SteveB
2009-02-09 01:13:13 UTC
I went and bought a kite yesterday, since I have been promising my grandsons
one for a while now. A Rainbow Diamond kite, $12US. Boy, I never thought
I'd be paying $12 for a kite! I used to pay a dime when I was a kid. In
1974, I bought one that had multi configurations with different connectors
and panels, and used a deep sea fishing rod to control it. It was a lot of
fun, and certainly drew people at the park. That was light years ago in
kitedom.
I want to grow my grandsons in kitedom should they express interest in this
basic model. I think they are the types that would really get excited with
a two line stunt kite, but that is in the future for them. I'd like one to
show them what it is all about and what they can expect should they like it
and want to go to the next level.
Today, there are tons of them available. Help me out.
What I want is a sturdy kite to learn on that will take the crashes of a
newbie, be enough to satisfy my curiosity, and yet some weak performer that
I won't outgrow in a week. I figger it will cost around $35, and then with
the next level bump to around $70. Some wrist bands, and the usual
accessories. It's just that there are so many out there, and I am so
inexperienced, I don't want to spend $35 on a piece of crap. Right now, I'm
in the ranks of clueless. Please help me out, and be gentle to this kiting
virgin.
I liked the foil type kites I saw at the kite shop, and they would have been
fun on a recent trip to Hawaii. Info input on those brand names would be
nice, too. I saw kitesurfers who were getting
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY up there in the air doing this, and I
envied the youth of it all. At sixty, all I can do now is watch them, and
be excited, and know that would be me forty years ago had the technology
been available then. I did get to go snorkeling on five different days, and
for an ex-commercial diver that was first certified in 1969, and five
coronary artery bypasses and a replaced aortic valve later, that was as much
fun as I've had with my clothes on in a long time. But foil kites are a
breeze to travel with, and others types have limitations in baggage, etc.
So, kindly indulge me with some of your knowledge, Sensei kiters.
Mainly a list of top quality brands that fill my needs.
Steve
one for a while now. A Rainbow Diamond kite, $12US. Boy, I never thought
I'd be paying $12 for a kite! I used to pay a dime when I was a kid. In
1974, I bought one that had multi configurations with different connectors
and panels, and used a deep sea fishing rod to control it. It was a lot of
fun, and certainly drew people at the park. That was light years ago in
kitedom.
I want to grow my grandsons in kitedom should they express interest in this
basic model. I think they are the types that would really get excited with
a two line stunt kite, but that is in the future for them. I'd like one to
show them what it is all about and what they can expect should they like it
and want to go to the next level.
Today, there are tons of them available. Help me out.
What I want is a sturdy kite to learn on that will take the crashes of a
newbie, be enough to satisfy my curiosity, and yet some weak performer that
I won't outgrow in a week. I figger it will cost around $35, and then with
the next level bump to around $70. Some wrist bands, and the usual
accessories. It's just that there are so many out there, and I am so
inexperienced, I don't want to spend $35 on a piece of crap. Right now, I'm
in the ranks of clueless. Please help me out, and be gentle to this kiting
virgin.
I liked the foil type kites I saw at the kite shop, and they would have been
fun on a recent trip to Hawaii. Info input on those brand names would be
nice, too. I saw kitesurfers who were getting
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY up there in the air doing this, and I
envied the youth of it all. At sixty, all I can do now is watch them, and
be excited, and know that would be me forty years ago had the technology
been available then. I did get to go snorkeling on five different days, and
for an ex-commercial diver that was first certified in 1969, and five
coronary artery bypasses and a replaced aortic valve later, that was as much
fun as I've had with my clothes on in a long time. But foil kites are a
breeze to travel with, and others types have limitations in baggage, etc.
So, kindly indulge me with some of your knowledge, Sensei kiters.
Mainly a list of top quality brands that fill my needs.
Steve