So I've got an 8 year old and a 6 year old boy. Both are starting to show an interest in kiting. I was thinking of getting them a 1.2m sting.

I would like to start them out on a 4 line foil. I really just don't like bars but I do understand that they are easier to learn with.

Any recommendations on other kites / sizes / setups you think makes sense. Ultimately, I can see them both on landboards (or a buggy if I had a car to fit it in).

Maybe a smaller 1-2m for the 6YA and a 2-3 for the 8 year old. New tech ballistic has a 4 line foil that comes on a bar as well, and a believe in a 2.6 and a 3.6m

I got my wife a 1.7 sting, and it is a great kite. very ez and acrobatic . I think a 1.2 would be fine, just watch the higher winds cause they get really, really fast!!I have used the wifes 1.7 PUNK sting to landboard with in 25+ winds. now thats a funny site, a long haired ,goateed,crazyman doin about 30 on a board,laughing like a madman while being pulled by this little hot pink demon on a string!thank god nobody got a pic

NPW I think those sizes are a little BIG for such small ones.My good friend that I bought a 3.0 pansh legend for x-mas , got spanked the other day by a gust , and he weighs 285 lb! Point I'm tryin to make is lightweight beginners should start with small kites until they know what to do with them( and even then, @%#$ happens) My bud couldn't beleive that little kite threw him like that,cuase "I'm so much smaller than him,it should be easy to hold onto" yeah right! you can't argue with a gust to infinity:o jmho

They do make a 2.2m my bad, idk its the only 1 i know of on a bar so yeah.

my 1.4 beamer is very nice for kids, it can pull some power in very strong winds

My Daughter(8) flies a Peter lynn Pepper 1,5. Great kite and when the winds are really high I use it with my Buggy.

Chris

I have a ozone imp trainer you can get the 3 line trainer on a bar or the quattro on handles. Your choice. The 2m would likely be great no lift to speak of! My girlfriend has a 2 and loves it she isn't very big 100 pounds. As they get older it is AWESOME in the atomic winds! Something to look at anyway.

Here is a cool vid.

http://www.flyozone.com/landkites/en/news/headlines/8282

the imps are great beginner kites. they have verry low power so when they crash they dont mess any thing up.

Man! That boy makes me feel like a knob for still being where I'm at with the ATB! Good for him!

My kids used the 1.5 IMP Quattro, a 2.5 IMP trainer (3 line w/bar), and then the PL PepperII 3m when learning. All depending on the wind speed.

The IMP gets the crap beat out of it and it has held up pretty good. I will pretty much let anyone fly that one who wants to try power kites. We have gotten some pretty young kids flying that one too. I cannot say enough for how durable it is.

My son started with a 1m, 2-line Ozone Imp at age 5. He got into 4 line with handles on an Ozone LD Stunt 1.5m at age 6 at Long Beach Peninsula in WA. Was almost too quick for him, but he figured it out. This winter, at age 8, he started learning to ski behind a 2m Brooza 1. I was pleased with how fast he picked it up on that kite, and being able to reverse launch saves me a lot of running. He is pretty small and light weight.

krumly