G'day,

have you got a wrecked, moth-eaten, pig-of-a-f'n-thing, old kite that you haven't thrown out yet?

Don't throw it out, not into the bin anyway...

I'm mucking about with making and modding kites... too much spare-time and nothing worth watching on TV

So far I've had one success with a complete rebuild of an Airblast 10 with a few new tricks added. For those interested it took about 40 hrs of marking, cutting and sewing... but it flies, IT FLIES!! [}:)] anyway, I'm happy with it

Please e-mail if you've got anything that you're done with.

Regards to all,
Azza.

Im heading to Hobart in two weeks for a while and was going to go kiting.

Any more info on this special spot....

Ill launch someones kite if they tell me where to go.

Thanks

Some of the earlier kites where great designs but most of the materials available at the time just weren't up to the job of being a kite... just like Lisa's blue ripper. When a kite stalls and falls, LE down on the water, the sail shouldn't "explode"... those are expected forces that a kite should be able to endure... especially when you're thousands of kms from home on a well-earned holiday.

Warren, you must be feeling the effects of being a father; you're becoming far too conservative! Even if Lisa did catch you, what possible bodily harm could she do to you that wouldn't heal, mostly, given enough time?! I'll give her a bell re: blue ripper.

loose fin, you'll definitely enjoy launching Lisa's kite; she's a real character with an infectious sense of humour... if you don't have smile lines, on your face, already you will have after a short while of kiting in Tassie. BTW (and I didn't say this) brush-up on your hand-to-hand combat

Regards,
Azza