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eBay. There should be many for sale. Don't buy one you never heard of. Do research. Avoid the Chinese kites until you know more about kites in general.

It's been 10 days. Your lack of commitment is disheartening.

You're starting to scare me! 😎

HI, and welcome to the forum. You can buy a better quality kite for the same amount if you get one that is used. It may be more difficult to find but it's worth looking. Get to any kite festival or kite shop you can find. Kite people are friendly and will help you get started. In the end it really doesn't matter which kite you get first, because if you stay with it you will have many more soon. Good luck. Smile, have fun and don't forget to breathe.

If you don't have absolute control of the kite yet don't fly near people. PERIOD! Absolutely not worth the gamble. If you hurt someone -- a kite can kill -- you will regret it forever. It's best not to take the chance. Find a different place to fly, or walk down the beach far enough to where people aren't going. If you get the kite wet with salt water rinse it in fresh water as soon as you can afterwards. For your first dip in the water avoid anything with waves and current like the ocean and rivers. They will eat your kite. There is no way to keep people out of your fly zone, even if you cordon off the area as evidenced at kite festivals. Some will ignore everything and will take the shortest route to where they are going. Park the kite and wait until they pass. If they are heading for your lines yell "Watch out for the lines" until they hear you. You can keep the kite in the air if you think you can keep it up there until they pass. If you have any doubt, park it. If your lines are lying flat on the ground they are harder to trip over. Overall, just use common sense. Think of what you would expect if you were them. They have the right to use that space too. The length of your lines determines the size of your safety zone, so you can fly on shorter lines but things happen faster on short lines.

Congratulations. Enjoy.

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

You can, depending on your skills and the method by which it is attached to the sail. Some just snap or screw in -- others require some sewing skills.

Kite Yoga - the unification of body, mind and breeze Kite Yoga is striving to achieve that goal. Once achieved, it's called Zen.

Regarding the Zephyr. Great low-wind to mid-range-wind kite. If you're just starting out, don't get one unless you plan to leave it in your bag for a year and pull it out when you're ready for it. Any beginner will probably hate it. Unless you are very familiar with how to adjust a dual line sport kite for a specific wind type and speed, you will have it adjusted wrong more than half the time. The kite is designed with inherent instability so it can be tricked well. This will drive you nuts until you gain enough experience. I had one and am telling it the way it is. Eventually I loved it -- but until then . . . . And I'm not even talking about tricking it, just getting it to fly with some control. It has a very small range of compatibility with existing conditions. You need to have it "dead on" or it will cause you grief. Bridle, stand-offs, weight position, and sail tension must all be well-coordinated. You will eventually learn to use all of these adjustments to your advantage if you stay with it. If you think kites may be a temporary passion you're just increasing your level of frustration in what should be pure joy. You don't have to fly as well as a pro to have fun.

Six inches and 175 pounds? That's like a 12-foot deep dish pizza, more or less. 😂

Very many -- not very active, but here. Karma might up the participation.

Crash and burn is usually the first trick in any flyers repertoire. (minus the burn part)

However, I don't see why the flyers in Europe couldn't have their own karma. I wonder how @John Barresi feels about that. John? Any thoughts on this?

If you truly want a Zen experience, you must learn to fly quads. At first it will be even more frustrating than flying a dual, but with time you will learn to control the beast. Then you will become one with the wind. The journey will not end.

They make some great kites. Check them out, for sure.

Yup! That's right!

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

Also, that's why the old-timers tell you to be selective with the wind in which you learn to fly. If you must fight the wind for control of the kite you learn nothing except how hard it is to control the kite when the wind is too strong.

I'd leave them at 30 feet. It's easy to shorten them -- hard to make them longer.

However, I do have to be somewhat of a wrench in the works here. Just by looking at the Djinn in comparison to the mid and full vent Revs it appears to me that the percentage of venting of overall surface area on the Djinn is less than that of the Rev respectively, per model. More surface area generally equates to more lift. I haven't taken any measurements or done any calculations yet, but that would explain at least some of the perceived effect. What other factors may contribute to this phenomenon is not yet known and may be beyond our understanding and ability to measure. That said, I hope to try one myself some time.

Yup, and in some areas of the country it is dead calm at certain times of the year, like Chicago in August.

Very appropriately named.

Spring and fall usually have the most consistent wind. Hang loose. Fall is almost here. As Wayne mentioned. Light wind flying is an acquired taste. You'll hate those days at first, but as you gain experience and skills you'll begin loving it. It takes a lot of learning to get to the point where you can fly when most others are grounded, but the satisfaction is so sweet!

I've flown a Thor's Hammer. You would absolutely love it. I would have bought one the same day I tried it if I had the money.