Big Kites Pull Hard!- NW Traction Kiting

How To Guides

info for all

Getting Started

helpful tips for getting started

More Tips on Getting Started

more helpful tips for getting started

Scoop's Guide for Newbie Powerkiters

Scoopy's Guide on PKF

How to pendulum jump

cute animation showing how to get some air. Note jumping can be dangerous and should only be done by experienced kiters.

Buggy Basics

Great information for starting out and understanding buggying.

Creating a Larks Head Knot

step by step instructions for creating the most important knot used for kiting

Splicing Lines

A tutorial on how to splice your kitelines. this is a great way to make the loops on the end of your lines if you are making your own line sets or equalizing lines that have stretched.

Wind, Weather, & Water Links

Weather and wind- forecasts, current conditions, reports, and historical data.

NOAA

Search for local weather, marine forecasts, and tide predictions by area, zipcode, or city.

Magic Seaweed

The one and only Magic Seaweed! Wind and Surf reports and forecasts for locations world wide.

iKitesurf

Excellent wind charts and data especially the Pacific coast.

Windfinder

Windfinder is my lastest discovery. Maps, charts and forecasts! What more can you want from a site.

Air Sports Net

Current conditions, forecasts, and more for over 1000 US sites. Great charts, maps, and graphics.

Sail Flow

maps, graphs, wind forecasts and more.

Wind on the Water

Very cool new site with current wind conditions on the water (coast, rivers, lakes) throughout Oregon.

Windmapper

Nice wind maps and forecasts on this easy to use site.

US Annual Traction Kiting Events

DBBB

Dead Bird Buggy Bash- Galveston, Texas

NABX

North American Buggy Expo- Ivanpah, Nevada

SOBB

Sunset-Beach Oregon Buggy Blast- Sunset Beach, Oregon

NW Shops and Schools

Kite Buggy Speed Shop

Libre buggies, JOJO kites, and more based in SW Washington.

Kiteboard Oregon

Kiteboarding lessons for NW Oregon

New Wind Kite School

Lessons in the Columbia Gorge

More great kiting links!

Racekites

Huge collection of kite reviews, friendly forum, and more.

NW Kite

Local info and discussion for the Pacific NW kite scene.

Kiteforum

The largest kiting community on the web.

Powerkite Forum

The name says it all!

Foil Zone

All things foily!

The American Kitefliers Association

Official site of the AKA- more than just traction kiting!

KiteATB

how to guides and resources for kiters of all levels.

Appozone

Unofficially Ozone.

US Kite Forum

New US Kite Forum for land and water kiting

NAPKRA

North American Parakart Racing Association

KiteFlix

Videos just for kiters.

Unofficial Pansh Forum

Blag about your Chinese kit all you want here!

Kite Manufactures Websites

where the info is at!

Ozone

Ozone products ooze quality

Flexifoil

Probably the most widely known traction kite manufacturer

Flysurfer

It hard to find anyone who has a bad thing to say about flysurfer

Peter Lynn

best known for their unique twin-skin ARC kites

PKD

PKD kites in the US

Mac Para

manufacturer of the legendary Bego

HQ

manufacturer of the Beamer, Crossfire, and the Montana

Slingshot

US based company manufacturing LEI's and foils.

Best

Homepage for Best Kiteboarding- manufacturer of the legendary Waroo among others.

U-Turn Kites

U-Turn Kites Worldwide

Pansh Kite

New Chinese kite manufacturer- only available direct from Pansh. These kites are cheap but most reviews say that they fly well.

JoJo

Jojo kites

Libre

Kites and Buggies

Build your own Kite

if ya got the mad sewing skills then check out these sites for everything you need to know!

Surf Plan

Kite Design Software. Demo version available for personal use and evaluation works with many types of CAD and solid surface modeling programs.

Wingine

Free plans for several different tested kite plans (Gual, Speed, & Junkie).

Kite-Stuff

Online kite community with an section dedicated to homemade gear. Share plans with other kite makers.

Foil Design- Yahoo Group

For the discussion of matters related to the design and construction of traction kites, parafoils, kitesurf kites, Hybrids and Sled foils. Manufacture of traction kites for buggying, kiteski, kitesurf, parakarting, kitesailing and all other traction activities. A forum for people using the Foilmaker and Surfplan kite design programs.

Flying Circus Kite Plan Page

Tons of different kite plans for single line kites, deltas, revs, foils and more!

Kiteman

Lots of info and plans for building NPW's