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Next up is a series of 3 sails all in gray tones (Black, Charcoal, Silver and White)..Not sure if this will be a stack or individual kites yet. Picture is to give an idea of what is coming. Patterns are by no means set yet.

Something about the djinn's shape and layout seems to be begging for a monarch butterfly inspired color scheme as one of the options. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using KiteLife mobile app

Winds are looking extremely light for tomorrow. Let's hop it improves a bit..

I stated this in another post, but it bears repeating. I used to fly a 3 kite quiver, based on conditions. Prism Ozone for light winds, mostly flown on 50# lines. A Flexifoil Stranger on 150# lines for medium wind. A Prism Alien for heavy winds on 90#. Why? Well the design of the kite really dictated the poundage of lines. The Stranger just overpowered lighter lines. The pull it developed seemed to put 90# line at its max all the time. So I used 150# for peace of mind. Similarly, the Alien felt really light on the line and because of the design, didn't put nearly the strain on the 90# I used. In the end I ended up with a 3 kite, 3 line sets quiver. Allowed for a mix and match situation. I could use any line on any kite - it always depended on conditions,

So I couldnt resist going out today as well. Had really good success. Definately got to ride a bunch with the little space i had. Here are some videos. Enjoy. I did ! Heeheehee. https://youtu.be/sGCL_LzWVbE here is another. https://youtu.be/Tzy_AyfE0qA I cant wait to get the kitebuggy rolling. Stay tuned. Lol

Got some clouds cooled off a bit and flew for a couple hours this evening. Thinking on this thread I took my Black Dog and Widow Maker out with 80# x 80' dyneema line set. Been maybe 3 months since I've used it. I'd never flown the Widow Maker on a Dyneema set before. Ouch. Never will again. Got to remembering that the last 3/4 of my time with the Widow ng was on 150# x 100" prism line. Maybe the last couple months I've gotten more attuned to the kites. Zoomed around a bit on the Black Dog and had a good time. Didn't feel a dramatic difference if at all flying it with Prism 90# x 80" or the dyneema. Never flown it with LPG. Switched to the WMP and wow was it noticeable. Winds were a blustering but not overly bad. Between 12 and 18 mph.Should have been flying the Mind Trick. It handles blustery like you wouldn't believe unless you fly it for yourself. 2 near damaging nose dives that I think were from lack of response in the lines that I hadn't adjusted for . Just to the right of mid center window did a lazy, back into turtle and started rotating to nose forward. Wind gusted a little, kite nosed dived towards center gaining speed as it went. Pulled out but barley. Next one center top, pancaked caught a flic flac, missed the next but held the fade for a bit. About 1/2 way down kite dipped and headed straight for the ground powering up.Avoided the crash but it was even closer then the 1st. It ended in a tip drag which is way to close for me unless intentional. LPG set and I don't think I would have been near that close to disaster. Might have even been able to make another move instead of that was close. Flew a bit more. Winds got to shaking the kite and it's hey stupid your on 80# lines in winds going over 20. Go take a shower.Took the shower and winds dropped under 15. Could have flown another hour dang it. Hopefully the 50# x 80' dyneema set that'll be here tomorrow won't be such a dramatic difference on the Tekken or Pro Dancer. Starting to kick myself for being such a cheapskate and not getting LPG 50# months ago. Do have another ( justified) kite though 😁. Buy Shanti, Skybond or LPG. Man I'm starting to become the kite snob I always hoped I could be LOL.

Also, was rolling my B today and found myself thinking: "sure hope that the djinn bridle rolls up nice like this.". [emoji3] Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using KiteLife mobile app

Center sections for the other 3..

Here are some pics of my kites. The larger one is made by The Kite Factory. The smaller one is made by Go-fly-a-kite And My Jazz of course Thanks to my wonderful girlfriend ! I love you baby ! And thank you !