bassboi - 28-4-2010 at 08:19 PM
I have a question, and I don't know if I'm being nitpicky or what, but having dealt with a few birdsnests now with my lines, I notice that they end up
twisted in one another, and sometimes a single line itself is twisted and forms a little kink.
Is this safe as long as I stretch them out and un-twist and untangle everything? or is it stressing the lines really bad and avoid at all costs?
I also notice that when I'm trying to untwist the lines, they'll get snagged among each other, but quickly pops out and continues to untwist until
another snag is caught..
I think I'm being nitpicky, to be honest. Thanks guys!
B-Roc - 29-4-2010 at 09:56 AM
Depending upon how you are packing you could be putting a lot of twists in the lines. Don't know if that is a structural integrity problem but it can
cause the snags you mention.
On a no wind day stake your handles, disconnect the kite and run each line out between your fingers a few times to push the twists out. You'll never
get them all out but you can reduce the number. Just wear gloves as the lines get hot on your fingers as you walk them out under some pressure.
I repeat though, you'll never get them all out so if the kite is flying fine, you may just be nitpicky 
DAKITEZ - 29-4-2010 at 10:15 AM
As your packing and unpacking skills get better you will not be having this issue. Unless your a handle wrapper it may never go away 
I LOVE PARAPACKING!!!:singing:
Houston AirHead - 29-4-2010 at 10:19 AM
as long as you get the lines completely untangled, your good to go. dyneema and spectra are nothing short of a "nook proof" formula.
although they do have a low melting point. thats their only weakness. coated lines do not tangle nearly as bad as uncoated lines.
your only worry is not flying your kite into a "single line cotton" kite. the cotton line will melt your lines like butter. Im living proof,
i was landboarding one time, i got about 100 yards away from my camp on the beach, all of a sudden my kite goes down .. BOOOM
crashes, Im like what the FU**??? i didnt know what had happened. I got taken down by a damn little girls 7-11 plastic kite. Her line
melted through my fron two 600lb LF coated lines. 
B-Roc - 29-4-2010 at 10:37 AM
+1 for parapacking - its the only way to go if flying on handles.
You've got to be aware of those SLKs. We had a guy and what looked to be his son flying two SLKs this past weekend. I'm riding along and next thing
I know there is a SLK right over my kite. Much like you I was like "where the !@#$ did that come from?" but luckily, I didn't hit it. They had the
kites out on probably 200-300' of line and were just walking down the beach without a care. Pretty hard to see cotton line when you're not looking
for it on a board or buggy.