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Henry Hulk, wow, haven't heard that name in years. Nice designs. No kitesurf kites though, probably the most popular kites on the market now? Maybe in the west

Henry Hulk, wow, haven't heard that name in years. Nice designs. No kitesurf kites though, probably the most popular kites on the market now? Maybe in the west, not sure about the east.

TimTheTinker 7y ago
Don’t forget the middle. There are many excellent spots for flying kites away from the coast. One of my favorite kite shops is out of Boulder, Colorado: Into The Wind[0] I’ve only bought from them once or twice, but I used to spend hours paging through their paper catalog as a kid. I also visited their shop in Boulder as a teen — that was really fun. [0] https://intothewind.com https://intothewind.com
- thefifthsetpin 7y ago
  My brother got his daughter a kite from there. The wind didn't cooperate on the first day we went to fly it, but her dad and I still tried getting it into the air by running with the string to see if we could get it high enough that it'd catch what wind there was higher up. We failed, but my niece saw us running with the kite, so she wanted to run with the kite. She had a great time running around the park with the kite bouncing on the ground behind her. The kite survived that & flew fine on later occasions. Now that she's seen it fly, though, she has lost interest in kites that won't fly.
- seraphsf 7y ago
  When I was 10, the Into the Wind catalog lit my imagination in so many ways. It was a fantasy novel crossed with a science book. A couple years ago I wandered past their store in Boulder and was floored that there was a real, physical incarnation of that magical catalog. I took my little kids there this winter and it was like passing a spark between generations.
mxfh 7y ago
Maybe in market value with all the gear that comes with it, but unlikely by numbers. Regular kite festivals still draw massive numbers anywhere in europe and casual or kid kites are still at thing. Regular kites where really huge in the late 80s and 90s for some weird reason, with any bigger town in Germany having at least one dedicated kite shop. Berlin last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILgXxSKhpbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILgXxSKhpbc Fanø: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHM_DCpt0tM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHM_DCpt0tM All this without even mentioning places like Pakistan or India. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSQruHvsvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSQruHvsvA

Henry Hulk, wow, haven't heard that name in years. Nice designs. No kitesurf kites though, probably the most popular kites on the market now? Maybe in the west, not sure about the east.

TimTheTinker 7y ago

Don’t forget the middle. There are many excellent spots for flying kites away from the coast. One of my favorite kite shops is out of Boulder, Colorado: Into The Wind[0] I’ve only bought from them once or twice, but I used to spend hours paging through their paper catalog as a kid. I also visited their shop in Boulder as a teen — that was really fun. [0] https://intothewind.com https://intothewind.com

thefifthsetpin 7y ago
My brother got his daughter a kite from there. The wind didn't cooperate on the first day we went to fly it, but her dad and I still tried getting it into the air by running with the string to see if we could get it high enough that it'd catch what wind there was higher up. We failed, but my niece saw us running with the kite, so she wanted to run with the kite. She had a great time running around the park with the kite bouncing on the ground behind her. The kite survived that & flew fine on later occasions. Now that she's seen it fly, though, she has lost interest in kites that won't fly.
seraphsf 7y ago
When I was 10, the Into the Wind catalog lit my imagination in so many ways. It was a fantasy novel crossed with a science book. A couple years ago I wandered past their store in Boulder and was floored that there was a real, physical incarnation of that magical catalog. I took my little kids there this winter and it was like passing a spark between generations.

mxfh 7y ago

Maybe in market value with all the gear that comes with it, but unlikely by numbers. Regular kite festivals still draw massive numbers anywhere in europe and casual or kid kites are still at thing. Regular kites where really huge in the late 80s and 90s for some weird reason, with any bigger town in Germany having at least one dedicated kite shop. Berlin last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILgXxSKhpbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILgXxSKhpbc Fanø: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHM_DCpt0tM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHM_DCpt0tM All this without even mentioning places like Pakistan or India. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSQruHvsvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSQruHvsvA