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Welcome!

I have been flying kites since May 2000 after seeing a chap flying a kite on a French Beach whilst on holiday. I started off with a cheap Decathlon dual line stunt kite, and have progressed since there to quad line stunt (or trick) kites, other dual line kites, traction kites and even learning to make my own. That one kite I purchased back in 2000 has now turned into nearly forty kites! Beware - you too might end up like this!

SKF & Flexi banners Most of my early information was found off the Internet - this site (which is my own experiences both good and bad) attempts to help others who are looking into kites. I hope you find something of interest here - feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any questions about any of the things here I will do my best to answer them.

News 22nd September 2009

At last - an update! I'm sure I have updated this site sometime in the last year. I must have! Anyway it seems kite flying has taken a little bit of a back burner recently - too many other things to be doing. However some changes:

The Skydancer - I was lucky to pick up one of the Interactive Kites Skydancers second hand, along with the two long tubular tails. This is a great kite to fly and is very striking in the sky. The only problem is what happens when you break the central spars (like I have), as it appears that you can only source the parts from the US. More>
The Airbow - I have finally got one of these after making the Airbra a few years ago. After being a little bit skeptical about these I was very pleasantly surprised by it's performance. But it does take a little bit of getting used to. More>
The Solution - an older quad line that mixes some of the Revolution with the Synergy Deca, more or less successfully. More>

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What's New

22/09/09 : Spectra Solution Info & Construction added.
24/09/08 : Sheffield Kite Festival Gallery added. BBC1 filming SKF Gallery added.
14/07/08 : Lidl Quad kite info added
20/04/08 : Revolution Shockwave info added