Teaching Your Kite to Fly

1. Safety First |
2. Where to Fly |
3. Preparing |
4. Launching |
5. Wind Window |
6. Maneuvering |
7. Landing

How to launch your kite

The easiest way to launch your sport kite is to have someone hold it downwind.

If you do not have a launch assistant, lay out your fly lines and place the kite face up.

Make sure the lines are not twisted, are of equal length, if one line is shorter than the other then the kite will always turn to that side, also ensure that the left line goes to the left of the stunter etc.

Before take off, gently pull back on both fly lines, which will bring your kite up into the wind.

To take off, keep equal tension on both fly lines. Take 2-3 steps backward pumping both your arms in a downward motion.

If the wind is a little on the light side wait for a gust of wind before signaling your aid to throw your stunter firmly and smoothly into the air whilst you take a step backwards at the same time.

The kite will accelerate swiftly upwards without much contribution from the flier.

The natural tendency for beginners is to oversteer their sport kite.