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Hi, I plan to be an excellent and amazing new stunt kite builder! But for now I'm just a very noob one as I've just started by the end of last year : ) Recently, I managed to try a build for indoor purpose: An Ulzburger's Escape at 0.73 ratio, with a custom paneling mylar-icarex-dyneema. The building was quite clumsy, a consequent amount of mistakes, sawing, unsawing, trying again.. But the result exceeds my expectations. It flies like a charm and has a quite nice look. Now it's the moment to find it a name! ..and I thought, regarding the "sexy stockings" the paneling suggests, that this could be kind of a JB tribute. Actually, in french, the "sexy stockings" is called a "bas résille" which is pronounced "Barresi".. For this only reason (and also because having a Barresi reference in it's name will surely improve it's flying abilities)^^ I wanted to call it "The Barésille tribute" (of course it's only for private purpose, nothing commercial here!). But I don't want to make a faux pas.. And can't be sure that John will find this funny and acceptable.. That's why I allow myself to ask the question here. Best regards and thanks a lot for this forum.

i recently purchase a group of Flexifoils and I need to replace several missing spars for a Flexifoil 10 and felxifoils 8. ‘They use common tapered spars that are 36” long and taper from 8mm (5/16”) to 4 mm ( 5/32”). Then they have a central 8 mm fiber glass spar. Does any one know where i can source the tapered spars? or full sets? Cobra kites and the Murray’s to have retired or I would have asked there.

View Advert Barb Meyer 12.5’ Mayan Double Box Delta Looking for this great kite. Please let me know if you are willing to sell one to me. Thanks! Advertiser BW Kites Date 04/12/2024 Price Category Kites (Single Line) Brand Premier Model Barb Meyer Mayan Rainbow Double Box Delta  

Hey Kitekouple, You are a lucky man (or woman), my friend. Congrats with this amazing prize. I'll try my luck next time. 😄 And thank you John.

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Here are the original instructions for the rainbow stunt kites. Enjoy. David Hawkins

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Alright, we've got a winner... Congratulations to subscriber #1553, @KiteKouple is taking home a brand new line set! Thanks all, as always - I'll try and get a new prize up ASAP. Its a madly busy time of year for me at the moment between work, family, team practice (developing a brand new routine) and our upcoming trip to the Cervia Kite Festival - your patience is deeply appreciated!

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View Advert Wanted: George Peters - Flying Colors - AirWorks I'm looking for any George Peter's design kite you might want to go to a good home. I have a few of his originals from the late 80's - early 90's and a couple of the ITW offerings. Would love to fly a Twin Tail Dragon, SkyBird, Cloud Bird, Dragon Fly, or one of his Flying Man Kites. I have always loved his kites. I have a few original Rezza's (Omega Kites) if anyone would like to make a trade. I know the chances of this are slim to none, but thought I'd try. Willing to pay $$$. Cheers, Chris Advertiser 321_Chris Date 04/10/2024 Price Category Kites (Single Line) Brand Model  

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When I was flying precision daily, Histrion was my least used kite that I won at a kite auction to many years ago to remember. Today, as I'm trying to incorporate a little more exercise into my artistic life, I pulled out the histrion and think it is my favorite of my 20 or so sport kites. I thought my fave was Sky Dancer's Heat but I'm finding it a little to rigid and precise for my current, more playful, needs. Next up, looking for a good fighter kite that is not made of paper. Things change as we age I guess 🙂 Carolyn Weir

Thank you John for this automatet nevertheless well recived welcome. Great to be here. I'm not an native english speaker (as you probably see😅) so sorry for the mess I'm writing. I fly and build stunt kites for about 35 Years but with some gaps. I mostly fly in northern Germany but unfortunately not close enough to the sea to have good wind conditions. So I drive up to the German, Dansk or Dutch NorthSea a couple of times a year. My favorit kites are the Hotstripe, my good old JamSession and my 10-SpeedWing stack. Also always aboard are the HotstripeXL, DatHalbwüchsigeSchantalle, a Fulcrum.85 and some more kites. I' looking forward to read and have some nice discussions with all the kite-people on this more international bord. Cheers Mirko

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