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Really? Darn! I was hoping to be unique. But thanks, I agree it's a great looking kite.

And don't forget, reverse circles are Not Easy. They're going to take a lot of time and practice. Heck, I'm still working on them. If you're getting close to frustration, it may be a good idea to do something else fun and come back to them later.

Wow, those are some pretty looking marbles there. I really like the one I won in an earlier karma drawing, but these marbles are even prettier. I may just have to get in again.

Cool! Their website says 15mph+ wind range for a single kite. I'd guess a little lower for a stack? Wonder how hard they pull...

I had a great time. Looking forward to doing this all over again tomorrow. Thanks to JB and TK for coming through the Bay Area and doing this. And yes, winds got a bit strong in the afternoon. Don't think anyone had a wind meter out, but upper end of full vent. Enough that I got pulled a few steps by some of the larger gusts.

Wonderful place to take a detour to. Hope it stays dry up there tonight. We got some light rain just now. 2 more days till Rev clinic - I can't wait!

The one I know about is the Prism Switch. http://prismkites.com/products-sl-switch.php . Google will also give you many other links. I don't know much about it as I've never flown one. I don't know if Premier has something similar.

Wow, that dual line megateam was amazing. Never seen that many dual line kites fly together like that. By the way, most of the stuff posted to that Facebook page seems to be public, so even if you don't have a Facebook account (or don't feel like logging in), you should be able to see stuff just by clicking on the link JB posted.

Thanks, WA, for starting this. While I didn't get to glide as much as some of you, I will say that this topic caused me to get my gliders out more than I otherwise would have. It was a fun month, flying and following the adventures others have shared here. To those who posted pics of iPreys...I want one now.

I agree with Tmadz. Check your bridle very closely, and I mean very closely. I have had bridle lines tie knots in themselves on top of existing knots making them very hard to find. This usually happens when the short piece of bridle that you attach the flying line to wraps around some other part of the bridle and loops itself into a knot. Look at each knot in the bridle and the corresponding one on the opposite side and make sure they look the same. Do be careful to not undo a knot that you shouldn't undo. Another thing I do when checking bridles is to fold the kite in half and compare corresponding bridle parts to make sure they are the same length. Should be easy to do with a Snapshot as you don't have any spars to take out of the kite first. Since you mentioned the bridle tangling, I would also check to make sure that the right side looks exactly like a mirror image of the left with no extra twists or whatnot. Good luck.

Awesome! Can't wait for the one in SF in May.

Conference at the local university today, so I went over to this building with a large entrance lobby to fly during a break.

"Too much" wind for me to want to fly my dualie at my usual site next to the marina, so I went wandering into the hills and found this nice spot for gliding. Tried my self-made workshop glider again. Quite a different experience from last time. I think the wind changes (up and down) were a little calmer and smoother than last time and made a big difference. This time, the kite was very floaty. Sometimes the wind would cause it to float sideways. Sometimes it would "glide" into the wind, but the wind was pushing back on it so it kind of just stayed in the same place with no line tension. Was able to take some pics this time while flying because the line didn't need constant tending. Even let go of the line sometimes.

Hi chonkyfire9, Thanks for joining to share your experience, and welcome to KiteLife. It is good to hear what not to do in addition to suggestions for what to do. I don't expect to be flying a large tube tail any time soon, but I'll keep this in mind if I ever do.

Those Revs are really good at hooking people aren't they? My story starts at Berkeley Kite Festival 2009 after a failed attempt to go to the festival the year before (involving work Saturday morning and a friend's car breaking down ). In 2009, I made it down to the festival with a group of friends, one of whom had a small Prism Snapshot and was teaching the rest of us how to fly it. Meanwhile, his friend had set up a Rev SLE, and eventually I got to learn how to fly that as well. Fast forward a few months, and I found myself still flying the Rev in my head while daydreaming. This is when I realized I had to get one for myself. I finally did early in 2010. At some point, I found out about Kitelife and the Rev forums. I found out about the Bay Area Sport Kite League and attended some of their clinics. I met other fliers at my usual flying spot (which lucky for me is a popular place for flying kites, and the same location the festival is held). For a few years, I just wanted to fly around and play, and I really only wanted to fly Revs. I went to some festivals as a spectator, sometimes flying a little, far away from the marked off fields or after the official end of the festival. In late 2012 though, I picked up interest in competition, started flying a lot more seriously and frequently, joined the AKA, and really jumped into the kiting community. In 2013, I started competing with BASKL, flying individual and pairs multiline. I went to festivals as a kiteflier and started flying demos. I gained interest in other types of kites, including single line gliders and dualies, which I now also have and fly. Who knows what the future will bring.

Thanks for the info, and pictures.

Sorry, haven't tried yet. Winds haven't been up there lately.

Looks like lots of Walas want to come out and play this week. Here's mine downstairs of work today. That big metal thing in the picture is normally a fountain. I guess they turned the water off before I got out there. Sorry, no in flight picture. Haven't figured out how to handle kite and camera at the same time and aim fast enough to catch the kite in the pic.

Mine didn't come with any leaders. Should I add some as I'm trying to learn tricks too? What do they look like? Any pics?

Wow, that Gibian masterpiece went quick! Gone before I even saw it (and I even took a peek at the forums in the middle of the day). Lucky whoever snatched it up. The adventure sounds exciting. Also glad Berkeley is already on your radar. I know of several people in the area who would be interested in a clinic. Safe travels.

Wow, dashgee, you have a lot of iFlites/iPreys. Nice to see the whole family (people and kites) getting out to fly. With all these pictures of iFlites and iPreys, I may need to get one soon. Hmmmmm.........

Well, it's good to hear all the positive experiences with USPS. Makes me feel a little less worried about having things shipped by them. Like the OP, I've had a not so good experience myself. Bought a kite from someone and it was shipped via USPS in one of their triangle tubes. When I got it, the tube was crushed and not in a triangle shape anymore. Fortunately, the kite was ok (and this was a dualie, not a Rev). I will say USPS is rather fast though, and seems to me to be fine for "normal" sized and shaped packages. Reef Runner: hope you get your package soon and without incident.

Nice solution. Also convenient that you have a horizontal "tube" thing to work with there. I think I'm going to try some of the other less permanent options first though. Thanks for all the replies. Now to hoping the wind cooperates so I can try some of this out. Edit: Wheee! Post #50. Not a "Newbie" anymore.

Yup, it is. Was rather pleasantly surprised how easy it is to make a glider that works decently well.

Nice, WA. I take it your new gliders arrived? Here's a late post from my Day 1 (Sat). Self-made kite from an AKA convention workshop. Glides pretty nicely indoors, not so much outdoors. This was the first time I decided to test it outside, and I may try it one more time, but at this point I think it will be an indoor only kite.