So you met somebody at the field, chatted to someone on the forum or are just plain nosy! Find out a little about people and put names and faces together! If you are a just joining us (or an old club member that isn't already on here) feel free to add yourself using the form at the bottom of this page.
Who's Who? - The SKF Committee:
Name:Paul Herrett
aka:Paul
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About Me:
| Happy and bouncy for the vast majority of the time. A little weird too but always happy to help a fellow kite flier.
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Been Flying since:
| What seems like years (since May 2000).
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Going scarliy fast while kite-landboarding as I lean back against the pull of the kite heading quickly towards a stone wall with no idea how to stop!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Falling off your board, ripping your trousers open, and getting grass friction burns on your arse. Ouch!
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When I'm not flying: | Sleeping, eating, werewolf hunting, and volunteer work for the National Trust.
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Name:Jon Smith
aka:JugglerJon
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About Me:
| If its windy and I can avoid doing other things I'll be flying... Even when theres no wind sometimes.
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Been Flying since:
| First one when I was a nipper but started traction kiting Oct 2003
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Winter Months and too much wind.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Nowt wrong with the kites, its the wind that doesn't always blow at the
weekend thats frustrating.
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When I'm not flying: | Gone Fishin' (or more commonly monitoring atmospheric emissions (up a
chimney somewhere))
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Name:Sarah
aka:gigglesmudge
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About Me:
| Work for a charity during the day (Macmillan Cancer Support) and just moved house so can usually be found with paintbrush in hand on an evening! I'm also Paul's girlfriend :-)
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Been Flying since:
| Since I met Paul in June this year
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Not thinking about anything else but flying...it's so relaxing AND fabulous weekends in Gower and Sundays on the beach!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Tangles
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When I'm not flying: | Working and painting!
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Name:Richard Saunders
aka:Richie
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About Me:
| Work for Sheffield City Council as a Park Ranger covering the River Don Corridor. Im unusually tall so you can't miss me!
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Been Flying since:
| Easter 2007
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Best thing about kiting is:
| The buzz of flying huuuge ass kites and having a right laugh with my mates.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| When it luffs and you just know its going to power up again and kick your arse! Ohh and nettle patches at the bottom of buggy runs!
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When I'm not flying: | Walking, mountain biking, camping, drinking tea
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Name:Paula Higgins
aka:Paula
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About Me:
| A kite widow/spectator
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Been Flying since:
| I don't fly kites but have had to endure them as Simon's wife for about 6 years
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Best thing about kiting is:
| the pretty colours!!!!!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Kites usually need wind which usually means it's very cold for a spectator
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When I'm not flying: | Having to listen to Simon talk about them or photography non stop!!!!
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Name:Mark
aka:Mark
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About Me:
| Injury prone when hanging from the handles.
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Been Flying since:
| where am I?
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Best thing about kiting is:
| One of the best birds of prey found in the British Isles, the Red Kite is an all year round resident.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| What's not to like.
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When I'm not flying: | Pedalling up and down.
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Name:kerry kerridge
aka:kez
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About Me:
| love wind power, fly RC slope soarers as well. Have you seen my 'phone, it's well geeked up.
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Been Flying since:
| before the memory went
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Best thing about kiting is:
| the buzz, adrenaline rush, going as fast as frell, the food, the people.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| driving home at the end of the day/weekend
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When I'm not flying: | geeking n eating
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Who's Who? - Other Selected Members:
Name: Liz Beyer
aka:lizzyboo
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About Me:
| The original buggy babe, I love spinning round and riding backwards as fast as I dare. I've been learning to board this year (2005) and loving that. you'll know me cos I'm short and have pink and blue hair.
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Been Flying since:
| Summer 1998
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Best thing about kiting is:
| That awesome feeling when you're on a fantastic beach with a smooth wind and you can either cruise around just taking in the fresh sea air, or you can go hell for leather doing a trick or just going fast and you know the weather is on your side!!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Flying in gusty winds. I hate it when they drop out of the sky and then suddenly power you up too much too quick.
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When I'm not flying: | Dogs. Training dogs. Tickling dogs. And other animals. And juggling's great too.
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Name:Ben Ansell
aka:Ben or BenAnsell16
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About Me:
| I'm currently a student at Sheffield Uni studying Software Engineering (that's just a posh way of saying I play with computers all day). However, being a student does give me plenty of spare time to go outside and play with kites! I fly big kites and ride a mountain board (and attempt to kitesurf too) and try and spend as much of each kiting session in the air rather than on the ground.
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Been Flying since:
| Easter 2003
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Managing that elusive trick that you have been learning for ages - or - blasting along with friends - or - coming down from a big jump and not breaking anything!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Flying in gusty winds. There being no wind. Rain. Boggy fields...
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When I'm not flying: | Climbing, skiing, windsurfing, adventure racing, photography. Webmastering!
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Name:Mark Holterman
aka:Mark E Mark
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About Me:
| I Like flying my trick kites but don't have much interest in traction
based stuff.
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Been Flying since:
| Flew my first stunt kite when I was about 12 (Peter Powell I think)
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Standing in the sun with a gentle breeze and managing to do that trick you've been trying to get for weeks.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Winter months and too much wind.
