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We're pleased to yet again announce the next prize being given away to our most appreciated supporters, the Kitelife Subscribers... For roughly 10 cents per day they play a major role in keeping KL growing in every way. Djinn ST from Kite Forge, $375 value, in your choice of CUSTOM colors (normally a $50 charge)! Design yours - http://kiteforge.com/colorizer == Full info - https://kiteforge.com/djinn More videos - https://kiteforge.com/videos/ This package includes a CUSTOM ST (standard) sail, Mystic 12 frame and a kite sleeve! NOTE: You will be able to choose your own CUSTOM colors (subject to design approval), but it will be exactly the same Djinn ST configuration that I fly myself - no special mods needed, it's already a boss right out of the bag... We should be able to ship from existing inventory when a winner is drawn, worst case will be 2-6 weeks from the date of drawing (depending on production schedule). You can sign up here. Odds of winning for this prize is currently 1/402, and will be drawn on Nov 15th, 2019! Our thanks, and the very best to you... Let the drooling begin!

FWIW, for a first kite I'd suggest a simple 2 piece sail. My first one I made was a simple an overlap.. I used the lightest I could find for it and it worked out pretty well. I have another one just like it in the build stage since I can't seem to keep these. I use Icarex almost exclusively now but I still have quite a bit of the challenge PolyMax if I want another very dark kite. Some of the Kite (.75) RipStop Nylon (RSN) would be very good as well but generally not a kite you'd want to fly around water. For Leading Edges I use Dacron Tape and Poly Screen. On very light kites like the Indigo Sunrise I use 1.5 Coated RSN. For Edge Binding I generally use the RSN 1" Ribbon or if I need a specific color I'll spring for a 1" Tail from Prism or Skydog. I buy my -caps from OSK, -Screen from FlyMarket or Lowes, -Dacron and Bungee comes from FlyMarket, Kites and Fun Things, or Goodwinds, -Icarex, Skyshark and Bridle Cord from Kites and Fun Things. (The PolyMax came from FlyMarket while it was on blowout.) That about covers my entire materials list FWIW, My LE still uses Screen. I'm not a fan of the holes there.

The Silver Fox 2.2 is an excellent kite for the money. It's available at the Kite Shoppe

in action if you want to see😁

After seeing the purple framed in black I went back to the colorizer for a revisit and came up with this. Using Silver, Grape, Old Grape, Purple and Plum for the color progression. I was going to use the Wine color in the mix but it is more red than purple and kind of detracted from the overall look.