canuck
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Location: Calgary, AB
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On the ice with the buggy
Had a ride Sunday afternoon on the ice at Ghost Lake with my buggy. Wow those "studded" tires are noisy.https://vimeo.com/156505739
Prussik is blasting past me in the background with his kitewing.
Looks like this will be our local "snowkiting" until the ice is no good. Usually go until late April.
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
PL Comp ST buggy, MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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Bladerunner
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NICE !
Glad to see you are getting some seat time in on the " stud buggy " ! Looks like the transition was easy?
I wonder what Prussik thinks about your set up?
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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ssayre
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Nice! Riding ice with studded tires is on my bucket list.
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3shot
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Mood: JIBE Talkin'
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Really want to ice buggy some day! Awesome!!
Cross Kites Sonic 3, 5m
Ozone Flow 2, 3, 4, 5m
Ace II 4, 5m
NAPKA-US24
4, 5, 6m ATB landsurfer. Custom longboard deck
Buggy: VTT Black Widow v2.0
 
http://hint.fm/wind/
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Windstruck
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Location: St George, UT, USA
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Mood: Get in my buggy!
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I like to think that all my rides are in a "stud buggy". 
Born-Kites:
RaceStar+ (3.0m, 5.0m, 7.0m, 9.0m, 14.0m)
RaceStar (9.0m, 11.0m)
NasaStar-4 (2.5m, 4.0m, 5.5m, 7.0m)
NasaStar-3 (custom 3.2m)
Flysurfer Kites:
Peak-5 (2.5m)
Buggy:
Peter Lynn BigFoot+ nose & tail; midsection VTT rail & seat kit; home-brewed AQR
NAPKA Member US2815
SWATK Member UT0003
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Prussik
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Considering the fact that the idea of using conventional skis for slick and hard ice doesn't get much traction (judging by my routinely solo outings
and common complaints about lack of snow), this seems like a great alternative solving the problem for those less appreciative of the beauty of
frictionless kiting with small foils. It is an easier adaptation then blades, with an additional advantage of immunity against cracks. It should also
be possible (unlike with blades) to traverse drifts - may be with some downwind deviations. There may be a question of durability of studs used -
replacing them is something one probably would not want to do often. As long as my hip is holding up, my preference is for standing up rather than
sitting but it is good to know that there is a excellent alternative for tougher times ahead.
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Bladerunner
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Quote: Originally posted by Prussik  | | As long as my hip is holding up, my preference is for standing up rather than sitting but it is good to know that there is a excellent alternative
for tougher times ahead. |
I here you on this! Being able to switch to seat time also allows me to get a longer day in without being worn right out.
On a perfect day in summer I get some board time, blade time and seat time all in! 
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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markite
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Location: Cambridge, ON, Canada
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in the early day of buggying a friend studded up his wheels with nuts and bolts - when he was out rolling on the ice, like you said, it made a lot of
noise. We called it the Mad Max buggy
Nice to see the different bugs getting out on the ice and snow lately, thanks for posting the video -it's always fun to tang along for the ride
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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