar fairly high one day earlier by tying the old record held by many years by Luc Stanek at 72.8 mph.

Using four(4) GPS units for accuracy and redundancy, the North American Buggy eXpo recognizes Mr. van der Tol's amazing feet of 124 kph or 77.05 mph!

On Ivanpah Dry Lake Bed in the Mojave Desert where many wind land speeding records have been set and broken, it was just March 26th, 2009 on the same lake bed where Richard Jenkins a Brit, in his Greenbird wind powered speedster went 126.1 mph, shattering the old record of 116mph set ten years earlier by the Iron Duck at 116mph.

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Member Photo Albums

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:23:13 +0100

Guest/Rider Photo Albums on NABX.net

To the pleasure of all those stuck at home in April, NABX has a long standing tradition of posting event photos to our website. Now we'd like to include our guests and invite anyone who attends the event to create their own albums and post photos of the NABX.

Upload your photos!

Those who have registered since 2007 may login to the members site, click the "Create photo albums" link and upload up to 10 images at once. You may create as many albums and fill them with as many photos as you like. Start an album for each year you attend.

We will continue to link to external web albums, but we encourage everyone to help us build the NABX gallery.

We hope you enjoy the new addition to our site.
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Best ride ever!

Wed, 28 May 2008 07:48:04 +0100

Best ride ever!

Man I tell ya what! If you ever do anything you got to go to Nabx! This is the greatest thing imo that you could ever do. I had so much fun with all the flat wind and room that is on the Playa.You could just go as far as you wanted even with over a hundred people there you could still find all the room needed to be alone or do fast runs. Lots of great people to meet lots of kites, buggys to see. I even hit 39mph in my rockville with a 3m my first time there. I can't wait til 2009! 50mph baby. I also loved the shirt,hat, bottle opener,That I got on top of the good food and new friends I got to meet. All in all great time. Don't miss it if I could make it so can you! See ya next year. Be safe and ride on!

Sthrasher....Read more