Fencing

Check out the website to my fencing school! Springfield Missouri located in the Ozarks.
https://www.bedinghausfencingschool.com/

Charger for sale

Here's my back up 19m charger.  I'll take best offer on it. There are no repairs or damages to it, it is in excellent condition.  Here are a couple of pictures that I have on hand.  I can always take more if you'd like.

Return of the Wind

Finally after months without wind the weather has turned.  My last kite session was sometime close to the fourth of July.  I spent the last week watching windalert.com and to my satisfaction 18mph winds were predicted for Saturday.  I drove 300 miles to Illinois where my family lives to ride my favorite spot in the midwest.  

I woke up to 9mph winds, so I broke out the 12 meter HQ montana for some light wind action.   After two hours or so the wind picked up to 18-33mph and my kite was lit!  I was by myself for most of the time, but the last 30 minutes or so my wife showed up.  She took a few pictures using her phone.  I got lofted a few times in the gusty winds, but I had huge smiles across my face.  

Getting Lofted

                                                                    Board Grab

You don't always need a board to fly!

Timing is everything, even when you don't got it

16m peter lynn scorpion $275 shipped

Peter Lynn kite bar for sale

55cm 04 kitebar with with zero7 upgrade.  the only piece not in the package is the 07 plastic leash

Kite for sale

here is the peter lynn synergy 19m repairs. One is a L shape repair professionally done by a peter lynn team rider and he also added a patch to cover up the repair.  there is also another 2 inch repaired with tape that I found close to the spar pocket.  These repairs are in the center of cells and not close to the seams so you don't have to worry about cell blow out or seams coming unstitched.

the kite fly's perfect without any issues and is stable, lifty, and very user friendly.  It is an easy kite to fly but has plenty of power and great hangtime.  If you are looking for a good depower kite for a larger guy this is it.  you can find it in the for sale section at www.powerkiteforum.com

HQ kites in Thailand 2012

During the month of June my wife and I had the opportunity to go to Thailand and visit her family.  To my luck Joy's parents live in Hua Hin, which is one of the few kiteboarding beaches in that country. It was also a very nice time to see where she grew up since her parents are missionaries.  I learned a lot of things about a new culture, but I also had the chance to learn to tricks while landboarding.

It was the most humid weather that I have ever been in, but luckily the heat brought smooth onshore winds in the afternoon. While I was there the winds were very low, only 7-12mph at most. I was able to go inverted in only 12mph winds with my new 15m matrixx.

The days that the wind didn't show up I was able to ride elephants instead of my atb.  I was definatly more scared of riding the elephant than boosting big with a kite.

Majority of the time I had the beach completely to myself since it was hot and most people opted to stay indoors.  It gave me a chance to practice board-offs

On one occasion I drew the attention of some Buddist monks which came over to see what was flying around on their beach.

Manual

One of the main things that I love about HQ besides the wicked lift and hangtime is the ability to stall land these kites on their trailing edge simply by using the hand break.

It was such an experience to get a chance to ride in another country especially having the entire beach to myself.

Overall I had an awesome time and I learned how different some parts of the world can be.  A big thanks to Chris and Kevin at HQ kites USA for the new gear.  It was awesome!

The Changing of Times

I've decided to make some changes in my life as of late.  The first was leaving Peter Lynn.  It was a great ride for the last year and a half and I have enjoyed every moment of it.  A big thanks goes to Marijn Tijhof and Richard Lui for getting me started. 

I've decided to take a walk on the bridled side, and with help from Chris Shultz I have joined HQ Powerkites.  Its always exciting when changes happen. http://www.powerkites.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412%3Aadam-bedinghaus&catid=11%3Ateam-riders&Itemid=135&lang=en

Chris has kindly sent me a 14m montana 7 and a 15m matrixx to test.  After riding arcs for so long I hadn't realized what I had been missing........... MASSIVE float and hangtime. I haven't experienced a good low wind kite before and both of these kites are great for those conditions.  I'm trying to arrange a session with a photographer to get some pictures soon. 

Montana 7 14m--
What a great kite.  Easy set up, smooth flying style, and very predictable.  This kite had me up and riding in 8-12mph no problem.  Even caught a little bit of air time with it.  It has some great float.  I've never been able to jump in such low winds. 

