thebbqguy

It's been awhile since my first flight attempts with the Premiere Vision dual line. The first time out my longest flight was about 2 minutes. Today with much stronger winds, I flew for 10 minutes and a little more. My wife also had some 4 or 5 minute flights as well The weird thing is the wind would be screaming then fall to nothing. Sometimes I was able to save it; sometimes I was not. It was fun.

Thanks

I have noticed lately that my ability to fly more often is being impacted by the lack of availability of a "helper" aka my wife. How do you launch a dual line kite without assistance?

My wife and I flew the dual line kite today for the first time. I'm not afraid to say she was the first to taste success. The lessons learned included: -Wind direction -Choice of flying location -Wind forecast It was fun though. We scouted out a few places locally. With the good weather the parks were packed. We found one with space and decided to try it. Unfortunately, the wind direction was tough to decipher. The field is bordered by woodlands on 2 sides. That made the direction change and gust.

LOL. I can't take credit for saying that. It's something Marrieanne Trennepohl told me yesterday. I just hope we get some better weather next week so I can try it out.

"If you learn to drive with a Pinto, you'll appreciate the Ferrari much more when you finally get a chance to try one."

I purchased my first dual line sport kite today - a Premier Vision. I'm glad I decided to buy locally from the only kite shop I've ever seen - Kites & Fun Things. Jon Trennepohl even gave me a quick demo of how to set it up, wind up the line, etc. It was a great experience. When my skills improve, I'll be back there for another purchase. Now what we need here is some better weather.

That's exactly why I decided to get into kites. There is a lot of downtime in my chosen species of fishing sometimes.

I saw the Windjammers at the Howell Balloon Festival several years ago the first time. I am glad I found this resource. I thought about stopping by School Craft today but it's still pretty chilly. I'll be bying a 2 line kite soon and maybe a single line too.

LOL. And I'm worrying over a single kite or two. I'm going to drop buy the kite store and let the expert guide me I guess. It sounds like I need to cut back on fishing if I decide to get serious about learning dual line kites.

Michigan Carp Fishing My fishing addiction website.

I am an avid fisherman. I am learning kites are like fishing equipment. LOL. You can spend less, but you may actually end up spending more down the road. I'm looking at Premier too. What do you think of New Addiction?

LOL. The more I read, I think I'm leaning to the Nexus. It has the lighter pull I think my knees will appreciate until I get some more experience.

Is it worth replacing the lines on the 140? In some of the video for the 170, I see folks getting dragged around pretty well. I'm not physically handicapped but my 50 year old knees have seen better days. Or is it more a matter of knowing the conditions and not flying in higher winds?

Thanks for the suggestions. I think Nexus or Synapse might be in my future.

I have limited kite experience. I'm considering a Prism Bora 5 or Isotope, but I'm wondering if I should go straight to precision or stunt kites; since it's fundamentally different pursuits. Until I figure out my real level of enthusiasm and aptitude for kites I want to keep individual purchases under $100. I would be willing to purchase a few under $100 kites to try a few different styles. How do you suggest I proceed?

Hello from the Suburban Detroit area. I saw Windjammers a few years ago and then a couple more times in person and online. I'm ready to try kite flying.