Well i must say the weather here has been very nice, not windy enough, but nice light breeze......
So for the first time this week i take my 12 year old daughter [who has never flown a kite in her life] out to the flying field and after a quick
lesson in kite handling I lay out the SkyCountry Escape 3meter [earlier version or the Reflex] and away she goes!!! Now remember the wind is about
2-4mph at best so my daughter has to work the kite a bit to keep it loafted....tell yah it was pretty cool to see!!!!
Then i ask her if she wants to fly the Pansh Airlink 4.5.....sure she says [again the wind is the same and i figured it would be a good kite for this
day anyways]...so i roll it out and away she goes...2 passes and she parks it, hands me the handles and says "Dad lets fly the Escape, this thing
doesn't fly worth beans...". I just about pissed myself laughing!!!!
I must say that this has been one of the best times spent with my kid in a long time......moral of the story "take a kid to fly a kite and you will
show them more than you realise!!!"Todd - 11-9-2009 at 05:25 PM
Couldn't agree more Tonka! My Son and I started kiting together back about 6 years ago. This was the first picture of me teaching him how to fly
(probably me too).
Kamikuza - 11-9-2009 at 05:49 PM
Nice! B-Roc - 11-9-2009 at 06:21 PM
here's my youngest with his Sting.
kitejumper - 11-9-2009 at 06:23 PM
thats cool--i have taken my 15 yo daughter kiting a couple times with my beamer 3m--these kids catch on fast!!B-Roc - 11-9-2009 at 06:28 PM
my oldest on his lil devil
B-Roc - 11-9-2009 at 06:47 PM
my youngest boarding
B-Roc - 11-9-2009 at 06:47 PM
my oldest boarding
BeamerBob - 11-9-2009 at 07:09 PM
My prides and joys.
This is Jared 2 years ago. He can fly whatever he can hold back these days. That is him on my buggy in my avatar too.
I wish Wexler was a little more afraid to grab a kite. He'll fly anything and everything these days. Real family affair. He is a team rider for
Coastal Wind Sports and HQ powerkites. Tonka - 12-9-2009 at 05:38 AM
Yup....lots of fun!!! Maybe we'll get out again today and this time i'll bring my camera [dohhhhh:embarrased:]cheezycheese - 12-9-2009 at 07:12 AM
it's funny you started this thread, i was trying to resist starting one myself at the risk of sounding too corny. but last saturday i had one of my
best kiting days ever. nothing extreme, light to moderate winds simple static flying, but my son finally decided to pick up a kite!! and now he too is
infected with this wind powered addiction. i would always bring him but he never showed much interest after i got the kite in the air. he would
patiently sit and look so bored that i would feel guilty for bringing him. he never wanted to try, and the whole ground control thing wore thin pretty
quickly. then all of a sudden he asks if he can unpack my p.3... holy smokes this kids been holdin out on me. so i ask him if he wants to try the
beamer 1.4 i got from CSA and within seconds this guy is looping and diving like a pro. i couldn't fly because i was so impressed and happy to now
have another activity to share and a partner to fly with...
(edit:tried to embed, but cant figure it out...help) cheezycheese - 12-9-2009 at 07:22 AM
i shall call him..."mini me"....:tumble::tumble::tumble:Erics - 12-9-2009 at 08:19 AM
get the kids flying and you can have a good bonding time while enjoying yourself. Also the mrs won't complain about are you going out again.Big Earl - 12-9-2009 at 08:31 AM
This has got to be the best thread ever!
My son is alomst 5, he has flown acouple times but he likes the jungle jim at the park betterTodd - 12-9-2009 at 09:30 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by Big Earl
This has got to be the best thread ever!
My son is alomst 5, he has flown acouple times but he likes the jungle jim at the park better
That's a great age that I'm sure he will find it very exciting to pick up a kite. Kids are sponges and will absorb anything they get their hands on.
Great thread!
our video links are in my signature if any want to view.william_rx7 - 13-9-2009 at 08:56 AM
Thanks for sharing guys. My 5 y/o son enjoys flying with me, but loves the playground equipment even more. He's, still not yet ready to control 2
line kites yet, but it won't be long.solaris - 14-9-2009 at 07:22 PM
I have 2 boys - 12 and 6 yo. 12 yo Pasha has been boarding a bit.
I took him to NABX 2 times and SOBB this year.
