hi I'm Chris Maxo with chi loft today
we're going to learn how to fly a kite
probably the best flying of all the
shapes of kites is a delta shape type a
simple crossbar on the back and a spine
allow the kite to fly beautifully in
most situations
that's the kite we're gonna choose to
fly today this triangle piece that roots
from the kite isn't called the keel on
the keel we have a little grommet with
an eyelid we're gonna take our kite line
and attach the swivel right to the
grommet and clip the clothes very much
like a fishing swivel you're gonna take
any tails you may have and you want to
put on your kite and we're gonna put
them on either the wing tips center of
the spine or the other wing tip you're
gonna want to make sure that you have a
good clear run of wind from behind you
so you're gonna want to choose a spot it
has about a quarter to a half a mile
clearing behind you power lines are bad
news trees they can eat your kite you're
also gonna want to make sure that you're
clear of any weather situations that may
arise now we've come out here to the
flying field and we've chosen the beach
where we have a beautiful offshore wind
perfect hiding weather you're gonna take
a kite put it in your hand I'm gonna
switch to the other side
and allow the kite getting in my left
hand while I hold the kite school am i
right I allow the kite to get airborne
while holding the spool grasp it with
both hands and allow the kite to catch
up draft and ascend into the air you'll
notice the kite starting to sway back
and forth a little bit that's because
I'm holding it back and it's being
tethered if I allow the kite to ascend
by letting out more and more line you'll
notice that it's stability improves
we're gonna focus on how to bring your
kite and kite line down once you've come
to the end of the day and you're ready
to pack it up the first method and
certainly most surefire way is to simply
do a hand over hand roll with your spool
this is simply done by allowing your
thumbs to push the rollers forward and
the kite will gradually come in so
another method that I'd like to show you
is to simply allow your kite line to
drop to the ground into the sand and
you're gonna pull the kite in hand over
hand allowing it to reach the ground and
fall freely now that we've retrieved our
kite and we've brought it to the ground
in the beach here it's easy I can simply
bury the nose of the kite into the sand
I'm gonna let the spool sit in the
crease of my elbow after I do that I
take my right hand and I'll simply spin
it end over end walking towards the kite
all the while and it's a much simpler
faster and easier way to wind up your
kite line get out there fly your kite
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