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2. Sport kite - Wikipedia

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   A quad-line kite can range from $150 for a beginner kite to over $400 for professional quality kites. Flying lines are commonly from $50 to over $100 per set. Some kite designs may be classified as power kites and traction kites, which can be used to tow wheeled kite buggies (kite buggying) or surfboards (kite surfing).

3. John Barresi - Wikipedia

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   One of the most prolific currently active sport kite fliers in the world, Barresi started in the kiting community as an enthusiast in August 1990. He started at a competitive level in 1991 and has since secured top rankings in a variety of sport kite disciplines (individual, pairs, team, dual line, quad line, indoor) in international competitions and in demonstrations as an invited performer.

4. Peter Powell (kite maker) - Wikipedia

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   Peter Powell (kite maker) Peter Powell at the 1st AKA Convention in Ocean City, Maryland in 1978. Peter Trevor Powell (29 June 1932 – 3 January 2016) [1] was a British kite maker who developed a steerable kite in 1972, using dual lines. The kite that made him famous is known as the "Peter Powell Stunter". It became an international ...

5. Kite types - Wikipedia

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   Leslie Hunt's book, 25 Kites, includes a yacht-kite plan. [379] Youth kites Kites for the very young. Also beginner kites, kid kites, kiddie kites. Kites suitable for the very young are almost always small single-line kites using cotton kite line. [380] Festivals sometimes have a category called "youth kites". [381]

6. Kiteboarding - Wikipedia

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   Kiteboarding or kitesurfing[1] is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. Kiteboarding is among the less expensive and more convenient sailing sports.

7. Fighter kite - Wikipedia

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   Duelling chula and pakpao kites, part of the Thai kite-fighting tradition. Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally, most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is used for control, at least part of which is manja, typically glass-coated cotton strands, to cut down the line of others.