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Alright, thanks again to all for your patience - we've got a winner! This beautiful Djinn HV is going home with subscriber #1148, @renodc2! A huge congratulations to Roger Fontaine, and ongoing gratitude to everyone who helps support our efforts here at KiteLife. 🙏🏻 Stay tuned for a new prize to be announced very soon!

Hello. I've got a post in the Introductions forum that gives a little history of what brings me to the KiteLife forums. That will give a little insight into myself and my Dad, Gene, who got me involved with kites back in the 80's. As mentioned in my post, Dad passed last year. He left behind a collection of over 170 kites. Primarily stunt kites, dating back as far as the 80's, but primarily the 90's. I intend to keep some of these, and I could use some advice now that I don't have Dad to consult anymore. I don't want to pick them based just on color/design. I do know how to fly, but it's been a while. I want to get back into it, and broaden my horizons as far as the types I fly. I'm not well-versed on the ins-and-outs of what each kite is best for, so I'm not quite sure which to keep. I'm attaching a PDF inventory of his collection. Feel free to educate me if you think I've identified any of them incorrectly. Dad left some notes, but not on every kite, so I relied on internet searches to fill in the rest, and I'm sure I got some wrong. Here's a list of what I'm looking for as far as what I want to actually fly, and for which I need recommendations: A kite for strong winds - I always liked a kite that required some strength to handle A kite for light winds/ultralight A kite for somewhere in-between - My upper body strength is actually pretty lame. So I'm not always going to want one that requires a lot of muscle. But light wind kites sometimes just don't feel great to me. My main go-to in the past was always an original model Skyburner, because that's what Dad gave me, LOL An indoor kite A quad - If there are such things, both a strong & a light wind models. Quads are one type of kite I never managed to find time to learn, so I don't know if they come in both types A rokkaku If there's a category I'm missing that you think I should have to complete my collection of flyers, I'd love your insight. I will be keeping a few single line kites, but that's primarily going to be based on design, so I'm not looking for insight into those, unless you want to share something. Thank you! Kite Inventory With Photos.pdf

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Very cool collection!

Great prize win! I fly only actually LPG because they are really excellent. Mine are from Vliegertak Kite Lines from the Netherlands - but it's good that Kite Forge now also offers ready-made sets. Then a Kite Forge Dog Stake could be raffled at the next draw, right? Christmas and so ...

Thank you, Even though it’s an automated message, I’m happy to be here. I’m an avid Prism kite flyer in a couple locations here in France; local city parks and in the middle of northern wheat fields. From time to time I’ll fly the aeroclub’s Cessna out to the beach, grab a bicycle from the FBO and profit from the stiff channel winds.

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Congratulations you’ll be amazed how well they perform if you haven’t had the privilege to try one.

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Congratulations and have fun with it :-)

WOW, just wow is all I can say!! This is a beautiful collection! Yes, some may be a little dated, but the history and the fact that were your dads. I will just say this, seems I have collected more kites than I will ever need over the last year and a half. Do I need them all, NO. But there is something behind the purchase of everyone of them. I bet the same is true with most of what you have. Priceless🤨 Lon

I would keep all of them unless there was a pressing reason to sell. Many are classic kites, some are more modern. All of them can give new insights on flying, or provide different experiences. Some of them are unique classic kites, well-known for some notable trait or another. Flying them yourself can be a valuable learning experience. For your list of specific needs as the definite keepers that you fly actively, I'd say the Wren, Pro Dancers, some Decas, the Indoor Rev, Rev EXPs, Rev SLE, Rev Blast, a few of the vented (there are many great options) and all the Rokkakus (except 89 only because I don't like the art) would be great for everyday use. Those cover the full range of your list. Even so, personally I would find it hard to part with most of them; each satisfies a different itch. The number of overlapping ranges is a good thing, just like choosing between various outfits when any would be acceptable, choosing among the different kites can be based on your mood that day and it is nice to have options. It would be a pleasure to fly any of them. A few are a little dated, and you'd want to inspect the bungees and fittings on them before flying, none look bad. Even several of those kid-friendly kites (129-132, several of the smaller parafoils, etc) even if I wasn't flying I'd feel happy to hand off to a kid just to watch their faces light up as they fly. Others are more specialty for show kites, like the wooden biplane, helicopter, and clipper ship; they are unusual and fun to see at a festival among a cloud of deltas and parafoils. I can see why he kept that as a collection rather than selling or giving them away.

Oh my!!!!! That’s one of the most doubly....no triply....no....amazing collection of kites ever!!!! I’m literally drooling onto this iPad......... There are some absolute classic kites in that bunch...yoweee....as I wipe more drool off...... The only discrepancy I see is #80 which isn’t an indoor....see #100...but a vented 1.5 size like some others. Agreed on the Guildworks stuff....I sold a bunch of them to a fellow who fixed them all up real good as the fittings weren’t basically...;) What can I say.....you have every wind and flying style (more or less) covered in this collection and many sub choices. I’m also sure you have a bunch that some of us....especially old skool fliers....have been looking for......ooops....drool again....;) Your Dad and this collection rocked....as well I’m sure you do!!! Much thanks for sharing this collection with us!!!!! bt