Anyone else fly kites?

ocdart said

Boy, did this thread bring back an almost-forgotten memory of watching my dad make a homemade kite out of sticks, string, newspaper and glue. He made a tail out of rags and we flew it in the field across the street from where I grew up.
Thanks for bringing this memory back! I lost my dad when I was only 7 years old. Amazing what's still stored in the memory bank after all these years.

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Glad i could bring that back for your.

All the plain white kites in my pics are made by parents and kids. There must be a few hundred of them. Today one got its line cut and was flying out to the bay. I caught the end of the line and held it for a long while. After about 30 min of no one coming for it i gave it to a small boy and him and his dad were still flying it hours later when i packed up and left.

That was a good feeling. Most of my time at the festival i spend helping people "tune" their kites or just launching kites that have hit the ground.

Sometimes when i crash my trick kites ill find a kid near by and let them "launch" the kite. They love it when they "launch the kite, even tho im flying it the entire time) it rockets up into a spin or starts doing spins and tricks. They just clap and laugh.....