Yeah I don't feel so guilty anymore when I am kiting with him
Plus at this age they pick up way faster than me, and he has way more guts to jump and go faster
So he is actually an inspiration for me now to ride faster and try new things
To Tonka:
I have heard you are leaving soon. If you and your daughter are still here in Vancouver we should go together to Garry Point with kids one day.
As to Escape - it used to be a race kite and several years ago riders took good places riding them in Estonia's championship.
Krohn1999 - 14-9-2009 at 11:31 PM
Flying with the kids is great. Our whole Family is really into it, My wife has her Beach Crusier (Virus Buggy with a Sail) My son 15 is not afraid of
anything and the only thing holding him back is me. Somtimes he has bigger kites in the air than I do. My daughter (11) is really starting to get into
it, She still uses a small Lynn buggy but I don't think that it will hold much longer and then she will want a full size buggy also.
There is one down side to havinf the whole family into kiting,
Transport:
rudeboysaude - 22-9-2009 at 05:47 AM
Wanted to share this one with you. Brock is young, he'll be 1 the first week of October and yet he must have felt compelled to steer the kite! He
kept wanting to pull the bar in, I think it'll be hard to keep him off the ground.
cheezycheese - 22-9-2009 at 06:00 AM
way to go rudeboy, flyin before he can walk.... awesome
!!! get'em started earlyrudeboysaude - 22-9-2009 at 06:04 AM
Ohh he walks already. Started that at 9 months. I have a feeling I'll be chasin this kid around the rest of my life!cheezycheese - 22-9-2009 at 06:08 AM
will be time to mod his fisher price trike soon...:eureka:cheezycheese - 11-5-2010 at 03:52 PM
i would like to re-cant everything i said earlier about the joys of flying with your kids.... :ticking::ticking::ticking:
cheezycheese - 11-5-2010 at 03:54 PM
just don't leave 'em unattended for long... :ticking:Todd - 11-5-2010 at 04:54 PM
Get busy... WBB is only a day away OH MY!
Bring it with you, I'll give you a hand. arkay - 11-5-2010 at 05:28 PM
you need a line lobster kteguru - 11-5-2010 at 05:46 PM
Just wanted to say that it's great to see so many people getting their family involved in the sport. Power kiting will definately grow in the coming
years with all the new riders coming on boardhighazakite - 11-5-2010 at 06:42 PM
Well being a single dad my 12 year old gets dragged (literally) out kiting almost every time the wind is blowing. There is the usual teenage
complaining here and there but for the most part she ends up having fun.
She seems excited about learning how to kitesurf as am I, just need some warmer weather. With any luck im starting her off with some thing she will
keep as she goes through life. kavanagh9 - 14-5-2010 at 03:15 PM
i am relatavliy new to flying kites myself, im 25 and never really thought ofit before, but my mate got one had a go now hooked!! i think now the
sports will grow rappadly with the youth of today, due to more and more people starting, i know as soon as my son is old enougth i will be taking him
out,(only 18 months old now little to young lol)
power kiting is growing everyday!!shaggs2riches - 5-6-2010 at 08:17 PM
My son had his 8th b-day yesterday. Got him an Ozone 1.5m imp 3-line trainer winds were too strong today but died to around 6-8mph this evening. Let
him give it a try but buildings in town really made for a bad wind shadow even I had to work hard to keep the kite in the sky. He really didn't want
to be there from distraction of his other presents, but when he had the kite rippin' through the air I'll never forget the look on his face. A 1.5m
kite sure motors across the window that's for sure.thanson2001ok - 6-6-2010 at 07:34 AM
I took my kids out to the soccer field where my youngest daughter (7 years old) was set up to rollerblade on the trail around the field. Then she
walked out to take over flying the 1m two line trainer I have on a bar from her sister. She never thought about the implications of combining a
traction kite and skates and off she went down wind without a care.
And there you have it, a new member of the kite blading community. I guess I better start looking for size 3 Coyotes. shaggs2riches - 6-6-2010 at 08:59 AM
Yeah my son really wants to kite landboard. I mentioned that we should be fly his kite and right away he was asking if he could try it on my
mountainboard. Hopefully the stoke stays with him so that he can enjoy the sport when he is a more nimble teenager. Almost feel like I'm trying to
live through my kids but I figure it would be much more fun to go kiting with the kids. Kinda like father and Son going hunting.:wee:
