Posts related to freestyle and trick flying.

• Freestyle Flying: In defence of Freestyle Fliers everywhere...
• E-Z P-Z Axels #1: Learn Axels the Eezy Peezy way.
• E-Z P-Z Axels #2: More on Axels the Eezy Peezy way.
• E-Z P-Z Axels #3: Part the Third.
• Flat Spins: A back-to-basics definition of Flat Spins vs Axels.
• 540 Flat Spins - The Full Story: In-depth tutorial on 'Eezy Peezy' 540 Flat Spins
• Multiple Axels/Flat Spins #1: An older post (circa Oct 95) describing my first attempts at Multiple Axel/Flat Spin.
• Multiple Axels/Flat Spins #2: A more recent post further elucidating on Multiples and describing the technique required.
• Outdoor Throw Launches: A number of different throw launches for flying outdoors.
• Conveyor Belt: The "Conveyor Belt" and some other tricks.
• Grok the Kite!: Freestyle Flying is about becoming one with your kite.
• Stalls and Slides: Mastering the snap stall and slide.
• The Toast Rack and Friends: Upwards Flic-Flacs (Toast Rack) and Cascades (Fountain)
• The Fade #1: Some of the basic Fade-like moves.
• The Fade #2: More ideas and inspiration for Fade-like moves.
• Flic-Flac and Fade: Flic-Flac and Fade Combinations
• Flic-Flac: More on the Flic-Flac
• Reflection: Other Flic-Flac variations or Now you see it, now you dont
• The Fountain: The Fountain: an upwards Cascade.
• The Yo-Yo: Different ways to wrap the kite into a Yo-Yo.
• Trick Newz #1 - Slammers: Making ground contact... with a twist
• Trick Newz #2 - Limey Twist: More on that illusive Lateral Roll
• More Limey Twisting: Further exploration of this strangest of tricks
• Limey Twisting the Illusion: Nailing a Limey Twist on an Illusion
• Long Lines: Moving back up from short to long lines

The series of posts in which the Freestyle Trickout format was devised

• Freestyle Competition Ideas #1: First ideas for a freestyle competition.
• Freestyle Competition Ideas #2: More ideas for a freestyle competition
• Trickout Format #1: Speedy mentions the French trick competition format.
• Trickout Format #2: I jump on the "Trickout" format.
• The First UK Freestyle Trickout Competition: The first UK Trickout competition held at Bath, 1998.
• Follow-Up to the First Trickout Competition: Music and timings for the first UK Trickout.
• The Hackney Trickout: The second trickout competition held at Hackney, 1998.
• More On The Hackney Trickout: Feedback from the winner of the Hackney Trickout

Posts relating to bridle design

• Static Bridle Design: An introduction to the principles of static bridle design.
• Dynamic Bridles #1: An introduction to the Dynamic Bridle, complete with Crap ASCII-Art (tm).
• Dynamic Bridles #2: Follow-up post (some time later) to the above.
• Dynamic Bridles #3: A simple procedure for converting a static bridle to a dynamicone.
• Wishbone: Adding a wishbone to improve stalling (Inner Space)
• Ian's Bridle: Ian Newham describes a no-knot dynamic bridle conversion.
• Dave's Active Box #1: David Lindgren has a perfect evening with his Activated Box of Tricks.
• Dave's Active Box #2: Follow-up to Dave's post.

Posts relating to kite design.

• Improving a Kite's Turn: Some basic principles that determine a kite's turning rate.
• Holy Grail: Looking for everything in a kite?
• Venting Kites: How to vent a kite and keep it flying.

The spiritual bliss you get from kite flying.

• Kite Flying as an Artform: On the artistry of flying a kite as a performance for others
• Holding God's Hand: Peter Hugger reflects on a perfect day flying
• Holding God's Hand (reply): More on the Dude who makes the wind blow

Posts relating to Benson Kites

• Inner Space: The Inner Space and other indoor kites
• Inner Space Bridle Modification: A simple bridle modification for the Inner Space
• Phantom Freestyle: Top-secret details of the kite which was to become the Outer Space
• Outer Space: Announcing the release of the Outer Space.
• The Outer Space According to Ian: Ian Newham reviews the Outer Space.
• Benson Video: The Benson Video coming some time...err...Real Soon Now.
• Finn Benson: Another new addition to the Benson range.
• Airbow: Announcing the Airbow quad line freestyle kite.

Imminent Death of USENET Predicted - Film at 11!

• rec.kites Sweetcorn: On the Sweetcorn Nuggets in the Sewer of rec.kites
• rec.kites Rantola: More ranting on the demised of rec.kites
• Gaffer Lives!: Andrew Beattie drops in to explain his period of extended absence
• The Game of rec.kites: Life is like a box of chocolates and rec.kites is like a game of football

Frank Kenisky is the self-appointed "Mr Nasty" of rec.kites

• Frank #1: The Story So Far...
• Frank #2: Frank on the Attack
• Frank #3: Roll Over and Play Dead

A rant from another random.

• Two Camps: Airfoils (REAL flying) vs Trick Fliers (UNREAL flying)
• Kite Efficiency and Hero Worship: Why kites fly better now and who we have to thank for it.
• Hitting the Trick Ceiling: Richard offers Airfoils a clue
• Neener! Neener! I'm better than you!: Airfoils declines
• Hammer Time!: The hammer falls. The nail is struck.
• Kite Patents: More clues, this time on patenting kite "inventions".

Kite related Crap ASCII Art [tm]

• Kite Arch: A simple plan for a Kite Arch in glorious Crap ASCII Art [tm].
• Box Kite: The man wants a Box Kite. Give the man a Box Kite.
• Bridle Knot: For attaching a line to a kite, loop, flare or grommet.
• Flying Lines to Handles: Using the same knot to attach flying lines to handles.
• Rolling Hitch: A sliding/locking knot for adjustable trick lines, et al.
• Sheet Bend: Another useful knot rendered here in glorious Crap ASCII Art
• Trilobyte Eats Church - Film at 11: When Kiteflying Goes Wrong

Meeting up with the locals in Shoreline Park

• Andy Wardley Day #1: Meeting up in Shoreline Park
• Andy Wardley Day #2: Dean says "Check him out!"...
• Andy Wardley Day #3: Heath buys into the Box
• Andy Wardley Day #4: Dave digs the Box, too.
• Andy Wardley Day #5: Roy reports on the Active Bridle now coming as standard

Various off-topic, funny, silly or strange posts that don't fit anywhere else.

• Bong!: Don't bonk your bong unless you really know what you're doing.
• Haunted by the Past: Reminiscing on newsgroups past and gone.
• Airline Mishaps: Oh yeah, like I trust the airlines with my kites!
• Lightning Strikes: Be careful out there.
• andy.wardley.roolz: I love me. And so does Simon.
• New Joiner: Andrew Beattie welcomes a new joiner
• Beaufort Windscale: Andrew explains the Beaufort scale in terms we understand
• Festivals and Competitions: Who are we doing it for - the kite fliers or the spectators?
• Copying Kites: It's easier than doing the hard work yourself
• Broken Teeth: Skateboard. Concrete. Teeth. No teeth. This hurt.
• KTML: On the possibility of an XML based Kite Trick Markup Language
• Stranger Level 7: Flying the kite that don't fly proper.
• Crash, Bang, Wallop!: Walking away (or not) from a high-speed, head-on kiteboarding collision.