Jim Cheetham

Some people are perfectly content with just one kite, but some of us are driven to just keep on buying! The biggest, fastest, trickiest, newest, best!

There are kites for high winds, kites for low winds, kites for no wind at all!

Kites for ballet, kites for precision, kites for raw power, kites for fighting ...

Big kites, little kites, fast kites, slow kites ... kites that don't fly any more.

Kites from factories, kites from workshops, kites from your own back room!

But above all, there are MY KITES!

My kites currently fall into three categories - the A list, which live in the large black kite bag (I almost fit into this bag myself!), the B list, which live in the smaller green kite bag (which occasionally goes into the black bag with the A list if I'm really indecisive), and the others, which is primarily things that won't fit into first two bags!

The A List
Maestrale
Phantom Elite Ultralight
Hi-Mod Fusion
Hi-Mod Box of Tricks
Dharma SP
Dark Star (x2)
North Shore VIP
Hooker (x2)
10´ Flexifoil
Tramontana
Jam Session
Light Cat
Mini Cat
Neutrino
3:11
Hyper 12 Flexifoil
The A List kites all live together in 'the large black bag', which is the mainstay of my kiting equipment. It holds all my line sets, handles and stakes (mostly old tent-pegs, some with a golf-ball on top for visibility), waterproofs, night-flying lights, and usually a fairly large collection of sands from the various beaches on Guernsey. These kites are the ones I'm most likely to have with me at any given moment. It should be noted that this bag only just fits across the back of the car, diagonally with one of the back seats folded down.

The B List
3:11 SL
Vented Sandpiper
Competition Edge
Prowler
Pro Stealth
Stranger
Air Cheetah
Pico
Rev II
Club Spirit
The B list kites live in my old kite bag, the 'medium sized green' one. When on extended leave (such as at a kite festival somewhere) this bag will just fit inside the 'large black one', with all its normal complement of kites as well! My quad kites live in here, as I'm currently more keen on two lines.

Others
Hell Stack
ProSpeed Plus Flexifoil (x6)
Baby Tana
Fighter Kites
The Hell Stack is a rainbow stack of seven Hell Cat kites, and gets its own carry tube, although the kites are just fractionally longer than the tube and I can't put the top on! The ProSpeeds live in a plastic bag, because I'm thinking of selling them and don't wish to take them out flying any more. The Baby Tana looks great, but I don't find it a very good flyer (it's a mini kite) and prefer the Neutrino and Mini Cat, so it lives on the wall of the office. The fighter kites live in a nice flat box, that should be used for an artwork portfolio.

The A List Maestrale Phantom Elite Ultralight Hi-Mod Fusion Hi-Mod Box of Tricks Dharma SP Dark Star (x2) North Shore VIP Hooker (x2) 10´ Flexifoil Tramontana Jam Session Light Cat Mini Cat Neutrino 3:11 Hyper 12 Flexifoil	The A List kites all live together in 'the large black bag', which is the mainstay of my kiting equipment. It holds all my line sets, handles and stakes (mostly old tent-pegs, some with a golf-ball on top for visibility), waterproofs, night-flying lights, and usually a fairly large collection of sands from the various beaches on Guernsey. These kites are the ones I'm most likely to have with me at any given moment. It should be noted that this bag only just fits across the back of the car, diagonally with one of the back seats folded down.
The B List 3:11 SL Vented Sandpiper Competition Edge Prowler Pro Stealth Stranger Air Cheetah Pico Rev II Club Spirit	The B list kites live in my old kite bag, the 'medium sized green' one. When on extended leave (such as at a kite festival somewhere) this bag will just fit inside the 'large black one', with all its normal complement of kites as well! My quad kites live in here, as I'm currently more keen on two lines.
Others Hell Stack ProSpeed Plus Flexifoil (x6) Baby Tana Fighter Kites	The Hell Stack is a rainbow stack of seven Hell Cat kites, and gets its own carry tube, although the kites are just fractionally longer than the tube and I can't put the top on! The ProSpeeds live in a plastic bag, because I'm thinking of selling them and don't wish to take them out flying any more. The Baby Tana looks great, but I don't find it a very good flyer (it's a mini kite) and prefer the Neutrino and Mini Cat, so it lives on the wall of the office. The fighter kites live in a nice flat box, that should be used for an artwork portfolio.