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Show me your Kite stakes

WolfWolfee - 31-12-2008 at 06:38 PM

Seen some interesting kite stakes out there. People sure go crazy, me I just got a dice head one but feeling creative so who knows whats next:wee:.
So, lets see what you have?

KYTE SLINGER - 31-12-2008 at 07:33 PM

here's a few I made



I haven't made any in quite some time.......... most that I have made I give as gifts or donate for auction items

I have a few unpainted ones somewere:puzzled:

Link to some of the other ones I made
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/137740387007241328...

metalica scaryguy..... the knob itself run 2-300.00 to start .....upwards to 500.00 when autograph by james hatfield

speleopower - 31-12-2008 at 08:13 PM

Rat Fink- now that is funny.

I don't use stakes. I snag the kite on my ATB, kiteboard or fence to land. I don't like to leave my kites spread out on the ground if possible.

Scott

KYTE SLINGER - 31-12-2008 at 08:33 PM

Scott ;funny thing is I don't either unless I'm on grass or flying revs..... mostly was a just in case of emergency and to custom match a buggy theme ........

the big plus was if kites weren't a passer by{non-kiter} thing they sure would stop and ask about the kite stakes then the conversation naturally goes into kites just another piece of ammo to promote kiting

WolfWolfee - 1-1-2009 at 08:45 AM

awesome kyte slinger have seen your site where do you get all your heads very cool.
We fly inland in fields mostly tend to use them a lot.

Bladerunner - 1-1-2009 at 01:44 PM

One of the smartest off the shelf kite stakes I have seen is a dog spike that Canuck had. :thumbup:

It is helix shaped and screws in to the earth. The connection is on a swivel.

I just throw things together at work or use the big plastic ones from Home Depot. I seem to lose kite stakes like socks in the dryer ?

speleopower - 1-1-2009 at 03:15 PM

Now that I'm thinking about it everytime we tried using a stake it just pulled out of the soft sand/dirt we have around here. I might be more inclined to use them if they would stay put.

Scott

Jovver - 1-1-2009 at 03:57 PM

Those kite stakes are amazingly awesome! Nice job Kyte Slinger. I especially like the wolf with the purple hat. :thumbup: I would like to know how would you go about making one of those. You definitely got me interested. Do you get the heads separately and then just attach the stake, or are they all custom heads? Also, would it be possible to attach a screw in stake instead of the straight one? If they are custom, you should consider making an iced/ frozen skull like the one I attached.

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beachrights - 1-1-2009 at 06:37 PM

I use a 89 cent weed puller! It is a 14" wooden handled steel shank that has a "split snakes tounge" on the end. Sort of like a screwdriver with 2 heads on the end of it. I spraypaint the handle orange for visibility and I am good to go.

I am like Bladerunner and lose them all the time! I usually buy a dozen in the spring and am out of them in a year. But for $10 who cares right?

WolfWolfee - 1-1-2009 at 09:46 PM

I tried the screw in dog ones and found they bend like crazy. Like my dice one with the 10" spiral nail. Very strong and holds well in the fields.

art_lessing - 2-1-2009 at 03:23 AM

here's what I use




you can tell by the light that this is totally faked.....

beachrights - 2-1-2009 at 03:48 AM

Nice!!:frog:

action jackson - 2-1-2009 at 04:38 AM

ummmmmmmmmmm.................steak! Never use them except for my Rev.............aj

ragden - 2-1-2009 at 06:52 AM

I actually user kite stakes fairly frequently. And those stakes you made there Kyteslinger are freaking awesome. Would you consider selling a couple? :bouncy:

Bladerunner - 2-1-2009 at 10:12 AM

I have found the Super Sized pegs from Home Depot work O.K. on soft sand ? Big and orange so they are easy to see as well.

speleopower - 2-1-2009 at 12:51 PM

When not on the beach I like to use some "bean bags" full of sand or lead shot to hold the trialing edge down on my kite.

But those kite stakes are freaken' awesome. Wish I had harder ground so I could justify buyin one!

Scott

indigo_wolf - 2-1-2009 at 01:23 PM

Thank goodness you finally got a wolf in there, Dave. I was starting to get worried.

Afraid mine are boring. HQ Stakes mostly. The orange knobs stand out in the field unless there's lots of moguls or the grass is unusually tall.



Some titanium pegs for icy fields... dual-lines and smaller foils.



A bolo of lacrosse balls for sail weights because they roll off smoothly. Any normal children mom had came before me :wink2:

9 Pages of stake heads?!?!?! You have been busy.... time to open the online store. :spin:

ATB,
Sam

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Originally posted by KYTE SLINGER
here's a few I made

kiteNH - 2-1-2009 at 01:36 PM

KS, those stakes are incredible. I can't tell what they're made out of. Are they carved of wood? Really really impressive.

KYTE SLINGER - 2-1-2009 at 07:38 PM

There not made of wood and i really have thought of selling them...

1st the final cost would run the consumer about 70 and upwards to 100.00 and I don't think many people would be willing to spend that much on a kite stake....

how ever I did engineer a kite stake for soft snow, sand and large show kites like the peter lynns SLKs in a compack package , pretty bomb proof and light weight ......but that is another project that got shoved on the shelf that i haven't gotten around to