You wanted Kite pictures...you got 'em!

[KiteDiva]

My interest in kites garnered a bit o' curiosity and a request or two for pictures so here ya go!

cheers!
Diva

[astrozam]

Cool, how long have you been flying them?

[mdmead]

Cool!

Those are a bit fancier than my Sponge Bob and my daughter's Strawberry Shortcake $1.50 Wal Mart kites!

[KiteDiva]

I've been flying now for almost 10 years, both for fun and in competitive flying. The competitions are actually a lot of fun, I fly two disciplines, Precision and Ballet. In Precision you are given 3 geometric figures that you have to fly utilizing the entire wind window and are judged on how well you control your speed, how well you fly the figure. For example, I'm given the simple circle to fly...well lemme tell ya it ain't so simple when you are doing with a kite in variable winds! Eggs! You want eggs? Eggs I can do but circles?? *grumble mutter*

I'm more into what are called quad kites now or 4 line kites. Just means you fly with handles and there are four lines going to the kite, like the ones below...

The other thing I enjoy is Aerial ballet, this is where you choreograph your flight to a piece of music and are judged on how well you interpret that music and fly to the beat! It's rather stunning to see when it's well done! I'll post a couple of links for you to have a look at!

cheers!
Diva

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOP9td9R ... r_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XpnOGYxVrE&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zve-qJbh ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4H5zhx2sBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_kZfAY4 ... re=related

[T.Low]

Holy Cow, thats awesome. I had no idea there were kite competitions. They sure make it look easy.

[reaper]

Kidhauler & I have seen her fly a rev kite,
Pretty neat to say the least!

[Smiliesafari]

Those are awesome. I'm afraid I'm in the same category as Matt.

[Rebel]

I just drug my wife in to check out the quad video,,,unreal,,I never knew you could have that much control over a kite. I'm impressed and I haven't been impressed since around 1971.LOL