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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. Handmade Ground Stakes from John Barresi, $80 value, with holsters! These are brand new, handmade wpoxy resin art groundstakes with 416 stainless steel shafts and really good points on them - holsters fit well, have sand release gaps at the bottom and each include a carabiner. == You can sign up here. Odds of winning for this prize is currently 1/346, and will be drawn on January 10th, 2025! Our thanks, and the very best to you... Let the drooling begin!

There has been a real shortage of nice ground stakes (at least in the US) since Walt Ellis stopped making his marble stakes - the two in this drawing are from my recent journey learning about making art stakes - they're not 100% perfect, but they are pretty and have my energy in them. Here are are some of the others I've made so far: (playlist - let it play through) https://kiteforge.com/product/kite-stake-skull/

Just saying hello, am in Brisbane Australia have had been flying since back in the 90s, had some duals and some traction kites then, did some kite surfing but kind of went away to do other things and only had a Benson Gemeni that I flew very occasionally in the last decade or so. Got a few days of flying in about six months ago and have caught the kiting bug again. Picked up a exp rev and wanted to get some tips for it for the forum. Heard about some tuning tips on the sport kite podcast where John B said he could even tune a exp so seeing if I can glean some of that from this site. Just making some leader lines now from shoe laces. Now to go test it Thanks