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: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:Darren Jones
aka:DAZZA
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About Me:
| Sales Executive for BOC
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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:Sarah Herrett
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:Simon
aka:freakboy
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About Me:
| Got into kiting after I got my first pay cheque and wandered into the old Perpetual Motion shop to spend my ill gotten gains. I only bought a stunt kite, but the evil swines in the shop had thoughtfully hung a quadrifoil up behind the till... I knew then that I would need more and bigger kites.
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Been Flying since:
| 2000 sometime
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Best thing about kiting is:
| I'm floaty light!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Not having enough spare time to fly them
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When I'm not flying: | Learning to ride a motorbike, travelling endlessly between Sheffield and Manchester, drinking, sleeping, stroking cats.
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Name:Tom Ormerod
aka:TomO
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About Me:
| Education IT Project manager for Rotherham MBC working with schools and young people.
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Been Flying since:
| Oct 2007
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Learning new stuff, I live to learn.
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Finding the time to fly them and cleaning them!!
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When I'm not flying: | Taking photo's, eating Thai food, watching films/TV with explosions/car chases and being a bit of a geek.
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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: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: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: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: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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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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Name:Philip Elliott
aka:notts phil
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About Me:
| I work as a sales Manager and site surveyor for a buildings company. I had to pack up smoking due to serious illness and needed someway of keeping the gut off..(not worked yet) and i saw someone flying and decided that was for me
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Been Flying since:
| Towards the end of 2007
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Just got the Venom 13mtr and i love it..the best thing about kites is being lifted in the air
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| When theres no wind
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When I'm not flying: | Watching local football...DRINKING..fishing...DRINKING...working...DRINKING..oh and eating too... ;-)
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Name:Lucas Elliott
aka:lucas
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About Me:
| I play football on Sunday's and Wednesday's and go to Holgate Comprehensive and loved kiting since i started
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Been Flying since:
| The start of 2008
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Everything and how high they can they can take you
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| You can get hurt and no wind
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When I'm not flying: | Playing football or having a laugh with friends
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Name:Mr'M'
aka:mrmawalker
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About Me:
| Telecoms Director, RYA Instructor, Cable Ski Instructor. Right Mardy apparently!
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Been Flying since:
| 1977
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Best thing about kiting is:
| 12 months on 60% off !!!!
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| Realising buying that brand new £1000 kite, I may have been a little hasty lol.
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When I'm not flying: | BBW
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Name:Mal Moule
aka:Mal
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About Me:
| I work for DHL(TRADETEAM) As a drayman. Before that 24 years with the Armed forces.
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Been Flying since:
| 2006
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Best thing about kiting is:
| Hoping to progress to a bigger kite and ...
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Worst thing about kiting is:
| No wind
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When I'm not flying: | Active member of a crown green bowls team in rotherham, Rotherham United fan. Golf, Fishing and caravaning.
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