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I'm in. Indoor dualie...sweet!

Cutting rods and gluing ferrules is not that difficult. I had never done any of that before I made my set of P90s. I didn't even have any tools and such to do something like that. I did some research and bought a fine tooth hobby saw (they're cheap) and MacGyver'ed a "sawhorse" to cut them on. It worked out fine. Take up riffclown's offer to borrow a set. Then if you like it, you might be more eager to make your own. He can probably give you tips on how to do it too. Regarding diamonds vs. P90s, I think the comparison is somewhat similar to race rods vs. 2-wraps. They cover a similar wind range, but the response is different. Personally, I got used to my 2,3,4-wraps, and P90s for very light wind, and never got used to race rods and diamonds when I was lent them to try out. YMMV.

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Kites feel much bigger indoors than out. Enjoy your new kite!

Looks like Fly Market is going to have a Bulk Ripstop Blowout next week. May want to keep an eye on that site.

Welcome to KiteLife and welcome back to kites. I'm glad you already heard about the BASKL clinic and are planning to go. I will be there too, probably splitting my time between helping new fliers and trying to learn some dual line tricks. And just in case your kite doesn't arrive tomorrow for some reason, please still come out to the BASKL clinic. We have kites you can borrow, and it will be a great opportunity to get started on the right foot. See you there!

Are you talking about the videos titled Revolution Kites Reflex? Those were the teaser videos for their new kite, called the Reflex.

Do we know what spars come with the Phoenix Pros?

Wheeee..... Congrats! I watched your video. You're doing pretty good for your first day out. Before you know it, you won't even have to think about the basic controls.

Oops, a bit overdue on this one. Memorial Day weekend brought around the San Ramon Art and Wind Festival. It is a Sunday-Monday festival, this year held on May 29-30, 2016. Sunday started off on a good note, with temperatures not terribly hot, and there was wind! Bumpy, inland wind with lots of "holes" typical of that location, but nevertheless there was wind. Sport kite fliers flew demos most of the day, interspersed with some other attractions. Penny Lingenfelter put on a show with kids from the audience, giving them kites to fly and briefing them on the story they were acting out before taking center stage. We also ran bol races, where older kids got to pull bols into the wind and attempt to run to the finish line. A couple of giant octopus kites also went up. Here is Team AirZone getting ready to perform. You can see the octopus still being put away on the ground. We ended the day with a quad line megafly as we like to do. Unfortunately, we were not as lucky on Monday. Temperatures were already picking up in the morning, and on top of that, there was no wind. But the show must go on. For the first few hours, demo fliers were flying on short lines, some even flying their indoor routines on indoor kites. I got creative and flew a mystery ballet with a single line glider. Since it was Memorial Day, we also had a red, white, and blue fly, with people running their kites across the field to get some lift. One guy tied three cube kites (red, white, and blue; I believe they were Shanti cubes) to a banner pole and was using it as a giant wand to fly the kites. Banner display that was put up on Monday. We did finally get some wind later in the afternoon, so we were able to fly the routines we typically fly at outdoor festivals. Before we knew it, it was time to pack up and head home.

Well....whoops happens. If one of my kites goes in the ocean, I will wash it. (Yes it's happened to me too.) Spraying with a garden hose sounds like a good idea. If you're like me and don't have access to a garden hose, the shower works too. Just use cold water. And, I don't use soap either. Just rinse the kite with water and air dry.

It's a wonderful location for a kite festival, definitely worth the drive.

Hahaha "Oh guano", I like your creative censoring. I had a similar experience once as well. All of a sudden, one of the brake lines let go. I thought I broke a line. When I walked down the line, I saw that nothing was broken. Was also a little puzzled what happened, but probably user error as well.

Hello Chris and welcome. There's also the San Diego Kite Club if you're willing to travel a little. I don't know details, but they seem to get together somewhat regularly and there are Rev fliers.

Is this the same as the kites being flown in Toruk? That one is on my list of kites I'm interested in. I didn't know there were 2 sizes. How big is big?

The green is not part of the tube, it is over the tube. Not sure I would describe it as part of the label either though. More like, tube, green, label. Unfortunately I have no idea what it's purpose is either. I'm not even sure if you could specify one or the other in an order. It might just be a manufacturing change and they're not really different. The one set I have that has the green has so far only been flown in one kite that has slightly different flight characteristics anyway (Shook mesh), so I can't give any comments regarding a direct comparison.

The 10th Annual Morro Bay Kite Festival, organized by Shaun Farmer of Farmer's Kites and Surreys, was held on April 23-24, 2016. Friday morning, I picked up Penny Lingenfelter from the airport, and we headed south for Morro Bay. As we were driving through Gilroy, we were hit by a huge downpour where I could barely see out the windshield. What is it with rain and kite trips this year? At least it has only been during the driving days and not the flying days. We arrived in Morro Bay with plenty of daylight left, checked in to our motel, and went to hang out with the rest of the kite fliers who had arrived for the festival. Saturday morning, after getting breakfast from a really good bakery in town (I don't even know what it's called, everyone just refers to it as "the bakery"), we headed on out to the beach. Setting up camp. Uh oh. The marked off flying field was way too short. The back boundary had not been marked yet, but some of the people flying on longer lines were already standing far enough back that their feet were getting wet from the surf. And, tide was still coming in! So, the camps got moved, the field boundary got moved, and the back boundary was still as far into the water as you wanted to go. Throughout the day, a number of fliers, especially the teams, would end up with their feet in the water when a large wave came in. We had a good mix of individual, pairs, and team dual line and Rev demos throughout the day. If you look closely at the next picture, you can see the yellow caution tape near the ground that was the field boundary, and the wet sand indicating how far in the largest sneaker wave came. It got within 20 or 30 feet of the sound table at the inland edge of the field. On another note, can you find the Vickis? Ron Gibian had a couple of his single line kites up as well. Saturday night there was a Rib Fundraiser Dinner where the kitefliers got to eat for free. The ribs were delicious. I hope they do it again next year. Sunday came, and we got ready to do it all over again. We went to the bakery for breakfast again, and hit the beach again. As the second day of the festival started, the wind picked up and just kept picking up. Some of the large kite display before the wind got out of hand. I also noticed there was a High Surf Advisory and a Wind Advisory in effect on Sunday. They probably were in effect on Saturday as well, but I didn't take note. However, Sunday was a lot windier. It was already blowing around 20mph around noon, and 25mph+ before 1pm. You could see the sand blowing over the beach. Revs on the ground were quickly getting covered with sand. And, any time I bent down to do something, I was getting a face full of sand no matter if I was facing the wind or turned the other way. The audience was quickly disappearing too, a big change from Saturday when it felt like there was the most attendance we had seen at this festival. With the challenging conditions, we ended up wrapping up the festival early. The kitefliers got out of the wind and some of us hung out for a bit since it was still relatively early in the day. Then it was time to drive home. Well, now we had to drive in this wind! I had a 200 mile drive to get home, and I'd say at least half of that was through 20mph or so crosswinds and headwinds. (I checked windfinder reports after I got home to get a sense of the wind speeds on my route.) I made it home safely, but I've got sand everywhere now.