Site News


October 2003

New images of the PKD Buster added and review expanded.
New feature added - choosing your first 4-line kite.
Review of the Eolo-Gayla Radsails Pro added.
Review of the Advance Offroad added.

Prokites home page completely reworked.


January 2003

The main logo revised to include the on-line "virtual Kite Store". The store offers good prices on a range of products form Ozone, Flexifoil, Peter Lynn, Scrub and Boom. New stuff will be added regularly so keep looking and hit refresh !!

New articles added - Choosing Your First Power kite
- a simple, clear and easy to read summary including types of kite and a number of reviews including HQ, Ozone, Rhombus (Firebee) and Wallend. Similarly have a look at the latest buggy review including the Peter Lynn Competition, Flexifoil Freestyle and Libre Special.

In addition we have a first review of the 2 line framed S-Kite. This is an interesting alternative to the foil type kites. When conditions improve we'll post some more detailed reviews and pitch it against a few conventional kites for comparison.

December 2001

Message board / discussion forum added - register to receive a password !
New "logo" created for the home page - the old one was looking a bit tired.
The navigation bar now includes ALL new pages added over the past few months. The "how-to" sections are accessed from a new page which is itself linked from a single button on the home page. All sections will have this facility soon since the nav bar is getting far too long !!

November 2001

A full page dedicated to the Advance Rhea added.

June / July 2001

A 4 kite comparison / shootout added and some great images from the PKA national series buggy races at Hoylake.


April 2001

Wipika 5m classic page added - The classic is now somewhat obsolete but I've some very good images to share so have a look. The new LTR is not too dissimilar with an excellent price tag to attract people to Wipika !

March 2001

All pages updated with a navigation bar which is easy to use and help to get round the site much better.

Review on the Peter Lynn ARC 630 added - a production kite with a flat area of 6.3sqm and a projected area of 4.5sqm. It links to a page dedicated to the new Peter Lynn Twist Grip Bar which offers excellent control of an ARC and the ability to adjust its power !

February 2001

Andysworld home page simplified with new logos & a neat effect. Now links directly to a new navigation page on "Prokites.com" which is part of a recent web hosting facility. The aim is to transfer much of the site to prokites.com. The pages and effects should work well on recent IE and Netscape browsers.

The navigation page has new button links to a review of a 2nd generation Peter Lynn ARC There's a link to a preview of a production Arc 630 on the ARC page.

September 2000

New C-Quad page added

12th August 2000

Peter Lynn has launched the new race buggy - several static shots and closeups have been added.

31st July 2000

A page of buggy action shots has been added with some good details of the Flexifoil original buggy - not so popular now that they have the Sport buggy and Peter Lynn has the Competition buggy.

2nd July 2000

Two new pages have been added to the Kite Galleries (Kite Gallery Page 6) which are dedicated to the new Peter Lynn Waterfoil - a valved water-relaunchable kite which can be flown on 2 or 4 lines. I've added plenty of pictures and review text since this kite has some unique features and although its designed for kite surfing (and kite sailing) its also excellent with a buggy and could indicate the way forward for traction kites !

2nd May 2000

The kite gallery has a new addition dedicated to the Quadrifoil Competition XL with some good pictures and specifications etc. A review will be added very shortly. The navigation "bar" at the bottom has been modified to gain access to all pages and each individual gallery page.

I've lots of buggy and mountainboard action shots to add as soon as I have time so keep a lookout -they'll be on soon !

The main logo has changed - I was fed up with the old one - the background is actually a close up section of a Blade !


18th January 2000

I've spent some time getting the home page to look the same in both Netscape and Explorer which I think should be OK now. If you have an older browser let me know if there are any problems.

9th January 2000

Lots more images added to the KITE GALLERY including Flexifoil stacks and the Spider Modulus with more to come soon.

5th January 2000

FAQ added comparing performance and ease of use of a stack of "Flexifoils" to a 4 line kite.
Applied to join the KiteRing hence the logo at the bottom the home page.

Review of the Skytiger Hi40 added to the Kite Gallery page.

I've done some experiments to optimise the site for Explorer - I'll keep you informed when I  publish new stuff (hopefully I'll add a bit of DHTML to start jazzing things up). The two browsers display things differently and the fancy stuff will only work in Explorer at the moment.