| When I was a kid my school P.E. lessons
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| | over a stone in a couple of months
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| revolved around football, rugby or
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| | without even trying to.I enjoyed this
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| cricket and I hated them, notes to be
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| | alternative sport so much I opened up a
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| excused were forged many times. When my
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| | shop selling kites and mountain boards.
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| parents divorced I joined a new school
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| | In doing this I found myself looking for
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| and the sports teacher was a bit more
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| | other alternative or secondary sports to
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| unconventional in his approach. He
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| | try.Kite buggying is my favourite sport,
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| introduced us to Tug of war and P.E.
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| | it involves flying a 4 line power kite
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| became interesting It got a lot of us
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| | whilst sitting in a 3 wheeled kart which
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| hooked so we even came back after school
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| | you steer with your feet. If you go for
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| and weekends and we formed a team that
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| | speed you can reach 70mph+ but you will
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| took on local pub teams in fetes and
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| | need a lot of space. There are organised
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| carnivals.That was a long time ago and
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| | races all over the world including
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| work etc took over life and sports took a
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| | endurance races for teams of pilots.
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| back seat. Several years ago I was on
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| | There is also a freestyle series now
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| holiday in Devon and saw people flying
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| | which involves strapping yourself into
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| kites on the beach. The kites they were
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| | the buggy and attaching the kite via a
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| flying had enough power to pull the flyer
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| | harness, this enables you to fly much
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| along leaving furrows in the sand. I knew
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| | larger kites and the kite can then pick
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| I had to have a go on that. I bought
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| | you and the buggy up to do 360 spins and
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| myself a Flexifoil Pro Team 8 which was
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| | many more tricks.Kite land boarding is
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| an 8 foot kite and started having fun.
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| | similar but you stand on a mountain board
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| The 8 footer was changed to a 10 footer
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| | while flying the kite, this is more
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| and then stacked with 2 more as I craved
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| | difficult in the initial stages but can
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| for more power and fun. I then discovered
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| | be more rewarding as the freestyle is
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| the power kite. These 4 line kites which
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| | more achievable.Stunt kites, trick kites,
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| are styled on para gliders or parachutes,
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| | or sports kites are 2 line kites that can
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| these really opened up the sport side and
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| | be controlled left or right by pulling
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| before long I was kite buggying and kite
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| | the control lines.
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| land boarding. I was fitter and I lost
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