Bartiebat
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| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Kinmel Bay, Conwy, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Hello, Karen Cartlidge, aka Bartiebat :) I started kiting in August 2004 after buying a Flexifoil Stacker 10 when we got married. In 2005 I discovered buggying!!! After never ever wanting to buggy jump I started buggy jumping in February 2008 and also did my power kite, kite buggy and kite landboard instructor course. Unfortunately injury then took me off land for 8 months so instead I learnt to kitesurf. Once back in the buggy in 2009 my jumping began to really progress. By the summer everything went a bit mental. I was asked to test buggys for Peter Lynn Kites New Zealand; a sponsored Team Rider for Peter Lynn Kiteboarding in Holland; I made my first appearance doing a trick sequence in Powerkite Magazine; won every round of the BKSA Womens Kite Buggy Freestyle competition, coming 2nd in the Landboard and ended up on the BBC Welsh news! I may never be as good as the guys I look up to, but loving every second of it and always on the look out for more girly freestylers, ready to give a hand to anyone who'd like one :) Ride Like a Girl! :) x |