Love those dunes. My dust devil would be at home there. Looks like a good turn out.

Not wow, that was downhill assisted run, not kite powered only run Sure, but my response was to the OP's concern about whether a kite could move through the air at 80knts without canopy deformation etc. I still think two small lei kites with two operators in one craft would work more efficiently th...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=46&v=0riMF2LUVfU&feature=emb_logo 88mph / 76knts / 142.9 kph Cabrinha Switchblade If you want to go fast then use a small kite in very high wind. I don't know much about sailing on water but I imagine that using a hydrofoil design and two small kites in ve...

There were discussions on this many many years ago. Such treatments could increase the chance of blowing holes in the canopy if slammed.

I lost a 10.5m flexifoil ION in green and black at Camber about 6-8 years ago. xD I was using it with a kitecat in a gentle off-shore. The wind died and it fell onto the water capsizing the kitecat. I had to cut away and swim to shore. The kite drifted out into the channel. I contacted the coast gua...

You'll out run the wind and put stress on the motor

60-70kts !!
That's hurricane force! Poor guy. Stay safe.

Pffff 4-6 knots

Flying here when the wind drops off to 1 knot



xD

All this talk about helmets... Any Gen X’rs from the late 80s to 90s remember Skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, BMX, Mosh Pits, etc. When helmets were nonexistent? I somehow survived. Ha, yes. You see even adults wearing helmets now. As kids we would never been seen in one. Each to their o...

I once used the Scottish Power Kite Association but it is affiliated with the BKSA, so maybe not what you're looking for.

https://spka.org/membership