Litsong

hello JohnF (have we met @WISKC last september?): thanks for the lead. do you have a plan or related info about Borelli Glider that i can use? i googled it up under Borelli Glider, kite, plan but have no luck finding anything details. i am only starting to fly single line kite with movement (fly static since ages but not the sporty type) I love gliding ones (got two from two friends, plus BirdX ) and also sporty ones (like Bai)and now realize how much fun single liners can be. funny to hear that your reflection episode-- Since recently Wen's unfortunate event was similar: on his first real test fly day with his precious new indoor reflection, he broke it by flying it slightly kissing a Batmington pole. thank you for responding and please let me know more about the Borelli Glider. Litsong Lu

hey, i am trying to set up the indoor kiting practice/event routines Would like to cover the DOs and DON'ts (since we have not much experienced ones here) for the spectators and the wana-try people. Can you share your reflections on DOs and DON"T's from your experience (indoor kiting related) I hope to come up with a set of guidelines for the reference. It would be good to know what could add on to the benefit and what to avoid, especially safety and courtesy related. I just hope that our starting steps can be relatively safe and somewhat civilized. thanks in advance Litsong also, would be good to hear what mental preparations would be informative to be included in the handout sheet. again, this is something totally new here, we have to take on to cover the educational basics in order to open the door to more then just our die-hard/ hard core flyers.

dear Scott: well, the idea of having two indoor rev here is exactly what you hinted! except i am coming along really slowly after my injury and my late blooming talent (if at all) last weekend indoor i managed to nick your blue when Wen is fixing something and the best i can do is to go around in circles but i am sooooo happy that i can move so little and see the kites move so swiftly (yeah, addictive! like meditation). but i don't get enough practice now we just got such limited space and usage and i do make Wen the priority as he learns faster and it is beautiful to just let him do what his passion is. Well, i am sure someday we will fly together. and that someday will come faster if we have more time and space to practice. thank you for the tips of running indoors, maybe if i make a board announcement for the schedule and pointed out to the kids, that will help them understand how and why we are doing this and that.... again, please let me know anything you know about indoor kite safety so i can come up with a sheet for review. It is not like outdoor, sharing kites outdoor we have done plenty, but indoor, we are just figuring things out by stumbling. Passion, Scotty is a wonderful role model, as i had witness the love between you and Wen, a mother could not ask for better or more. You had done so much for Wen and now you can be proud that he is passing your flame on to others and those others may be in the place you have never been to (yet). ps: our effort of hosting indoor flying is simply 1. we want to fly 2. we want to someday share with the public such an art and play 3. if we do 1 well, we can do 2 in a better setting (my plan is make an annual event including audience such as our family and friends , and in two years we hope to rent a bigger space for the public to see too) thanks for listening and blessings, we love what we do! and with kitelife we can find Q+A and feedbacks and support! aren't we lucky?! thank you J.B.

Hello Penny: thanks for responding. Since all of us are new (that's why we get together to share the space and our talents), nobody really knows except while trying. there are a couple who are more experienced(namely, Wen, Geary=rev, and Daryel =single line flyer), we are not to the point to do anything with the public yet. It is in the school hall, so there are school kids sneaking in during our sunday practice (we rent the space from the school). There is no door that we can close (the gate is downstairs controlled by the security, they open so we can go in). I did invite them for our Gelato /Italian ice cream, given by a friend who can't come. I also let them use my kite (Bai, thanks again stephen, what a treasure!), and at times asked another flyer to teach them on the side (using fighter kites). As for Newbies kite flyers, we do share generously since they know the basics and had been flying outdoor. I did make a rough schedule for free fly, demo, Mystery Ballet and come to learn it worked with the flyers so far. as for the unexpected standing by children i may need to come up with a safety sheet (anyone ?) so they understand the basics for indoor kiting (any advice welcome, we are all learning by doing it) The last thing i do is to exclude anyone from coming to drool, or try. I just need to have some basic ground covered. another thing i am embarressed---- i have not made indoor kites yet. when kids want to know where and how we get the kites that we fly ($) humm. maybe looking into some handy kite making that fly well indoor would be a good outlet for the kids. thanks Penny.

Hello John, just a bit details here: how do you use the rec center for indoor kite flying? I think there must be some sort of courts for basketball, or else.... we go to the rec center /gymbut most of the time we have to wait when others are on the court playing what the court is designed for (sad the designer doesn't know about indoor kiting and the managers had no idea too.) So far we do get in but not always get to fly enough.... Since we got the reflection from Theresa, two time we made the trip to the gym but too many ball players (winter break) and we had to drop the idea of waiting.. how did it work for you?

hello, We just started hosting the indoor kiting play day since Jan 13. Next event will be on March 16. any tips on running indoor kiting gathering will be appreciated..... i do have one question here and wish to hear diverse feedbacks when we have the indoor thing (in a hall of an elementary school) there are some times little kids coming by and want to fly do you let spectators into the space ? what about safety issue and liability? since the space we have is pretty tight already (one basketball court, indoor) and people came from a distance (two hours drive some of them) to participate as we do free flying and demo ballet plus mystery ballet some of them don't want the little kids in the space for safety issue and also for limited space when free flying i wish to know how people perceive this situation as organizers/hosts, flyers or a curious george here in Taiwan, this is the first indoor kiting gathering for fun! and we hosts (iSPACE) are just trying to figure things out. be the change we want to see in our world / living our dream is what we do. Litsong ps: for those who know Wen Jeng, this is his sherpa pps: This Sherpa flies Bai (thank you stephen) and loves rev even still trying (when Wen is not flying )

Hi, scotty, Theresa and all: Wen got me into the forum now (darn curious about this not-so-little wizard's writing on the forum) ps: he beams out soft light every time after flying indoor! I decided to make some video clips of him flying so Scotty and others (kiting friends and grandma) can see him flying. Glad it finally worked out now for uploading and etc and for us lonely ones in Taiwan trying indoor your feedback is better then gold ! I am very impressed to watch Wen figuring things out on his own as far as indoor flying goes, it was really learning by flying for Wen so far. I hope Wen get the "reflection" fixed ASAP and get it going! can't wait to see it shine. Litsong as long as you love what you are doing, that is enough