I got interested in kites late winter/early spring of 2004, when a into the wind magazine somehow showed up on my doorstep. I still don't know how it got there. I looked at all the kites, and thought that the e2 must be the best kite in the world I couldn't afford what looked to be the best cheap kite out there, the beetle, so I went to the bookstore and got a book on kite building. I made tons of little sleds out of straws and trash bags, eventually using some of the rainbow mylar ITW used to sell and dowels. I even made a 6' sled out of tyvek, which worked well until the 1/4" dowels broke and ripped through the sail.
That Christmas, I got a beetle and the book stunt kites.I learned to fly, and had no difficulties. I flew that for about nine months, and then I got a screaming meemie. It is about a nexus, except faster, smaller, tighter and faster turning, and less trickable. I thought that it must have been the best kite around. Little did I know . I went to OBSKC, and there met a bunch of people who pointed me in the right direction. I started going to a few flies with the local club, flew an STX, and got a COMP and UL. At the next competition, I actually got a first in novice precision I wasn't expecting that. since then, I have gotten into revs a bit, but I still like dual line kites better.