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Somehow they mix.. Spotlight on 1:19

I'll respond by saying that our interests differ and the overlap is the word "Kite." FWIW, I think some of us would be interested in seeing your kite and photography rig.. Walk us through how you set up and decide on your intended subjects for the pics. I know I would.. I fly power kites, stunt kites and I even buggy on occasion.. I build kites and even have a few SLK's that I've attached a camera to a few times.. I also design and build kites and have posted videos and picture of kites in some wonderful places and under lots of conditions.. Your KAP work is very nice and shows some great scenery. I follow you post with keen interest in the pics you gather.. Keep up the great work.. Personally, I just prefer the side of the sport where the kite is the focus. I've even put a camera on my quad a few times. This is a shot of what my kite sees when I'm flying..

Some clinic skills have no flying time attached to them but are so invaluable to a complete flyers toolbox. Thank you John Barresi Riff and others for a complete clinic experience!

A little flic flac practice and general kite play from Whalehead.. Pilots @riffclown & @Mike Klaiber

Short video of some of my progress after flying quads for nearly 2 years give or take a couple of months. Thanks to all the people that have helped and continue to do so along the way. Really has opened a whole new world, an amazing community [emoji847] Sent from my [device_name] using http://KiteLife mobile app

During the y2k debates I had a lot of family buying gold in case of a collapse. I always argued that if a collapse were to happen 100 lbs of salt and 10,000 bullets would be worth more than 50 lbs of gold. Gold doesn't help the individual gather, defend or preserve food. Never lost the argument as far as I could tell.The salt pan pics really make me appreciate my refrigerator . Like this KAP stuff a lot. Although, kites are for TRICKING!! Glad others are not so narrow minded as I LOL.

I've fished a kite out of a tree with my Skydog SDT 2.8 with a larger "non-fishing" hook to grab a friends duallie. Hooked his lines and slid the hook all the way to his kite.. once clear of the tree, his kite caught the wind and he landed safely.. Undamaged.

Sacrificial bridle loop pictorial. Create a 2 to 2.5" loop using single overhand knot. Trim and flame end. Put bridle leg loop, the one at the end of the bridle, through endcap. Attach sacrificial loop to bridle loop. (square knot ) Tighten and pull square knot through endcap. Loop sacrificial around endcap as you would normally the bridle loop. Tuck that ugly knot into the hole if you don't like the way it looks. It's gonna be a little tight in there, but that's ok because it will reduce movement and, therefore, wear. I have not done this on any of my kites, but going by Paul's description, this should work fine. I wouldn't bother extending the center frame loop. Just replace that shorty as necessary. This will put your bridle about 1-1/2" further out from the sail. If you don't like the feel or performance you can tie a knot(s) in the bridle loop to shorten it to the original lengths, or just shorten the bottom ones to improve axels. You knew about shortening the bottom of the bridle to make axels easier, didn't you? P.S. -- You guys owe me 9" of bridle line that I wasted on this picture shoot and a million dollars for the pics 'cause they're priceless, or 6000 words because that's what six pictures are worth.

ah, yes - our kites and other KAP gear can be found here

I had a friend make a special winder that lets you bunjii the handles down, then wind to the kite. He actually put 2 bunjiis on it - one for handles, one for lines. Works great at festivals for clearing the field fast, then setting it back up to fly for performances. I only uae it as a temporary thing, I like regular winding at the end of the day. These were the basis, my friend expanded on the idea. Never did like the handle wrap myself....

HA! That is how you test the center vee reinforcement patch, that kevlar chevron, if you don't have a healthy one stop practicing this technique and add it you your kite. I have spilt the entire sail in half when that chevron failed. You guys are on the way to quarter turn flick-flaks! Sideways is easier than inverted, and everyone can do upright soon after introduction to the method. Can't wait to see your demos

Hi Sarah, While you are in Berck go and see any of The Flying Squad, Stephen, Daniel, Hezz, or Steve, they wrap that way frequently at festivals! Bill

buy a plastic dip (vinyl) liked used on electrical tools, from your favorite home improvement outlet & paint that stuff on the bottom flying lines attachment point of the bridle, (all the way on that leg to the end-cap),.... as Bazzer does with the Phoenix, stiffer & protected lightly sand the parameter/interior edge of the end-caps so they don't prematurely cut thru the bridle loops I've tried little belt loops placed between the end-caps and the actual bridle, so the addition wears-out instead of the bridle's loops.