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[new2revs]

i know that top of the line is no longer in buisness but im a desperatly looking to buy a Hawaiian Team Kite. back in my teenage first kiting days i worked part time at a local kite shop. they used to sell these but at the time i didnt have the funds to purchase one. i had the chance to learn to fly kites mostly with a Hawaiian. i Loved That Kite. iv just recently gotten back into flying kites and this was the first kite i looked for to purchase. i have looked everywhere for this kite new or used with no luck. does anyone on here know someone that has one for sale new or used or someone that would sell me there used Hawaiian? im willing to pay top $$$ for it. please help me find this kite!

Thanks Dan

[John Barresi]

The Team Hawaiian is actually still in production, and available from Cutting Edge Kites.

http://www.cuttingedgekites.com (it's not listed on the site - you have to call them)

Tell 'em you were sent from Kitelife!

[new2revs]

well i checked with them several months ago and they said they were no longer in production. when i saw your reply i kinda got my hopes up and was not really sure if this was true or not. i just got off the phone with cutting edge and they informed me that they were no longer in production. =( john if you know anyone that might have a used one in good condition id really love to finally own this kite.

thanks

[John Barresi]

Dang! News to me.

Well, the only other guy I could recommend is Charly Whitaker, who has one of the largest collections of classic kites out of everyone I know.

His site is http://www.kite-classifieds.com - his profile is here - http://kitelife.com/...php?showuser=23

Send him a private message (PM), he might have one.

I did find a Spinoff... http://www.kite-classifieds.com/listing/96...es_Spinoff.html

[stephen hoath]

new2revs, on Apr 20 2007, 06:34 PM, said:

well i checked with them several months ago and they said they were no longer in production. when i saw your reply i kinda got my hopes up and was not really sure if this was true or not. i just got off the phone with cutting edge and they informed me that they were no longer in production. =( john if you know anyone that might have a used one in good condition id really love to finally own this kite.

thanks

I agree that this is a great kite, I was lucky enough to fly TOTL kites for a while and we had a soft spot for the Hawaiian. It does the slowest axels in the world!

Try putting a post on this forum (http://fracturedaxel.co.uk/phpBB2/) it is very popular in Europe and you may pick up an extra audience.

Good luck with the search.

[Penny Lingenfelter]

There are probably a lot of great Hawaiin Kite memories out there. They were very popular. Heavy, pull and not always slow.

Heavy, pulling," the man in the kite store told me. "A lady your size would have to fly a SMALL kite."" And he steered me away from the Kite.

I just thoght to myself, "Your wrong, I've got a Rev on order and I'm going to learn to fly it and it's bigger then that!" They only had the Rev I's and it was 9 ft long.

Still I think fondly of the Hawaiin's. Bet there are lots of articles and pictures from the past on them too.

Good luck in your search.

BB
Penny ~

[ant man]

they have a spinnoff that is really nice and i to would love to have another hawaiian they were so fu to fly espically when the winds picked up.. the pull those kites had

[John Barresi]

First sport I ever flew was a Team Hawaiian in 1990... Dragged my butt down the field right away, and I've been hooked since.

[ant man]

hell yea john and your much lighter then i was back then as you are now that kite pulled my big ass doen the beach in a 13 or more wind

[John Barresi]

I probably weighed about 95 lbs at the time, tops.