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I just went to prismkites(dot)com and clicked on catalog -- voila! I believe this is the 2015 line-up.

I believe these are the handles that came with the Freilein kite, and are probably made specifically for the bridle setup on that kite. I doubt Freilein would be interested in selling "Rev" handles. However, longer top leaders wouldn't be a hindrance and would make them universal.

Even the dog got into it -- cooooool!

I'm having trouble understanding this too, Paul. Picture time?

The bridle looks ok in the photo. Measure it to be sure; should be same left and right. If you want to see some Rev color possibilities, visit kitepaint.com, or get on the Revolution kite forum main page and click on colorizer tab. Design your own color scheme. This is only available for the 1.5Pro Series and costs more than factory models because they are hand-made custom builds. Use your vented when wind speed is above 15kph, use the full sail down to 6kph. Below 6 wait for more wind, or you will be struggling to keep it in the air and learn nothing. Later, with experience, you will find it easier to fly in low wind. Add some brake; adjust the bottom lines on the handle leaders to shorten them. Post a picture of your handles and we will advise if set up correctly. Your kite will not move as fast backward as it will forward. Too much input is what causes it to twist (bowtie). Don't worry, this will become easier with more time on the lines.

Great to see you out and flying -- the kite pattern and colors are very nice. I like it. Watch some more JB tutorials where you can see his hands all the time and the kite too (picture in picture). You'll notice that his hands move a lot, but his arms don't. Try using yours wrists more and your arms less. The Rev can be flown very nicely with your wrists tied (literally) together. For only the second time, you are doing fine. Again, try to find an experienced flyer somewhere. Believe me, it will be worth the drive to get there. You will learn more in one hour flying with someone else than in a month of flying alone. If that is not possible, just keep flying as often as you can. It will come to you, don't give up. I learned on my own also, so I know all the frustration you will feel. Wait for wind in the 6 to 15 km range; it is very difficult to learn anything if you are fighting the lack of wind or too much of it. Watch the tutorial videos often, and not too many at once. Pick one or two and practice those, or just fly the three things I have outlined below. Once you have mastered basic control, everything else will be much easier. I recommend these three things to form a good foundation; repeat each item ten times, flying as slow as possible without wobbling. 1. Fly straight up from the ground to the top of the window, from the top lower the kite slowly back to the ground. Repeat. 2. " " " " " " " " " , turn the kite over and fly to the ground slowly. Repeat. 3. Launch the kite and fly a figure-eight pattern as slowly as possible. Try vertical, horizontal, and various angles. Repeat. Practice these first each time you fly and you will learn more quickly, and don't worry about running out of things to learn. To learn everything will take more than one lifetime. DO NOT PRACTICE for more than 20 or 30 minutes. Take frequent breaks to just fly around, or just sit. Once you fly each of these three things 100 times, going slower each time, you will have very good control of the kite. If you fly item #2 one hundred times, going very very very slowly you will discover that you can hover inverted. You will have learned it the easy way. Once you have enough control of the kite that you are not crashing often, sit down and fly the kite. It will force you to use less arm movement, and gain precision. Most importantly, SMILE, have fun and don't forget to breathe.

Just ordered the 1 and 1.5 size from Kath and Elliot at Flying Smiles. They are out of the ones for the 2-size kites at the moment. Tinker, fly. Tinker, fly. Repeat, repeat, repeat -- I love it.

I'm waiting for April -- maybe May.

Not quite as "techie" as we've become!

Try clicking here: http://kitelife.com/forum/topic/1687-french-bridles/?view=findpost&p=14128&hl=%2Bfrench+%2Bbridle Some French Bridles have six legs to the leading edge, as this one does. The middle pivot is deleted. Google "french bridle kite".

Look on this forum and the Rev forum under items like modifications and such. The variations on the "French" bridle all have one thing in common and that is additional legs going to the leading edge and cross-active additions to the front part of the bridle. The legs to the leading edge give additional support and stiffness. The cross-active legs allow the kite to tilt without tilting the bridle. I realize this probably makes no sense to you or most other people, but is a little easier to understand if you can see a photo of it, or play with it in person. If you google French Bridle you should get results also that will show images. There are three distinctly different ones and many more personal variations on the theme. Some people like them, others don't.

Just had to bump this!

Just had to bump this!

It's nice to just go over to someone flying a kite of any kind and say, "hi". At least then they know that they are not alone, and that other flyers are a friendly bunch. Most of the time the help you give is very basic. Perhaps they will be able to help someone else who's having the same problem they had. Paying it forward is good and feels good. I think that may be what makes kiting addictive.

If you use the original lines and handles, then the answer is no. If you fly it with newer lines that are equal length you can make extensions that you can attach to, I believe, the bottoms of the bridle line, but I'm not certain. I think Wayne Dowler knows. He'll probably chime in on this soon if no one else does.

I'm being dead serious. All anyone has to do is give the handles to someone who is interested and help them long enough to be able to take off and land. Then just go to the kite and flip back on its feet after they crash for a while. The addiction then just takes care of itself. P.S. - The guys practicing with their power foils are easy game.

That's great Wayne, one or two who get the bug x 340 members = 500 new flyers per year. That would get our numbers up, in a hurry.

We all just need to go grab people off the streets and make them fly. Turn the really interested spectators into "doers".

Hey, Rob. Did you look for the pot of gold behind that tree? Your Kymera looks just like the one I'm going to win!

Oh, yeah -- come to Papa! This will look really good next to my Gemini II, and Stranger 7. (As soon as I win the Kymera and Stranger 7)

Congratulations, Russell.

Gained 4, lost 10. We need to reverse this trend. Everyone needs to get one or two new people into kite flying every year; go exponential, I say.

I'm in -- it'll look great next to my Gemini II, in white and blue.

I just read on the IKE forum that David Kovacs, aka Dayton Dave, died of a massive heart attack. Those who knew David will miss him -- both on the kite field and off. Taken from us much too early. One of the best quad-line flyers with whom I've had the pleasure to cross lines, and member of Illinois Kite Enthusiasts and team 180GO. Sweet winds Dave -- you will be remembered!

And some other duals as well. Lucky man! You'll get a kick out of the small foils -- they move pretty fast.