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The title says it all. Happy New Year to all my friends here. May the weather always be favorable and the wind always at your back.

This past Sunday was the last Carolina Kite Club fly for 2015. It turned out to be one of the best days we've had in quite a while. Temperatures were above normal and the winds were light to moderate as the day wore on. It's not often we leave the house at 10:00 am and don't get home until sunset. Good weather, good flying, good friends and some new flyers joining us for the first time. So here's to the beginning of another year full of more friends and more flying. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our Last Fly of 2015

Rita, I thought I'd chime in to show that not all kite fliers are men. My husband and I became interested in kiting after attending the local kite festival a couple of times. We decided it looked like fun and wanted to join in. Both of us had flown the classic paper diamond kite as kids but it didn't get much further as we grew older. That is until our daughter left for college. We started with a nice single line kite by White Bird kites. We were lucky enough to have a kite shop nearby and so met other kiters and became involved with the local kite club. While we both still fly single line kites, I became fascinated with vintage dual line stunt kites. Especially those made in the 1990s. I love the slow graceful movements of those large kites. I found myself becoming a collector of kites from such makers as Sky Delight and Top of the LIne. At the same time, I began collecting the dragon kites made by White Bird. My husband preferred the single line kites, particularly cellular kites, rokkakus and flowforms. We have lost count of the number of kites we have when it went over 200. And, believe it or not, they all get taken out of the bag and flown one time. After retirement, we began traveling to nearby kite festivals as well as becoming more involved in our local kite festival. At these smaller festivals, we have met some good kiting friends. Some we don't see often but that doesn't seem to matter. There is a camaraderie among kite fliers that transcends time and place. Over the past couple of years, I've become more interested in flying kite stacks and quad-line kites. I have a nine-stack and a six-stack of Hyperkites, a five-stack of Goblins, and several stacks of Trlbys. I'm still learning how to fly my quad-line kites and have not reached the point where I'm comfortable flying closely with others. For us, kite flying is stress relieving and relaxing. And it gets us out of the house and into the fresh air and sunshine. It keeps us active and moving. We have a group of close friends that we fly with every week, weather permitting. And when the weather does not cooperate, we "hang out" at the local kite shop. Beyond the flying, I also make kites and have a blog about our flying and the kites we own. Sorry if I've gotten long-winded. Hope some of this helps your research.

Wishing you Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year.

Merry Christmas!!

We shall see.

I wait until after the holidays. Have a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and some quiet "down time".

Placed my order.

Saw the post on Facebook but waited to post here. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This past weekend was the weekly kite club fly. While the weather was great, the wind was nonexistent. As it has been in many Sundays past. And so this is the routine for a non-wind day. What A Kite Flier Does….

Hi, Tina. It's Karen from Morehead. What a surprise to see you here. A good one I might say. Welcome!

You're making me jealous. I'l love to have a room just for kites. Along with a darkroom and a studio. Maybe what I need is a second house. LOL

Added another post to my blog. Finally got the chance to fly after a busy holiday. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

Quite a while ago, I started a kiting blog on another site. The link to that blog has been in my signature. While I think this feature makes for a better placement of a kiting blog, it is a major undertaking to migrate and already established blog from one site to another. One I am not technically up to doing. So, instead, I'm going to put a link in this blog whenever there is a new posting to my kiting blog. I hope my friends here will make use of the link and visit me there. Thank you. Freedom In The Sky - A Kiter's Blog

So sorry, Scott.

The gallery itself is not public. I use it to post images to the forums only.

I trained my set of B Pros together and flew them for the first time today. The wind was higher on the beach than the weather apps were telling me so the pull of the kites was rather strong. I didn't want to have anything break my first time out so this was a short flight. But it was enough to show that training was possible and to get photos. I can't what until I get to try again. http://kitelife.com/forum/gallery/image/5850-/ http://kitelife.com/forum/gallery/image/5849-/ http://kitelife.com/forum/gallery/image/5848-/ http://kitelife.com/forum/gallery/image/5851-/

I guess I had better talk to Don this weekend about my commission. LOL

Last time I looked, there was still one there. That's Kites Unlimited in Atlantic Beach, NC. I was looking at it myself but talked myself out of buying it.

Took a look at the link. I notice that the kite in the picture is vented. If that is truly the kite, keep in mind that a vented kite needs more wind to fly that a full sail kite. I don't know where you are located but if it's not a region with strong winds, you will be frustrated when the kite won't lift far off the ground and you will be limited on the number of flyable days.

I had Jeri at Kites Unlimited in Atlantic Beach make the train lines for my Dream On/Little Dreamer stack. She also makes the train lines for the Goblin and the Hyperkites. She probably could make lines for the Quantum.