Matrixx 15m--

I definatly fell in love with this kite.  In 10-12mph winds it was already rock solid. The kite turns fast for being such a large foil kite.  Set up is quick, you just need to remember to put a little bit of air inside of it before you try to launch.  I didn't experience any tip tuck which a lot of foils on the market experience.  It has solid lift and gobs of hangtime.  It had me smiling really big.

Jekyll Island photo shoot

 Cruisin with Scott

Scott and I had a great session with a photographer at Jekyll in March.  He did a great job at snapping some sweet shots. 

Peter Lynn Demo Trip

On March 23 and 24 we will be at Jekyll Island Georgia and the 25 at Sullivan's Island in the Carolina's.  Once there we will have some of the new Phantom 2012 kites along with LEI's (Escape and Fury).  If you want to come out and test them with us and give your input on the new 2012 gear, bring your buggy and board and meet us on kite beach!  It'll be a great few days in the sun to enjoy some kite action.  I hope to see you there! Adam Bedinghaus.

Midwest Kite Jam Thanksgiving 2011

Well it was the first event that I have organized, and it was a great time.  Guys came from all over the Midwist to ride together in central Illinois.  Here are a few photos from the trip, and I will add photos from the entire crew once I'm able to upload them. It was a great time, and i'm already planning for a spring event!

Wildwood Buggy Bash

Well, its that time of the year for fall kiteboarding in New Jersey.  I was able to make it out there only for two days.  Unfortunatly the wind was very low, but there were lots of cool things that happend on this trip.  I met the Wildwood Catholic highschool Power kite club.  They have a great group of kiters that are very well linked in their community.  To my suprise they used one of my photos from this year as the logo for the club. I feel so honored!  More photos from the bash to come in the next few days

Update for Dandre

Sorry for no posts recently, but the nowind season of the summer is finally coming to an end.  A weekend from now i'll be Wildwood New Jersey again for the fall buggy bash.  I'm ready to be able to get some long awaited ride time and to be able to hang out with the East Coast crew.  Here's a video clip of my spring travels from this year.

Chargers and Peter Lynn Gear Direct Sales

Photo: Peter Lynn Team riders, Adam Bedinghaus, Jeroen Pigmans, John Penders.  NABX 2011

If you are interested in buying Peter Lynn Chargers and Navigator control bars please contact me.  I can now sell direct to riders in North America.  Even if you aren't looking to buy new, I can also answer anyquestions related to chargers or navigator bar. 

Scott Koehn Learning to Flyboard

At the Wildwood Buggy Bash I had a chance to ride with my good friend Scott. We spent a session at north beach on friday learning new tricks.  This was his fourth session on an arc and within minutes he was learning how to send his kite hard and he was getting some air.  It's always nice to teach people flyboarden dutch style.  Keep your eye on this guy, he's learning really fast.

Interested in Peter Lynn Chargers?

Photo: Dan Smith UK team rider

As the exclusive Peter Lynn Landboarding team rider in North America, I will be promoting the sales of the Charger twinskin kite and Navigator control bar and extra's.  If you are interested in buying one, you can contact me via email, or post on this site.  Prices and other info to be added soon.

I will also be adding "How To" videos to help people set up and tune their chargers to the correct settings.  There are many people out there on forums and on the beach that give out wrong information to set up your kites.  I want to be able to cut past the bad advice and get you up and moving in no time.

Adam Bedinghaus Peter Lynn Team Rider USA

JIBE

Here are a few shots from the Jekyll Island Buggy Expo in Georgia.  This week was also my honeymoon. I got married on Saturday May 14 to my beautiful wife Joy.  I'll post up some photos soon of the wedding when I get them. 

I just recieved a new 19m Charger which is wicked in lower winds.  I've never been able to ride so well in 14mph winds 

I've also been putting my photography skills into practice.  Marijn was teaching me how to get good pictures done while at NABX and here are a few shots

I'm Getting Bored

Its been two weeks since i've been able to fly, i'm starting to feel stir crazy

Couple of Airs

No tricks in this one, just holding on for dear life

April 19, 20011

I love powersliding on hardpacked sand.  Its one of the best surfaces to ride.

Getting into grips with foot outs is really easy in clean ocean wind.  The windspeed was in the low 20s, which was perfect for a 15m peter lynn charger

Todd riding hard on the 6m phantom.

When you are sponsored people will give you rides off of the beach

WWBB Crew

One more time :)