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When I'm not flying: | My job is being a 'Property Investor' so I spend my time refurbishing property or managing the property I own. I used to manage a 'posh' Hi-Fi shop a long time ago and so I have a big Hi-Fi that I like to listen to. I still love music even after years of hearing the same flipping records over and over again in demo rooms. I'm also a big car fan, specifically sports cars (2 seat preferably) and I have been known to do a bit of 'messing about' on my computer.
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Name:Carl Davies
aka:KITEKING
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About Me:
| I work to play
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Been Flying since:
| 1989
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Traction
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| What a silly question!
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When I'm not flying: | Windsurfing, Snowboarding, Bodyboarding
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Name:Jon Rowe
aka:RandomJon
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About Me:
| SoftwareEngineering Student at shef uni love anything to do with the wind who got hooked on kiting over summer 06, I also spend too much time in dark venues doing techy stuff.
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Been Flying since:
| Summer 2006
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Best thing about kiting is:
| That feeling of being just a little bit out of control and at the mercy of the wind.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Packing away by yourself in 25mph+ winds
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When I'm not flying: | Sailing, Working in darkend rooms with flashy lighty things and noisy soundy things, working on my degree, staring at my wind tree.
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Name:Mark Walker
aka:MRMAWALKER
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About Me:
| Media engineer, but prefer to be out of work so I can kite when I stinkin' please.
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Been Flying since:
| 2004
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Power of the VenomII when blistering in a buggy YAY.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| That everyone else I know hates it.
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When I'm not flying: | Im on here, readin abart it :o|
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Name:dan
aka:depower dan
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About Me:
| still at school, boardings my thing but hopefully on the water soon!!
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Been Flying since:
| 2004 i think
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Best thing about kiting is:
| scaring your self when the floor dissappears!!!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| when they dont want to fly
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When I'm not flying: | daydreamin about it
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Name:Steve Allenby
aka:Kes
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About Me:
| Aircraft Engineer,Currently in spain,live in La Manga (Mar Menor)Love a good day out and a night on the 'piss' Ask Dawn and Carl!! Was body boarding with carl yesterday and he suggested joining,so here i am!
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Been Flying since:
| 2005,after being dragged down the beach and getting lines caught in traffic lights!!
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Best thing about kiting is:
| There just cool
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Blisters
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When I'm not flying: | Boarding,water skiing,Snow skiing,Motorcycling,genarally just being a nuisance.
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Name:Darren Jones
aka:DAZZA
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About Me:
| Manager of the best pub in Sheffield YATES'S
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Been Flying since:
| Summer of 69 (2002 really)
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Zipping around on a Buggy with no brakes, and only the forces of nature to control you.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Packing away and tangled lines (never been any good at puzzles)thats why I get someone else to do it !!!
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When I'm not flying: | WORK, SLEEP, WORK, SLEEP, WORK, SLEEP..... (You get the idea....)
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Name:luke
aka:hawkster111
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About Me:
| i go out flying not just 4 the awesome kiting sestion bu also 4 the emensly great skf socail day !!!!!!
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Been Flying since:
| 2004 ISH
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Best thing about kiting is:
| you arnt sure wether you are controling it or it is controling you
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| getting spanked
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When I'm not flying: | im compleetly board
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Name:Kevin Parkin
aka:Kev
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About Me:
| Taken up flying in the last two years bit of a late life crisis!
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Been Flying since:
| 2005
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Totally relaxing, quiet and no fuel!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Thinking you have mastered a kite then watching someone fly 3 at the same time!
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When I'm not flying: | Running an engineering company / travelling, diving fast cars and playing with model trains (this was a mid-life crisis)
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Name:Paul
aka:GOOSE
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About Me:
| I have been flying since early 2007 and now moving to kite boarding with the Intention of kitesurfing next year but as long as I have a kite strapped to me Im happy.
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Been Flying since:
| 2007
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Best thing about kiting is:
| The only sport where I can fully relax and have fun.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Unpredictable gusts which can be a bit of a pain literally.
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When I'm not flying: | Thinking of it.
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Name:mark
aka:
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About Me:
| been flying for the past 4yrs had abuggy for 2 yrs waiting for someoneto show me what to do
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Been Flying since:
| 2003
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Best thing about kiting is:
| having fun,battling the elements
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| getting your arms wrenched out while being dragged around on your face
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When I'm not flying: | walking the dog,finding some where to fly the kites
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Name:PHILL BIGGIN
aka:*phill*
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About Me:
| WOT CAN I SAY OH I'M FAT AND UGLY
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Been Flying since:
| BEEN FLYING KITES FOR YEARS BUT STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO FLY ONE
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Best thing about kiting is:
| THE SIZE
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| PACKING THEM AWAY SO MUCH LIKE HARD WORK
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When I'm not flying: | SAILING/RACING, AND FINDING INTERESTING SITES ON MY PC (THE ONES THAT MAKE U GO BLIND)
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Name:Simon Higgins
aka:SimonH
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About Me:
| Just love kiting oh and talking and eating and drinking!!!
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Been Flying since:
| approx 2002
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Everything that gives you the adrenaline rush!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| When there isn't enough wind
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When I'm not flying: | talking or reading about kites or doing photography. Eating drinking and talking!!!!!!!
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