Denis192

Thank you for the warm welcome. I bought a kite around 12mths ago which cost £14.99 in the UK, with the intention of flying it with my children on a family holiday. The kite remained in the packaging for the entire trip and it never got used, fast forward a year and again we where due for a short break. Again the kite came along in the car but this time it made it to the beach, later on in the day when the number of others beach users had declined out came the kite. With the wife and children watching together came the kite and the lines set out, 3, 2, 1 and up we went only to turn 180 and come straight back down on the nose. With everybody laughing in enjoyment at my failure and me blaming the kite, the wind and anything but the operator again I paced up and down to set up for take off. This time I felt a little more confident as I could remember the feeling on the lines which helped me understand where I had gone wrong. 3, 2, 1 and up we went this time staying up and for the next 5 mins all I thought about was the kite and nothing else, for the next hour up and down we went, back and forth I walked but I was hooked. I really felt like I had found my outlet. Hungry for more the next day I woke up and headed for the beach minus the the family(it was 6am lol). Unfortunately upon arrival there was absolutely zero wind and that remained for the next 1 1/2 days. Determined to get more airtime I waited and it paid off, last night I managed to fly for around 3 hours but spent a lot of time walking so now I'm off to try and learn how to relaunch without walking. Anyway I'm off to watch some videos and any direction would be greatly appreciated.