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Saunton beach from the road above. Tide going out. The beach is bigger than it looks from here. Good surf break - that's what makes the sand hard. You can't buggy near the car park with all these people, but people only occupy 300m of this 5km beach! waiting for the wind nice gear; pity there's no bumps! Just look at this fantastic beach! Dom Early has a go on Frank Oestermann's buggy. Roger Aldridge teaches kite boarding two on board, fater than a dog can run a race start Andrew Smith. Behind him Mike Regan going the wrong way! Mike 'On Shore' Regan had to put up with offshore winds Chameleon prototype with chunky axel! If you know who this is e-mail me with ref 006_6.jpg. Ted Money; a blur of speed another race starts On this upwind race start one pilot has managed to tack off the top of the fleet into clean air. Mark 'Swampy' Seward Frank Oestermann the Italian team from Bremen!? Al Inglis Mark kingshott urges his buggy into a beat. Dom Early leading on disk wheels Dom Early's disk wheels in action! Andy Sands (event Champion) in close combat with Mark Kingshott (2nd). Andy demonstrates a new use for duck tape - attaching lead weights. a close race for the finish. Andy Sands aims at the downwind end of the finish line for better speed. Just making across the finish line. If you know who this is e-mail me with ref 022_22.jpg. race finished; time for a beer There's got to be a good caption here! E-mail it to me at james@bigkite.com ref:032_32.jpg. Prize presentation for kite-surf and buggy event. From left to right. ?, Neil Godbold, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Dom Early, Mark Kingshott, Andy Sands.