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Build
the Wheels Of Doom
Instructions taken from KiteLines Magazine and expanded to provide a complete
guide for building your own in-line kite skates. Includes illustrations
and FAQ.
Childs
Play
Bob Childs teases buggy riders over speed as he debuts his off-road in-line
kite skates in American Kite Magazine 1994.
The
Bonneville Buggy Enduro
The first long distance buggy race event in America. Staged at the Bonneville
Speedway in the Great Salt Desert, the BBE was to determine official records
in 7 categories.
Desert
Evening
Bob remembers a favorite moment kite skating with buggy buddies on El Mirage Dry Lake.
Doomwheels'
Owisko - Polish
A Polish kite surfing magazine articles Bob Childs and the Wheels Of Doom
kite skates. If you read Polish, perhaps you can send the translation.
Kites
Meet Waterskis 1988
Bob Childs and Troy Navarro experiment with kite surfing on skis and wakeboards
in Texas. Using 10 ft Flexifoils, they discover a formula for fast fun.
Bookin
in the Bay 1988
Troy Navarro gets wild in the San Francisco Bay for American Kite Mag's
camera crew. Unfortunately, even Dave Culp's speed boat can't keep up
with Troy and they were only able to take one photograph.
Who Invented Kite Surfing?
Kite surfing is a new/old sport now entering it's peak popularity after
15 years. Bob Childs recalls the early days of kite surfing with Flexifoil
stacks and Skurfer wakeboards.
Fox
News Interview
Leave it to Fox News to botch up an opportunity to post a competent article
about kite surfing. This reporter's hidden agenda was only to hype up
the danger angle. Here are the actual comments I made in this interview
- also a link to the actual FN article.
