Kris's Powerkite Blog

It was a short while after my friend had launched his Kite i realized how much respect they demand.

Whilst talking to him and running through the usual list of questions someone new would be expected to ask. my friend was halfway though an answer to a question, when without warning he disappeared off down the field quite quickly in the same way Superman would take to the skies.

The only difference however my friend was not Superman, so we set off after him to check he was ok, after a brief amount of cursing at the Kite he explained to me that whilst he had been talking to me he had taken his eyes (and concentration) off the Kite and it had decided to remind him that not paying attention would come with consequences.

So whilst Superman he decided he needed a few moments to recover and asked me and another friend if either of us wanted to try flying the kite, Now im not sure what the difference between my friends though process was and mine but the outcome was he said NO and i said YES , I was then given some quick lessons on Kite control and the basics.

It was at this point i found myself standing in a field flying the largest kite i had ever encountered at this point, it was surprisingly easy to-do, i had expected to be fighting to make sure i did not become this Kites next tool for flattening out the ferns, but it was nothing like that at all, it sounds cheesy but its as though the Kite knew what i wanted to-do as very minor movements from me made it react and move very easily.

After about 10 – 20 minutes (it felt a lot longer in my head), i had started to become a little more relaxed and braver as well, so i started to-do more things and also started to investigate the amount of pull a 3m piece of nylon could develop. I can happily say that they develop a LOT of pull. So with my friend still a little dazed and me being pumped full of adrenaline i decided this was something i could get into.

By this point it was getting cold dark and windy so we decided it was time to head for home, i was almost as happy to hear this as i was flying the kite. My Reason? Ebay / internet / google so many ways the geek inside me could now start researching Power Kites and how i could get involved.