KDdid Posted May 27 Report Posted May 27 While not a newbie to kites, I just discovered indoor kiting by stumbling on John Barresi's Zen Glider demo video and could not stop watching. Ditto my 9-year-old grandson. Naturally we want to try it for ourselves but I really have no idea where to start. After a little looking around, I thought I'd order up an iFlight from the closest kite shop to me as a start. That's a single line kite, yes? I also see what I think are dual and quad line indoor kites. It's hard to see the lines and controllers in most of the videos. I know how to do a few basics with my 30+ year-old Delta Wing dual line kite if I have good wind. I can launch and land reliably without crashing, fly simple patterns across the wind and fly twists in and out of the line. That's about it since I only fly about once or twice a year when my family goes to the beach where there is nearly always a lovely sustained onshore breeze in the afternoon and all that nice soft sand for when the kids crash my kite. It's nose is starting to fray but that's a question for another part of the forum... So what do you recommend as a good starting place for my DGS and me. He says, "Grandma, it's just so peaceful, can I watch it again?" and, "I want to be that" when he watches John's video. Thanks in advance for all the good advice I know is coming. Quote
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