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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. Kite - Wikipedia

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    A man flying a kite on the beach, a good location for flying as winds travelling across the sea contain few up or down draughts which cause kites to fly erratically. There are safety issues involved in kite-flying. Kite lines can strike and tangle on electrical power lines, causing power blackouts and running the risk of electrocuting the kite ...

  4. American Kitefliers Association - Wikipedia

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    The convention typically includes an assortment of kite-related events like presentations, kitemaking classes, workshops, an "angel fly" memorial for those who have died, a lighted kite night fly, exhibits, a "fly market" of sales booth, a fundraising auction, business meetings for the organization, and an awards banquet.

  5. Kiteboarding - Wikipedia

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    Back stall: A condition in which the kite ceases to move forward through the air and becomes difficult to control, often resulting in the kite flying backward and crashing. Back stall is often caused by lack of wind or by flying the kite with too great of an angle of attack. Big air: performing a high jump utilizing the lift of the kite. The ...

  6. Windsport - Wikipedia

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    Kite landboarding - using a power kite with a wheeled board while standing; Kite buggy - using a wheeled buggy with seats attached to a power kite; Kite flying - flight of a small airfoil by a standing ground operator using 1-4 flying lines; Kite skating - as for kite jumping but while using specialized skates

  7. Kite types - Wikipedia

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    Large kite systems may require more than one pilot. In a team like the "Flying Squad" of nine kite pilots each person might fly his own sub-kite while, as a team, its kites form a unified display. [21] One pilot may simultaneously fly several kites; the pilot with several kites forms one kite system of two, three or more kites in the system ...

  8. Indoor kite - Wikipedia

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    Indoor kites are kites designed to fly in a windless environment. While principally designed for indoor use, they can also be flown outdoors when insufficient wind would render conventional kite-flying impossible. They are flown by using the relative wind provided by the motion of the kite-flier.

  9. Foil kite - Wikipedia

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    The Peel was a popular kite traction kite in the early to mid-1990s and continued to sell into the late 1990s and was sold in sizes up to 10 m 2. The Peel was also a two-line kite flown in the same style as the Flexifoil. The next evolution on the foil kites for traction activities was the development of the 4-line foil kite.

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